MBB: Liberty League

d3d3d3 · December 27, 2021, 06:32:09 PM

Yep, and Skidmore's trip to California has been called off. We can expect more of this as students return to campuses ...

d3d3d3 · December 29, 2021, 07:37:39 PM

Dom Black and Patrick Mahoney not in the lineup for unbeaten RPI as they play Oswego in a tournament. It's early yet but it's not going well ...

stlawus · December 29, 2021, 08:23:37 PM

Quote from: d3d3d3 on December 29, 2021, 07:37:39 PM
Dom Black and Patrick Mahoney not in the lineup for unbeaten RPI as they play Oswego in a tournament. It's early yet but it's not going well ...

Pretty unfortunate for RPI. They really missed Mahoney's perimeter defense in this game, and obviously his scoring prowess.

thebear · December 30, 2021, 10:48:36 AM

On further review:

Noticed that freshman PG Akhee Anderson (former NYS Class B HS player of the year) was a DNP for the Lakers yesterday in their win over RPI
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Starter Jordan Brown 16 mins/gm was also a DNP.

It seems the very talented Jeremiah Sparks morphed into a point forward.

Lakers are second in the country in Scoring defense at 54.7 ppg. Def have an old school style.

As noted RPI was missing some pieces, but Lakers were also down 2 starters.

stlawus · December 30, 2021, 02:45:12 PM

Good catch bear, I didn't notice that until checking the box scores last night. Brown is also Oswego's 5 man, so it evened out in the end, still we would have liked to see both teams at full strength.

I saw Anderson play for Greenport in the 2019 NYS final four who lost in 3 or 4 overtimes that also saw current Scranton guard Jack Lambert break Adonal Foyle's final four single game scoring record. Anderson transferred to Center Moriches the following year who lost Lowville and the Macaulay twins in the 2019 class B final four, and was likely going to be a rematch in 2020. Definitely some interesting story lines about to clash in the next week.

stlawus · December 30, 2021, 02:46:00 PM

Good catch bear, I didn't notice that until checking the box scores last night. Brown is also Oswego's 5 man, so it evened out in the end, still we would have liked to see both teams at full strength.

I saw Anderson play for Greenport in the 2019 NYS final four who lost in 3 or 4 overtimes to Cooperstown that also saw current Scranton guard Jack Lambert break Adonal Foyle's final four single game scoring record with 56 points. Anderson transferred to Center Moriches the following year who lost Lowville and the Macaulay twins in the 2019 class B final four, which was likely going to be a rematch in 2020. Definitely some interesting story lines about to clash in the next week.

stlawus · January 03, 2022, 05:35:16 PM

SLU never gets off the bus and earns their second loss @Oswego. Every time they made a small run Oswego would throw in a 27 footer. Careless turnovers and butter fingers on the defensive rebounding end gave Oswego about 15 extra offensive possessions which is a death sentence against a team with that quality. They have to clean it up before the weekend @Vassar because the last time they played Vassar had more offensive rebounds than SLU had total.

All things considered I did not expect SLU to be 7-2 at this point, they have definitely improved. With RPI having a similar fate against Oswego I think it's safe to say there won't be any pool C bids coming from the LL. Although they do say this every year.

Also good to see Clarkson get a win against Plattsburgh. They are definitely better than their record.

thebear · January 03, 2022, 06:07:11 PM

I thought it interesting that several pieces were missing from both Clarkson and Plattsburgh's lineups.

Clarkson was missing Miles-Ferguson 15ppg, one of their top 3, and Plattsburgh was missing Conteh and Rodriguez each around 10 ppg. Clarkson on a 2 game win streak.

I thought Oswego did a great job against the SLU zone, I guess a school that close to Syracuse is quite familiar with how to attack that zone.

The rebounding differential [Oswego 38, SLU 22] was a bit shocking to me.

Hamilton used an early second half surge to down Geneseo 75-65.

Medaille at Brockport was ppd.

stlawus · January 04, 2022, 05:24:34 PM

Down a starter Ithaca gets blown out at Cortland. Ithaca won this game by 9 earlier in the season.

Skidmore put up a good effort at Middlebury but fell just short. Skoric and Sobel was an entertaining matchup.

thebear · January 04, 2022, 05:58:23 PM

AJ Lawton with 9 treys on the afternoon for the Dragons. Grunder added 23 pts, 14 rebounds.

Only player missing for Ithaca who played in the first game was Sikoryak.

Cortland was missing 2 starters, Edwards and Cam Williams, so this is really a shocking outcome.

Bombers were Massey 115, while Cortland was Massey 237. Going in Ithaca had been favored by 4.5.

stlawus · January 04, 2022, 07:36:18 PM

Definitely some odd things at work in the SUNYAC. Ithaca suffered some major personnel losses going into this year, but have had a few good wins and should have beat Rochester. SUNYAC just may be that much better this year.

d3d3d3 · January 05, 2022, 01:52:05 PM

RPI is on COVID pause. Not playing Union or Ithaca this weekend.

Ice Bear · January 07, 2022, 12:58:47 PM

Ice Bear is hoping his beloved Dutchmen have a strong showing against SUNY POLY. Ice Bear says after the homogenization the Dutchmen went through at the hands of a very solid Williams squad the Dutch could certainly use a positive to start the second half.

thebear · January 07, 2022, 04:05:13 PM

SUNY Poly could be a handful, they have a very good big in 6-6 Josh Gregory who is averaging 24 pts & 9 rebounds. They also have 6-8 Jesse O'Dell who has already posted a triple double this year. They played a very good Nazareth team to a one point decision, and beat arch rival Utica who was 6-1.

stlawus · January 07, 2022, 07:52:51 PM

Only 2 games on the docket tonight. Clarkson loses a tough one at Vassar. I keep saying that they are better than their record and this game further proved it.

As long as I can remember the Bard/Vassar roadtrip has been a tough out for SLU and tonight was no different. SLU never gets into an offensive rhythm as Bard played a scrappy fast paced game and stayed in the game due to Elliot Harris shooting 5 of 10 from 3 in the second half. 11 missed FTs certainly did not help. Trent Adamson had a rare off night finishing under the rim but is making a case for LL defensive player of the year with another 5 block game. Nonetheless, they got the win.

Vassar presents a very tough matchup for SLU tomorrow. Zach Johnson is arguably the league's best rebounder and had 11 offensive rebounds the last time these two teams played.