Marlins, Stags punch ticket
Feb
2006
Brandon Adair’s 31 points led the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins to the first automatic bid of the 2006 season in another heartstopping ODAC playoff game, defeating Randolph-Macon 81-78 in overtime. VWC led by as many as nine points in the second half. R-MC’s Justin Wansley led the Yellow Jackets with 24 points.
The Yellow Jackets find themselves as the first team in the pool, C that is. R-MC finishes up with a 22-6 mark overall and a 19-6 regional record.
Back up north, Lincoln University rolled Penn State-Abington, 115-83, behind 62 points from Kyle Myrick. Myrick’s previous season high was a mere 45.
In on the women’s side: Washington U.
In on the men’s side: Virginia Wesleyan. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps can clinch the SCIAC with a win or an Occidental loss tonight.
February 21st, 2006 at 12:36 am
Pomona-Pitzer defeated Occidental tonight, giving Claremont-Mudd-Scripps the SCIAC automatic bid and putting Occidental deeply on the bubble.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:00 am
What in the h-e-double hockey sticks is going on with Oxy?
February 21st, 2006 at 4:28 am
Well, they barely beat CMS and P-P at Oxy, and those are not easy places to play.
Remember what we thought of Occidental when they opened with this lineup? We have to go back there, I think.
Nov 18, 2005 vs. Pacific Union (n) W 77-44
Nov 19, 2005 vs. West Coast Baptist (n) W 109-36
Nov 22, 2005 La Sierra W 75-45
Dec 3, 2005 at William Jessup W 88-73
Dec 4, 2005 at Pacific Union W 59-58
Dec 6, 2005 at Azusa Pacific L 89-71
Dec 17, 2005 at Chapman + W 65-60
Dec 19, 2005 at La Sierra W 67-62
QOWI now looks to be 9.867. Unlike Randolph-Macon, which is in the same ballpark at 10.000, Occidental’s regional winning percentage is just .733. Randolph-Macon is at .760.
Right now, Randolph-Macon appears to be in pretty good shape, but Occidental may be too far down the bubble list to be considered.
February 21st, 2006 at 9:05 am
Yeah, I agree. I wasn’t that sold on Oxy’s profile anyway, but the rest of the SCIAC was fairly pedestrian, aside from C_M-S.
February 21st, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Oxy looked strong through most of their schedule but coach seemed to stay a little too loyal to his starting group when some of them faltered, I think mixing in some different players may have sparked some fresh looks and kicked them back into high gear. With their play at the end of the schedule I don’t even see a bubble in their playoff hopes. Shame - they were one of my favorites mid season.