Yarnell Invitational 87 Topic

This is the Yarnell Invitational (named after Yarnell Ice Cream in Searcy, AR). As always, it'll be a 6 team round-robin tournament that will occur in weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the non-conference schedule. Harding University will be the tournament host. The defending champ from the previous year is an automatic qualifier. The remainder of the field is invitation only.

Defending Champ: Lander [Peach Belt]
Host: Harding [GulfSouth]

FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #5: DC @ Host, #2 @ #1, #4 @ #3
Game #6: Host @ #4, #1 @ DC, #2 @ #3
Game #7: #3 @ Host, #1 @ #4, DC @ #2
Game #8: Host @ #2, #3 @ #1, #4 @ DC
Game #9: #1 @ Host, #2 @ #4, #3 @ DC
6/17/2016 2:10 PM
FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #5: Lander @ Harding, CSUSB @ Hillsdale, Pfeiffer @ Incarnate Word
Game #6: Harding @ Pfeiffer, Hillsdale @ Lander, CSUSB @ Incarnate Word
Game #7: Incarnate Word @ Harding, Hillsdale @ Pfeiffer, Lander @ CSUSB
Game #8: Harding @ CSUSB, Incarnate Word @ Hillsdale, Pfeiffer @ Lander
Game #9: Hillsdale @ Harding, CSUSB @ Pfeiffer, Incarnate Word @ Lander

Preseason Rankings
#5 Hillsdale

#15 Harding
#17 Cal State San Bernardino
NR Incarnate Word
NR Lander
NR Pfeiffer

Players To Watch
Robert Birch, SG, SR, 5'11", 173 - Hillsdale
Donald Blakley, SG, SR, 6'2", 201 - Cal State Bernardino

Round One
#24 CSU San Bernardino (3-1) +2 @ #3 Hillsdale (4-0)
Pfeiffer (2-2) +4 @ #21 Incarnate Word (4-0)
#23 Lander (3-1) Pickem @ Harding (2-2)
6/17/2016 2:29 PM
I'm not sure why I thought this was a good season to be in the Yarnell, we are too young. Don't be fooled by our record.

I look forward to being the Washington Generals to your Harlem Globetrotters. One Yarnell win would be a success.
6/17/2016 6:09 PM
Power of the 3 point shot. Chauncey Enright and Robert Grieve thrilled the home court crowd in Harding by closing the game hitting 3 consecutive 3's. Grieve hitting one and Enright hitting the last 2. Ken Bryant could only match one of them for Lander. And Harding rallies from 3 down to win by 3 in the final 2 minutes. In San Antonio, Daniel Swick nails a 3-pointer with 3:02 left in the game to give Incarnate Word some separation at 55-48 in what was a close game. That would ignite a 12-4 I-Word run to end the game in a win. Donald Blakley hit 3 3's off the bench to win POG in CSU Bernardino's surprise 13-point win at Hillsdale.

STANDINGS
CSU San Bernardino 1-0
Harding 1-0
Incarnate Word 1-0
Hillsdale 0-1
Lander 0-1
Pfeiffer 0-1

ROUND TWO
#17 CSU San Bernardino ( 4-1) -1 @ #16 Incarnate Word (5-0)
#19 Hillsdale (4-1) -1 @ Lander (3-2)
#24 Harding (3-2) -6 @ Pfeiffer (2-3)

ROUND ONE RESULTS
CSU San Bernardino 61, @Hillsdale 48
CSUSB: D Blakley 15 (POG), D Dahlin 13, J Edwards 13, S Powell 11R
HC: C Gilmore 12, R Birch 11

@Incarnate Word 64, Pfeiffer 52
IW: C Michel 14 (POG), D Swick 21, W Jang 17
M Black 19, B Dunn 10/12R

@Harding 62, Lander 59
HU: C Enright 13 (POG), R Grieve 13
LU: R McGilton 17, K Bryant 15, W Marchant 12, J Borgen 11
6/18/2016 11:48 AM
Posted by davefilby on 6/17/2016 6:09:00 PM (view original):
I'm not sure why I thought this was a good season to be in the Yarnell, we are too young. Don't be fooled by our record.

I look forward to being the Washington Generals to your Harlem Globetrotters. One Yarnell win would be a success.
Actually that is the theme of this season's tournament. I knew my Harding team was young and didn't want to get beat up by 5 powers when I put together this tournament. So I went for perennial powers with young teams. The only team that has more than 6 upperclassmen is CSU San Bernardino with 7. But he was my second choice. I wanted @bistiza and CSU Los Angeles, but he never replied. That said, you are the youngest team in a tournament of young teams.

CSU San Bernardino 4 SR, 3 JR
Pfeiffer 1 SR, 5 JR
Hillsdale 4 SR, 1 JR
Harding 2 SR, 3 JR
Lander 2 SR, 3 JR
Incarnate Word 2 SR, 1 JR
6/18/2016 11:57 AM
STANDINGS
CSU San Bernardino 2-0
Harding 2-0
Incarnate Word 1-1
Lander 1-1
Hillsdale 0-2
Pfeiffer 0-2

ROUND THREE
#25 Lander (4-2) +1 @ #8 CSU San Bernardino (5-1)
#24 Incarnate Word (5-1) -1 @ #20 Harding (4-2)
Hillsdale (4-2) -6 @ Pfeiffer (2-4)

ROUND TWO RESULTS
CSU San Bernardino 57, @Incarnate Word 50
CSUSB: J Edwards 15 (POG), D Blakley 11, S Powell 10R
IW: C Michel 14, D Swick 12

@Lander 82, Hillsdale 77
LU: R McGilton 27 (POG), K Bryant 21, W Marchant 18/9R
HC: R Birch 22, K Guerrette 13/10R, R Bain 11, H Rollins 10, C Gilmore 10R

Harding 56, @Pfeiffer 52
HU: C Enright 16 (POG), D Sato 17
PU: B Paulson 15, M Black 11, S Snively 10, M Walker 10
6/19/2016 11:25 AM
Cal State San Bernardino bench outscored Lander bench 27-11 in a game the Coyotes controlled from beginning to end.

Stomach punch loss at Harding. With 5 minutes to play in the game, Harding led 53-49. Game had been close throughout. Harding box-and-one had held I-Word's leading scorer D Swick to 6 points. C Michel picked up the slack by having 12 points. The backcourt combo would score the remaining points for I Word in regulation and OT. Swick hit 2 3's in the final minute, the 2nd with 4 seconds left to send the game in OT. Harding would score the 1st 6 points of OT, then Michel and Swick scored the final 7. Swick a 3 with 40 seconds left and Michel a drive to the bucket with 2 seconds left. Harding missed halfcourt shot at buzzer.

In what was a close game at Pfeiffer quickly became a blowout. With just over 15 minutes to play in the 2nd half, A Weiland knocked in a 3 for Hillsdale to go up 7. Immediately afterward, Pfeiffer starting PG S Snively picked up his 4th foul on an illegal screen and had to sit. Then it became the BGW show. Birch, Guerrette, & Weiland guided Hillsdale to 23 point win.

STANDINGS
CSU San Bernardino 3-0
Incarnate Word 2-1
Harding 2-1
Lander 1-2
Hillsdale 1-2
Pfeiffer 0-3

ROUND FOUR
#25 Harding (4-3) +3 @ #7 CSU San Bernardino (6-1)
#18 Incarnate Word (6-1) +1 @ #20 Hillsdale (5-2)
Pfeiffer (2-5) +7 @ Lander (4-3)

ROUND THREE RESULTS
@CSU San Bernardino 59, Lander 49
CSUSB: J Edwards 12 (POG), D Blakley 13
LU: W Marchant 16, R McGilton 12

Incarnate Word 64, @Harding 63 OT
IW: C Michel 18 (POG), D Swick 15, C Lewis 10R
HU: R Grieve 13, C Enright 12, D Sato 12, R Riley 11

Hillsdale 79, @Pfeiffer 56
HC: R Birch 22 (POG), A Weiland 17, K Guerrette 14
PU: B Paulson 12, M Black 11, M Walker 10
6/20/2016 9:21 AM
We get destroyed! Do we have next season's Schedule up? Cause we suck... We are too Young.
6/20/2016 2:26 PM
In what was essentially the Yarnell Championship, CSU San Bernardino nailed 9 3's and held Harding to 39% shooting, but still needed to survive 3 Harding misses from behind the arc in the final minute to hold on 55-52 in defensive struggle in San Bernardino.

Hillsdale gave up the lead to Incarnate Word with 13 minutes left in the game, but fought back to retake it on a 3-point play the hard way by K Guerrette with 57 seconds left. Incarnate Word responded with a pick-and-roll basket to retake the lead with 40 seconds left, then blew a steal and layup immediately after. But held their composure to play defense for one more possession. Hillsdale misses game-winning runner at the buzzer.

Same song, 4th verse for Pfeiffer's young team. They can play for 32 minutes. Their IQ and stamina rears its ugly head those last 8 minutes. Lander pulls away late for win.

STANDINGS
* CSU San Bernardino 4-0
Incarnate Word 3-1
Harding 2-2
Lander 2-2
Hillsdale 1-3
Pfeiffer 0-4

* - clinched title

FINAL ROUND
#6 CSU San Bernardino (7-1) -20 @ Pfeiffer (2-6)
#14 Incarnate Word (7-1) -1 @ Lander (5-3)
Hillsdale (5-3) Pickem @ Harding (4-4)

ROUND FOUR RESULTS
@CSU San Bernardino 55, Harding 52
CSUSB: J Edwards 15 (POG), D Blakley 12
HU: C Enright 13, R Grieve 11

Incarnate Word 73, @Hillsdale 72
IW: D Swick 18 (POG), W Jiang 12, B Mansfield 12, C Michel 11
HC: K Guerrette 14, A Weiland 13, R Birch 13, C Gilmore 10

@Lander 67, Pfeiffer 52
LU: K Bryant 18 (POG), L Brzostowski 13, W Marchant 12/11R
PU: B Paulson 16, M Walker10
6/21/2016 11:56 AM
FINAL STANDINGS
CSU San Bernardino 5-0
Harding 3-2
Incarnate Word 3-2
Lander 3-2
Hillsdale 1-4
Pfeiffer 0-5

FINAL ROUND RESULTS
CSU San Bernardino 59, Pfeiffer 48
CSUSB: D Dahlin 16 (POG), J Edwards 12
PU: M Walker 18, B Paulson 14

@Lander 59, Incarnate Word 48
LU: K Bryant 17 (POG), R McGilton 15
IW: D Swick 14, C Michel 10

@Harding 86, Hillsdale 77
HU: C Enright 18 (POG), D Sato 16, R Grieve 14, R RIley 13, E Costa 12
HC: A Weiland 23, R Birch 16, K Guerrette 10
6/22/2016 1:20 PM
Gotta be honest with you guys- I forgot we were doing this! Lmao. Thanks for having me. It was fun.
6/28/2016 4:25 AM
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