WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

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Ron Boerger

... and I see the d3hoops brain trust has Trinity going to UT-Dallas to save the NCAA one plane trip.   God, this gets old after a while. 

Pat Coleman

It didn't feel very good putting it together, either.   :-\
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Ron Boerger

Definitely not shooting the messengers, Pat.    At least not until this afternoon when the AA are the announcers  ;)

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Ralph Turner

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 22, 2017, 06:49:01 AM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on February 21, 2017, 11:34:27 PM
Conference said today they're actively seeking a tenth member.   Not having to find a football school probably gives some options they may not have had before, and the next school being the tenth (and making travel/scheduling easier) probably doesn't hurt, either.   May not find one, but have to give the SCAC honchos credit for finding a way to ease the island CC has been on all these years.

I don't know anything about MUW in Mississippi - do they have the academic standing to be a potential member?
MUW is in the middle of nowhere!

(At least the ASC continues to honor decades of loyalty to intercollegiate athletics at its charter member, Sul Ross State.)

It is another 2.5 hours east from Belhaven to get to Columbus Mississippi. (ASC)
MUW is 2 hours east of Rust College.
MUW is about 3 hours southeast of Memphis (Rhodes) SAA
MUW is  3 hours northwest of Montgomery (Huntingdon). (USA South)
MUW is 4 hours southwest of Sewanee! SAA
MUW is 5 hours southeast of Conway AR (Hendrix   SAA).

MUW is not a member of the Association of Colleges of the South (almost a prerequisite for the SAA).

Ralph Turner

Congrats Trinity!  Win another Championship for you and for Texas!

Ron Boerger

Two good games ... in both cases Trinity jumped out to early lead only to be reeled back in early/mid Q3 by their opponent.   Major gut check time for a team that had gone 10+ years without a post-season win (!) but in both cases the Tigers focused their defense and got enough offense to earn the win.   Micah Weaver was incredible in the Hendrix game with 31 points, tying a team season high.   In the second game, it took Trinity a while to figure how to deal with CMS' height (all starters except PG 5'10" or taller) and especially with two players, senior C Aly Young (17 points of the bench in 21 minutes) and freshman F Maya Love (8 rebounds, 7 offensive to go with 14 points in 19 minutes).    It's not a stretch to say those two kept CMS in the game until about the three minute mark (Love had four offensive boards in the fourth quarter alone).  Trinity started double- and occasionally triple-teaming Young, who was otherwise unstoppable inside, and were able to rotate back fast enough to keep the Athenas from getting open shot opportunities.   Trinity got 17 from both Weaver (mostly late) and Mollie Hughes, and Monica Holguin also delivered in the clutch with 13 points and a season-high ten assists (five of which came in the final stanza). 

Whitman (25-4) will be a tough opponent in the sectionals.   They've both played Puget Sound with Whitman going 2-1 and Trinity 1-0; those are the only losses UPS suffered all season.   Whitman was also 3-1 against George Fox, Trinity, 1-0.   Neither team has lost outside of their respective conferences. 

Ron Boerger

One other observation from the Hendrix-Trinity game.  Early on Weaver had missed a couple of shots, was up at the free throw line, and a Hendrix supporter, eschewing all the pre-game talk from the announcer about sportsmanship, started mouthing off insults like "I hope you shoot free throws better than you do jumpers".  Yeah, she did, 10-11 from the line was better than 9-16 from the floor and 3-4 from beyond the arc.   Thanks for the encouragement, random Hendrix supporter!    ;D

Ron Boerger

Trinity trailing Whitman 30-29 at half despite shooting 31% and being outrebounded 29-18.   Pressure keeping TU close as Whitman's turned it over 9 times to TU's 4.

St Thomas announcers saying that both teams are equally guilty of turning the ball over at the half.   Look at your stat sheet, guys.

Ron Boerger

#1659
Whitman wins by 10 after a huge performance on the glass, outrebounding Trinity 58-33.   Monica Holguin closes her career with 15 points and 10 rebounds on a night when the Tigers simply could not buy a bucket (31.9%, 25.0% from beyond the arc).     Next year will be tough as the team loses a great deal of senior leadership, but with Micah Weaver (a rising senior) and Abby Holland (rising soph) the cupboard will not be empty. 

Edit:  the 58 rebounds for Whitman were their season high.

Ron Boerger

Ironically, Saturday night Whitman lost to St Thomas after shooting even worse (27.4%) and managing 0-15 from beyond the arc.   Emily Rommel, who constantly got open inside against Trinity (16 pts despite 4-11 from the charity stripe), was 1-6 for 2 points (0 FTs) before fouling out in 18 minutes.   The Tommies had a lot to do with Whitman's performance but it sure would have been nice to see some of that a night earlier.   Such is life. 

Ron Boerger

Thanks to the d3hoops.com voters who yesterday named Monica Holguin Second Team All-America.   

Monica actually does have a year of eligibility remaining (or so it appears) should she wish to pursue graduate work.   A guy can hope  ;) but I don't think it's in the cards. 

scottiedoug

The Powers that Be let one slip and chose someone from the South to be an All-American.  Not so for the men.

Ron Boerger

Quote from: scottiedoug on March 19, 2017, 02:55:24 PM
The Powers that Be let one slip and chose someone from the South to be an All-American.  Not so for the men.

Hardin-Simmons' Nathaniel Jack was also named Second Team AA.

scottiedoug

Sorry I missed that.  My point remains, however.