SUWANEE, Ga. - Colorado College junior guard Nick Rose had a monster week as he led the Tigers to two wins this week. He poured in a career-high 34 points in an 93-89 home win over Austin College. He then scored 31 points in a 84-75 home win over Johnson & Wales.

AROUND THE SCAC

Austin College split its two games last week, topping the University of Dallas 72-67 before falling 93-89 at Colorado College. Against Dallas Kola Alade scored a season high 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting, including 2-of-2 from beyond the arc and added five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Arron Mewbourn hit 3-of-6 from deep to finish with 13 points and Spencer Burke added five blocked shots in the win. Ten different players scored for the ‘Roos in the game. Against Colorado College, Taylor Beatty led five ‘Roos in double digits with 20 points and Kyle Lintelman went 3-of-4 from downtown on his way to 14 points. Chris Sturtevant and Scott Straley each had 12 points and Alade had 11 and eight boards in the game. The ‘Roos, who are now 9-4 overall and 3-2 in conference play, are home this weekend against Rhodes and Birmingham-Southern.

Birmingham-Southern went 2-0 this week, defeating Asbury College 94-91 at home before traveling to Memphis on Saturday. BSC topped the Lynx 100-62, breaking into triple digits for the first time this season. The wins improve BSC to 11-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play. The Panthers’ success this week is thanks, in large part, to the play of sophomore guard Jasen Jonus. The Boaz, Ala. native scored the game-winning three pointer at the buzzer against Asbury, leading the Panthers with 14 points, and led in scoring again in Memphis with 18. Jonus leads the Panthers in scoring and points per game this season with 14.6 points per game. Jonus and the Panthers will return to Bill Battle this Tuesday for their final non-conference matchup of the season with Atlanta Christian before heading back out on the road this weekend for their first western swing of the 2009-10 season with games at Colorado College and Austin College.

Centre added two more wins to its current win streak, which now stands at seven, by defeating both Oglethorpe and Sewanee over the weekend. The Colonels, again struggled to shoot the ball against Oglethorpe, but once again, found a way to win, rallying from 14 down with less than 13 minutes to play to force overtime and then win 59-58 in the extra period to give Oglethorpe its first conference loss of the season. Centre then posted a tremendous defensive effort in a 71-36 win over Sewanee, holding the Tigers to only two field goals and eight points in the first half. In fact, the Colonels did not allow a field goal by Sewanee for 18:18 (final 15:08 of first half, and first 3:10 of second half). Centre, now 8-4 overall and 4-1 in the SCAC, travel to Millsaps and Hendrix this week.

Nick Rose poured in a career-high 34 points as Colorado College took over sole possession of first place in the Western Division with a 93-89 victory over Austin College. Rose made 11 of 17 shots from the floor and all 11 free throws, including four during the final 1:45 that helped seal the victory. Colin Madden drained a pair of clutch three-point shots with less than four minutes to play, the second of which put the Tigers ahead for good at 88-86 with 1:32 remaining, and finished with a career-high nine points. Colorado College shot a season-high .592 from the floor. Jeremiah Waters finished with a career-high 19 points. The following day, Rose scored 31 points to lead CC to an 84-75 victory over Johnson & Wales University. Rose scored 22 points in the second half. The junior guard shot a career-high .667 from the floor. Brady Ohlsen finished with 18 points and team highs of eight rebounds and four assists. The Tigers play host to Birmingham-Southern College and Rhodes College this weekend.

DePauw improved to 10-4 overall and 3-2 in the SCAC with a weekend sweep of Sewanee and Oglethorpe. The Tigers topped Sewanee by a 77-54 count on Friday and defeated Oglethorpe, 80-60, on Sunday. In the Sewanee win, DePauw jumped out to an 11-0 lead, but Sewanee put together a 12-1 run of its own to tie the game at 12-12 midway through the first half. DePauw scored the next six and stretched the halftime lead to 37-20. Steve Lemasters led the Tigers with 17 points, while Tom Callen matched a season high with 14. David Gray paced DePauw with 11 rebounds as the Tigers held a 38-26 edge on the boards. Tony James dished out a career-best nine assists in the win without committing a turnover. After leading by just one at halftime, DePauw scored the first six points of the second half to start a 19-5 run which sent the margin to double digits for the rest of the game.

Hendrix went 0-2 this week in a pair of SCAC West Division games featuring a 61-54 loss to Trinity University on Friday night and a 74-66 loss to Southwestern University on Sunday afternoon. The Warriors are in the midst of a four-game skid and now stand at 4-7 overall and 1-4 in conference play. The last time Hendrix lost four-straight was during the 2005-06 season. Sophomore forward Nick Heathscott was just three points shy of matching his career high with 27 points on the night. Senior guard Cal Rose was the only other Warrior in double digits with 10 points against the Tigers. Hendrix fought back with a 12-4 run that ended with 3:20 to go when Southwestern senior guard Zach Bergstrom fired a 3-pointer to seal the win.

Millsaps picked up its second consecutive weekend sweep at home over Southwestern and Trinity this past weekend, extending its season-long win streak to three games. The Majors, now 5-7 overall and 2-3 in SCAC play, are in the middle of a 7-game homestand in which they’ve gone 3-1 so far. On Friday night in a 69-59 win over SU, junior forward Chris Ingle turned in a career-high 21 points on a career-best 8-of-10 shooting from the floor as Millsaps never trailed in the victory. The Majors’ bench outscored SU by a 21-6 margin, led by 10 points off the bench from freshman Quinn Lemieux. In the lowest scoring win in Millsaps history since a 44-40 victory over Washington University (Mo.) in 1984, Millsaps held Trinity to a season-low 27 percent shooting (16 pct in the second half) from the floor to walk away with a 47-39 victory Saturday night to close out the sweep. On the weekend, the Majors outrebounded their opponent by a +7.5 margin, including a 40-26 advantage over Southwestern. The Majors will host the University of Dallas tonight before closing out their homestand with Centre and DePauw this weekend.

Oglethorpe lost a pair of road SCAC contests this past week to Centre and DePauw. Against the Colonels on Friday the Petrels let a 14 point second half lead slip away against the Colonels and their six game winning streak along with it by losing in overtime, 59-58. Oglethorpe looked poised to claim a huge road conference win after jumping on the Colonels early on for a 30-26 halftime lead that swelled to 47-33 following an Erik Strong basket with 12:07 remaining in the contest. The Petrels went cold, however, and the Colonels put together a 22-8 run as the clocked tick down to send the game to overtime. In overtime, the Colonels took their first lead of the entire game with 4:02 left on a basket by Danny Noll. Against DePauw, The Petrels only trailed by one point at halftime but the Tigers opened the second half on a 30-9 run to seal the win, 80-60. Todd Ward led the Petrels on the afternoon with 16 points and nine rebounds. The Petrels are now 8-5 on the season and 3-2 in SCAC play. Oglethorpe is back in action this Friday night when they square off with the Trinity Tigers in San Antonio, Texas.

Rhodes lost its only game of the week as they dropped a home contest to Birmingham Southern 100-62. The Lynx placed three players in double digits as Reid Hamilton and Brad Luckett each scored 12 points. Larry Cunningham netted 11 points in the loss. Hamilton also grabbed game high six rebounds. The Lynx will be back in action this weekend as they travel to Sherman, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colo. to take on SCAC foes Austin College and Colorado College.

Sewanee dropped a pair of SCAC contests this week with losses to DePauw and Centre on the road. Garrett Hollingsworth averaged 12 points per game on the trip and is leading the Tigers so far this year with 10.2 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game. The Tigers are 3-10 and 0-5 in the SCAC and will play at Southwestern and Trinity this weekend before hosting Colorado College and Austin College the following weekend in home action.

Southwestern split weekend SCAC games to move to 10-4 on the year and 3-2 in conference action. Friday the Pirates faced off with Millsaps College, fell behind early, and were never able to pull ahead as SU struggled shooting from the floor. In their game against Hendrix on Sunday Southwestern returned to their winning ways by mounting a nine point lead and making their free throws down the stretch to secure the 74-66 victory. Senior Zach Bergstrom had 19 points in the win while junior Jonathan Brown scored 17 points in 21 minutes of action. The Pirates return home for two games this coming weekend, facing Sewanee on Friday and Oglethorpe on Saturday.

Trinity split a weekend of SCAC play on the road, defeating Hendrix College 61-54, but losing a 47-39 game to Millsaps College. Sunday’s point total for Trinity was the lowest in the SCAC era for the Tigers, which began in 1991-92. The previous low was 46 points, which Trinity scored twice against Rhodes in 1996-97 and 1998-99. Luke Caldarera and Michael Tobolowsky scored in double figures in both games, though the Tigers have now lost four of their last five meetings against Millsaps. Trinity returns home for another SCAC weekend on Friday and Sunday, facing off against SCAC East Division opponents in Sewanee and Oglethorpe. Last season, the Tigers were 3-0 against the two schools, including a 53-52 win over Sewanee in the SCAC Tournament. B.J. Moon scored a buzzer-beating layup in the game to lift Trinity to the win.

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