2013-14 SCAC Men's Basketball News
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Trinity Retains SCAC Presidents' Trophy; Fourth Straight All-Sports Award for the Tigers
May 05, 2015LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - After earning five of the eight spring sport championships contested on the final week of the 2014-15 academic year, Trinity University cruised to its fourth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Presidents' Trophy. It is the program's 15th all-sports title. -
Southwestern and Trinity Earn NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
July 23, 2014KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Southwestern University and Trinity University men's basketball teams were named NABC Team Academic Excellence Award winners on Wednesday as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the second annual 2013-14 Team Academic Excellence Awards.
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SCAC Lands 19 on NABC Honors Court; Trinity Leads Nation with 11 Individuals
July 21, 2014KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the 2013-14 NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the pastseason. The SCAC landed 19 student-athletes on the team with a nation-leading 11 coming from Trinity University.
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Colorado College Men's Basketball Uses Paintball to Bond with Veterans
July 17, 2014COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Athletes are often viewed as heroes after they make a key defensive play or score the deciding goal at the end of a game. But on May 11, members of the Colorado College men's basketball team had an opportunity to compete against a group of veterans who are real heroes in every sense of the word.
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SCAC announces Spring 2014 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll
June 23, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll today for the 2014 spring term and 607 student-athletes made the list. Since its inception in 1997 just over 22,000 male and female student-athletes have been recognized for their contributions in the classroom.
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Austin College's Swisher; Colorado College's Criss Selected SCAC Character & Community Student-Athletes of the Week
June 16, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Jeremy Swisher of Austin College and Caila Criss of Colorado College have been selected as the SCAC Male and Female Character & Community Student-Athletes of the Week, respectively, for the week ending Sunday, June 15.
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Schreiner Promotes Kuykendall to Head Men's Basketball Coach
April 16, 2014KERRVILLE, Texas - Connor Kuykendall has been named the new head coach for the Schreiner men’s vasketball program, the school announced Tuesday morning. Connor spent the last two seasons as the assistant coach under SU’s previous head coach, Jimmy Smith.
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Texas Lutheran Announces Hiring of Smith as Head Men's Basketball Coach
April 07, 2014SEGUIN, Texas – Texas Lutheran University announced Monday that Jimmy Smith, previously the head coach at Schreiner University, has been named the ninth head coach of the TLU men's basketball program.
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Trinity leads four SCAC schools ranked in 2013-2014 Division III Learfield Sports Directors' Cup winter standings
April 03, 2014CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Currently in 16th place, Trinity University leads four Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) institutions ranked in the prestigious 2013-2014 Division III Learfield Sports Directors' Cup winter standings.
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Centenary's Blount; Schreiner's Myres Earn DIII News Honors
March 24, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Centenary College senior guard Jonathan Blount and Schreiner University senior guard AJ Myres were named to the 2014 Men's DIII News All-America team, the organization announced today.
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Centenary's Blount; Schreiner's Myres; Trinity's Kitzinger Selected to NABC All-District Team
March 18, 2014KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jonathan Blount of Centenary College, AJ Myres of Schreiner University and Robert Kitzinger of Trinity University were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-District team in an announcement made today.
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SCAC Announces 2014 Winter All-Sportsmanship Teams
March 17, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its sixth annual winter All-Sportsmanship teams. A total of 28 student-athletes were selected to the 2013-14 squad in the sports of men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s swimming & diving and women’s swimming & diving.
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SCAC Has Three Named to D3hoops.com All-Region Men's Teams
March 17, 2014MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - A trio of SCAC senior guards - AJ Myres of Schreiner University, Robert Kitzinger of Trinity University and Ryan Milne of Colorado College - were selected to the 2013-14 D3hoops.com Region teams, the website announced this morning.
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TLU's Tommy Jones Announces his Retirement
March 13, 2014SEGUIN, Texas – After a coaching career spanning more than 40 years, including seven years as head coach at Texas Lutheran University, Tommy Jones has announced his retirement as head men's basketball coach of the Bulldogs.
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Trinity widens gap in race for 2013-14 SCAC President's Trophy
March 10, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - After winning three of the four conference championship titles this winter, Trinity University has widened its lead as the program attempts to win its third consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) President's Trophy.
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Trinity Drops Heartbreaker to Whitworth at NCAA Tournament
March 07, 2014RICHARDSON, Texas - The Trinity University men's basketball team suffered a narrow 75-73 loss to 12th-ranked Whitworth (WA) University in the opening round of the NCAA Playoffs on Friday night.
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Trinity Men Head to UT-Dallas to Take on Whitworth in NCAA First Round
March 03, 2014INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Trinity University, the 2013-14 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball champions, will take on Whitworth University in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship.
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Three-Peat After Me; Trinity Men Win Third Consecutive SCAC Basketball Title
March 02, 2014SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Tournament MVP Robert Kitzginer had 22 points and eight rebounds to lead Trinity University to an 82-70 victory over Centenary College in the championship game of the 2014 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament.
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Centenary's Blount; Schreiner's Myres Highlight 2013-14 All-SCAC Men's Basketball Selections
March 01, 2014SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Historically close balloting produced the first tie in the 23-year history of the award as senior guard Jonathan Blount of Centenary College and senior guard AJ Myres of Schreiner University were selected as SCAC Men’s Basketball Co-Players-of-the-Year in exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC).
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2014 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament - Day Two Recap
March 01, 2014SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The top two seeds - Trinity University and Centenary College - advanced to Sunday's championship game of the 2014 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament. Tip-off is scheduled for Noon CT.
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2014 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament - Day One Recap
February 28, 2014SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The top four seeds all advanced in Friday's quarterfinal action at the 2014 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament.
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2014 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament - Preview
February 25, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The 12th annual Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament tips off Friday in San Antonio as the two-time defending champion and top-seeded Trinity University men will be seeking the program's second SCAC tournament three-peat. The Tigers, who won SCAC tournament titles in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012 and 2013, will have home court advantage in their quest for the program's eighth overall men's basketball championship.
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Centenary's Blount Earns SCAC Player of the Week for Fourth Time
February 24, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - It was a record breaking week for senior guard Jonathan Blount of Centenary College. Blount set the record for free throws made (19) and attempted (22) in a game while finishing with the second most prolific scoring week in conference history. He earns his fourth SCAC Player of the Week for his outstanding effort.
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Men's Basketball Recap (Week 13) - Around the SCAC
February 24, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Going into this weekend, not one seed was set in the SCAC Tournament, but that all changed. Trinity clinched the No. 1 spot with a dominating second half against Southwestern. Meanwhile, a Dallas upset over Colorado College turned the seedings upside down and gave Centenary, who was victorious over Austin College, the No. 2 seed and Schreiner, who defeated Texas Lutheran, the No. 3 seed. Colorado College settled for No. 4 while Dallas took No. 5.
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SCAC Announces 2014 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket
February 22, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The SCAC office today announced the bracket for the 2014 men's basketball tournament, which will be begin Friday, Feb. 28 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Dallas' Garate; Texas Lutheran's Benavides Named SCAC Character & Community Student-Athletes of the Week
February 20, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Victor Garate of the University of Dallas and Natasha Benavides of Texas Lutheran University have been selected as the SCAC Male and Female Character & Community Student-Athletes of the Week, respectively, for the week ending Sunday, February 16.
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2014 SCAC Basketball Championship Website Released
February 20, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia -- The 2014 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament will be held Friday-Sunday, February 28th-March 2nd, in San Antonio, Texas, on the campus of Trinity University.
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Colorado College's Lesnansky Earns SCAC Player of the Week Honors
February 17, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Colorado College's junior forward Chris Lesnansky has been named SCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week thanks to his outstanding efforts this past week.
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Men's Basketball Recap (Week 12) - Around the SCAC
February 17, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - With one weekend of conference play remaining, not a single team in SCAC men's basketball has clinched. Colorado College and Schreiner were the big winners last week, both going 2-0 with the Mountaineers defeating Trinity and the Tigers defeating Centenary.
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Centenary's Blount Repeats as SCAC Player of the Week
February 10, 2014LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - For the second straight week, senior guard Jonathon Blount of Centenary College has earned SCAC Player of the Week honors after yet another outstanding performance. He has now earned Player of the Week three times this season.
