MBB: Little East

[AllStar17]

Saturday, 12/3 Little East Games

UMass-Dartmouth at Keene State

Rhode Island College at Plymouth State

Western Connecticut at UMass-Boston

Southern Maine at Eastern Connecticut

[warrior]

Wow!  This is going to be one crazy season!  As usual - there will be no easygames this year!  We got very lucky tonight vs. a much improved and VERY tough Southern Maine team!  The game was tied at 62 with 28 seconds left and S.Maine in possession, when Jamie Kohn stole the ball and laid it in for a two point lead.  S.Maine missed with 20 seconds left, Kohn got the rebound and hit a free throw to put us up by 3.  S. Maine missed again with 3 seconds left and Hamilton Levy sealed the deal with the rebound and 2 free throws.  Clearly, this one could easily have gone the other way!  Robataille was our high scorer with 14, Nedwick had 13 and Kohn had a 12/10 double double.  Freshman Brandon Yarborough also came up big with 6 (!) offensive rebounds off the bench and some key free throws down the stretch. Mike Garrow also played well with 9 points and 6 rebounds in only 16 minutes. As far as the other games go - I'm shocked that Keene beat Dartmouth so soundly and that Western only beat Boston by 3!  Like I said, it's going to be one crazy year! 

[littleeastguy]

Yeah a wild first day.  They only game that went as expected was RIC winning by 14 at Plymouth.  Akinrola was totally dominate 29 pts and 12 reb. RIC did not shoot well but they took care of a road conference game.

[AllStar17]

Saturday Results:
Keene State (5-1, 1-0) 92, UMass-Dartmouth (3-3, 0-1) 55
Eastern Connecticut (4-1, 1-0) 67, Southern Maine (5-2, 0-1) 62
Western Connecticut (6-1, 1-0) 68, UMass-Boston (2-4, 0-1) 65
Rhode Island College 65 (7-0, 1-0), Plymouth State (2-4, 0-1) 51

[ECSUalum]

Wow!  This is going to be one crazy season!  As usual - there will be no easygames this year!  We got very lucky tonight vs. a much improved and VERY tough Southern Maine team!  The game was tied at 62 with 28 seconds left and S.Maine in possession, when Jamie Kohn stole the ball and laid it in for a two point lead.  S.Maine missed with 20 seconds left, Kohn got the rebound and hit a free throw to put us up by 3.  S. Maine missed again with 3 seconds left and Hamilton Levy sealed the deal with the rebound and 2 free throws.  Clearly, this one could easily have gone the other way!  Robataille was our high scorer with 14, Nedwick had 13 and Kohn had a 12/10 double double.  Freshman Brandon Yarborough also came up big with 6 (!) offensive rebounds off the bench and some key free throws down the stretch. Mike Garrow also played well with 9 points and 6 rebounds in only 16 minutes. As far as the other games go - I'm shocked that Keene beat Dartmouth so soundly and that Western only beat Boston by 3!  Like I said, it's going to be one crazy year! 

Warrior,
You are correct, it will be a VERY interesting season this year in the LEC.  Very close exciting game and finish tonight with Kohn coming up big offensively, defensively and on the boards.  Another real good team defensive outing with the Warriors holding the Huskies to 9 points under their season average, with Nick Nedwick coming up huge again tonight on the D.  However, in my view it was 6'3'' FRESHMAN  forward Brandon Yarborough that really saved the game tonight with some massive offensive boards late in the game, a cool and collected performance at the free throw line, and most importantly tough D and great hustle.  This guy is going to be GOOOOOD!!! 

Che Phillips also deserves mention tonight as he was all over Brian Alexander which I think disrupted USM's offensive flow.

Overall a really well played game on both sides.  USM looks to have matured well over the off season and played very very well.  They should pick up more than the 2 LEC wins they had last season.

[AllStar17]

Western Connecticut at SUNY-Cobleskill tonight in LEC action.  I'd expect this game won't even be close.  The Fighting Tigers are 0-7 and have lost by an average of 30 points per game (and have been outscored by a combined 210 in the 7 games they have played).

I'll say WCSU 91-57 (if not worse).

[littleeastguy]

Yeah should be bad. Cobleskill is also only a 2 year school for the most part.

[7express]

Yah.  This game will probably so bad that I didn't even bother to make the 4.5 trip up there, definitely not worth my time.  If we don't win by at least 20 something's seriously wrong.  Of course we should've beaten Boston by a lot more than 3 Saturday, however, so nothing would really surprise me..

[littleeastguy]

Still no know score, but this team is no Boston, Boston should beat them by 30

[7express]

Still no know score, but this team is no Boston, Boston should beat them by 30

They ended up winning 65-43.  All 13 guys played: 10 of the 13 played double digit minutes and 12 of the 13 played at least 5 minutes.  10 players scored for the Colonials lead by Louis Bridtter with 11; DaQuan had 10 and Ter'Quan Perkins had 9 off the bench.  Sounds like we could've won by a lot more than we did if we wanted to just by looking at the boxsore; James Barnes lead the starters with 22 minutes played and DaQuan only played 21.
Here's the boxscore: http://wcsu.edu/sports/MBasketball/StatCrew/WCMB1205.HTM

[7express]

Games tonight:
Dartmouth @ Worcester state
MIT @ Boston
Eastern @ Green Mountain
Southern Maine @ Maine-Farmington
Salve @ RIC
Plymouth state @ Tufts

Predictions??

[7express]

I'll take Dartmouth 76 @ Worcester state 61
MIT 88 @ Boston 59.  Game won't even be close
Eastern 79 @ Green Mountain 52.  Another one that probably won't be close either
Southern Maine 62 @ Farmington 58.  I like what USM has done so far.  I think it'll be close, but they'll get the win.
Salve 58 @ RIC 72.  It'll be close in the first half as RIC is looking ahead to WPI Thursday, but they pull away in the second
Plymouth state 56 @ Tufts 72.  Tufts are a young team that could finish 5th or 6th in the top heavy NESCAC

[littleeastguy]

Dartmouth 74 @ Worcester state 66
MIT 78 @ Boston 59
Eastern 76 @ Green Mountain 54
Southern Maine 69 @ Maine-Farmington 59
Salve 59 @ RIC 73
Plymouth state 61 @ Tufts 66

[littleeastguy]

If Plymouth State can pull this out, and maybe there is a chance, that would be big for the LEC

[littleeastguy]

Rough start for UMB, 51-18 at the half against MIT.