SUWANEE, Ga. - Behind Mike Moore's 30 points, the DePauw Tigers snapped Centre's 22 game regualr-season SCAC winning streak with a 78-74 home win. Elsewhere in the SCAC West Division, Trinity continued its winning ways by extending its winning streak to 10 games with two league wins.

AROUND THE SCAC

 Austin extended its winning streak to four games with wins over Milwaukee School of Engineering, Colorado College and the University of Dallas over the holidays, making it the longest win streak since the ‘Roos won seven in a row in 2000. The ‘Roos are now 7-4 overall and 2-1 in conference play, thanks in large part to Kola Alade's 15.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists over that three game stretch to go along with his 59.3% shooting. Mark Foster scored 17 and Adam Bishop hit a jumper to beat the shot clock with just over a minute left to lead the ‘Roos past Milwaukee by a final of 58-54 on December 29, and Chris Sturtevant scored 18 in an 80-72 win over Colorado College. Alade led the way against the Crusaders with 18 points in a 62-57 win, and Sturtevant added 12 points and eight boards. Spencer Burke blocked 10 shots during the three games, including six against Milwaukee.  
 
Birmingham-Southern (7-4) collected a pair of wins this weekend over Sewanee and Oglethorpe in Birmingham. Both games were hotly contested with the Panthers able to pull away at the end. On Friday, a steal from Michael Rebarchak and a dish to Isiah Doaty put the Panthers up one with 1:56 remaining. Another Sewanee turnover with just over a minute gave the ball back to BSC, up one, 45-44. Roger Williams hit the front-end of a one-and-one to put BSC up two and the Panthers were able to hold on for the win.  Nathan West hit critical three and four foul shots to help seal the win in the closing minutes. BSC will be on the road this week, at DePauw on Friday for a 5 p.m. tip, and at Centre at noon on Sunday.
   
Centre ended 2008 by splitting a pair of games in its annual holiday tournament and then dropped its first game of 2009 on the road. The Colonels fell to Piedmont 82-75 on the first day of the tournament snapping an 18-game tournament winning streak. It also snapped a streak of 12 straight years winning on the first day of the tournament. Centre bounced back one day later to defeat Maryville (Tenn.) for the second time this year, winning 78-72 at home this time. Senior guard Kris Bentley and junior forward Danny Noll were each named to the All-Tournament Team. The Colonels fell 78-74 to DePauw. The loss snapped an SCAC record 22-game regular season conference winning streak. Centre is now 8-3 overall and 2-1 in the SCAC with home league games against Rhodes and Birmingham-Southern up next.

After a 28-day layoff, Colorado College returned to action and dropped an 80-72 decision at Austin College. Senior guard Lance Jacobs and sophomore guard Nick Rose led the Tiger offense with 18 points apiece. It was the sixth consecutive time and 10th time in 11 games Rose scored in double-figures. Jacobs reached double-figure points for the fourth time. Junior forward Brady Ohlsen added 13 points to reach double figures for the 10th time. Senior point guard Jarrell Sweet had 11 points, a team-high seven rebounds and four assists. Colorado College will continue its five-game road swing when it travels to Hendrix College and Millsaps College for conference games next Friday and Sunday, respectively.

DePauw extended its win streak to three straight after capturing its second consecutive Tampa Bay Shootout title and then ended Centre's SCAC-record 22-game regular season conference win streak. The Tigers defeated Drew (76-56) and Huntingdon (74-58) at the Shootout and topped Centre, 78-74. In the three games, Mike Moore paced the Tigers with 20.3 points and 5.3 assists per game and also grabbed 5.3 rebounds. Tom Callen followed with 16.3 points and Steve Lemasters added 16.0. Moore just missed a triple-double against Drew with 10 points, a career-high nine rebounds and nine assists. Moore broke the SCAC career assists record of 499 held by Rhodes' Robert Johnson (1992-96). In the Drew game, Lemasters hit nine three-pointers which broke the DePauw single-game record and scored a career-high 27 points. Moore then netted 30 in the win over Centre.

Hendrix went 2-2 over the break with wins over Concordia University and Southwestern University. The Warriors lost to Dickinson College and Trinity University. Hendrix now stands at 8-3 overall and 2-1 in SCAC play. Senior forward Andrew King posted a season-high 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the field in the Warriors' 73-62 loss to Dickinson in their opening game of the Land of Magic Classic on Dec. 28. Junior forward Michael Bertrand scored eight points out of the Warriors' 12-4 run late in the second half to overcome Concordia, 72-60, on Dec. 29 in their final game of the Land of Magic Classic. Junior guard Cal Rose knocked down a season-high five 3-pointers and led the Warriors with a game-high 20 points in their 81-76 victory over Southwestern on Jan. 2. Trinity grabbed an early lead and never looked back thanks to Luke Caldarera's 27-point performance as the Tigers defeated Hendrix, 69-53, on Jan. 3.

Millsaps dropped to 2-9 and 0-3 in SCAC play after falling in two, tight games at Trinity (55-50) and Southwestern (50-48) last weekend. The Majors combined to shoot just 30 percent from the floor in the two games, but managed to keep them close with their defensive efforts. Trinity led for all but 5 minutes in a 5-point Friday win, despite 17 points from Blake Martinez and 16 from Chris Sanders.  Points in the paint proved to be the difference maker, with TU scoring 30 to Millsaps' 12. Against SU on Sunday, Sanders' fourth career double-double (16 points, 10 boards) and Chris Ingle's career-high 11 rebounds was not enough, as the Pirates' Travis Barber hit the go-ahead layup with 18 seconds left and the ensuing free throw to give the home team a 2-point win. The Majors will continue SCAC play this weekend at home, welcoming Austin and Colorado College to town Jan. 9 and 11.

Oglethorpe split two road contests this past weekend, topping Rhodes in Memphis and losing to Birmingham-Southern in Alabama. On Friday, the Petrels jumped all over the Lynx with hot first half shooting on their way to posting an insurmountable 49-24 halftime lead. Oglethorpe ultimately won 85-78 as four starters, led by Wade Weldon and Joe Kennedy's 21 points each, hit for double-figures. On Sunday, the Petrels held a 56-54 lead over the Panthers with 4:45 to play but saw the Panthers ignite for a 20-7 run to close the game and earn the 74-63 victory. Oglethorpe was led by sophomore Todd Ward who recorded a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Alex Richey connected on 6 of 10 attempts from downtown en route to posting a game-high 22 points in the loss. At 9-3 (2-1) on the season, the Petrels will host Sewanee this Saturday night.  
  
Rhodes dropped all 3 of their week's games. Losing to Westminster (Mo.) on December 29^th, Cory Smith led the way for the Lynx with 20 points and Kory Kilpatrick had 11 rebounds. In Rhodes' opening SCAC games, the Lynx dropped both games, losing to Oglethorpe on Friday night 78-85. The Lynx fell behind at halftime by 24 points but closed the game to within 5 points late in the second half. Rhodes was led by Smith who notched his first career triple-double scoring 12 points, 11 rebounds and a career high 11 assists. Nathan Ollie led the Lynx with 18 points and Kilpatrick grabbed 14 rebounds. On Sunday, Rhodes lost to Sewanee 75-64. Smith led the Lynx with 17 points. Andyshea Saberioon scored a career 15 points and Ollie chipped in 12 points in the losing effort.
 
Sewanee went 1-1 this weekend after a close loss to Birmingham-Southern Friday and a win over Rhodes on Sunday. Ben Pursell logged a pair of double-doubles on the weekend with 16 points and 13 rebounds on Friday and 15 points and 16 rebounds on Sunday. He also surpassed the 1,000 career point mark, taking his career total to 1,003. Pursell is currently third in the SCAC in rebounding and is averaging 13 points per game and nine rebounds per game. Senior Bradley Pierson led Sewanee's scoring this weekend with performances of 11 and 23 points. Sewanee is currently 3-8 and will play at Oglethorpe on Saturday.
 
Southwestern was active during the holiday break. The Pirates defeated SUNY Institute of Technology on Monday, December 29^th, 66-57. Junior guard Anthony Cox and sophomore guard Ryan Bill led the way with 11 points each. Southwestern faced a hot shooting Hendrix on January 2^nd. The Warriors shot nearly 50% from the field and were 50% from behind the arc. Junior guard Zach Bergstrom led the Pirates with 16 points. Sunday, Southwestern faced off against Millsaps. The Pirates led most of the game until late in the second half. After a missed free throw by Millsaps, Southwestern came down the floor and Anthony Cox made a perfect bounce pass to a cutting Travis Barber who converted the layup and was fouled on the play. Barber connected on the free throw to put the Pirates up by 2 with just 18 seconds remaining, as the Pirates went on to win 50-48. SU now sit at 8-4 overall and 1-3 in the conference as they turn their focus to visiting conference foe Trinity on Friday, January 9^th at 6:00 p.m.

No. 16 Trinity went 3-0 over the past week, including a pair of wins in its SCAC home openers against Millsaps and Hendrix. The Tigers began the week on New Year's Eve, defeating SUNY Institute of Technology 95-85 in a high-scoring affair.  On Friday, Trinity held off Millsaps for a 55-50 win to open up a weekend of SCAC play.  Saturday night featured the last two unbeatens in the SCAC West Division, and Trinity came out on top 69-53 to win the team's 10th consecutive game. B.J. Moon hit 10-14 field goals to tie his career high of 28 points in the SUNYIT game, while Luke Caldarera had 16 points and a career-best five assists. Charles Houston was Trinity's only player in double figures against Millsaps, collecting 11 points and eight rebounds. Against Hendrix, Caldarera led the team with 27 points and 10 boards, hitting 11-14 from the field. Trinity will travel to Georgetown, Texas, on Friday night for its only game this week, against SCAC rival Southwestern.

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