MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Probably thought it was Dickinson instead of Davidson.

[mapper]

vjc - cua any final yet?  i was there had to leave with 10 left in game ( it started a hour late). Score was going back and forth both teams came out shooting threes to start the second half,  VJC was up about 4 at the half.  

[sunny]

Not that I want to spend time on the "non-basketball" stuff, but there is a huge difference in the age of a player.  Of course that will depend on what the player does to develop, but the opportunity is there.  If you want to see a dramatic example, look at Shaq as a sophomore at LSU and then five years later in the NBA.  By the way, that is also why D-I programs red shirt.

The age thing is irrelevant because it is within the rules.  However, don't try sweep it under the rug with fabrications.  It could very well make a difference by the time the kid is a senior and the rest of the league will have to deal with it.

If a player is in a highly-organized basketball program, of course he is going to get better over time (Shaq, redshirts).  That's the experience. 

If you think age usually makes players better when they are away from the game on a highly-organized level, go watch your favorite small college all-stars come back in four years and play in alumni games.  You may change your mind. 

[mapper]

CUA fans are usually on this site every 3 seconds, any final score?

[VJC SID]

CUA 67
VJC 59

Game was tied at 53 with 5 minutes to play.  Anthony Fitzgerald shoots 9/12, scoring 20 points and pulling down 9 rebounds.  Shane Sowden led CUA with 18 points and 9 rebounds.

[Matt Letourneau]

Nice road win.  Fitzgerald vs. Sowden must have been a site to see.  Too bad I had to work late tonight.

[thebison]

Gally thumped Wesley 82-63 tonight, although the score was 34-31 at halftime. Robert Haney had 16 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, and two blocks on the night. Frank Jackson scored 12 and netted 6 rebounds. The big stories of the night were freshmen guards Jon Mowl and Luther Weedon who ran circles around Wesley. Mowl had 13 points, 5 assists and 1 turnover while Weedon went 4-6 from three point land and finished with 14 for the night. The first half was ugly for both teams, as they had a combined 34 turnovers, but the 2nd half the play turned more efficient and some real basketball was played.  Freshman standout Rashawn Johnson for Wesley, who is averaging 27 ppg, was
"held" to 18 points.

It's a great finish to a great semester for Gally, as we finished with our best fall record ever of 6-2 (the previous best was 6-3). The next time the Bison play will be in a tournament in Florida right after new year's which I'll be attending. We're hopiong for a strong start to the next semester.

[mapper]

i thought VJC was going to be able to beat CUA tonight, VJC played tough in the first half (both teams a little sloppy to start, but the game started an hour late so it was understandable) and when Seagers went out with his 3rd foul they still played hard and went up by 6 or 7 and it could have been closer to ten if not for a bad goal teanding call that favored CUA (I always thought it was the trailing ref who makes the goal tending call, not the one under the basket). CUA cut the lead to a couple before the half.  both teams came out shooting in the second half, i wish I could have stayed.  Fitzgerald had to be a little careful in the first half as he played most of the half with 2 fouls, and the big 6'8" kid from VJC picked up a couple quick fouls too.  Seemed like CUA was shooting 1 and 1 's with a lot of time left in the first half, but that is expected.  CUA has earned over time to get those calls and get to the line, but that is probably what kept it from being a larger lead at the half.  if any one can give me a recap of the last 8 minutes that would be great.  Congrats to CUA on a win against a very good VJC team, they have come a long way the last few seasons.  Good luck the rest of the way VJC.

[Matt Letourneau]

Wow. This is really quite the game story.  Very, uh, enthusiastic. 

Fitzgerald leads scoring efforts with 20 in Mustang loss
Stevenson, MD.- The Mustangs fell to a close game against the Catholic University Cardinals on the evening of Thursday, December 8 producing a final score of 59-67.

As the first half of play opened, the Mustangs aggressively competed against their evenly matched opponent, the Catholic Cardinals, producing halftime score of 27-25 in Villa's favor. Within the last 7 minutes of play, Catholic University attempted to cling to a mere 4 point lead, 17-21. Enraged by their losing score, junior guard Phillip Williams (District Heights, MD/Bishop MacNamara) delivered a jumper sparking a Mustang streak of successful shots, and bringing the score to a 2 point Catholic lead. At 4:09, junior captain Steven Segears (Lanham, MD/St. John's College H.S.) delivers the ball to fellow teammate Anthony Fitzgerald (Baltimore, MD/Polytechnic) for a lay-up tying the score at 21-21. From this point, impressive freshmen performances were contributed by Elysian Richardson (Bloomfield, CT/Suffield Academy) and Jonathan Reynolds (Baltimore, MD/Oak Hill Academy) helping improve the score to 25-21. Fitzgerald seals the half at 27-21. As expected, senior captain Fitzgerald lead the half in both points, with 9, and rebounds, with 6. Trailing close behind their team leader, Reynolds contributed an additional 5 points followed by Richardson with 4. Ultimately, the Mustangs maintained an exceptional free-throw percent of 75% overpowering the Cardinals' 50%.

The second half followed in pursuit of the first with the Mustangs maintaining a slight lead over the Cardinals for nearly the first ten minutes of play. At 11:40, the Cardinals closed the gap and took the lead 43-44. At 9:07, Williams improves the score with a successful lay-up followed by a good free throw, 51-46. Then with only 5 minutes and 40 seconds remaining in the half, the gap closes to a crucial 51-50 in Villa's favor. Following a good Cardinal lay-up, the Mustangs fall 51-52, but the lead is quickly regained by a lay-up delivered by Fitzgerald. Following two successful Cardinal free-throws and a lay-up, the Mustangs trail by 3, 53-56. A three-pointer sunk by Pat Satalin places the Mustangs even farther behind, 53-59 with only 3:07 remaining in the game. Ultimately, the Cardinals continued to elevate the score ending the game at 59-67 and producing a season record of 5-2. Impressive performances were contributed by Fitzgerald leading the game with 20 total points accompanied by 9 rebounds as well as Williams with 2 three-pointers in the second half and an additional 11 points. Lastly, Richardson completed the leaders of this game contributing 10 total points for the game.

The Mustangs are on the court again Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 8 p.m. as they travel to Keystone College.

[muchacho]

Fitzgerald was probably the only player keeping VJC in the game tonight against Catholic. He was able to knock down some big shots to keep the game close all night. Aaron Kelly's work won't show up in the boxscore, but he did a great job defensively against Segears. He had a hard time getting the ball, and forced some bad shots when he did get his hands on it.
Villa Julie looked better than they did when I saw them last year, and play some good aggressive defense. I think the difference in the game was Catholic's depth. CUA played 12 players and was able to rest their starters early in the game. VJC didn't rotate many players and 3 of their guys had to play over 35 minutes. This seems to be a trend I've noticed with CUA this year, that they are able to hold their own with backups against other teams starters. This has been giving Satalin and Sowden enough energy later in the game to start to take over.

[bisonpride]

From Washington, DC...

Wesley (2-5)       -  62
@Gallaudet (6-2)  -  82
Halftime: GU led 34-31

Gallaudet Bison end the first semester with the best start in school history since 1994-1995 team that end the first semester with 6-3 on way to 14-12 record. Robert Haney, Jr. and Frank Jackson duo led the Bison to other win and avenged from last year's 15 points lost at Wesley. It's where they got their first win of season from us. In second half, Gallaudet used several runs to pull the game away from much improved Wesley team compare from last year's team. The Bison was dominated at the board by winning plus 10 rebounds over Wesley. Bison defense held opponents to their 6th straight games of less than 66 points after allow 95 points to Waynesburg in season opener. Also, it took Gallaudet just 8 games to eclipse last year's total wins compare to last year's 18 games (Feb. 2, 68-63 win over Salisbury at home) to end the season with 6-20 record.

GU Bison
Haney, Jr. - 16 points (7-14 FG), 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and a steal
Jackson - 12 points, 6 rebounds along with 2 steals and a block

Wesley Wolverines
Johnson - 18 points on 7-13 shooting along with 3 steals
Minor - 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
Brown - 11 points and 5 rebounds
Wright - 11 points

Gallaudet Bison (6-2) will take a month off until first week of January in beautiful and historic city of St. Augustine, Florida at Flagler College for a four teams tournament.

[cuainfo]

STEVENSON, MD-- Shane Sowden scored 18 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double as CUA earned a crucial road win over Villa Julie, 67-59.

Sowden led CUA (6-1) with four blocked shots, increasing his Capital Athletic Conference-leading total to 16 for the season, and led the Cards with nine rebounds.

Scott Fumai added 14 points and Pat Satalin 13 for the Cardinals (6-1), who used a late 15-2 run to turn a five-point deficit into a 61-53 lead with 1:54 to play.

Anthony Fitzgerald scored a game-high 20 points and secured nine rebounds for Villa Julie (5-2). Catholic improved to 8-0 all-time against the Mustangs.

Villa Julie led 51-46 with 9:07 to play on a Phillip Williams' layup. Sowden scored six points during the ensuing 15-2 run and Satalin five. Satalin's 3-pointer made it 59-53 at the 3:24 mark and Sowden punctuated the flurry with a slam dunk off a Mike Wasilenko feed.

Satalin hit all eight of his free throws to remain perfect on the season, including two with 27.7 seconds left to boost the Cards' lead to 65-59.

CUA travels to Davidson, North Carolina this Saturday for a showdown with Division I opponent and defending Southern Conference champion Davidson College at 7:00 p.m.

[mlb]

Sunny

I don't mean to be argumentative, but when you're dealing with a question of medical fact it's frustrating to listen to nonsensical rant.

For anyone to say that "age" doesn't make a difference, they are contradicting the "normal" physical development cycle.  If someone chose to use their college eligibility from ages 22-26 rather than 18-22 (the "norm"), that person would have a physical advantage.  Why do high schools limit the age of the participant to 19?

Don't try to compare out of shape alumni with "in-shape" students.  That's the equivalent of comparing apples and oranges.  Compare in shape students with equivalently sized in shape 25 year old athletes and tell me who is stronger. 

[thebison]

Makes me wonder whether or not the SMC posters here have taken that class and if we should trust what they say...

Prank class tries to fool news outlets

By Matt Krupnick

CONTRA COSTA TIMES


The students in Ray Beldner's class have some great stories to tell. Imagine if they were true.

Beldner, an artist, teaches a St. Mary's College class called "Pranks: Culture jamming as social activism." Among his students' projects this term was the distribution of a news release touting a fictional bar to be opened near the Moraga campus.

The news release was sent to the Times, the Associated Press and several other Bay Area newspapers. None published the information as news, although the Times ran a brief item on the hoax itself after a reporter spent several hours researching the nonexistent bar.

Beldner said he wanted to teach students how to bring issues to the public eye using creative methods. His course syllabus defines "culture jamming" as "a resistance movement to the perceived hegemony of popular culture."

"These are serious-minded pranks," he said. "It's not just about people goofing around."

But journalists already have their hands full sifting facts from fiction without having to worry about deliberate misinformation, said Austin Long-Scott, who teaches journalism ethics at San Francisco State University. He compared the hoax to a computer virus.

"He is teaching students to try to screw up an important system that has enough trouble getting things right," Long-Scott said. "It's a destructive thing to do, and it violates a general societal ethic."

Destructive or not, Beldner said he would not stop his students from continuing to perpetuate a fictional issue, even if it led to an incorrect news story being published.

"We'd have to cross that bridge when we got to it," he said.

A college spokeswoman declined to say whether Beldner would be asked to stop his students from sending out false information, saying such a decision would be "premature."

St. Mary's sophomore Scott Leslie, one of the writers of the fake news release, said his group decided not to keep up the hoax after a journalist friend of his told him it would be a bad idea.

"Then you get into issues of the truth and stuff," said Leslie, 19.

[Matt Letourneau]

The article is about the St. Mary's college in California, not Maryland.