March 5th
Abilene Christian 66, Lamar 54 - Schaplowsky has an off shooting night (7-21) but his 18pts, 8 assists, and 5 rebounds are still enough to hold off a Lamar squad that shot 34.1% from the field. With this victory, Abilene eliminates Incarnate from the regular season conference title race.
Incarnate Word 56, Northwestern State 52 - Another dominant performance from Ginsberg helps Incarnate close out a strong regular season. Ginsberg had 27 pts and 19 rebounds, plus 4 free throws in the final 19 seconds to close it out.
February 7th
FOFC Matchup: Incarnate Word at Abilene Christian
Not much to write about this one other than Ginsberg was great as usual and Schaplowsky shit the bed with the conference title at stake.
Code:
Incarnate Word 58, Abilene Christian 39
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Incarnate Word (22-7, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
David Ginsberg C 32 10-13 4-5 1 8 1 3 24
Lyle White PF 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 2 2
Petr Vavra SF 33 5-13 0-1 0 7 1 3 10
Dick Dao SG 35 2-8 0-0 3 9 6 0 4
Fermin Bravo PG 35 3-6 0-0 1 5 3 1 8
Jack Johnson PG 11 0-2 3-6 0 3 1 1 3
Chris Bay PG 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Kendrick Wiseman PF 22 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 5 2
N. Permenter PF 16 1-2 2-3 0 1 1 0 4
Henry McKnight SF 2 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 1
Jesus Bufford PF 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 15 (D.Ginsberg 2, P.Vavra 3, D.Dao 3,
F.Bravo 3, C.Bay 1, K.Wiseman 2, H.McKnight 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Ginsberg 1, P.Vavra 1, F.Bravo 1)
Steals: 3 (D.Dao 2, F.Bravo 1)
3P FGs: 2-6 (P.Vavra 0-1, D.Dao 0-1, F.Bravo 2-3,
J.Johnson 0-1)
Abilene Christian (15-14, 12-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Tyler Kuhn C 19 2-3 3-3 2 5 0 4 7
Steven Rhee PF 24 3-7 2-5 3 4 2 3 8
Richard Zeman SF 35 4-9 0-3 1 10 1 4 8
Paul Montalvo SG 36 1-10 1-2 0 5 0 0 3
Mike Schaplowsky PG 29 3-12 0-0 0 1 5 4 6
Gregory Box C 16 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 3 2
Toby Eakins PG 14 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Adrian Cardwell PG 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Stonge PF 14 2-4 1-1 2 3 0 0 5
Cory Riker SF 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Merv Jones SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0
Turnovers: 14 (T.Kuhn 3, R.Zeman 2, P.Montalvo 1,
M.Schaplowsky 1, G.Box 2, T.Eakins 2, A.Cardwell 1,
M.Jones 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Zeman 1)
Steals: 3 (T.Kuhn 1, R.Zeman 1, M.Schaplowsky 1)
3P FGs: 0-7 (S.Rhee 0-1, P.Montalvo 0-4, A.Cardwell
0-1, C.Riker 0-1)
Player of Game: C David Ginsberg (UIW)
That ends regular season conference play. Despite the last game, Incarnate has to play in the first round of the conference tourney, while Abilene gets a bye all the way to the semifinals.
Code:
2014 Southland Conference Standings
TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 13 3 .813 22 9 .710 92 62
Abilene Christian Wildcats 12 4 .750 15 15 .500 162 6
Sam Houston State Bearkats 11 5 .688 16 16 .500 237 42
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 11 5 .688 21 9 .700 123 51
Incarnate Word Cardinals 11 5 .688 26 8 .765 71 3
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders 9 7 .563 16 14 .533 229 29
Nicholls State Colonels 8 8 .500 12 19 .387 241 23
Houston Baptist Huskies 8 8 .500 12 18 .400 193 6
Southeastern Louisiana Lions 7 9 .438 13 16 .448 324 27
Lamar Cardinals 6 10 .375 9 20 .310 317 31
Northwestern State Demons 5 11 .313 11 18 .379 331 30
Central Arkansas Bears 5 11 .313 7 22 .241 286 12
McNeese State Cowboys 4 12 .250 5 24 .172 254 25
New Orleans Privateers 2 14 .125 2 27 .069 338 13