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SCAC Men's Basketball Headlines and Notes: April 3, 2008 Sewanee's Thoni Steps Down as Basketball Coach, Assistant AD (From Sewanee's website) SEWANEE, Tenn. - Veteran men's basketball coach and Assistant Athletic Director Joe Thoni, C'79, has stepped down, according to Mark Webb, Sewanee Athletics Director. Complete Release March 24, 2008 Millsaps' Montgomery selected D3hoops All-American (From D3hoops.com) STERLING, Va. -  Senior forward Edrick Montgomery of Millsaps College has been named to the D3hoops.com All-America Second Team - becoming the school's first selection in the All-American program's 11-year history. Complete Release | Millsaps Release March 21, 2008 Centre's Britt; Mason head NABC/State Farm All-District selections Millsaps' Montgomery also named All-District KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Centre College head men's basketball coach Greg Mason was named NABC/State Farm South Region Coach-of-the-Year and senior guard Thomas Britt was named to the association's All-District Team. Millsaps College forward Edrick Montgomery was also selected to the team. In addition, Britt also earned All-America status as a Second Team selection. All-District Team | All-America Team | Centre Release | Millsaps Release March 19, 2008 Five from SCAC named D3hoops.com All-Region; Centre's Mason named Coach-of-the-Year (From D3hoops.com) STERLING, Va. - Led by first-team selections Mike Moore of DePauw University and Edrick Montgomery of Millsaps College, the SCAC had five players named to the 2008 D3hoops.com All-South Region Team. In addition, Centre College coach Greg Mason was named the South Region Coach-of-the-Year. Complete Release March 15, 2008 Millsaps falls to Washington (Mo.) in Sectional Final (From Millsaps' website) ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Millsaps College led by nine at the half, but a 19-2 run by Washington (Mo.) to open the second half was more than the Majors could withstand in Saturday's 57-46 sectional final loss to the Bears at Washington University. Complete Release | Box Score | Sectionals Website March 14, 2008 Millsaps in Elite Eight!; Majors defeat St. Mary's 82-73 (From Millsaps' website) ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Senior forward Edrick Montgomery had a 27 points and a career-high 20 rebounds to lead Millsaps to the program's first-ever Elite Eight appearance with an 82-73 victory over St. Mary's College Friday night on the campus of Washington (Mo.) University. Complete Release | Box Score | Sectionals Website March 8, 2008 Songy's three-pointer sends Millsaps to Sweet Sixteen (From Millsaps' website) JACKSON, Miss. - Junior guard Chad Songy's three-pointer with 2.3 seconds remaining gave 14th-ranked Millsaps College its first and only lead of the game as the Majors advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with a 57-56 victory over 12th-ranked University Mary Hardin-Baylor Saturday night at the Hangar Dome. Complete Release | Box Score March 8, 2008 Centre falls to Ohio Wesleyan in NCAA Second Round (From Centre's website) DANVILLE, Ky. - Ohio Wesleyan ended the record-setting season for fourth-ranked Centre College, beating the Colonels in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship, 82-65. The game was played Saturday night in front of a standing room only crowd of 1,200 at Centre's Alumni Gymnasium. Complete Release | Box Score March 7, 2008 Millsaps eliminates Maryville (Tenn.); First NCAA win for Majors since 1996 (From Millsaps' website) JACKSON, Miss. - Senior forward Edrick Montgomery had 20 of his game-high 28 points in the second half and junior guard Chris Sanders added a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds as 14th-ranked Millsaps College picked up its first NCAA victory since 1996 with a 80-72 victory over 19th-ranked Maryville (Tenn.) College Friday night at the Hangar Dome on the campus of Millsaps. Complete Release | Box Score March 7, 2008 Centre advances to second round of NCAA Tournament (From Centre's website) DANVILLE, Ky. - Fourth-ranked Centre College opened NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship play with a 75-61 victory over Franklin College. The game was played on the campus of Centre College on Friday, March 7. It is the second consecutive year that the Colonels have advanced to the second round. Complete Release | Box Score March 3, 2008 Centre joins Millsaps as NCAA Tournament Invitees INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Millsaps College, the SCAC's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament, will be joined in the field of 59 by Centre College, who was selected as one of 17 at-large teams in an announcement made on Monday. Both Millsaps and Centre were selected as host schools of four-team regionals with play beginning on Friday. Millsaps Release | Centre Release | Bracket March 2, 2008 No. 22 Millsaps upsets No. 2 Centre 69-60 to take SCAC title (From Millsaps' website) CONWAY, Ark. - In the championship game of the 2008 SCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament, No. 22 Millsaps built a 14-point halftime lead with crisp defense and made stops when they needed to late to upset the No. 2 Centre Colonels 69-60 and snap the nation’s longest winning streak at 25 games. Complete Release | Box Score | Official Tournament Website March 1, 2008 Centre's Britt; Mason highlight 2007-08 All-SCAC Men's Basketball honors CONWAY, Ark. - Centre College put together the first unbeaten conference season in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) history and the coaches rewarded the team’s history-making effort as senior guard Thomas Britt was selected the league’s Player-of-the-Year and head coach Greg Mason was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year. In that same exclusive vote by the head coaches of the SCAC, first-year forward Todd Ward of Oglethorpe University was named the league’s Newcomer-of-the-Year and junior forward Charles Houston of Trinity University was named SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Complete Release February 24, 2008 DePauw's Oilar posts 500th career rebound (From DePauw's website) ATLANTA, Ga. - Senior forward Brian Oilar of DePauw grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds in Sunday's 86-80 double-overtime conference loss at Oglethorpe. The 13 boards gives Oilar 509 for his career - making him the 37th player in SCAC history to reach the milestone. Complete Release | Box Score | SCAC 500 rebounders February 18, 2008 Centre No. 2; Millsaps in at 24th in D3hoops.com Top 25 Colonels receive first-place vote STERLING, Va. - Centre College (21-1) broke the SCAC consecutive game win streak with a 69-66 victory over DePauw University Saturday in Greencastle. That victory, the Colonels' 21st straight, helped Coach Greg Mason's team move up one place to second in the this week's D3hoops.com national Top 25. It is the highest ranking a SCAC men's team has ever achieved in the D3hoops.com Top 25, which began ranking Division III teams in 1999. Millsaps College (21-3), fresh off a SCAC sweep of Southwestern and Trinity, enters the Top 25 this week at No. 24. DePauw (18-5) finished with the most votes of all the schools outside of the Top 25 rankings for the second consecutive week. Complete Poll February 16, 2008 Centre sets new SCAC men's basketball record for consecutive wins (From Centre's website) GREENCASTLE, Ind. - Thomas Britt's layup with 3:08 remaining gave Centre a one-point lead and his jumper at 1:19 pushed the margin to 67-64 as the visiting Colonels held on for a 69-66 win over DePauw on Saturday at Neal Fieldhouse. The win was the 21st straight for Centre - breaking the previous league mark of 20 consecutive wins set by Rhodes College during the 1991-92 season. Complete Release | Box Score February 15, 2008 Oglethorpe's Shaheed scores 1,000th career point against Birmingham-Southern (From Oglethorpe's website) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Senior center Ahmad Kareem Shaheed of Oglethorpe University eclipsed a huge career milestone by becoming the 71st player in SCAC history to score over 1,000 points in Friday's 87-80 loss to Birmingham-Southern. For the game, Shaheed posted a team-high 19 points and 12 rebounds. He currently stands seventh all-time in the SCAC in the career rebounding category with 672. Complete Release | Box Score | SCAC 1,000 point scorers February 11, 2008 Centre moves to third in D3hoops.com Rankings Colonels equal SCAC record for most consecutive wins with 20 STERLING, Va. - Centre College (20-1) ran its winning streak to 20 straight - picking up SCAC wins over Birmingham-Southern College and Rhodes College - and improved two places from fifth to third in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll. The 20 straight wins equals a SCAC record and the Colonels can break that mark with a victory over DePauw University on Friday in Greencastle. Centre has also equaled the highest ranking by a SCAC men's basketball team since Trinity finished the 2004-05 season ranked third in the nation. DePauw (18-4) and Millsaps College (19-3), who both swept their SCAC series last weekend, finished with the most and third most votes respectively of schools just outside of the Top 25 rankings. Complete Poll February 9, 2008 Sewanee's Pursell posts 500th career rebound (From Sewanee's website) ATLANTA, Ga. - Junior forward Ben Pursell of Sewanee had a game-high 23 points and a team-high nine rebounds in Saturday's 75-55 conference loss at Oglethorpe. The nine boards gives Pursell 500 for his career - making him the 36th player in SCAC history to reach the milestone. Complete Release | Box Score | SCAC 500 rebounders February 6, 2008 Montgomery of Millsaps earns D3hoops.com honor for second consecutive week (From D3hoops.com) STERLING, Va. - Senior forward Edrick Montgomery of Millsaps, after averaging a double-double on the road last weekend, continued his dominance on the court at home this weekend, averaging 30.5 points, 14.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a sweep over Rhodes and Birmingham-Southern and was named to the D3hoops.com national Team of the Week for the second consecutive week. Complete Release | Millsaps Release February 4, 2008 Centre cracks Top 5 in D3hoops.com Rankings DePauw and Millsaps just outside of Top 25 STERLING, Va. - Centre College (18-1) ran its winning streak to 18 straight - picking up SCAC road wins over Trinity University and Southwestern University - and jumped six places from 11th to fifth in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll. The Colonels have achieved the highest ranking by a SCAC men's basketball team since Trinity finished the 2004-05 season ranked third in the nation. DePauw University (16-4) and Millsaps College (17-3), who both swept their SCAC series last weekend, finished with the third and fourth most votes respectively of the schools just outside of the Top 25 rankings. Complete Poll February 1, 2008 Rogan grabs 500th career rebound in Majors' 93-72 win over Rhodes Montgomery has game-high 31 points and 15 rebounds to lead Millsaps (From Millsaps' website) JACKSON, Miss. - Senior forward Rodney Rogan of Millsaps College (pictured) had 12 points and eight rebounds in Millsaps' 93-72 victory over Rhodes College Friday evening at the Hangar Dome. The eight boards gave him 501 for his career and made the senior just the the 35th player in league history to reach 500+ career rebounds. Box Score | Complete Release | SCAC 500 rebounders January 30, 2008 Millsaps' Montgomery named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week (From D3hoops.com) STERLING, Va. - Millsaps College senior forward Edrick Montgomery was named to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week for his performance in games played Jan. 21-27. Montgomery averaged 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks and shot 65 percent from the floor (22-of-34) and 80 percent from the charity stripe (12-of-15) in two tough road losses. Montgomery tied a career-high with 34 points against then 14th-ranked Centre, knocking down 14 of 19 shots from the floor and adding 13 rebounds. Complete Release | Millsaps Release January 28, 2008 Centre improves to 11th in D3hoops.com Top 25 Millsaps slips out of rankings STERLING, Va. - Centre College (16-1) picked up two big SCAC wins over the weekend, including a 90-80 overtime victory over then No. 18 Millsaps College on Friday night and improved three places to 11th in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 rankings. Millsaps (15-3), who also lost to DePauw University on Sunday, dropped completely out of the Top 25 rankings, but did receive votes. Complete Poll January 25, 2008 Centre defeats Millsaps in battle of Top 25 teams (From Centre's website) DANVILLE, Ky. - After scoring only three points in the first half, senior guard Thomas Britt (pictured) scored 28 points in the second half and overtime period combined, including an off-balance last-second three-pointer to force the extra period as the No. 14 Centre College men's basketball team defeated No. 18 Millsaps College 90-80 in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) game, Friday, Jan. 25. Complete Release | Box Score | Millsaps Release | Listen to Wes Anderson's call of game-tying three-pointer January 23, 2008 D3hoops.com to broadcast Centre-Millsaps basketball game DANVILLE, Ky. - D3hoops.com has announced it will broadcast the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) men's basketball game between No. 14 Centre College (14-1, 6-0 SCAC) and No. 18 Millsaps College (15-1, 7-0 SCAC) Friday, Jan. 25 in Alumni Gymnasium in Danville, Ky. The game will feature the final two unbeaten teams in conference play and is set to start at 8 p.m. ET. January 21, 2008 Centre 14th; Millsaps 18th in D3hoops.com Top 25 STERLING, Va. - SCAC divisional leaders Centre College (14-1) and Millsaps College (15-1) both continue to climb up the D3hoops.com Top 25 rankings. Centre moved six places to 14th and Millsaps improved five places to 18th after both went undefeated in conference play this past week. The two play this Friday, January 25, in Danville, Ky. Complete Poll January 20, 2008 Rhodes' Smith scores 1,000th career point against Southwestern GEORGETOWN, Texas - Junior guard Cory Smith of Rhodes College had 21 points on 7 of 10 shooting from the floor in Sunday's 80-71 loss to Southwestern University. The 21 points gives him 1,016 points for his career, making Smith the eighth Rhodes men's player in the SCAC era to reach 1,000 points scored. Box Score | SCAC 1,000 point scorers January 20, 2008 Millsaps' Bailey hits game-winner; scores 1,000th career point in 76-75 victory over Sewanee (From Millsaps' website) JACKSON, Miss. - Millsaps senior guard Lorenzo Bailey hit a driving, 5-foot jumper with 2.8 seconds left to lift the host Majors to a thrilling 76-75 win – their 12th-straight overall - over Sewanee on Sunday. In addition to his heroics, Bailey also scored the 1,000th point of his career in the contest. Box Score | SCAC 1,000 point scorers | Complete Release January 14, 2008 Centre enters D3hoops.com Top 25 rankings at 20th; Millsaps at 23rd STERLING, Va. - Two SCAC schools made their 2007-08 debut in the D3hoops.com Top 25 this week. Centre College (12-1), winners of 12 straight games, Trinity University (6-0), who was moved into this week's rankings at 20th and Millsaps College (12-1), currently owners of a nine-game win streak, enter at 23rd. It is the first time since Week 7 of the 2001-02 season when DePauw was 13th and Millsaps was 25th that the SCAC has had two teams ranked in the D3hoops.com Top 25 at the same time. Trinity University (11-2), also received votes in this week's poll. Complete Poll January 13, 2008 Montgomery of Millsaps scores 1,000th career point against Austin College (From Millsaps' website) SHERMAN, Texas - Senior forward Edrick Montgomery of Millsaps College had a game-high 22 points in Sunday's 85-54 victory at Austin College - giving him 1,017 points for his career. Montgomery, who also pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds to post his second double-double in as many games, is the 68th player in league history to reach the milestone. Complete Release | Box Score | SCAC 1,000 point scorers January 6, 2008 Hendrix's King adds second milestone of weekend Junior grabs 500th career rebound (From Hendrix's website) CONWAY, Ark. - Junior forward Andrew King tied a season-high with 18 rebounds to pass the 500 career rebounds mark as Hendrix College rolled to a 72-60 victory over Southwestern University Sunday afternoon at Grove Gymnasium. King scored his 1,000th career point on Friday night against Trinity. Complete Release | Box Score | SCAC 500 rebounders January 4, 2008 Hendrix's King scores 1,000th career point against Trinity CONWAY, Ark. - Junior forward Andrew King of Hendrix College had a game-high 27 points in Friday night's 75-50 loss to Trinity University - giving him 1,024 points for his career. He is the fourth Hendrix men's player to reach 1,000 points scored in the SCAC era and the 67th player in league history to reach the milestone. Box Score | SCAC 1,000 point scorers January 4, 2008 DePauw's Schott becomes just sixth player in SCAC history to grab 700+ rebounds GREENCASTLE, Ind. - Senior forward/center Stephen Schott of DePauw University had a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds in Friday's come-from-behind, 80-63, SCAC victory over Sewanee. The 13 boards gives the Indianapolis, Ind., native 709 for his career - making him just the sixth player in league history to post 700+ career rebounds. Box Score | SCAC All-Time Career Rebounds List December 18, 2007 Trinity remains 22nd in D3hoops.com Top 25 STERLING, Va. - Trinity University (6-0), who was off last week, remained in 22nd place in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 rankings. The Tigers play Carthage (Wisc.) College and Cal State East Bay on Monday and Tuesday at the Southwestern University Finals Classic in Georgetown. Centre College (4-1) also received votes. Complete Poll December 11, 2007 Trinity enters D3hoops.com Poll at 22nd STERLING, Va. - Trinity University (6-0) is the first SCAC team to crack this year's D3hoops.com Top 25 rankings, coming in at 22nd in this week's poll. The Tigers, who have received votes in the last two polls, moved to 22nd despite not playing this past week. Centre College also received votes. Complete Poll December 1, 2007 Millsaps duo hit career milestones; Rogan scores 1,000th career point; Montgomery grabs 500th career rebound in SCAC win CONWAY, Ark. - Senior forward Rodney Rogan of Millsaps College (far left) had a game-high 26 points and senior forward Edrick Montgomery (immediate left) had a team-high nine rebounds to lead the Majors to a 79-64 victory over Hendrix College in the SCAC opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at Hendrix. With their performances, Rogan became the 66th player in SCAC history to reach 1,000 career points and Montgomery became the 33rd player to reach 500 career rebounds. Box Score | SCAC 1,000 point scorers | SCAC 500 rebounders November 29, 2007 DePauw's Moore named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week (From D3hoops.com) STERLING, Va. - DePauw University junior guard Mike Moore was named to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week for his performance in games played Nov. 19-25. Moore, the MVP of Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge, had a career-high 28 points against Marian (Ind.). He averaged 23.5 points, 9.0 assists, and 3.5 rebounds on the week. Complete Release | DePauw Release November 14, 2007 SCAC Men's Basketball race too close to call in 2007-08 SUWANEE, Ga. - The race for the 2007-08 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball title is predicted to be a three horse race, with two candidates slightly favored over the third. In exclusive voting by the sports information directors of the conference, Centre College, DePauw University and Millsaps College each received first-place votes, but it was Centre and DePauw that finished with the highest overall total as each garnered 110 points in the process to tie atop the preseason poll. Complete Release | 2007-08 SCAC Men's Composite Basketball Schedule November 5, 2007 Centre and DePauw receive votes in D3hoops.com Men's Preseason Top 25 STERLING, Va. - Centre College, the defending SCAC men's champion, received the third-most votes of any school outside of the rankings in the D3hoops.com preseason Men's Basketball Top 25. DePauw University also received votes. Complete Poll October 29, 2007 SCAC releases 2007-08 Men's Basketball schedule Click here for the 2007-08 SCAC composite men's basketball schedule. The Top Men's Basketball Stories of 2006-07 Click here to view stories, as well as standings and statistics, from the 2006-07 SCAC men's basketball season.