Standings Through Games of July 3, 2009

Conference						Overall
Team	W	L	Pct.	Home	Away	W	L	Pct.	Home	Away	Neut.
Centre College	14	4	0.778	8 - 1	6 - 3	22	6	0.786	13 - 1	7 - 4	2 - 1
DePauw University	14	4	0.778	7 - 2	7 - 2	19	6	0.760	10 - 2	8 - 2	1 - 2
Univ. of the South-Sewanee	14	4	0.778	8 - 1	6 - 3	18	7	0.720	11 - 2	7 - 5	0 - 0
Hendrix College	13	5	0.722	7 - 2	6 - 3	18	7	0.720	11 - 3	6 - 3	1 - 1
Rhodes College	12	6	0.667	7 - 2	5 - 4	17	8	0.680	9 - 2	7 - 6	1 - 0
Trinity University	9	9	0.500	5 - 4	4 - 5	15	10	0.600	8 - 5	6 - 5	1 - 0
Southwestern University	5	13	0.278	3 - 6	2 - 7	7	18	0.280	4 - 8	3 - 8	0 - 2
Oglethorpe University	4	14	0.222	4 - 5	0 - 9	8	17	0.320	6 - 6	2 - 11	0 - 0
Millsaps College	3	15	0.167	3 - 6	0 - 9	5	20	0.200	4 - 8	0 - 12	1 - 0

               
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CENTRE FALLS TO OHIO WESLEYAN 
IN NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUND OF SIXTEEN

BEREA, OHIO - Centre College women's basketball season came to an end Friday night courtesy of Ohio Wesleyan University as the Colonels lost 71-64 in a NCAA sectional game held on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace College.

In the first half, the biggest lead that either team held was six points as Centre led 31-25 with 2:14 remaining and took a 33-30 lead into the locker room at the intermission.

In the second half, Centre built its lead to as many as eight points. Ohio Wesleyan battled back and took the lead for good with 8:51 left when Talia Brader nailed a three-pointer to give the Bishops a 51-48 lead. The Bishops led by as many as seven points on three occasions with the last time being at the final buzzer. 

The Bishops, who improved to 24-6, were led by Jessica Viertlboeck with 19 points. Leslie Welsh and Anissa Haynes each had 14 points and Katy Sturtz had 13 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for the victors.

In defeat, the Colonels finish the season with a 22-6 record. Sarah Green led Centre with 19 points and had 10 rebounds. Jennifer Patterson also had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds and Molly Alvey, playing in her last game at Centre, finished with 10 points.

Ohio Wesleyan defeated host Baldwin-Wallace 66-64 on Saturday to advance to the Women's Final Four next weekend at Danbury, Connecticut.

CENTRE IN SWEET SIXTEEN!

MARYVILLE, TENN. - Centre College used tenacious defense and strong work on the boards to defeat Maryville (Tenn.) College 63-57 in the second round of the NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Tournament Saturday night on the campus of Maryville.

In a game featuring two of the top 10 shooting teams in the nation, Centre's defense did a better job of shutting down the Maryville attack, holding the Scots to 21 of 63 from the floor (33.3%). Even though the Colonels hit just 22 of 59 field goal attempts themselves (37.3%), a 49-38 advantage on the glass was key in Centre advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in its first tournament appearance since 1991.

Centre (22-5) was led in scoring by Jennifer Patterson, who had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Jeannette Franken had 11 points and eight rebounds.

Maryville, which ends its season at 22-5, was led by Stephanie Howard with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Monica Williams had 11 points. The Scots leading scorer, Hayley Smith, was held to just eight points on 3 of 12 shooting.

Centre next plays Ohio Wesleyan (23-6), who advanced with a 72-71 upset of Hope College. The sectional tournament will be held at Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) College in Berea, Ohio this Friday and Saturday. Centre's game is a 7:30 p.m. ET tipoff. The first game on Friday features host Baldwin-Wallace (26-2) against Hardin-Simmons (22-5). Friday's winners play Saturday at 7 p.m. ET for a trip to the Final Four.

Centre is the first school since the formation of the SCAC to win two games in the tournament and just the second school to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. DePauw University, after receiving a first-round bye, advanced to the Round of 16 before losing to College of St. Benedict in the 1999 tournament.

CENTRE ADVANCES WITH LAST SECOND SHOT; PLAYS AT MARYVILLE (TENN.) IN NCAA SECOND ROUND

DANVILLE, KY. - Normally, a six-for-six night would be considered more than sufficient. In fact, it would be considered perfect.

However, on Wednesday night, six-for-six wasn't enough. In fact, for 15 seconds, it wasn't even perfect. But, as it turned out, seven was just right.

Centre College's Jennifer Patterson rebounded a miss by Beth Johnson and made good on the putback as the horn sounded to give the Colonels an 87-86 victory over Thomas More (Ky.) College in the first round of the Women's NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament Wednesday night at Alumni Gymnasium.

The field goal was the seventh of the evening for Patterson on seven attempts and probably the most important basket of her two-year career at Centre.

Patterson has been perhaps the hottest player in Division III the past two games, averaging 22 points per game while shooting an incredible 90.0 percent from the field (18 of 20). She was a big reason for the Colonel's advancing to the Tournament, as she had a season-high 25 points on 11 of 13 shooting in the title-clinching game against DePauw last Saturday.

Centre held a commanding 50-33 halftime lead against the Saints, shooting a blistering 62.1 percent (18 of 29) in the first half. However, Thomas More turned the tables in the second half, shooting 54.1 percent from the field - including five of 10 from three-point range - and continued to whittle into the Colonels' lead. When the Saints' Ashley Will hit a three-pointer with 15.3 seconds remaining, the comeback was complete and Thomas More had its first lead of the game at 86-85.

Centre set up a play for Molly Alvey, who had hit five of seven three-pointers on the evening, however, her eighth attempt of the night missed, as did a putback attempt by Johnson. The third time proved to be the charm, as Patterson's bucket off the offensive rebound fell through the net as the buzzer sounded to give the Colonels the 87-86 victory

Patterson ended the night with a team-high 19 points and added six rebounds and four assists. Amy Barlow came off the bench to score 18 points and dish out seven assists. Alvey had 17 points and Sarah Green finished with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Johnson was the fifth Colonel to score in double-figures, finishing with 14 points.

Bridget Naw had a game-high 25 points for Thomas More, which ended its season at 13-12.

Centre (21-5) now travels to Maryville (Tenn.) College (22-4) to take on the Scots, who were 77-65 victors over Christopher Newport (Va.) University in another Wednesday first-round game.

The second round game is Saturday, March 3 and tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.

FRAZIER, DUNLAP AND RUFF TAKE MAJOR AWARDS AS SCAC ANNOUNCES 2000-01 ALL-SCAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM

In exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), senior guard and Josten’s Division III Player-of-the-Year finalist Meg Frazier of Hendrix College was selected as SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year, while Centre College head coach Jennifer Ruff was named the league’s Coach-of-the-Year for the second consecutive year. The coaches also voted on an All-First-Year Team and Millsaps College forward Jessica Dunlap was selected as First-Year Player-of-the-Year.

Frazier led the SCAC in scoring, averaging 21.0 points per game, the third-highest single-season total in conference history. She also finished fifth in the league in assists (3.5 apg) and second in free throw percentage (81.6%). Frazier ends her career as the league's second all-time leading scorer with 1,572 points, trailing only her former teammate Lauren Turnbow (1,762 points). In addition, she is also sixth all-time in scoring average (15.7 ppg), ninth in total assists (316), second in field goals made (582), sixth in free throws made (310) and has the league's fourth-highest career free throw percentage (77.9%).

Ruff, in her fourth year at Centre, guided the Colonels to a 20-5 overall mark, a share of the SCAC title, and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. With a starting lineup that consisted of three sophomores, a junior and just one senior, Centre won 20 games for the first time since the 1989-90 season (22-8) and claimed its first league championship since the 1993-94 season.

Dunlap averaged 18.8 points (third in the SCAC) for the Majors, which is the seventh-highest single-season per game average in SCAC history and the second-highest for a first-year player. She also finished second in the league in rebounds (10.0 rpg), fourth in blocked shots (1.1 bpg) and fifth in field goal percentage (53.3%). Dunlap was also an All-SCAC Second Team selection.

Rounding out the remainder of the All-SCAC First Team, Michelle Chambers of The University of the South-Sewanee led the league in three-point field goals made per game (3.1), and finished in the top five in the conference in points (16.6 ppg - fourth in the SCAC), steals (2.4 spg - third in the SCAC) and three-point field goal percentage (41.0% - fifth in the SCAC). Megan Selmon of Trinity University averaged 15.9 points per game (fifth in the SCAC) and also finished in the top five in the league in rebounds (8.0 rpg - third in the SCAC), steals (2.0 spg - fifth in the SCAC), field goal percentage (60.6% - second in the SCAC), and free throw
percentage (80.0% - fourth in the SCAC). Lindsey Rush of DePauw University finished sixth in the league in scoring (15.7 ppg), fourth in three-point field goal percentage (42.0%), sixth in three-point field goals made per game (2.0) and sixth in free throw percentage (78.8%). Sarah Green of Centre finished 10th in the SCAC in scoring (13.3 ppg), fourth in rebounding (7.7 rpg) and ninth in field goal percentage (48.2%). 

2000-01 SCAC PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR
Meg Frazier Hendrix 5-7 Sr. Guard Shreveport, La.

2000-01 SCAC FIRST-YEAR PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR
Jessica Dunlap Millsaps 6-0 Fy. Forward Aberdeen, Miss.

2000-01 SCAC COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Jennifer Ruff Centre 20-5 Overall / 14-4 SCAC / SCAC Tri-Champions / NCAA Tournament

2000-01 ALL-SCAC FIRST TEAM
Meg Frazier 85 (7) Hendrix 5-7 Sr. Guard Shreveport, La.
Michelle Chambers 74 (2) Sewanee 5-5 Jr. Guard Celina, Tenn.
Megan Selmon 64 (1) Trinity 6-0 So. Center Norman, Okla.
Lindsey Rush 58 DePauw 5-8 Jr. Guard Waynetown, Ind.
Sarah Green 41 Centre 5-11 Jr. Forward Frankfort, Ky.

2000-01 ALL-SCAC SECOND TEAM
Heather Francoeur 40 Oglethorpe 5-9 So. Forward Lilburn, Ga.
Jessica Dunlap 34 Millsaps 6-0 Fy. Forward Aberdeen, Miss.
Molly Alvey 33 Centre 5-4 Sr. Guard Louisville, Ky.
Mollie Fitzgerald 20 Trinity 5-7 So. Guard The Woodlands, Tex.
Hannah Miller 16 Rhodes 5-10 Sr. Forward Decatur, Ga.

HONORABLE MENTION (players receiving votes)
DePauw - Sarah MacKay (Jr.), Meredith Miles (So.); Hendrix – Maggie Harrington (So.), Mollie Scarbrough (Jr.), Jessica Atkinson (Sr.); Oglethorpe - Faith McLemore (Sr.); Rhodes – Rosemary Boner (So.); Rose-Hulman - Christina Forsyth (Jr.), Jessica Farmer (Fy.); Sewanee – Jennifer Dick (Jr.), Kayla Goodwin (Jr.); Southwestern – Heather Johnson (Jr.); Trinity – Kim Sayles (Jr.)

2000-01 ALL-SCAC FIRST-YEAR TEAM
Jessica Dunlap 43 (8) Millsaps 6-0 Fy. Forward Aberdeen, Miss.
Amy Barlow 29 (1) Centre 5-5 Fy. Guard Liberty, Ky.
Nichole Gilleland 29 (1) Oglethorpe 5-6 Fy. Guard Dawsonville, Ga.
Jessica Farmer 18 Rose-Hulman 5-10 Fy. Guard Brownsburg, Ind.
Heather Davidson 15 Sewanee 5-10 Fy. Guard Gainsboro, Tenn.

(For games played from Monday, February 19 through Saturday, February 24) JENNIFER PATTERSON, a 6-0 sophomore center from Louisville, Ky., has been selected as the SCAC Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week. Patterson led the Colonels to two wins in Indiana, a share of the SCAC title and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. She averaged 18.5 points per game, shooting a blistering 72.7% (16 of 22) from the field, and grabbed 15 rebounds, dished out four assists and had one block. Patterson had her best game of the season in the biggest game of the season - Saturday's tournament-clinching 85-76 victory at DePauw. She had 25 points while sinking 11 of 13 shots from the field as Centre defeated the #15-ranked Tigers on their home floor. For the season, Patterson is 16th in the SCAC in scoring (11.6 ppg), and leads the league in both free throw percentage (82.2%) and field goal percentage (63.0%). She is the first player in conference history to finish the season as the league leader in both those categories. Other outstanding individual performances in the SCAC: Senior guard Meg Frazier of Hendrix closed out her career with two more outstanding performances, leading the Warriors to a sweep in Texas. Against Southwestern on Friday, Frazier poured in 23 points on 8 of 16 shooting from the field. She also had six rebounds, three blocks, two steals and an assist in the 69-47 victory. The next night, Frazier had her third 30-point game of the season, scoring 30 points on 10 of 19 shooting and made all nine of her free throw attempts. She also had four rebounds and two assists as the Warriors finished the season with a 70-62 victory over Trinity. Frazier finished the season with 525 points, a new school record and third all-time in the SCAC for a single-season. For the weekend, she averaged 26.5 points and five rebounds and shot 51.4% (18-35) from the field, 50.0% (4-8) from three-point range and 86.6% (13-15) from the charity stripe. First-year forward Jessica Dunlap of Millsaps averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds per game this week as the Majors went 1-1 on the week. In a 51-48 loss to Rust, she had 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and in a 83-79 SCAC win over Oglethorpe to close the season, Dunlap had 21 points, seven rebounds, a career-high four blocks and one steal. Sophomore forward Heather Francoeur of Oglethorpe had 24 points and 12 rebounds as the Petrels dropped a 83-79 decision to Millsaps to close out the season. Sophomore forward/post Melissa Carl of Trinity averaged 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game over the final weekend of the season for the TU Tigers. She made 12 of her 26 (46.2%) shots for the two games, and handed out three assists to go with two steals over te weekend. Carl finished the season as one of only two Trinity players to shoot over 50.0% from the field for the season, ending with a 51.7 field goal percentage (123-238). DePauw, Rhodes, Rose-Hulman, Sewanee and Southwestern did not nominate anyone for the award. NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS: -For the second consecutive week, DePauw remained at 15th in this week's d3hoops.com Top 25 rankings (Week 13). The Tigers are ranked 14th in this week's WBCA Top 25 rankings (Week 5). No other SCAC team received votes in either poll. -The 106 points scored by Trinity against Rose-Hulman on Sunday were the most points ever scored in a women's game at Trinity. -Senior center Jessica Atkinson of Hendrix scored her 1,000th career point in the Feb. 10 73-59 loss at Rhodes College. She is the school's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,010 points. Her 12 rebounds in the contest also put her over the 600 mark, giving her 609 career rebounds - good for third all-time at the school. She is just the second player in Hendrix women's basketball history to score 1,000 points and grab 600 rebounds. -Junior guard Michelle Chambers of Sewanee scored the 1,000th point of her career last Tuesday night in the 73-63 victory over Emory (Ga.). Chambers, who needed nine points entering the game to reach the plateau, buried a three-pointer at 8:54 of the first half to give her 1,001 points for her career. On the night, she finished with 18 points and stands at 1,009 points for her career. -Senior guard Suzanne Smith of Sewanee joined her teammate exactly a week later in the school's 1,000 point club. With one minute to go in Tuesday's 73-57 loss to Lipscomb (Tenn.) University, Smith scored the 1,001st point of her career, appropriately on a three-point field goal. She surpassed Casey Collins of Hendrix (1994/95-1997/98) earlier this season as the SCAC's all-time leader in three-point field goals and now has 226 for her career. -Senior guard Meg Frazer of Hendrix moved into third-place all-time on the SCAC career scoring list, after pouring in 49 points in two games this past weekend. Frazier passed Kim Weaver of Millsaps (1993/94-1996/97) on Sunday to move into third and now has 1,414 career points. She is 145 points behind Kim Fauls of Sewanee (1993/94-1996/97), who had 1,559 career points, and 348 points behind former teammate Lauren Turnbow of Hendrix (1996/97-1999/2000), who finished as the league's all-time leader at 1,762 career points. -The SCAC is the most prolific conference in the nation when it comes to three-point field goal shooting. Six of the top 20 three-point shooters in the nation reside in the conference.  Smith of Sewanee is second in NCAA Division III in three-point field goal percentage at 46.7%, Molly Alvey of Centre is third at 45.8%, Lindsey Rush of DePauw is eighth at 44.3%, Maggie Harrington of Hendrix is 11th at 43.1%, Nichole Gilleland of Oglethorpe is 17th at 41.7%, and HeatherJohnson of Southwestern is 20th at 40.8%. In addition, four SCAC schools rank in the top 18 in the nation in three-point field goal percentage. Centre leads all of NCAA Division III at 41.0%.  DePauw is fifth at 39.2%, Hendrix is eighth at 37.7% and Oglethorpe is 18th at 36.1%. In addition, Harrington of Hendrix is fourth in NCAA Division III in three-point field goals made per game, averaging 3.1 per contest. Chambers of Sewanee and Gilleland of Oglethorpe are tied for seventh at 3.0 per game, And Sewanee leads all of NCAA Division III in three-point field goals made per game (8.2), while Oglethorpe is 20th at 5.7 per contest.  -First-year head coach Jody Prete of Rose-Hulman became the winningest coach in women's basketball history at RHIT with Sunday's 83-80 overtime win over Oglethorpe. -Frazier is 21st in NCAA Division III in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game. Heather Francoeur of Oglethorpe is 36th at 18.8 ppg and Jessica Dunlap of Millsaps is 43rd at 18.4 ppg. -Megan Selmon of Trinity is sixth in NCAA Division III in field goal percentage (60.9%). -Jennifer Patterson of Centre is 14th in NCAA Division III in free throw percentage (84.6%).   -Centre is eighth in NCAA Division III in field goal percentage (46.4%).   -Centre leads all of NCAA Division III in free throw percentage at 77.0%, followed closely by Hendrix, which is sixth in the nation, at 74.4%. -Sewanee is 11th in NCAA Division III in scoring offense averaging 77.0 points per contest . -Centre made 33 of 49 (67.3%) shots from the field in the Jan. 21 game against Trinity. This ranks as the second-best field goal percentage in a single game in Division III this season. -Trinity made 34 of 52 (65.4%) shots from the field in the Jan. 28 game against Oglethorpe. This ranks as the fifth-best field goal percentage in a single game in Division III this season. -Hendrix made 33 of 52 (63.5%) shots from the field in the Jan. 5 game against Centre. This ranks as the 10th-best field goal percentage in a single game in Division III this season. -Centre made 18 of 19 (94.7%) free throws in the Dec. 3 game against DePauw. This ranks as the ninth-best free throw percentage in a single game in Division III this season. -Southwestern made 14 three-point field goals in the Dec. 29 game against Oglethorpe. This ranks as the second-most three-point field goals made in a single game in Division III this season. -Centre made 11 of 14 three-point field goal attempts in the Jan. 27 game against Sewanee. This performance ranks as the single-best three-point field goal percentage (min.of 10 made) in a single game in Division III this season. -Oglethorpe made 10 of 14 three-point field goal attempts in the Dec. 2 game against Millsaps. Hendrix also made 10 of 14 (71.4%) three-point field goal attempts in the Dec. 9 game against Central Baptist (Ark.). These performances rank as the second-best three-point field goal percentage (min. of 10 made) in a single game in Division III this season. -DePauw has won 12 consecutive home games. This rank as the ninth-longest current home win streak in Division III. PAST SCAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Week 1 - Megan Selmon, Trinity University Week 2 - Megan Selmon, Trinity University Week 3 - Meg Frazier, Hendrix College Week 4 - Michelle Chambers, The University of the South-Sewanee Week 5 - Hannah Miller, Rhodes College Week 6 - Mollie Fitzgerald, Trinity University Week 7 - Megan Selmon, Trinity University Week 8 - Heather Francoeur, Oglethorpe University Week 9 - Meg Frazier, Hendrix College Week 10 - Jessica Dunlap, Millsaps College Week 11 - Christina Forsyth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Week 12 - Megan Selmon, Trinity University Week 13 - Meg Frazier, Hendrix College & Anna Kizer, Rhodes College Week 14- Jennifer Patterson, Centre College