MBB: Little East

LECFAN32 · November 14, 2011, 06:31:19 PM

That weight doesnt surprise me for Barnes.. however its about 20 pds too much. as he stands he can score in the post and block some shots. but gets winded easily, he should tandem with kennedy to form a nice post presensce. one of the freshman i spoke of on friday was not on the roster by monday, while rob bentil may still be added..

3rd definitely is a surprise.. keene has proven they can recruit but not much else on the court, as they often play NO defense despite being bigger and more athletic then almost every other d3 team they face

7express · November 14, 2011, 08:21:01 PM

Alrite...the first enstallmant of 7express's daily LEC picks. I'll be doing this on the women's board as well if anyone wants to take a look over there:

Plymouth state 62 vs. Rivier 66. This will be taking place at New Hampshire Tech
Colby-Sawyer 59 vs. Keene state 72. Also be taking place at New Hampshire Tech
Clark 62 @ RIC 79. This is a game RIC can't lose
Dartmouth 65 @ Salem state 64. Could be the best game on the slate, coin flip at best (slight edge to Salem state due to it being at home), but I have to go with the conference brethen.
Southern Maine 67 @ UNE 69. Two crappy teams, go with the home team.

7express · November 16, 2011, 10:49:15 AM

LEC went 4-1 yesterday with the only loss being Dartmouth by 3 against Salem State which isn't a bad loss at all.

Plymouth state was a 76-66 winner against Rivier. They were lead by 20 points off the bench for Matt Cloutier.
RIC was a 70-52 winner over Clark. The 5 starters for RIC scored 62 of the team's 70 points lead by Akinrola's 21.
Keene state 87-73 over Colby-Sawyer. Derek D'Amours did not play in this one. Colby-Sawyer attempted 28 3 pointers.
Southern Maine 66-51 over UNE. 14 players got into the game for the Huskies and 11 of those 14 played at least 7 minutes. They may not be any good, but at least they'll have depth this year (or so it seems).
Salem state over Dartmouth 83-80. No boxscore for this game

7express · November 16, 2011, 10:51:51 AM

Only 1 game on the schedule Wednesday; Ramapo @ Boston:

Ramapo 78 @ UMass-Boston 52

LECFAN32 · November 16, 2011, 05:19:41 PM

agreed w/ the umb score.. ramapo or any njac school for that matter is really tough.

time for a change over at umb.. been very flat for the last few years and very inconsistent before that when they have had talent

no shame in dartmouth losing to salem state coming off a 20 win season n preseason all american on the roster..
watched both the ric and keene games and these are some obvservations-
keene seemed to show up n beat a colby sawyer team that should win some games this year..wolcott starting for wright was a surprise at first but he plays with a largeee amount of energy around the rim..mariano and hunter especially looked good on the wings, probably playing a little looser without looking over their shoulders on every mistake which is a problem when your so deep...
ric has reloaded with soph. king who averaged 22 ppg as a freshman in half a season at lyndon state.. very aggressive well built scoring guard but a bit too aggressive at times, led them ins coring vs uri., but couldnt get it goign vs clark who was decent but didnt have the foot speed to stay with ric. soph deciantis a nice surprise on the wing as well along with akinrola and choice who looked unstoppable off the dribble even when being played to shoot..gaye and carter are very solid. will have depth problems up front with no debnam watkins or lee against teams like eastern and keene or are either big and athletic or physical

notable recruiting class at umd not all there..especially the guard cruz, not to surprising.. major players are in the league for a reason in most cases and wont be around for long if at all.

7express · November 16, 2011, 09:57:48 PM

97-69 Ramapo over Boston. No surprise there because that was a mismatch. Ramapo is the best team in the NJAC this year.

Thursday's schedule has only 1 game; RIC @ Becker. Nice road test for RIC against an NCAA tournament team from last year. Becker has this game, a game @ Kean next month and the 2 conference games against Elms to prove they should be back in the tournament this year. I'll take RIC by 1 76-75.

LECFAN32 · November 17, 2011, 02:59:58 AM

definitely going with ric against becker.. becker lost a few guys including a big that killed ric last year. return 2 wings who will do damage but nobody who can guard akinrola...carter does a great job of not turning the ball over which is a bit of a change from the sometimes overly flashy gray.

littleeastguy · November 17, 2011, 02:05:04 PM

Akinrola has added some size too. He should be too much of a load for Becker today.
Totally agree on Carter, he isn't the shooter or creator that Grey could be but he is more stable and controlled on the court.
RIC 73 Becker 61

littleeastguy · November 17, 2011, 10:27:51 PM

RIC wins 60-52. Again Akinrola led the way with 16. Carter was solid at the point doing it all, six points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks.

littleeastguy · November 18, 2011, 09:35:32 AM

Who does everyone have in the big slate of games today?
Worcester 61 Eastern 73
UNE 58 Keene 72
Game of the Day: Medgar Evers 67 West Conn 65
Southern Maine 65 Husson 61
Mt St Vincent 62 UMD 69
Amherst 82 Plymouth 56

So I have the LEC going 4-2.
The Evers vs WConn game should be a very good one.

LECFAN32 · November 18, 2011, 02:23:12 PM

agree with all of the scores except for western.. it appears medgar evers returns alot of experience and some talent from a cunyac championship team however its hard to judge what that means in their very top heavy cunyac conference. ill take wcsu 80-75...keene by 15 or more over une..amherst by over 20 over plymouth..and i like the picks for umd and southern maine.

littleeastguy · November 18, 2011, 10:30:35 PM

FINAL SCORES:
Econn 68 Worcester State 48
Keene 87 UNE 51
Wconn 85 Evers 72
USM 80 Husson 72
UMD 85 Mt St Vincent 74
Amherst 90 Plymouth 63

Good day for the conference. WConn came through big with the win. Brooks did not shoot well, but got to the line. Good offense across the league with lots of points. For Keene D'amores looks ready to go again.

ECSUalum · November 19, 2011, 10:30:11 AM

Well,
Got to see the boys live last night for the first time this season vs the Worcester St Lancers. ECSU 68, WS 48. Impressive was 6'3" freshman Brandon Yarborough from St Lukes HS in Stamford. Looked extremely poised for his first college game and shot, rebounded and defended very very well!! Coach has high expectations for him this year. Game overall was a bit sloppy in the first half, with numerous TOs and missed shots, but this is to be expected early in the season.
Second half of second half So guard Brian Salzillo, who scored 31 points all last season put on a 3pt shooting exhibition and popped in 21 pts in a span of about 10 min. ,all swished

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I know Coach Geitner recruted him for exactly what he did last night, and looks like Brian is feeling very comfortable out there now. If Brian can continue his excellent outside shooting, it will complement Nick Nedwick's offensive punch, and also help open up the inside for Nick, Robitaille, Kohn, and Garrow to work. BYW Robitaille really looked good last night, especially coming off his broken hand. And Nedwick's defense last night was superb!!! Kohn and Garrow were sort of quiet on the offensive side last night but were playing good D and rebounding well as usual against an extremely good rebounding team in WS.

The Warriors continued the solid D, only allowing the Lancers 48 points.
Newcomers for 2011/12 Season:
Frosh:
No. Name Cl. Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown High School
52 JC Carr Fr. F 6-5 190 Bloomfield Northwest Catholic '11
23 Brandon Jones Fr. G 6-1 190 Stratford St. Joseph '11
20 Ray Melvin Fr. G 6-0 150 New Haven Wilbur Cross '11
50 Brandon Yarborough Fr. F 6-3 180 Stamford St. Luke's 11

Transfers:
24 Tim Quinn So G 5-10 195 Vernon Rockville '09
42 Hayden Palozej So. G 5-11 170 Stafford Stafford '09/Mitchell College

Warriors play St Joseph College LI ,at 3pm today. St Joes defeated SUNY Geneseo last night, 81-72

littleeastguy · November 19, 2011, 02:50:10 PM

RIC pulls off a close game winning 72-69. Now the Anchormen start a tough stretch of at Bridgewater, at Brandis and then home against JWU.

warrior · November 19, 2011, 08:24:25 PM

First of all, congratulations to LECFAN32. I think you went 6-0 on Friday's games and even got the point spreads right! As for tonight - rough loss for us at Eastern vs. a tough St. Jo's team. Missed free throws were our undoing (55%) and of course not enough stops on defense. Kohn and Garrow made up for their slow start on Friday, with 18 and 17 pts respectively. Levy had a nice double/double (13,14), and Salzillo had another good game (13 pts), surpassing last year's season points total in two games! I was also amazed that Robataille played as well as he did having only been cleared to play on Thursday! Looking ahead, there's a lot of work to do before the Dec. 3rd LEC opener vs. S. Maine, but once this group gets used to the new line-ups and starts to gel, good things could happen! Next up for us, Trinity on Tuesday at 5:30.