2003 SCAC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND

#3 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 86, #6 ROSE-HULMAN INST. OF TECH. 76
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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.

Junior Jared Woytasczyk led the Southwestern attack with 18 points, while junior Kyle Ellisor added 12 points and seven assists. Senior Mike Dunleavy contributed 10 points and five assists, while senior Dan Tumis rounded out the double-figure scoring efforts with 10 points.

Query finished 12-21 from the field with a career-high seven three-pointers in the contest, including 23 points in the first half. Query caps his career with 734 points as a two-year starter at Rose-Hulman.

Southwestern placed four players in double figures, led by junior Jared Woytasczyk with 18 points, to advance to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals. Junior Kyle Ellisor scored 12 points and added seven assists, while senior Michael Dunleavy and senior Dan Tumis added 10 each for the Pirates.

Other key contributors for Rose-Hulman included senior Philip Griffith with 12 points and seven rebounds; freshman Kareem Lee with eight points and seven rebounds; junior Mike Cusic with six points; and freshman Munchie Muskeyvalley with five points and six assists.

Rose-Hulman jumped out to an 11-4 advantage with 17:33 mark of the first half on nine points from Query. Southwestern rallied to take a 23-18 advantage with a 19-7 spurt with 9:58 left in the opening frame.

Rose-Hulman regained three point leads at 29-26, 32-29 and 35-32 on successive three-pointers by Query. A conventional three-point play by Query put the Engineers up 38-32 with 1:37 left, before Southwestern closed the half on a 5-1 run to move within 39-37 at the break.

Southwestern finished 24-36 from the free-throw line, including 19 of 28 in the second half, and out-rebounded Rose-Hulman 44-36 to earn the victory.

Southwestern improved to 18-8 on the season and 11-4 in league play and returns to action on Friday against Trinity in the SCAC Tournament Semifinals. Rose-Hulman finished its 2002-03 season with a 9-17 record.

#2 TRINITY UNIVERSITY 75, #7 UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 60
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Trinity used a balanced scoring attack to dispatch Sewanee 75-60 in first round men's action at the inaugural SCAC Basketball Tournament.

Trinity (19-7) moves on to Friday's semifinal round and will face Southwestern University at 9 p.m. at Rhodes College. Sewanee ends its season at 8-17.

Jason Morris and Sean Devins had 12 points each and Dan Scarbrough chipped in with 10 as the TU Tigers jumped out to a 33-20 halftime lead and were not seriously threatened the rest of the way. Devins also had six rebounds and a game-high five blocks, and Morris added four assists and three steals.

For Sewanee, Jonathan Jarrett posted a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds. No other UOS Tiger was in double-digits in points, but Jason Smith did have 11 rebounds and five assists to go along with his nine points. Nick Williams, Grant Gearhart and Spencer Rowland all finished with nine points each.

#4 CENTRE COLLEGE 82, #5 MILLSAPS COLLEGE 78
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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.

Centre improved to 17-8 with the victory and will play DePauw tomorrow in the first men's semifinal game at Rhodes College. Millsaps ends its season at 15-11.

With a 45-41 lead at the half, Centre opened the second on a 13-4 run and never trailed again, although the Majors did have a shot to tie in the game's final seconds.

Trailing 79-76, Millsaps' guard Junior Garth had a good look at a three-pointer with :14 seconds remaining, but his attempt bounced off the rim and was rebounded by the Colonels to secure the victory.

First-year forward Coy Zerhusen led four Centre players in double-figures with 25 points. He also had eight rebounds and four assists. Jason Atwell had 15 points, followed by Devin Sona with 13 and Rob King with 10.

For the Majors, Garth had a game-high 26 points along with six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Senior Thomas Adams followed with 24 points and a game-high 16 rebounds.
 

#1 DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 74, #8 RHODES COLLEGE 64
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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.

DePauw improved to 18-7 on the season and will face Centre College at 3:30 p.m. in Friday's first men's semifinal game. Rhodes finished the season with a 10-15 record.

Senior Joe Ringger led the Tigers with a game-high 26 points and 13 rebounds, while senior teammate Jeremy Bettis also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Junior guard Wes Thornhill was the only other DePauw player in double-figures with 17 points.

Rhodes got a team-high 21 points from sophomore Wes Cain, who also added six rebounds and four assists. First-year guard Rami Almefty chipped in with 17 points and first-year forward Matthew Jakes followed with 12 points and five rebounds.

DePauw held the 15-point halftime lead, largely due to its 72.4% shooting from the field, but the Tigers went cold in the second - shooting just 19.2% after the intermission - and allowed host Rhodes back into the game.

Rhodes made the game interesting late when Almefty hit five of six free throws after a foul and a technical on Ringger to cut the DePauw lead to 64-59 with 2:03 remaining, but the Lynx would draw no closer.