MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[cugrad]

Matt, the refs at Catholic were fine. As is the case in any game, they missed a few calls on both sides. Catholic got beat on their own court by a more athletic and determined team. Salisbury played tough defense and scored when they needed to. The Cards missed a lot of free throws and many open shots in the final minutes. They had plenty of chances to put the game away, but they didn't! No excuses tonight. It looks like they will have to battle to get one home game in the tournament. Everybody in this league knows that they can beat Catholic. This is something that we are not used to. Stolenthaler and Satelin played pretty well, but nobody else stepped up. On a positive note, the Cards were 12-5 during the year that they won the National Championship. However, that team had Hilleary, Morley, Mills, and Maloney. This team doesn't! Cards, good luck at Marymount!

Go Cards!!!   

[ycp]

Details from Gallaudet....

York was led by senior Brian Singer and sophomore Chad McGowan as they each tallied 16 points. Singer added five rebounds and five blocked shots to the win while McGowan had three boards and two blocked shots of his own. Singer went a very efficient 8-for-9 from the field. Brandon Bushey was the third Spartan in double figures with 14 points in addition to his four rebounds. Junior Brad Zerfing played a very solid game with eight points, six rebounds, three assists, a block, and a steal in 32 minutes. Senior Kenny Fass contributed nine points, five rebounds, and two assists.

Frank Jackson led the Bison with a double-double as he tallied 16 points and 12 rebounds. Jackson was 7-for-18 from the  floor including 0-for-3 from distance. Robert Haney added 18 points and eight rebounds while Jon Mowl chipped in with eight points, four rebounds, three steals, and two assists.

The Spartans finished the game shooting 56.6% from the floor while the Bison converted just 25-of-67 (37.3%) from the field. The Bison hammered the green and white on the glass as they held a significant 42-32 edge on the boards. Gallaudet also held a 17-5 edge in second chance points but the green and white held a sizable 50-26 bulge in points in the paint.

An interesting game. There was a double technical foul with 7:04 left and the Bison leading 53-51. The Spartans kept their composure in a very difficult environment and closed out the game with a 22-7 run to earn the win. The situation could have gotten out of hand but cooler heads prevailed and the officials did a good job of maintaining control.

I thought the lead official in tonight's game (sorry his name escapes me) did a great job of taking his time and getting things right. He didn't rush through things when it got hairy and he kept control of the game.

I am glad to get out of the Fieldhouse with a win.

A three-way tie for first through the first set of games. Wow, this next three and a half weeks should be fun.

[unreallawns]

Congrats to Salisbury!  Another victory over a ranked team and they did it in D.C.  By far one of the toughest places to play.  I know its early but Steve Holmes has to be the front runner for Coach of the Year.  This victory makes saturday's game even bigger.

[Matt Letourneau]

Matt, the refs at Catholic were fine. As is the case in any game, they missed a few calls on both sides. Catholic got beat on their own court by a more athletic and determined team. Salisbury played tough defense and scored when they needed to. The Cards missed a lot of free throws and many open shots in the final minutes. They had plenty of chances to put the game away, but they didn't! No excuses tonight. It looks like they will have to battle to get one home game in the tournament. Everybody in this league knows that they can beat Catholic. This is something that we are not used to. Stolenthaler and Satelin played pretty well, but nobody else stepped up. On a positive note, the Cards were 12-5 during the year that they won the National Championship. However, that team had Hilleary, Morley, Mills, and Maloney. This team doesn't! Cards, good luck at Marymount!

Go Cards!!!   

Fair enough.  My friend was pretty enraged about the last sequence of the game.  I saw from the stat sheet they were 8-19 from the FT line.  That will do it!

Whoever gets hot is going to get the #1 seed...my money still has to be on York.

[Chris Panter, GMC SID]

I had to chime in since we're quoting the greatest movie of all time:
I got two for ya:

-"You know Danny, I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber....I didn't want to....I felt like I owed it to them."

-"Gambling is illegal at Bushwood sir, and I NEVER slice......*damn*!"

Well hope all is well in the land of the CAC

[muchacho]

Ouch...CUA loses 2 games in a row to teams they have expected to beat each time out for the last decade. 42% free throw shooting is absolutely awful. Any team doesn't deserve to win when they manage that. I give Coach Howes credit for having guts to change up the lineup, but I think its time to put Sowden back in as a starter. Shane had just 4 shots against SU. I don't get why you aren't trying to get him 10-15 shots a game, and opening it up for other players.

[Matt Letourneau]

Well, I still think they're TRYING to get him those shots.  They just aren't.  And if he's being doubled, now nobody else is stepping up.   I don't know that starting him is going to get him any more shots---he's still playing 'starter' minutes.

They absolutely have to beat Marymount at Marymount.  Unfortunately, they don't play well there, MMT gets way way up for Catholic.  And now MMT is going to believe they can beat them.

On the other hand, a win there would go a long way towards getting things back on track.  So c'mon Cardinals.

[mwgoonie]

Well, I hope that if, IF!!!, CUA gets a rebound win after these losses its at Marymount and not UMW 2/1.



One can hope.

[John Rusnak]

Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though.

Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity.

You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?

I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish, okay?

[rollingthunda]

"So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice. "

[unreallawns]

Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though.

Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity.

You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?

I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish, okay?

Rodney Dangerfield, one of the greatest of all times!

[unreallawns]

You're rather attractive for a beautiful girl with a great body.

[mwcsid]

Let's not forget the irreplacable Spalding...

"50 bucks the Smails kid picks his nose."


"FARTS. DOUBLE FARTS!"

"Are you going to eat your fat?"

And of course, "DOOTY!!!!"

[bbald eagle]

I'm hoping these postings aren't showing the complete value of a CAC education 

[Matt Letourneau]

Naw, just a Mary Washington one.