Earl Austin Jr: McKendree College men continue to roll

McKendree College men continue to roll
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Earl  Austin on 15/02/2010 15:50:00
 
Currently ranked No. 7 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) polls, the Bearcats are now 20-5 for the season after their 11
consecutive victory. They are also in first place in the America Midwest
Conference with a perfect 9-0 record. McKendree has won 27 consecutive AMC games
since the 2007-08 season. The Bearcats' roster is full of talented players from
the St. Louis metro area who have found a home in Lebanon, Ill. with one of the
nation's winningnest NAIA programs.     The Bearcats are a high-scoring outfit
that likes to spread the scoring around several players. The top scorer is 6'6"
junior forward Eric Hobbie, who averages 16 points a game. The high-flying
dunker from Vandalia, Ill. also leads the Bearcats in rebounding.     Hobbie is
the only McKendree player to average in double figures, but there are five more
players that average between eight and nine points a game. Kenny Detmer, a 6'7"
forward from nearby Breese Central, averages nearly 10 points a game. He is the
only senior on the team. John Steppe (Effingham St. Anthony's) is a 6'4"
freshman swingman who joins Hobbie as the team's top 3-point shooters.     A
couple of more metro east area bigs also get into the act as 6'7" junior Copelin
(O'Fallon) and 6'6" sophomore Sean Rakers (Wesclin) also average nine points a
game. Sophomore guard Karrington Pettiford (CBC) averages eight points a game
while leading the team in assists. Freshman guard Andy Wolff (Metro East
Lutheran) also averages eight points a game. Rashad May (Hazelwood Central)
averages six points a game.     The Bearcats are well on their way to another
berth in the upcoming NAIA national tournament in March.