MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[spartanfan]

Awesome...apparentl I am not up-to-date with my current events.  I'm looking forward to seeing how they perform in the CAC over the next couple of years.

[Matt Letourneau]

Yeah, but admit it...y'all are gonna miss Catholic.

[kitchenrat]

York wins at Hood 93-83 with  Dean Gamber coaching in his fathers abscence.

[Matt Letourneau]

1. Wow---much closer than I would have thought. 

2. Where was Coach Gamber? Everything alright I hope.

[bisonpride]

Gallaudet Bison - 69
@ UMW Eagles - 70
Halftime: GU lead 41-35

FREDERICKSBURG, VA - Sophomore forward Justin Baker led five UMW players in double figures, and freshman guard Matt Treacy hit two free throws with 29 seconds left, as the University of Mary Washington men's basketball team edged Gallaudet University, 70-69, on Saturday at Goolrick Gymnasium. The Eagles improve to 12-8 and 7-3 in CAC play, while Gallaudet falls to 12-9 and 5-5.

UMW held a 68-61 lead with 3:13 to play on a Baker layup. Gallaudet cut the deficit to 68-64 at 1:41 on a three pointer by Luther Weedon. Robert Haney pulled the Bison to within one at 1:02 left with another three. Treacy then made two free throws to make the score 70-67. With eight seconds remaining, Gallaudet's Jon Mowl made two free throws, and UMW was called for a five second violation, giving the Bison the ball, down one, with eight seconds to play. Haney missed the potential game winner with questionable no call and the Eagles held on to the rebound as the final horn sounded.

After the final horn sounded, Coach Wood storm on the court, try to chase and keep on shouting on the referees while the referees are on their way out of the court. Rod Wood was held back by two of his assistant coaches way after the halfcourt from UMW's bench. That's other situation that it's questionable should be a technical foul even though the buzzer sounded few seconds before but the officials still haven't left the floor. It's almost like the exactly same concept as the referees ruin the Super Bowl (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5310192) between Seattle and Pittsburgh which it may be a overturn situation.

Mary Washington:
Baker - 15 points (5-11 FG, 0-4 3FG), 7 rebounds and 4 assists
Treacy - 13 points, 3 assists and 2 steals
Whitworth - 12 points and 7 rebounds
Pierce - 10 points
Lee - 10 points (4-11 FG, 2-5 3FG), 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals

Gallaudet:
Haney - 22 points (7-8 FT), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals
Weedon - 13 points
Jackson - 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and steal
Mowl - 11 points, 3 assist and 3 steals

More Stats...
Field Goal: GU 24-50 (48%), UMW 27-60 (45%)
3-Field Goal: GU 8-20 (40%), UMW 6-25 (24%)
Free-Throw: GU 13-21 (61.9%), UMW 10-12 (83.3%)
Rebounds: GU 29 (8 off./21 def.), UMW 34 (12 off./22 def.)
Assists/TO: GU 11/18, UMW 18/16

On Wednesday, the Gallaudet Bison (12-9, 5-5) will take on St. Mary's at Field House (after 4 straight road games concluded with 3-1 record) to avenge 83-77 loss at SMC on January 18. Mary Washington Eagles (12-8, 7-3) will host against the conference's last place team, Goucher Gophers at Goolrick. The Gophers lost to Salisbury in two overtimes at home by three, 83-80.

[ycp]

Details from Frederick....

Chad McGowan led the Spartans with 22 points and nine rebounds in 35 minutes of action. McGowan also played great defense against Santo Provenzano as he held the Hood standout to five second half points after he gashed the Spartans for 15 first-half points. McGowan was 7-for-14 from the floor including 1-for-3 from distance. He sunk 7-of-9 from the charity stripe including 5-of-6 in the last two minutes of the game. Brandon Bushey played an outstanding game for York as the senior guard added 20 points, three rebounds, and two assists. Bushey was 7-for-12 from the floor including 4-of-6 from distance and 2-for-2 from the line. Brad Zerfing was the third Spartan in double figures with 15 points while he also had six rebounds, three assists, and a steal. Fass and freshman Nate Fry each added eight points while Brian Singer passed out a career-high six assists from the post.

Santo Provenzano led the Blazers with 20 points while he also had a team-high eight rebounds. He finished the game shooting 8-for-14 from the floor and 4-for-7 from the charity stripe. Center Jesse Gutekunst tallied 17 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two blocked shots in 24 minutes. Darnell Edmonds chipped in with 16 points on a career-high five three pointers. Edmonds dished out seven assists while he also had three steals. Freshman Tim Abercrombie contributed 15 points and four assists as he nailed 3-of-4 from distance.

Nobody should be suprised this was close. Hood came into the game 20-5 at home over the last two years. They have a good collection of talent. I will predict that they will be one of the top four teams in the CAC next year. They have everyone coming back and they are well coached. I was impressed with how hard they played and they do a good job of running their stuff. With a number of CAC teams graduating some of their top players, Hood could be an impact team next year.

[kitchenrat]

I don't know what the situation was with Coach Gamber tonight. I tuned in to the Radio broadcast about 5 minutes late and heard Darrel and Scott refer to Dean not being happy with a call and later they were talking about Dean wanting to get Bushy back on the floor but letting Paddy Lee stay in because he was doing a great job on D against Provenzano. They didn't mention much more about Coach Gamber's absence and I was waiting for the box score to see if he was removed from the game. There were no Techs so, I was waiting for the post from YCP to see if that would mention a reason. I guess we will have to wait till tomorrow to find out.

[andre james smith]

Bison,
  I don't know if you wrote that yourself or if you found it somewhere else, but it would help if you or whoever wrote it actually knew the name of the coach that you were talking trash about.

[Matt Letourneau]

Coach Wood losing his temper during game? 
Nah, I can't believe it... 

YCP, I knew Hood had some talent, but their schedule was really soft, so I thought York would kind of roll over them, especially since they've been playing really well.  Apparently not.  They did beat Salisbury though, I believe...

I wonder why, incidentally, Hood is joining the CAC next year?  Its strange they are moving to an odd number of teams--so one pair is only going to play each other once.  Could be rather unfair.

[gouchersid]

Everybody will continue to play everybody else in the CAC twice next year - that just means 18 conference games as opposed to 16. The proposed schedule I saw has, if I remember correctly, four playing dates before Christmas and then at least two weeks later in the season where games will be played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday. Each team will have a pair of byes on the master schedule.

[gouchersid]

I should have said each team will play 16 conference games instead of 14 next season.

[ycp]

Just to let everyone know, Coach Gamber did not travel with the team last night to due a personal reason.
He will more than likely be back on the bench for Wednesday night's game against Catholic.

[ycp]

Hood's schedule is a bit on the soft side but they have a young and talented team. They came into last night's game having won five straight including the win over Salisbury. The Spartans didn't play a great first half and didn't shoot the ball the way they normally do which contributed to a close contest. Hood is a scrappy team that plays hard. It is amazing to me what they have done in just their third year of existence. I have to believe with everyone back next year, they will do well in the CAC next year.

[kitchenrat]

Well I hope all is well with Coach Gamber, and I wish he and the family well if it is needed. On a lighter note, congrats to Dean on picking up what I can only guess is his first coaching W. Or do they not keep track of interum wins like in the pros?

[mwgoonie]

For tomorrows games....

I'd like to see

CUA over York
St. Mary win
Marymount win
and of course, see UMW avenge Goucher's only win of the season.