SUWANEE, Ga. - Several SCAC teams participated in tournaments over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The DePauw Tigers won the Mike Rockicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge while The Trinity Tigers won the Trip Sports Thanksgiving Tournament. Numerous other conference teams were action as well.

AROUND THE SCAC

Austin had the week off for Thanksgiving. The ‘Roos, currently 1-2, return to the court December 1 when it hosts Dallas Christian for a 7 p.m. tip-off. Austin will then begin Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play when the ‘Roos host Southwestern on Friday December 5 at 6 p.m. and then Trinity on December 7 at 1 p.m. 
 
Birmingham-Southern (3-2) dropped a tough one Tuesday night, 72-68, to the Rhodes College (2-1) Lynx. The loss was the first in Bill Battle Coliseum for the Panthers this season. The Panthers were led by Nathan West, from the bench, with 17 points, two assists, and two steals. Aaron Parr turned in another solid performance with 14 points, and Austin Thames rounded out the Panthers in double-figures with ten. Dominic Whicher added nine points and added a team-high six rebounds. BSC was off for the Thanksgiving holiday, but will return to Bill Battle Monday night to host Otterbein College at 7:00 p.m.
   
No. 13 Centre took last week off and will return to action Monday against Berea College at home. The Colonels will also open league play at Sewanee Friday and Oglethorpe Sunday. Centre is currently 2-1 this season having played three two-point games.

Colorado College dropped its sixth consecutive game, but the last five were against Division II members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Sophomore guard Nick Rose and sophomore forward Brady Ohlsen combined for 56 points against Western State College. Rose scored a career-high 30 points, making eight of 10 three-point attempts to finish within one of CC's single-game record shared by six players. He went over the 20-point plateau for the second time this season and third time in his career. Rose began the tournament with 12 points in a 91-51 loss to Mesa State. Ohlsen had a career-high 26 points against the Mountaineers, eclipsing the 20-point mark for the third time this year and fourth time overall. Senior guard Lance Jacobs led CC with 17 points against Mesa State. Colorado College will face Johnson & Wales University in Denver on Tuesday night before beginning Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference action next weekend.

DePauw evened its record at 2-2 after capturing their fifth straight Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge. DePauw opened play with a 92-57 win over Earlham on Saturday as Mike Moore paced the Tigers with 26, while Joe Bergfeld dropped in a career-high 14 and Tom Callen and Steve Lemasters each followed with 11. Callen led DePauw with six rebounds as the Tigers held a 35-20 advantage on the boards. DePauw hit 59.6 percent from the floor including 9-of-18 from three-point range. In the title game, DePauw handed Ohio Northern its first loss four tries after a 73-64 win. David Gray and Callen each notched career-high point totals with 20 and 16, respectively, while Moore added 19. Callen hauled down eight boards in the win. Gray was named the tournament MVP and Moore to the all-tournament team.

Hendrix junior forward Michael Bertrand and senior forward Andrew King scored 17 and 14 points, respectively, while junior guard Cal Rose added 13 points to the mix in the Warriors' 76-62 win over University of Dallas on Tuesday night at the Maher Center.  Hendrix improves to 3-1 with the win.  The Warriors never trailed in their sixth-straight victory over the Crusaders. Hendrix junior guard Janson Hightower dished out a season-high five assists. Bertrand and King paced the squad with six and five rebounds, respectively. King blocked a pair of shots in the contest. 

Millsaps (1-4) had two strong performances in its home opener this last weekend. The Majors hung tough, but ultimately fell to the Wesley College Warriors in the first home game of the season by the score of 59-52. The Majors were able to get to within one point twice in the game, but could not get the go-ahead bucket. Senior Russell Booth was the lone Major in double figures, scoring a career-high 15 points to go along with nine rebounds and a pair of blocks. Cameron Varnado and Blake Martinez were both able to notch eight points apiece in the contest. Millsaps came roaring back to pick up its first victory of a young 2008 season as five Majors were able to reach double figures in the 92-79 win over Rust College. Leading the way was junior Blake Martinez who had a career-high 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting. The Majors will continue a five-game home stand on Tuesday, Dec. 2, welcoming Huntingdon to town for a non-conference affair. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. in the Hangar Dome.

Oglethorpe had a busy week, going 2-1 in three contests. The team suffered their first loss, an 87-81 setback at the hands of Emory University, last Tuesday night. The Petrels rebounded, however, to win both of their weekend games in the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Thanksgiving Classic hosted by Oglethorpe. On Friday, the Petrels outlasted Maryville College, 77-75, with sophomore Todd Ward hitting a jumper with 1.2 seconds left to lift Oglethorpe. On the night, Ward posted 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists to lead all five starters in double-figures. On Saturday, the Petrels beat LaGrange 90-71. Oglethorpe was led by the stellar play of junior point guard David Allison who connected on 8 of 13 shots for a game-high 25 points and 6 assists. With the victories, Oglethorpe moves to 5-1 on the season and will get set to host both DePauw and Centre this weekend in conference action.
  
Rhodes captured a 72-68 road victory against Birmingham Southern College on November 25. The victory was the second straight for Rhodes against Birmingham Southern in Bill Battle Coliseum. Rhodes defeated Birmingham Southern last season 65-63 in overtime.  On the game, the Lynx placed three players in double digit scoring. Cory Smith had a game high 31 points, Ollie with 18 and Kilpatrick with 16. Rhodes out rebounded Birmingham Southern 41-35 for the game including 15 offensive rebounds. Kilpatrick led the Lynx with 12 rebounds. His double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds are a collegiate first for the freshman. Rhodes is back in action on Monday, December 1st, as they travel to Elsah, Illinois to play Principia. Rhodes is back in action at home on December 6th, as they host the Crusaders of the University of Dallas. Tipoff is set for 3 pm in Mallory gymnasium.
 
Sewanee went to LaGrange on Tuesday night and after a 20-0 run to close the first half, the visiting Tigers got the eventual 74-65 win to move to 1-4 on the year and earn new coach Bubba Smith his first win as Sewanee's head coach. Bradley Pierson led the Tiger scoring with 23 points. Pierson is averaging 19 ppg this season. The Tigers will host Otterbein on Tuesday before opening SCAC play this weekend against Centre and DePauw.
 
Southwestern moved to 3-1 with a solid team win over Hardin-Simmons University on Tuesday night. The Pirates touted a high powered offense shooting 41.8 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the arc. Four Pirates recorded double digit points in the 91-79 win over the Cowboys. Southwestern was led by junior Travis Barber who scored 23 points on 7-15 shooting including 4-7 from three point-range. He also led the team in rebounds (9), steals (4), and blocks (1). Next up the Pirates will take on the University of Dallas on Tuesday night at home before opening up conference play with an away weekend at Austin College on Friday and Colorado College on Saturday.
  
Trinity improved to 4-1 on the season with three wins last week, highlighted by an 81-71 victory over 10th-ranked University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday. Following Tuesday's win, the Tigers took part in the Trip Sports San Antonio Shootout at Trinity University, defeating Olivet College 63-61 in overtime on Thanksgiving night, then downing Whitman College 71-61 on Saturday. B.J. Moon led four Trinity players in double figures with 17 points against Mary Hardin-Baylor, while Luke Caldarera and Charles Houston combined for 26 points and 18 rebounds.  Against Olivet, Caldarera had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the team - including the game-winning shot with three seconds left in overtime.  Houston then had his third double-double of the year with 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Tigers to a win over Whitman. Trinity will open SCAC play this weekend at Colorado College and Austin College.  Last season, the Tigers defeated both teams in San Antonio to open conference play.  Patrick Robinson led Trinity with 18 points in an 87-60 win over Austin College, then Moon and Houston scored 14 points each in a 59-40 win over Colorado College.

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