MBB: Little East

[ECSUalum]

Welp, looks like I was totally wrong on Plymouth winning.

7,

You have been right on these much often than not!!
Salzillo was outstanding this afternoon, 3 of his 3s swished fading away with defenders all over him. Garrow and Preston also played well, but not at their best.  If all three click and Yarborough and Lindo clean the boards, ECSU will be in just about every game!!!

[7express]

Sat results:

Boston defeats Colby-Sawyer 79-68.  Mike Dias & Koang Thok had 18 & 17 points respectably to lead CS; Gregory Young had 23 points and Carl Joseph had 24 points & 10 boards for the Beacons.  Odd stat line for CS Peter Donato had 10 rebounds & 0 points.  I can't remember the last time I saw a player with double digit rebounds and not a single point.
Eastern over Plymouth 61-49.  Peter Skevas had 16 for Plymouth; Brian Salzillo had a game high 20 for Eastern.  Game was essential over at halftime as Eastern went into the half up 35-14.  Unfortunately for the Panthers there was no Indianapolis-sized comeback up in Plymouth, NH this afternoon (for those that don't know, I was referencing the Indianapolis Colts who found themselves down 38-10 with 13:50 left in the 3rd quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs and come back to win 45-44).

37-29 LEC; 53-19 me

Sunday schedule:
Castleton @ Keene 1 PM
Johnson & Wales @ RIC 2 PM

Castleton 79 @ Keene 74.
Castleton is 4-4, but have really been blown out in 1 game: that was by 15 to Skidmore.  They have a 3 point L @ Plymouth, a 10 point L @ Middlebury, and a 1 point L to a Husson team who is currently 9-0.  They also defeated WPI earlier in the season who currently sits in the top 10.
Johnson & Wales 59 @ RIC 72.  J&W comes in 5-4 winenrs of 4 straight and coming off the Johnson & Wales tournament championship I guess where J&W teams from Colorado, Rhode Island (the only D-3 team in the fold), North Carolina, and Florida converge on 1 place to take part in J&W on J&W crime.

[ECSUalum]

Interesting interview by ECSU SID Bob Molta with Coach Bill Geitner on results of Orlando trip and what he sees coming up in conference/non conference play.

http://gowarriorathletics.com/sports/mbkb/index

[AllStar]

Keene crushes Castleton 104-84.

[ECSUalum]

Keene crushes Castleton 104-84.

Johnson and Wales   85   Rhode Island College   75   Final !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[7express]

Keene crushes Castleton 104-84.

Johnson and Wales   85   Rhode Island College   75   Final !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoops.  0-4 this weekend for me.  Not good, maybe I should retire??

[AllStar]

Keene crushes Castleton 104-84.

Johnson and Wales   85   Rhode Island College   75   Final !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoops.  0-4 this weekend for me.  Not good, maybe I should retire??

Well, just look at the overall record...53-21 for men's picks.  That's not too bad I'd say!  Heck, I couldn't even sustain predictions for much time at all obviously.  In regards to today's games, RIC seems to not be able to string anything together yet.  Giving up 85 points at home to Johnson and Wales is somewhat surprising.  Doesn't seem like the defense we usually see from them.  Keene seems to be playing better since a bad start, winning 3 of 4 and easily winning their first game after the break today against Castleton.

[7express]

Sunday results:

Keene over Castleton 104-84.  Tom Doyle was one of 5 Owl's in double figures with 25 points while Lucas Hammel added 12 points and 14 rebounds for Keene.  Chad Copeland lead the Spartans with 20.  Keene still isn't shooting free throws well (finished at 50%), but when you score 104 points and shoot 54% from the floor, that's nitpicking.
J&W over RIC 85-75.  That's terrible for RIC.  Quarry Greenway and Esaie Touze lead the Wildcats with 24 and 23 points respectively.  Austin Cilley lead RIC with 18.  The 85 points is the most points given up by RIC in a regulation game since they gave up 92 to Keene January 14 of 2012.  Also, this is already the 5th time this year RIC has given up 70 points or more in a game, last year they had only 3 games they gave up 70 or more.......................................the whole season.

38-30 LEC; 53-21 me.

Next games Tuesday:
Lasell @ Keene 7 PM
Eastern @ Amherst 7 PM
Johnson State @ Plymouth 7:30 PM
Boston @ Framingham State 8 PM

[7express]

Tuesday schedule:

Lasell 72 @ Keene 79.
Combined these 2 teams have won 7 of their last 10 games.  I'll take Keene at home
Eastern 65 @ Amherst 82.
This game will be coach Hixon's first game at LeFrak gymnasium since he won game #700 December 12 at Babson.  I'm sure he'll get a nice ovation.  I think ECSUalum is going to be there, so hopefully he'll post back whether he did in fact get a nice ovation.
Johnson state 64 @ Plymouth 76.
Combined they have lost 10 straight games.  Johnson started out 2-1 and has gone 0-5 since; Plymouth started off 6-1 and the wheels have started to come off in December.  They NEED this win in a bad way to get some momentum heading into LEC play.  After Saturday they'll only have 4 home games remaining on the LEC slate and still a full slate (7) of road games.
Boston 65 @ Framingham 85.
Framingham's 21 point loss to Western December 3 started a 5 game losing streak for the Rams.  They should end that.

[Bengalsrule]

There's at least 1 fan in Buffalo Ny who is pulling for Eastern Conn to pull off the "upset" today at Amherst. Watched E. Conn up close in Orlando and last year in Miami. I can't think of a classier program and coaches that I've met in my 6 years with Buffalo State.

Ditto for ECSUalum! Also a class act on these boards! I'm hoping you have a wide grin around 10 pm tonite on your way home from a win!

Go WARRIORS!

[ECSUalum]

There's at least 1 fan in Buffalo Ny who is pulling for Eastern Conn to pull off the "upset" today at Amherst. Watched E. Conn up close in Orlando and last year in Miami. I can't think of a classier program and coaches that I've met in my 6 years with Buffalo State.

Ditto for ECSUalum! Also a class act on these boards! I'm hoping you have a wide grin around 10 pm tonite on your way home from a win!

Go WARRIORS!

WOW Bengalsrule, Thank you Sir!!  I think I just became a huge Buffalo State fan. Good Luck vs Cortland this upcoming Friday, and especially vs Oswego on Saturday! Go out and kick some A..   BENGAAAAALLLLLSSS  RUUUUULLE!!!
Just hoping for a good game tonight!!!

BTW Congrats to Coach Hixon on 700 wins, an outstanding milestone in any coaching career

[AllStar]

Good luck tonight, ECSUalum!  I'll be rooting for Eastern!  Hope you enjoy the game.

[amh63]

For those interested.....The game in LeFrak starting at 7PM will have a webcast.  Go to the Amherst website..athletic area and make the link.  As usual the NESCAC site is way off and therefore the D3hoops site is also off.  Those sites show audio only....whereas the Amherst's site showed livestats....as usual until they can get commitments from experienced student announcers.  At present the weekend NESCAC contest...one with Williams even has no video link

[7express]

Tues results:

Lasell over Keene 82-68.  Brandon Ganesh lead all scorers with a game high 26 for the Blazers.  Keene had 4 in double figures lead by Tom Doyle's 16.
Plymouth clobbers Johnson State 95-60.  Brytan Hickey had a game high 19 for the Badgers.  All 17 Panther players saw game action for at least 2 minutes, and 6 scored in double figures lead by Curtis Arsenault's 17.  I don't have an official count, but I think 6 in double figures is the leagues second highest this year after Western put 7 in double figures vs. TCNJ back in November.
Boston defeats Framingham 76-68.  Gregory Young & Carl Joseph shared game high's with 20 points while Young pulled down 16 rebounds.  4 Framingham starters were in double digits lead by Joseph McCabe with 12.
Amherst edges Eastern 94-81.  Brian Salzillo & Mike Garrow each had 20 to lead Eastern while Trachone Preston added 17.  Connor Green had a game high 21 for Amherst and David Kilema chipped in 19 and Aaron Toomey, my #1 overall pick in last year's NCAA fantasy tournament draft, who lead me to that win last year, had 18 for the Lord Jeffs.

40-32 LEC; 55-23 me.

Next game Thursday:
Dartmouth @ Western (LEC game) 7:30 PM
Tufts @ RIC 7:30 PM

[AllStar]

Lasell wins at Keene.  Not a good performance for Keene.  Totally the opposite of the Castleton State game for them.  No consistency right now from game to game.

Plymouth over Johnson State...still wonder what good playing Johnson State does honestly.

Amherst over Eastern.  Amherst just a little to much offensively...but the Warriors did dominate the offensive glass.  ECSU only shot 39%.  10 threes kept them somewhat within striking distance for a while.

Boston over Framingham...not much here.