MBB: Little East

7express · December 12, 2011, 09:28:17 PM

3 reasons we won this game. This game was about 30 points closer than it should have been and if not for 1 of these 3 things we lose this game, simple as that.

1) Brooks lighting it up from 3 in the 2nd half
2) Gary Robinson & Jenkins getting 3's in the second half
3) The most important....Brian Vayda was out.

I go to school here, I'll continue to go to every game even if we lose the rest of the games, but I can't take this team seriously against any of the top teams in the East (Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, MIT) or the nation (Wittenburg, Wooster, Stevens Point, Va Wesleyan etc) because we do not play 2 halves of basketball. There's been 4 games the last 2 year's that have been ALMOST perfect: last year at home against WPI, Boston and @ Southern Maine, this year at home against Southern Maine. Taking out the game against Cobleskill (which we can't use because the bench was playing half of the second half) and the Albertus game this year (where we were awful both halves) and either game it's either have a very good first half and then play a terrible second half, or play just an awful first half before turning it on in the second.
I know we won and all, but man, that game SHOULD NOT have been even remotely that close.

7express · December 12, 2011, 11:41:51 PM

I don't know why I said Jenkins there when I obviously meant Jensen. I just have to wonder why they can't play all the time like they played in the second half?? In the first half they looked like a high school JV team losing by 40 points in the last quarter of their last game who just wants to go home. No defense, turnovers, bad shots.

7express · December 13, 2011, 12:56:12 PM

1 game on the slate tonight Johnson & Wales at Dartmouth, availible on live stats

I like J&W 63 @ Dartmouth 79. As long as you let Lamonte Thomas score his 30 points, but let someone else beat you, you should be fine. Against Suffolk last week, Thomas scored 31 points in 36 minutes, but they still lost by 20 because nobody else finished with more than 11.

7express · December 13, 2011, 08:29:56 PM

J&W leads 37-31 at halftime. Lamonte with 16. J&W ended the half on a 12-2 run the final 3:33.
81-69 final as Dartmouth has a big 2nd half for the comeback win. Thomas had 31 for the game high, only 2 other Wildcats were in double figures (13 each). Lance Greene lead the Corsairs with 23.

UMDCorsairKatz · December 13, 2011, 09:20:55 PM

Big 17 point burst by Lance Greene in the 2nd half. Took over the game.

LECFAN32 · December 15, 2011, 06:02:09 PM

umd's inside game looked dominate vs j n w.. greene as well as clayton who scored with ease around the rim despite foul trouble.. cause for concern to those around the league without 2 forwards with size that can defend.

while ont he subject, dont see why baptiste keeps going away from paul rose altho rose got the most recent start there has been a clear pattern.. seems to give team a better chance to win then tagger at this stage

surprising the lec hasnt gotten more national love at this point with 3-4 strong teams in the league at this time

warrior · December 17, 2011, 09:42:11 AM

Help! Two more weeks until our next game! In the meantime, all I can do to hold me over is watch the replay of the RIC game! Each time I watch it on tape, I enjoy it as much as I did live! Coach had a great game plan and the kids executed it with great discipline. Watching the game, the rest of the LEC will realize - stop Choice's dribble drive penetration and you stop RIC. Hopefully that will result in a few more losses for them and open things up for the league. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

ECSUalum · December 17, 2011, 11:07:34 AM

Warrior.....A ECSU basketball junkie are we?

I can sympathize!!! Thank goodness for LECTV and the people responsible for it. They do such a great job. We can all be proud/thankful, (LEC Commissioner Jonathan Harper for example), that we have this capability at our disposal for great LEC sports streaming.
Does LECTV provide the schools with copies of the broadcasts for educational purposes? Can students,(parents), purchase these as momentos of their college careers ? Does LECTV keep a long term, (ie multiple years), archive of these broadcasts? Anybody know?
Maybe its on the LEC website somewhere, I'll have to check.

7express · December 17, 2011, 03:36:40 PM

LEC.tv is the archive and site for the games to watch (when you can't get to the school or want to watch a replay). I think they have things stored on there from 2005, I remember last year I watched a Keene state vs. West Conn basketball game from like 2007 or 2008.

ECSUalum · December 17, 2011, 04:35:36 PM

Thanks 7, I did not realize the LECTV archives was accessable going back that far!!!

7express · December 19, 2011, 12:49:34 AM

keene State edges Mount St. Vincent 106-99 yesterday. Grief, they play no defense. Shaquille Cunningham and Cody Gauvard lead the Dolphins with 30 and 21 points respectively; Ryan Martin lead the Owls with 26. They finish up this Florida trip against D-2 opponent Nova Southeastern at 3:00 PM.

7express · December 19, 2011, 03:51:16 PM

Nova Southeast leads 45-38 at halftime. Combined the teams are shooting 53% from the floor (31 of 59). Anthony Mariano leads the owls with 12 points on 6-7 shooting.
Nova Southeast wins 86-67. After shooting 50% in the first half, Keene shot only 21% in the second half, meanwhile Nova Southeast finished with over 50% shooting in both halves, and the game. D'Amours lead the Owls with 19 points.

7express · December 19, 2011, 05:06:39 PM

Since the conference is off until the 28th, here's the updated standings heading into the Christmas holiday:

1) Western Connecticut (10-1, 2-0)
1) Eastern Connecticut (6-1, 2-0)
1) Keene state (7-3, 2-0)
4) RIC (9-1, 1-1)
4) Dartmouth (7-3, 1-1)
6) USM (6-3, 0-2)
6) Plymouth state (4-5, 0-2)
6) Boston (3-6, 0-2)

previous results and upcoming schedule:
Dec 12:
Clark 74 @ West Conn 77
Dec 13:
Johnson & Wales 69 @ Dartmouth 81
Dec 18:
Keene State 106 Mount St. Vincent 99 (game in Florida)
dec 19:
Keene state 67 Nova Southeastern 86 (game in Florida)
Dec 28:
Western Connecticut @ WPI 2:00 PM
Clark vs. USM 6:00 PM (game in New orleans)
Dec 29:
Boston vs. Eastern University 1:00 PM (game in New Orleans)
Birmingham Southern vs. USM 5:00 PM (game in New Orleans)
Dec 30:
Colorado College vs. Boston 9:00 PM (game in New Orleans)

AllStar · December 19, 2011, 05:22:33 PM

Quote from: 7express on December 19, 2011, 03:51:16 PM
Nova Southeast leads 45-38 at halftime. Combined the teams are shooting 53% from the floor (31 of 59). Anthony Mariano leads the owls with 12 points on 6-7 shooting.
Nova Southeast wins 86-67. After shooting 50% in the first half, Keene shot only 21% in the second half, meanwhile Nova Southeast finished with over 50% shooting in both halves, and the game. D'Amours lead the Owls with 19 points.

There was an error in live stats. Cruzin' Classic twitter said it was 83-70.

warrior · December 19, 2011, 08:13:55 PM

There is an error in the LEC website. ECSU is not playing UMASS Boston on 12/29 in New Orleans. We are playing on Dec 31 and Jan 1 in Springfield. Regarding Keene, does anyone know what happened to Wright? (He hasn't been in a box score for a while.) As for the rest of the team - one thing is for sure - they can SCORE! I'm looking forward to Jan. 14 and their game with RIC!