LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Schriener continues to lead the SCAC Standings, improving to 5-0 with a huge win over Colorado College. Trinity also moved into a tie for second with two wins on the weekend while Centenary, Colorado College, Dallas, and Southwestern all picked up a win.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin
College dropped both of its games last weekend, being
narrowly edged 60-58 by Southwestern and 72-67 by Trinity. The
‘Roos are now 4-9 overall and 0-4 in conference play. Austin
College led at halftime of both games, leading the Pirates 30-24
and Trinity 31-27 but the ‘Roos were unable to hold those
leads. Ransom Okpala and Austin Freet each scored 14 in the loss to
Southwestern, and Okpala scored 21 in the loss to Trinity. Freet
recorded his first double-double with 10 points and 15 boards
against Trinity, and Jimmy King hit five three pointers on his way
to 15 points.
Centenary split a pair of conference road
contests this weekend after picking up a 65-58 win at Southwestern
on Saturday afternoon. The Gents opened the weekend falling 82-61
at Trinity on Friday night. Jonathan Blount led the Maroon and
White with 39 total points and was the only Centenary player in
double-digits in both contests. Kendall Demouchet added 14
points in the victory over the Pirates to join the Shreveport, La.,
native. Demouchet finished a rebound shy of posting his third
double-double of season with nine boards in the decision. He
totaled 15 rebounds over the weekend. The Lafayette, La., product
also tallied a team-best three steals and tied for the top spot
with a block against the Black and Gold. Centenary returns to
action on Friday as they host Texas Lutheran at 6 p.m.
No. 25 Colorado College split its first
conference road games, dropping a 71-58 decision at Schreiner on
Friday night before bouncing back the following day for a 97-85
victory at Texas Lutheran. Sophomore guard Justin Berardino tied
his career high with 19 points, but the Tigers could not overcome
Chris Lesnansky’s foul trouble and the Mountaineer’s
torrid three-point shooting. CC’s second-leading scorer, who
came into the night averaging 18.6 points per game, was called for
three fouls in the first half and played only 22 minutes. The
Tigers trailed 50-48 after freshman forward Mitch Carter knocked
down a short jumper for two of his 13 points with 5:44 to play.
However, that was as close as his team would get. Sophomore forward
James Lonergan scored 10 of his season-high 17 points during a
pivotal 14-2 surge late in the second half to lift Colorado College
at TLU. Lonergan’s jumper with 6:24 remaining tied the game
at 79-79, then Carter put the Tigers ahead for good on layup 27
seconds later. Lonergan added the final four points during the run
to give CC a 10-point lead with 3:08 to play and the Bulldogs would
get no closer than 89-82 with 2:26 left. Ryan Milne led the Tigers
with 28 points and 12 assists to record the second double-double of
his career. The senior guard also tied his career high with six
steals. Carter made six of eight shots from the floor and six of
seven free throws to record a season-high 18 points. He also led
the team with eight rebounds. Berardino connected on four of seven
shots from behind the arc en route to a 15-point performance.
Colorado College returns home next week to play host to
Southwestern and Trinity on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The Dallas men’s basketball team
(8-7, 2-3 SCAC) went 1-1 on the week in a pair of conference road
contests. On Friday, in Seguin, Texas, the Crusaders won 67-57 over
Texas Lutheran. On Saturday, in Kerrville, Texas, head coach Jarred
Samples’ squad fell 72-62 to Schreiner. Dallas returns to the
Maher Athletic Center for two games this week -- Trinity (Friday, 6
p.m.) and Southwestern (Sunday, 12 p.m.).
Schreiner went 2-0
with two home victories over #25 Colorado College (71-58) and
Dallas (72-62) this past weekend. Schreiner has won seven
straight victories and are currently on top of the SCAC standings.
Sixteen games into the regular season, Schreiner is being led
by Senior AJ Myres, who is third in the SCAC in scoring with a 19.5
ppg average and Junior Stevan Guerrero, who leads the ‘Neers
with 6.2 rebounds per game average, along with a 15.4 ppg. The
Mountaineers will play travel this week to Austin College (Friday,
January 24th)and Centenary (Sunday, January 26th).
Southwestern went 1-1 in SCAC action this
week to move to 5-10 on the year and 2-3 in conference play. Friday
night the Pirates took control of the game in the second half and
won the sprint to the end, defeating Austin College 60-58.
Centenary jumped out to an early lead on Saturday, but the Pirates
briefly took the lead back in the second half before the Gents took
back control to win the game 65-58. SU hits the road for the final
weekend in the first half of conference play, facing Colorado
College on Friday and Dallas on Sunday.
Texas Lutheran was hurt by a game-closing
21-3 run against Dallas on Friday. After holding an eight-point
lead with less than eight minutes to go, the Bulldogs would not
make another field goal, eventually falling 67-57 inside Memorial
Gymnasium. Troy Griffith led the team with 14 points in that game.
The next day, the Bulldogs went toe-to-toe with No. 25 Colorado
College, even leading as late as eight minutes left in the game.
Another late run was the difference as the Tigers were able to pull
away late to take the 97-85 win. A big reason for the
Bulldogs’ success was the play of freshman Jordan Kouremetis,
who scored a career-high 28 points. Twenty-two of those points came
in the second half. THe Bulldogs as a team shot a season-high 55
percent from the field.
Trinity scored a pair of home wins in SCAC
play over the weekend, remaining in a tie for second place in the
conference standings with a 4-1 mark. The Tigers defeated
both Centenary 82-61 to start things off on Friday night, then took
a narrow 72-67 win over Austin College on Saturday. Next up for the
Tigers will be a pair of SCAC road games on Friday and Saturday.
Trinity faces the University of Dallas on Friday night, followed by
a Saturday showdown at Colorado College on Saturday. Trinity
was 3-0 in the regular season against Dallas last season, but won
just once in three tries against Colorado. Trinity did earn a
season split with Colorado by winning in overtime in the SCAC
Championship.
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