2003 Game Recaps/Boxes


Men's Recaps/Boxes	Women's Recaps/Boxes
First Round	First Round
Game 1 - #1 DePauw vs. #8 Rhodes DePauw jumped out to a 52-37 halftime lead and hung on late to defeat a scrappy Rhodes team 74-64 in first round men's action of the inaugural SCAC Basketball Tournament. (Recap) ● (Box) *Game 2 - #4 Centre 82, #5 Millsaps 78* Centre opened up a 13-point lead early in the second half and made it stand to defeat Millsaps 82-78 in first round men's play in the inaugural SCAC Basketball Tournament. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 3 - #2 Trinity 75, #7 Sewanee 60 Trinity used a balanced scoring attack to dispatch Sewanee 75-60 in first round men's action at the inaugural SCAC Basketball Tournament. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 4 - #3 Southwestern 86, #6 Rose-Hulman 76 Southwestern University placed four players in double figures to overcome a career-high 34-point effort from Rose-Hulman senior Jon Query in an 86-76 Pirate victory in the final quarterfinal game of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday evening. (Recap) ● (Box)	Game 1 - #2 DePauw, #7 Oglethorpe 43 DePauw advanced to the semifinals of the inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship with a 71-43 win over Oglethorpe. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 2 - #6 Hendrix 68, #3 Rhodes 57 Hendrix College advanced to the second round of the 2003 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament with a 68-57 win over host Rhodes College at Mallory-Hyde Gymnasium today. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 3 - #1 Trinity 73, #8 Sewanee 35 Trinity squashed any plans of a Sewanee upset, blowing open a relatively close game at the half by outscoring the UOS Tigers 39-12 in the second half to earn a 73-35 victory in first-round women's action of the SCAC Basketball Tournament. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 4 - #4 Centre 71, #5 Southwestern 63 Centre College advanced to the semifinals of the inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship with a 71-63 win over Southwestern University. (Recap) ● (Box)
Semifinals	Semifinals
Game 5 - Centre 88, DePauw 74 The first No. 1 seed to fall in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Championship was the DePauw men as the Tigers' season came to an end at the hands of Centre College 88-74 in Friday night's semifinal round. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 6 - Trinity 70, Southwestern 59 Trinity University's Jason Morris had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists to pace the Tigers in Friday's 70-59 semifinal victory over Southwestern University. Trinity (20-7) moves on to the championship game of the inaugural SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament where they will face Centre College at 8 p.m. on Saturday. (Recap) ● (Box)	*Game 5 - DePauw 72, Hendrix 38* DePauw advanced to the championship game of the inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship with a 72-38 win over Hendrix. (Recap) ● (Box) Game 6 - Trinity 67, Centre 35 Trinity University jumped out to a 32-18 halftime lead and never looked back, defeating Centre College 67-35 to advance to Saturday's championship game of the inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament. (Recap) ● (Box)
Championship	Championship
Game 7 - Trinity 58, Centre 54 Trinity sophomore guard Andy Bates hit two free throws with :06 remaining, icing a 58-54 victory over Centre and providing the Tigers the 2003 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Men's Basketball Championship and a berth into the NCAA Tournament. (Recap) ● (Box)	*Game 7 - Trinity 63, DePauw 47* In the championship game of the inaugural SCAC Women's Basketball Tournament, the Trinity University women led from start to finish and ran away from the DePauw Tigers to take the 63-47 victory Saturday on the campus of Rhodes College. (Recap) ● (Box)