Last Night
#6 Susquehanna 50 #8 Penn St. Altoona 57
It was a very close, low-scoring game throughout with Penn St. Altoona maintaining a small lead most of the way. Susquehanna made a late push but Penn St. Altoona sank their free throws to close out the 7 point victory, much to the delight of the sims at Pittsburgh Greenburg and Juniata. These two teams are obviously very evenly matched and a tiny advantage in 3pt and free throw shooting proved to be the difference for defending champs Penn St. Altoona and frankgrimes. Susquehanna and zeuspole suffer their first loss of the season, slip down to #6, and immediately begin looking forward to the rematch later this season.
Also considered: #9 Vassar rode a big second half to a 89-74 win over #23 Utica, Centre missed a game-tying shot at the end and fell to Sewanee 62-60, and #21 John Carroll shot Marietta out of the gym 92-62.
Sim blowout watch: Yet another sim failed to cover as Penn St. Berks fell to #25 Dickinson 57-114 while Whitman did much better only losing by 10 to #13 Willamette 53-63.
GotN
#24 Capital (12-1)(buckeye101) at #21 John Carroll (11-2)(whit6r)
Tonight we have the first of two games between these ranked Ohio conference foes. Both are 3-0 in conference play, both have an RPI in the 30's, and the odds-makers have the visitors as a 1 point favorite. Incredibly, this is the fiftieth regular season battle between these two coaches as buckeye looks to improve on his 27-22 record against whit6r.
Also considered: #1 Millsaps at Sewanee, #10 Howard Payne at Austin, Wooster at Wittenberg
Sim blowout watch: Linfield is getting 64 points hosting #13 Willamette and Johns Hopkins is getting 50 points at home against #25 Dickinson.