Four Wins in Eight Days . . .

is hard to do.

This week (sorry, week and a day), Lipscomb did exactly that. Two wins by 5 points over conference leaders surrounded by comfortable wins over Campbell and Gulf Coast. Belmont and Jacksonville are on top now, with ETSU a game back. Lipscomb is back to .500. Mercer has won 5 in a row to pull within 2 games of first place. Campbell continues to defy all explanation, losing to UNF and beating Jacksonville on the same road trip.

Game of the Week -- I'm always partial to the Battle of the Boulevard, but Belmont's best game came two nights later against ETSU. With the conference lead on the line, the Bruins rallied from 11 down with a 16-2 second half run to win 76-73. ETSU had three shots in the final minute to tie or take the lead, but nothing fell. In the unexpected ending of the week, Stetson had a working margin on Mercer for most of the game, up 15 with 9 1/2 to go, but the Bears outscored the Hatters 23 to 6 over the next 9 minutes to take their first lead. Stetson tied it up, but the overtime was all Mercer.

Player of the Week -- Adnan Hozdic of Lipscomb got the nod from the conference office. And having the biggest impact on the conference's hottest team (33 PEG vs. Belmont, 23 PEG vs. Upstate) is a good case. That said, Alex Renfroe of Belmont had a better week statistically.

Weird Stat -- Later this week, I'll listen to the audio of Lipscomb vs. ETSU to find out what happened to trigger four (!!!) technical fouls in the second half. Coming into this week, the entire conference had 9 technical fouls this season. This week there were six more.