SCAC Men's Basketball Recap - Week One

SCAC Men's Basketball Recap - Week One

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
November
Tue. 15 Trinity (Tex.) 75 Texas-Dallas 56 Final
  Mary Hardin-Baylor 84 Texas Lutheran 87 Final
  Dallas 89 Hendrix 88 Final - OT
  Southwestern (Tex.) 98 Hardin-Simmons 95 Final
  LeTourneau 92 Austin College 78 Final
  Sul Ross St. 82 Schreiner 77 Final
  Centenary (La.) 77 East Tex. Baptist 90 Final
Thu. 17 Schreiner 72 Hardin-Simmons 93 Final
  Texas Lutheran 80 McMurry 72 Final
Fri. 18 Dallas 67 Covenant 100 Final
  Trinity (Tex.) 71 Case Western Reserve 72 Final
  Colorado College 71 Wis.-Whitewater 90 Final
Sat. 19 Trinity (Tex.) 84 Hampden-Sydney 70 Final
  Dallas 60 LaGrange 77 Final
  Schreiner 82 McMurry 91 Final
  Texas Lutheran 90 Hardin-Simmons 66 Final
  Centenary (La.) 79 Hendrix 76 Final
  Southwestern (Tex.) 78 Mary Hardin-Baylor 79 Final
  Austin College 75 Millsaps 82 Final
  Colorado College 58 Wis.-Platteville 77 Final
Sun. 20 Austin College 89 Hendrix 40 Final
  Centenary (La.) 76 Millsaps 60 Final

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