MBB: Little East

[littleeastguy]

West Conn scores 91 in the win. RIC wins 61-50 over Brandies. Akinrola did play but did not start and saw far less minutes en=route to his 10 pts. The Def. again looked great for the Anchormen.

[LECFAN32]

saw the western game vs j n w and saw some nice things out of the colonials...strong pg play from brooks with 9 ass. To 1 to despite an off shooting night..lamonte thomas is a great player for j n w but seems to be a little bit of a 1 man show..some of the reason for this seems to be coaching based as they have a couple other capable players on the wing and after a second half scare where thomas appeared to hyperextend his knee a bit jnw became a bit harder to defend while moving the ball.for wcsu robinson and redding came back with strong games making big plays when it counted and rebounding the ball well throughout..also a big game for pelletier off the bench where he did a little bit of everything..frankly I was very impressed with the versatility he showed along w. Mike kennedy who chimed in w. 15 points mostly in the second half where it appeared adjustments were made to pound the ball inside n take advantage of the wildcats lack of post presence. Overall a very positve weekend following the albertus game..

[littleeastguy]

In any sport, but even more in college basketball it seems, looking ahead can often come back to beat you. But both RIC and WPI have several games they should win before they play each other soon. If hey can just win the games they should surely win they would have a top 25 showdown in Providence with RIC being 9-0 and WPI 7-0.

[7express]

I was there as well LECfan.  Really liked the distribution DaQuan showed today.  Didn't shoot it well, and instead looked for his teammates who were making shots.  Refs really slowed down the tempo with all the fouls called.  We were in the bonus about 5 minutes into the game, and J&W was in the bonus about 7 minutes into the second half.  Neither team could get the pace up because the refs were calling fouls every 60 seconds.  Michael Kennedy had a great game inside.  Got 1 more game against a not very good Trinity team on Wednesday before LEC play starts Saturday.  Even though Trinity hasn't looked good, and Boston has looked awful, you have to come ready to play every game, especially against Boston because you know Boston will come out ready.

[warrior]

I'm anxious to see the outcome of of Western - Trinity.  Although we beat Trinity by 24, it's hard to say whether Trinity is  that bad, or we just had a great shooting/defensive night.  I'd like to think the latter, so I'm thinking they might give Western a better game than expected.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

[LECFAN32]

wouldnt say he stopped looking for his offense, shot the ball 22 times and had 8 or so free throws, but his wings and bigs were running the floor well and he had his head up in transition, hopefully this will continue as some guys arent very creative with the ball in their hands in the halfcourt

agree with warrior about trinity after watching the game online, they look like smart players that spread the floor and shoot..better then a 24 point loss as eastern had a great day all around..second year coach cosgrove was a winner at adelphi and demands a ton from his players (recruited by him in hs as well as know guys that played for him), so they will turn it around. speaking of eastern salzillo can REALLY shoot and definitely has the green light, serious weapon off the bench

[7express]

I'm anxious to see the outcome of of Western - Trinity.  Although we beat Trinity by 24, it's hard to say whether Trinity is  that bad, or we just had a great shooting/defensive night.  I'd like to think the latter, so I'm thinking they might give Western a better game than expected.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

It's at Trinity Wednesday.  Where did Eastern play them??

[littleeastguy]

Found this today. It is a preview of RIC Basketball done by the student newspaper there.  Some good information and stuff in it.
http://issuu.com/anchorweb/docs/basketball-preview

[ECSUalum]

I'm anxious to see the outcome of of Western - Trinity.  Although we beat Trinity by 24, it's hard to say whether Trinity is  that bad, or we just had a great shooting/defensive night.  I'd like to think the latter, so I'm thinking they might give Western a better game than expected.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

It's at Trinity Wednesday.  Where did Eastern play them??

At Geissler Gym, Willimantic
Trinity has a relatively young team, so it will depend on who steps up and how fast!!  A few NESCAC boarders like them to be in the run, others think they are a year away from being atop NESCAC.  I think they were 14-12 last year, losing to Williams College in semifinals of NESCAConference Tourney.  ECSU has had TC's number over the last few years, however had to pull out a couple in OT or last minutes of game.  ECSU has to get Wesleyan U back on Feb 1, after last year's Sasha Brown buzzer beater with a second on the clock to win 65-64!!!  I think the Cardinals will do reasonably well this year in conference play and overall.  However, ECSU is their only LEC opponent this year.

[ECSUalum]

Found this today. It is a preview of RIC Basketball done by the student newspaper there.  Some good information and stuff in it.
http://issuu.com/anchorweb/docs/basketball-preview

Littleeast,

Thanks for above, well written and informative.  Wish Eastern had one this year!!

BYW ECSU @ Conn College @ 7pm on WECS-FM 90.1.  Do not see any live stats or video on Conn College BB schedule site, so radio will have to suffice.

[ECSUalum]

Eastern over Conn College 69-52.  Up next, Saturday, our first LEC matchup vs a very good USMaine team.

[warrior]

Like the other day vs. Trinity, our good shooting and defense did the job vs. Conn College.  Nedwick was high scorer again (22), followed by Levy (11) and Kohn (10).  Kohn also had high rebounds(8) and tied for high assists (5) w/ Nedwick.  The team also had 19 assists vs. only 7 turnovers plus a 15 rebound advantage.  Salzillo had his first quiet night, but hopefully that means that he's saving his threes for Southern Maine!  That should be a very tough game!  I can't wait for the LEC season to begin!

[AllStar17]

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 LEC Games

Keene State (4-0) at Springfield (4-0) - 7:00 pm

Johnson & Wales (1-2) at Rhode Island College (5-0) - 7:30 pm

Bowdoin (3-1) at Southern Maine (4-1) - 7:30 pm

Hopefully the LEC can continue to build on a solid start!

[olskool]

My Tues night predictions
keene state wins at Springfield

Ric over j&w

USM looses to Bowdoin

Should be good games tonight.

[littleeastguy]

Spread for tonights game if you are interested:
RIC -16
Keene +2
USM +10

Straight up ill take:
RIC 76 JWU 65
Bowden 72 USM 61
Keene 74 Springfield 70

I dont see how RIC covers a 16 point spread, they just cannot outscore JWU enough to do it in my mind.  USM +10 looks dead on to me, and Keene is within the 2.5 home advantage so that one looks like a great game.

LEC 2-1 for the night