Saturday, February 12, 2011
Men and Women play five games in next 10 days to complete regular season
With last week’s blizzard, McHenry County College’s basketball teams experienced a full week away from game action including three days of not having the ability to even practice. The men and women's team lost thursday night, today they hope to join the win column in their final home game against the College of Lake County. Both teams are struggling through their 2010-11 campaigns and the season winding toward the conclusion of the regular season next weekend, the time off would be thought of as a blessing. For women’s coach Pam Mason, she thought the break has its’ advantages and disadvantages. “Any time off especially during conference time when you are playing two or three games a week helps,” Mason said. “It can also hurt though …
Friday, February 11, 2011
Women lose 64-55 while men fall 84-55 to Prairie State
McHenry County College’s basketball teams came into Thursday’s Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference matchup with Prairie State College each looking for their sixth win of the season. The wait for that elusive victory will continue as the women’s team fell 64-55 and the men lost 84-55. In the women’s game to open the night, the Scots (5-21, 2-8) jumped out quickly with a 12-3 run to begin the game and would take a 17-7 lead later in the half. At that point, Prairie State began to take over the game as the Pioneers went on a 24-5 run to take a 31-22 lead and would lead 35-23 at halftime. MCC tried to battle back in the second half, cutting the lead to six points on a number of occasions before Prairie State would have a response each time. …
Friday, February 4, 2011
MCC hosts Lake County Thursday night and Elgin Saturday afternoon
College provides the opportunity for players from different schools to come together as one for the first time in their careers. For McHenry County College’s women’s basketball team, it is all about playing for the county with all of the Scots coming from McHenry County high schools. Coach Pam Mason said that there are a lot of good players in McHenry County but some have not got the oppournity to play and her team is a classic example of what can be done with players who didn’t get much playing time in high school. “The county has a lot of girls who can play basketball and have the potential to go on and play college basketball,” Mason said. “With this team, a lot of the girls were on the team in high school but didn’t play. That’s the …
Monday, January 31, 2011
Scots get 14 from Haayer in 53-45 win over Morton College
Success is something that can be looked at by the numbers or just by showing improvement. For McHenry County College’s women’s basketball team this season, the record might not show it but the team is getting better all the time and came up with their second Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference win of the season Thursday night as the Scots defeated Morton College 53-45. MCC (5-19, 2-5) started slowly as the first 9:30 of the game featured just 12 points between the two teams and 11 fouls. After Morton took a 6-2 lead, the Scots would go on a 16-2 run that lasted most of the first half and led 24-19 at halftime. MCC extended their lead to 33-21 before Morton began to rally, going on a 8-0 run to pull within 33-29. The two teams would …
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Bush scores 28 to lead four Scots in double figures but MCC falls 99-89 to remain winless in Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference play
For McHenry County College’s men’s basketball team, finding wins this season has been a challenge, losing five games in overtime and eight games by ten points or less. Thursday night, the Scots tried to find a way to get their first Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference win hosting Morton College. MCC (4-19, 0-7) had four players score in double figures but it wasn’t enough as the Scots fell 99-89 to Morton. The two teams battled back and forth, trading baskets during a competitive first half. Morton opened up a 15-12 lead before MCC went on a 7-2 run to take a 19-17 lead of their own but Morton was able to get a late three-pointer to end the first half to lead 37-34 at the break. In the second half, the two teams decided to turn up the …
Friday, January 28, 2011
Scots get 14 from Haayer in 53-45 win over Morton College
Success is something that can be looked at by the numbers or just by showing improvement. For McHenry County College’s women’s basketball team this season, the record might not show it but the team is getting better all the time and came up with their second Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference win of the season Thursday night as the Scots defeated Morton College 53-45. MCC (5-19, 2-5) started slowly as the first 9:30 of the game featured just 12 points between the two teams and 11 fouls. After Morton took a 6-2 lead, the Scots would go on a 16-2 run that lasted most of the first half and led 24-19 at halftime. MCC extended their lead to 33-21 before Morton began to rally, going on a 8-0 run to pull within 33-29. The two teams would …
Men and Women take 4-18 overall records into this week's action, looking to find some positives as the season ends toward the finish
With the season inside of ten games remaining, the number of wins has not been able to increase much for both of McHenry County College’s basketball teams. The men’s and women’s teams are both 4-18 overall this year. Men’s coach Jason Robinson said that his team has been leading but needs to get over the hump. “We need to find that edge to win some of these games,” Robinson said. “We’re absolutely in every game and we’re struggling to figure it out down the stretch.” Robinson added that there have been some defensive problems as well. “When we need a stop, we don’t get one. Overall, we are giving up way too many points. I was looking at the averages and we are giving up 77 points a game and it’s tough to win our conference giving up that …
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I sit down with the head coach and assistant coach of MCC's men's basketball team to discuss things on and off the court
This installment of Off the Record with……features the head coach of McHenry County College’s men’s basketball team Jason Robinson and his assistant, Jay Teagle as I continue asking questions that may or may not involve basketball and may or may not be serious. Andy Schmidt: What is your favorite card game? Jason Robinson: Euchre Jay Teagle: Euchre or Hearts AS: How many letters are in the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? JR: 24 JT: 26 (The correct answer is…..34.) AS: What’s your best score bowling? JR: 180 JT: 204 AS: The last song you heard that made you think a little? JR: Creed’s “Overcome” JT: Change by Garth Brooks AS: One game you wished you could have played in? JR: 2008, conference championship game at Triton, MCC vs. …
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Men and Women share similar 4-16 overall records as the season heads to the final stretch
The struggles have continued for McHenry County College’s basketball teams with the women’s team sitting at 4-16 after a 53-43 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference loss to Waubonsee Community College on Tuesday. That loss came after two complete different scoring outings for the women over the past week, losing 57-23 to Elgin on Thursday then defeating Judson College’s JV team 84-36 on Saturday. Coach Pam Mason said that the team is having some issues figuring out things. “We've struggled with identifying with our style of offensive play all season. We've struggled with working as a cohesive unit on the defensive end where there are too many breakdowns and teams are allowed to score,” Mason said. “I've tried to stress the importance of …
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
After a rough non-conference start, MCC's basketball teams get ready to begin Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference play.
The 2010 calendar year was not kind to McHenry County College's basketball teams with the women's team at 2-11 and the men's team at 3-11. However, in one aspect the teams can start 0-0 again with the beginning of the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference season just around the corner. The conference season gets underway on Jan. 8 against Moraine Valley Community College at home in Tartan Gym at 1 p.m. for the women and 3 p.m. for the men. Women's basketball coach Pam Mason said that when the season started, she had one goal for her team to work towards. "At the beginning of the season, I told them we were playing for conference," Mason said. "Some of the games we play during the first half of the season are important because of regional …
