LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - As the holidays and final exams approach, only four SCAC teams were in action during the week of Dec. 3-9. Colorado College hosted Austin College for the first back-to-back conference games against the same two opponents since Oglethorpe and Southwestern played consecutive games in February of 2000.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College (1-8, 0-4 SCAC) went 0-2 last week, dropping two SCAC games to Colorado College on the road. Friday, the Kangaroos dropped a 68-49 decision to the Tigers. Austin College was led by Ransom Okpala’s 11 points and Walter Phillip’s 10 points. Saturday, the Kangaroos were on the wrong end of a 71-56 decision. Leading Austin College was Phillips who tallied 12 points and six rebounds. The Kangaroos return to action on Dec.15 when they travel to Hendrix for a non-conference game.
Centenary (5-3) split its two games this week
defeating LeTourneau 57-54 on Monday and falling to LSU-Shreveport
92-71 on Friday. It came down to the final 7.3 seconds on Monday,
as sophomore Jairus Browning knocked down the game winning three
pointer to put the Gents on top with 3 seconds remaining. The trey
brought Browning to 13 points on the night to tie for a team high.
Freshmen Brett Bell also had 13 points and had a team high 8
rebounds. On Friday, Centenary and cross-town rival LSU-Shreveport
met at “The Dock” on LSUS’s campus, which is
about 5 miles away from Centenary. This is the first time since
2007 that these teams would meet in what is now being called the
“Crosstown Classic.” The atmosphere was tough for the
Gents being on the road, but a little run at the end of the half
kept the deficit under double digits 45-37. Sophomore JaColby
Hardin-Crawford had a season high 23 points, going 4-for-6 from
3-point range. Senior Jonathan Blount added 18 points in his first
game back after missing the last three. Centenary will play next
Saturday at University of Dallas at 3 p.m.
Colorado College extended its winning streak to four
games with a pair of victories over Austin College last weekend.
Junior guard Jake Tramutolo drained five of seven shots from behind
the arc en route to a team-high 15 points as the Tigers began
conference play with a 68-49 victory over the ‘Roos on Friday
night. On Friday night, CC took the lead for good when freshman
guard Juwan Rohan’s three pointer ignited a 13-2 run 5:16
into the game. The Tigers dialed long distance eight times during
the first half and tied their team high with 13 long-range buckets.
Senior forward Ian Rewoldt grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and
recorded a career-high six steals to lead the defense. Junior guard
Ryan Milne contributed with 13 points and four assists for the
Tigers. The following night, Milne and sophomore forward Chris
Lesnansky combined for 39 points to lead the Tigers to a 71-56
triumph. CC trailed 21-15 midway through the first half when
freshman guard Justin Berardino triggered a 12-1 run with a
long-range bomb for his only basket of the game. Leading 43-34
after 20 minutes, Lesnansky scored six of his 19 points during a
10-0 run that gave Colorado College a 53-34 lead with 15:36 to play
and AC could get no closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
Milne finished with a game-high 20 points, the second time this
season and the 16th time in his career he finished with 20 or more.
He became the 10th player in school history to record 250 career
assists and the 26th Tiger to score 800 or more points on Saturday
night. CC is idle until Dec. 29 when it plays the University of
Wisconsin-Platteville in the first of three non-conference games in
Southern California.
Dallas (3-2) is idle until Saturday, Dec. 15, when they
open SCAC-play at home versus Centenary College of Louisiana.
Southwestern had a light week of action, facing
soon to be SCAC opponent Schreiner on Tuesday night. The Pirates
scored four more points from the free throw line to defeat the
Mountaineers 75-69. Brief runs and strong defense pushed the
Pirates on to victory to improve to 2-5 on the season. SU has an
off week for finals before returning to action by hosting a
tournament beginning December 17th.
Trinity (4-3, 2-0 SCAC) had the week
off. The Tigers will be off until after finals, resuming play on
December 17 and 18 at the Southwestern Classic in Georgetown,
Texas. The Tigers will face Howard Payne and SUNYIT in the
tournament.
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