LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The 2016-17 SCAC men's basketball season tipped off on Tuesday with the league posting a cumulative 10-12 mark in the opening week of action.
Two-time defending SCAC tournament champion Texas Lutheran University posted a 3-0 mark, defeating three American Southwest Conference opponents. The Bulldogs opened with an 87-84 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor University on Tuesday and followed that up with victories over McMurry University, 80-72, and Hardin-Simmons University, 90-66, on Thursday and Saturday.
Another successful start to the 2016-17 campaign came from Centenary College, who rebounded from a 90-77 loss to East Texas Baptist University on opening night to take two games from Southern Athletic Association opponents over the weekend. The Gents posted a 79-76 victory Hendrix College on Saturday when Travion Kirkendoll nailed a 35-foot buzzer beater and then cruised to a 76-60 win at Millsaps College a day later.
Trinity University also got off to a 2-1 start. The Tigers defeated UT-Dallas, 75-56, on Tuesday and then split two games at the Case Western Reserve University/Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Tournament. Trinity lost a 72-71 decision to the host school on Friday but bounced back with an 84-70 victory against Hampden-Sydney College in the consolation game.
For links to box scores and recaps from all of last week's season-opening action, click below:
This Week's Leaders:
Points/game (25.0): Sterling Holmes, Texas Lutheran
Rebounds/game (10.5): Zach Whitlock, Southwestern
Assists/game (5.7): Matt Jones, Trinity
Steals/game (3.3): Travion Kirkendoll, Centenary
Blocks/game (2.3): Shawn Hamilton, Texas Lutheran
*FG percentage (66.7): Sterling Holmes, Texas Lutheran (18-27)
+FT percentage (100.0): Ben Stiver, Southwestern (8-8); Jayden Holden, Trinity (6-6)
#3FG percentage (71.4): Matt Jones, Trinity (5-7)
*minimum of 4 FGs made per game
+minimum of 2.5 FTs made per game
#minimum of 1.5 3FGs made per game
This Week's Results:
Date | Away | Home | Status | Links | ||
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November | ||||||
Tue. 15 |
|
75 |
|
56 | Final | |
|
84 |
|
87 | Final | ||
|
89 |
|
88 | Final - OT | ||
|
98 |
|
95 | Final | ||
|
92 |
|
78 | Final | ||
|
82 |
|
77 | Final | ||
|
77 |
|
90 | Final | ||
Thu. 17 |
|
72 |
|
93 | Final | |
|
80 |
|
72 | Final | ||
Fri. 18 |
|
67 |
|
100 | Final | |
|
71 |
|
72 | Final | ||
|
71 |
|
90 | Final | ||
Sat. 19 |
|
84 |
|
70 | Final | |
|
60 |
|
77 | Final | ||
|
82 |
|
91 | Final | ||
|
90 |
|
66 | Final | ||
|
79 |
|
76 | Final | ||
|
78 |
|
79 | Final | ||
|
75 |
|
82 | Final | ||
|
58 |
|
77 | Final | ||
Sun. 20 |
|
89 |
|
40 | Final | |
|
76 |
|
60 | Final |