MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

ycp · February 23, 2006, 08:25:52 PM

Halftime from YCP...

York 30-Salisbury 28

Just like I thought it was going to be. A team that was embarassed by how they played in their last trip to Wolf Gym and they are playing well. York is in foul trouble and did not make a field goal in the last 8:17 of the half. That field goal gave the Spartans a 25-14 lead.
Segun Odumeru leads Salisbury with 11 points while Chad McGowan leads York with eight. Salisbury goes 12-for-14 from the stripe in the half while York converts 6-of-10.

Should be an interesting second half.

bisonpride · February 23, 2006, 08:34:19 PM

Halftime from DuFour Center...

Mary Washington - 32
Catholic - 39

bisonpride · February 23, 2006, 08:40:13 PM

Scott Fumai lead the way for Cards into halftime by scored 20 points (7-8 FG, 6-6 3FG). Baker of UMW had 11 points. Stoltzenthaler and Kelly had 4 assists each.

ycp · February 23, 2006, 09:22:44 PM

Final from YCP...

Salisbury 66-York 64

The better team won tonight without question. Salisbury out-rebounds York by five.
More details later.

If there is a single York fan that thinks the officials cost us the game. They are crazy. Salisbury played well and York couldn't finish like they have all season.

Hopefully NCAA play awaits the Spartans.

eaglefan · February 23, 2006, 09:32:40 PM

YCP,
I agree, hopefully York gets the respect they deserve.
Congrats Sea Gulls. Quite a win at the Kitchen. You are not to be overlooked.
Come on Eagles, make it happen!

bisonpride · February 23, 2006, 09:34:57 PM

Final from DuFour Center..

Catholic beat Mary Washington, 69-59.

#5 Salisbury at #2 Catholic this saturday.

eaglefan · February 23, 2006, 09:38:34 PM

Shucks!
Congrats Catholic.
Eagles, you have much of which to be proud. Keep the commitment because I see great future success!

kitchenrat · February 23, 2006, 09:43:44 PM

hats off to Salisbury, they just kept hammering away down low and got a lot of boards in big spots. The only misses 2 or 3 free throws, and York was 60% or so, with a few big misses with in the last 120 seconds. I wouldn't have wanted hardly any one else at the line down 1 with :06 to go shooting a 1-1 but Zerfing missed and SU got the board. Part of being the #1 team is that everyone is always coming for you, and the Gulls had a fire tonight that was easy to understand, having won once vs York already. If I were Catholic I wouldn't take them lightly, they have 3 W's top 10 teams this year, and they play hard. I hope the Sparts use this to redouble their focus if and when they have their next game this season.

muchacho · February 23, 2006, 10:00:07 PM

Wow...sounds like an exciting night up at York. Everybody knew that Salisbury could play with the big boys, so I don't see why it should be such a surprise that they won this game. However, I still don't think too many people saw it coming. I don't think I've heard anybody talking about Salisbury having a chance to represent the CAC in the tourny.
In the other game, its good to see Catholic put away Mary Wash. Like others said before the game, you haven't been able to predict who will win when UMW and CUA play for the last several years. I think Catholic should be pleasantly surprised to be hearing right now that they will be hosting the Championship instead of heading up to York like they thought was likely. It will be interesting to see if Salisbury can put together two upsets back to back. They have shown many times this year that they can pull off an upset, but definitely haven't been consistent.

patcummings · February 23, 2006, 10:01:25 PM

York is a Pool C lock. If Salisbury beats Catholic...the Cardinals bubble is on a teetering Everest.

njlincolnlion · February 23, 2006, 10:31:20 PM

WOW !!! York only has three losses this year and two were at the hands of Salisbury. Congratulations to the Gulls. It too bad Salisbury was so inconsistent this year.

I wonder if this loss will affect York's regional ranking, although I doubt it. Can't blame me for trying to find any edge possible for Lincoln

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unreallawns · February 23, 2006, 10:51:51 PM

On any given night Salisbury can beat anyone. They have the talent. It is unfortunate that they were inconsistent this year. They beat York twice, Catholic once, and the ODAC champions. It should be a great game at CUA this weekend with Salisbury already winning there once this year. I wonder what the line would be?

Akela15 · February 23, 2006, 11:36:23 PM

I'm shocked at the result tonight at York. I was in attendance and York just needed to make free throws and they most likely win the game. Unfortunate outcome but they need to refocus for the NCAA tourny because they can make a run. They need to play better defense because Salisbury had way too many easy layups tonight.

Matt Letourneau · February 23, 2006, 11:57:43 PM

Wow. What a night.

Let me start by congratulating York and Salisbury. York's going to be a good NCAA tournament team. I also want to praise Scott laying down the 'no excuses' gauntlet right away. That's class, but he's a class act and York is a classy team.

First of all, muchacho, ironically, the York loss could hurt the Cardinals if they can't beat Salisbury. I'm worried that the NCAA may not take 3 teams from the CAC. That being said, I think with the way they are playing and their convincing win tonight, Catholic deserves to be in the tournament.

The Cardinals are playing their best basketball of the season right now. Once again, they were a force to be reckoned with from outside. Coach Wood employed the same strategy of collapsing on the inside game and guarding Sowden and Dwyer...but he got burned badly by outstanding shooting.

Scott Fumai opened the game by hitting 6 straight 3 pointers. He had 20 points in the first half and absolutely carried Catholic into halftime. I can't understand why Mary Wash didn't go to a man to man. They stayed with a zone that left Scott some room to shoot and just kept draining them.

In the second half, the Mary Wash defense keyed in on Scott, and he didn't score again. But Shane Sowden had 9 points instead, Pat Satalin picked up the slack on the outside by hitting 2 big 3 pointers, and Dwyer had 6.

Once again, the team that played the better team basketball one. Mary Wash had 12 assists on 24 baskets. Catholic had 21 on 24. For Mary Wash, Mike Lee got going in the 2nd half and had 18 overall. He's a tough kid--he and Aaron Kelly got tangled up and both were bloodied and had the leave the game. Aaron ended up not returning with his injury, but Lee came back and was still shooting.

I thought Fitzgerald wasn't much of a factor--0 assists is not what you want from your point guard. Baker played well but wasn't dominant. Very solid though--he did more posting up tonight with Fitzgerald back.

This was a rough and tumble game--officials didn't blow the whistle much. Fouls were pretty even, just not all that prevalent until the end.

So in the end, Mary Wash played pretty well, but Catholic is clicking right now. Its exciting to see it come together with confidence and poise. Mary Wash never seriously threatened in this game after getting it to 3 with around 16+ left.

Salisbury will be an extremely tough opponent Saturday. The game will be at 4 at the DuFour center. I must say its very nice to have the CAC Championship game back at the DuFour Center--the last 2 years were on the road.

But once again, Catholic is in it. And most remarkable, with tonight's win, Catholic has now won 20 games or more 9 straight seasons. Congratulations to Coach Steve Howes on his second consecutive 20 win season--not too shabby for your first two years of coaching.

Should be an exciting afternoon of basketball Saturday. Salisbury will be pumped up and ready to play. But with an NCAA berth on the line for the Cardinals, I don't expect a let down.

Mr. Ypsi · February 24, 2006, 12:13:58 AM

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on February 23, 2006, 11:57:43 PM
First of all, muchacho, ironically, the York loss could hurt the Cardinals if they can't beat Salisbury. I'm worried that the NCAA may not take 3 teams from the CAC. That being said, I think with the way they are playing and their convincing win tonight, Catholic deserves to be in the tournament.

If Catholic deserves to be in, then they should be in. The NCAA (OFFICIALLY, at least) selects TEAMS, not conferences. Who'd a thunk that the CCC would have two teams in this year's tourney, yet it now seems almost inevitable: Gordon (88% in-region W-L, QOWI in the top 20) was whipped in the semi's of a so-so to poor conference by 16, but the primary criteria say they are a veritable lock, nevermind how 'undeserving' the winner of that tourney may be - 2 teams. If Catholic on their own merits deserves a C, the CAC will have 3 teams. (But the way presumed AQs are falling, there may not be as many C slots to go around as we thought!)