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Date Posted: 06:01:20 02/29/04 Sun
Author: TD
Subject: +++Midconfans 2/29/04+++

Crusaders snap two-game losing streak--NW Indiana Times
Next up for VU - Chicago St. for Mid-Con title.

Ice-cold Gents drop regular-season finale--Shreveport Times
Centenary can still win share of conference title.

Mid-Continent Conference struggles to find right spot for its postseason tournament--NW Indiana Post Tribune
In 2005, the Mid-Con Tournament will move to Tulsa and play in its 11th venue in 20 years. Pending approval of the Union High School board in Tulsa in July, the event will be played at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center, a 5,600-seat arena on a high school campus. The Activity Center, a $22 million building, opened in January.

The tournament site and format has been a perennial noose around the Mid-Con’s neck. Balancing the needs of the student athletes while trying to maximize exposure for the league and get people in the arenas to watch the game is a challenge for every Division I conference.

Crusaders take out frustration on IPFW--NW Indiana Post Tribune
Challenging every pass and playing with the kind of intensity reserved for an NCAA tournament game, Valpo played every possession like it was their last in an 83-61 win over Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne on Saturday on Senior Night.

Kangaroos win in overtime>--Kansas City Star
UMKC knocks IUPUI from atop Mid-Con standings

Loss knocks IUPUI out of Mid-Con lead--Indianapolis Star
Rich Zvosec's biggest recruiting mistake almost came back to haunt him Saturday night at the IUPUI Gymnasium.

That's because IUPUI senior Odell Bradley scored 30 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, but it wasn't enough as the Jaguars failed to clinch the Mid-Continent Conference regular-season championship in a 73-68 overtime loss to Missouri-Kansas City.

Centenary Basketball Teams Swept By Chicago State--CC Website
Poor shooting prevented the Centenary Gents from clinching a share of the Mid-Con regular season title, while the Ladies could not stop the seniors on Senior Day as Chicago State won both games of a Saturday doubleheader at the Dickens Center.

CHICAGO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS WIN ON SENIOR DAY OVER CENTENARY--CSU Website
On Senior Day, it the was the play of two underclassmen that stole the show in helping the Chicago State Cougars to a 68-54 win over Centenary

IUPUI DROPS OVERTIME DECISION TO UMKC, 73-68--IUPUI Website
UMKC took a three-point lead with 3.7 seconds left when Michael Watson drove through the right side of the IUPUI defense and fired a one-handed cross court pass to a wide open Javon Clark. Clark rattled in the jumper from the left wing to give UMKC the edge.

Balanced Effort Leads UMKC Men Past IUPUI in Overtime--UMKC Website
Carlton Aaron had a season-high 19 points, and Mike English pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds in UMKC's 73-68 overtime victory at IUPUI.

Oakland Blows Past Western Illinois, 88-59--OU Website
The Golden Grizzlies dominated the game early and placed 10 players in the scoring column, led by Mike Helms (Detroit, Mich.), who put in 32 points in his final game in the Athletics Center ‘O’Rena.

Green's Monster Effort Helps ORU Win Regular Season Finale--ORU Website
Caleb Green scored 29 points and grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds to lead the Golden Eagles past Southern Utah, 84-73 in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday.

Too Much Green As Oral Roberts Tops T-Birds--SUU Website
It was senior night at Oral Roberts but the Golden Eagles’ freshmen took center stage as Caleb Green scored 29 points and pulled down 22 rebounds while another first-year player, Ken Tutt added 14 points to lead ORU to an 84-73 win over Southern Utah Saturday night.

Valpo Rolls Past IPFW--VU Website
Crusaders Clinch Share of Mid-Con Title By Virtue of Saturday's Results

Leatherneck Season Ends with 88-59 Loss at Oakland--WIU Website
Mike Helms scored a game-high 32 points as Oakland University defeated Western Illinois University, 88-59, in the regular season finale, as T.J. Gray became Western's highest scoring freshman in its Division I history.

Frosh shines glass on Senior Night--Tulsa World
ORU's Green grabs 22 rebounds, scores 29 points in Eagles' regular-season finale.


Frosh shines glass on Senior Night

By MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer
2/29/2004

ORU's Green grabs 22 rebounds, scores 29 points in Eagles' regular-season finale.

Even if Oral Roberts had tried to throw this game, freshman Caleb Green would have rebounded it.

As it is, the Golden Eagles didn't shoot very well on Senior Night. But not to worry. Green rebounded everything in sight and put it back in the basket.

He had 22 boards, the most by an ORU player in 30 years, and scored 29 points as the Golden Eagles downed Southern Utah 84-73 in the regular-season finale for both teams before 6,743 at the Mabee Center.

ORU made just 41.8 percent of its shots to Southern Utah's 55.1 percent -- 33 percent (9-of-27) in the second half. But Green outrebounded the visitors almost by himself.

He had two fewer rebounds than the 24 Southern Utah had as a team.

"Caleb was dominant on the glass," ORU coach Scott Sutton said. "It was the best performance I think I may have ever seen. His 22 rebounds were probably the biggest reason we won on a night we didn't shoot the ball very well, especially in the second half."

That and the 18 turnovers the Eagles forced by applying fullcourt pressure. Southern Utah made 11 of its final 12 shots of the first half to turn a 20-7 deficit into a 34-30 lead, but ORU forced four straight turnovers and regained the lead by running off 10 straight points.

Southern Utah (10-17, 6-10 in the Mid-Continent Conference) led one time in the second half, at 50-49, but Josh Atkinson and Ken Tutt scored back-to-back treys and the Eagles were ahead to stay.

Tutt had his string of 25-plus scoring games stopped at eight, the longest in the nation this season, but still scored in double figures (with 14 points) for the 25th time in 27 games.

Atkinson, a senior, found his 3-point shooting stroke on Senior Night. The fifth-leading 3-point shooter in school history made 4-of-9 from behind the arc to score 12 points. The four 3-pointers were the most Atkinson has had in a game since Jan. 8.

ORU (17-10, 10-6) assured itself of no worse than the fifth seed in the Mid-Continent Conference tourney, which opens next Sunday at Kemper Arena in Kansas City.

With losses by Indiana-Purdue and Centenary on Saturday night, the Eagles can still tie for the regular-season Mid-Con title if Chicago State upsets Valparaiso Tuesday night.

Green had 20 points and 11 rebounds in the first half. His 14th double-double -- double digits in points and rebounds -- was assured with 4:10 left in the first half.

It was only the eighth 20-point, 20-rebound game by an ORU player in school history and the first in six years. Green had the most rebounds by an ORU played since Eddie Woods snagged 24 against UT-Pan American on Jan. 26, 1974.

"It didn't even feel like 22 rebounds," Green said. "The ball was there and I just grabbed it. I've got to find a way to help my team, and I guess it's rebounding, if that's what helps the team."

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ORU 84, Southern Utah 73

SOUTHERN UTAH (10-17, 6-10)
Min FG 3pt FT Reb
O-T F Pt.
Newsom,f 33 2-8 0-0 3-4 3-7 2 7
Palmer,f 37 8-12 2-2 2-3 1-2 5 20
Schouten,c 23 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 3 2
Rensch,g 16 5-5 0-0 4-4 0-1 5 14
Baker,g 34 3-6 1-3 0-2 0-2 3 7
Olsovsky 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0
Gainey 27 6-12 2-5 2-3 0-5 3 16
Martini 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
Janes 25 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 7
Warren 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
TEAM 4-6
TOTAL 27-49 6-12 13-18 8-24 29 73

Assists -- Palmer 3, Janes 2, Newsom 1, Baker 1, Rensch 1
Blocks -- Palmer 1, Rensch 1
Turnovers -- Rensch 4, Newsom 3, Baker 3, Schouten 2, Palmer 1, Olsovsky 1, Janes 1
Steals -- Newsom 4, Palmer 1, Baker 1, Gainey 1
Technical fouls -- Bench

ORAL ROBERTS (17-10, 10-6)
Min FG 3pt FT Reb
O-T F Pt.
Green,f 36 8-11 0-0 13-18 9-22 2 29
Charles,f 23 1-4 0-0 1-1 3-4 1 3
Tutt,g 33 4-17 2-9 4-4 0-1 3 14
Atkinson,g 39 4-10 4-9 0-0 0-1 1 12
Bluitt,g 37 2-4 1-2 7-8 0-1 4 12
Thomas 3 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 1 2
Fowlkes 20 1-3 0-0 6-6 3-3 2 8
Meloy 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Gastel 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 4 4
TEAM 4-4
TOTAL 23-55 7-20 31-37 20-38 18 84

Assists -- Atkinson 4, Bluitt 4, Fowlkes 4, Green 2, Tutt 2
Blocks -- Green 2, Gastel 2, Thomas 1
Turnovers -- Green 6, Tutt 3, Bluitt 3, Charles 1, Atkinson 1
Steals -- Bluitt 3, Green 2, Atkinson 2, Tutt 1
Technical fouls -- None

Southern Utah 37 36 -- 73
Oral Roberts 40 44 -- 84

Attendance -- 6,743

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