MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Hoopsville is reporting York 30, Catholic 26 at the half.

The incredibly biased Dave McHugh predicted York would win by 10 on its home floor and so far York is a point short of halfway there.

And yes, Stu Scott does drive me nuts. And I no longer am familiar with CAC tiebreakers, sorry.

[ycp]

At the Half from YCP...

YCP 30-CUA 26

An extremly physical game which does not benefit York. Shane Sowden leads the Cardinals with 10 points while Chad McGowan has nine points to pace York.

Dwyer plays just eight minutes due to two fouls while McGowan also had to take an early seat as he played 12 minutes.

We may set a record for uncalled illegal screens in tonight's game.

[ycp]

Stu Scott is by far the least talented ESPN anchor. The worst part, he has spawned a million Stu-wanna-be's. Awful!

[ycp]

And by the way, McHugh might be the most Biased person on the planet

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah. Sure.

Final: York 73, Catholic 46, Dave reports.

[Salem, VA]

Pretty Dominant by York...

Looks like the CAC's will run through York again.
The place was into it from the first tip til the end of the game.  Fan were going nuts before the tip-off.  It's amazing how York blows people out on this court.  29 in a row and probably will end up being 33.  It looked like the Salisbury game all over again.  The crowd took them out of their game pretty early. 

Refs were absolutely terrible.

Anyone who saw the game, do you think this team will lose on their home floor in the CAC's?  Mary Washington played them the best by running the ball up the court.  Salisbury and Catholic can not play here, especially with the crowd how they were today.  Kudos to Jeff Gamber after missing his first game in 29 years. 

Any other scores to report.

[bisonpride]

Live from Field House..

St. Mary's - 53
Gallaudet - 72   FINAL

Halftime: GU lead 35-28

[mwgoonie]

UMW 90 - GOU 54

Lee leads the way with 19....

[ycp]

Final box from York...

http://www.ycp.edu/sports/mens_basketball/2005/YCPMBB22.HTM

[kitchenrat]

It was an amazing game from the Spartans. They were feeding off the crowd and vice versa. There was so much hustle it is hard to point out individuals but you have to take your hat off to two guys who did a lot that doesn't show in the box. Paddy Lee had 9 assists but was all over the floor and is always a spark when he is out there. Kenny Fass had 4 offensive boards but again like Lee he was playing lock down D and had a hand in every face and was closing off passing lanes all over the place. McGowan lead with 18 and Bushy and Singer each had 13 but this was a total team effort. The crowd was amazing and I don't know what a team would have to do to win in the Kitchen but I know they would have to have an amazing night to do so. I don't think York hit one three in the first half, but I'm not sure. They attacked on both sides of the floor and when they started to pull away the threes started to come. There was great ball movement and shot selection, all in all an amazing performance. No matter how bad the refs may have been, there is no way you can say they factored in the outcome of this game.

[kitchenrat]

I almost forgot, congrats to Coach Gamber for another 20 win season.

[eaglefan]

Nice win for the Eagles!
Sorry to see the Cardinals fall- yea right!
Makes for an interesting game when the Spartans come to Goolrick.
What is the tie breaker scenario?  Come on Pat, show us the light.
Go Eagles, and yes Bobcats!!

[r.w. mcnickels]

Very impressive effort from York tonight.  After a sluggish first half, the Spartans got it rolling right after halftime and pretty much dominated on both ends, especially on the boards.  McGowan is one heck of a player.  Catholic looked flustered in the second half and had a horrendous night from beyond the arc.  The Kitchen provides a huge advantage for York - it would take a phenomenal effort from a visiting team to knock off the Spartans in that bandbox.

[ycp]

Details from YCP...

The Spartans were led by Chad McGowan as the reigning CAC Rookie-of-the-Year poured in a team-high 18 points. McGowan added six rebounds and three steals to the Spartan attack. The sophomore forward was 7-for-11 from the floor and 4-for-6 from the line as he continues to establish himself as one of the best players in the CAC. Senior Brandon Bushey gave another stellar performance as he tallied 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor. Bushey also contributed six rebounds and an assist. Fellow senior Brian Singer also tallied 13 points as the center was 5-for-9 from the floor and 3-for-3 from the charity stripe. Singer also had three rebounds and a pair of blocked shots. Kenny Fass contributed nine points, five rebounds, and two steals to the green and white while senior Paddy Lee did not score but handed out a career-high nine assists in addition to grabbing three rebounds, blocking two shots and collecting a steal in 19 minutes of work.

Shane Sowden took home the top scoring honors as he tallied 20 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the floor. Sowden went 8-for-14 from the charity stripe while he also had three rebounds. Pat Dwyer was the other Cardinal in double figures with 10 points and three rebounds. Dwyer handed out a team-high four assists. Nick Olivero was the only other Cardinal to have more than three points as he tallied five for the game.

The York defense was outstanding for the contest as Catholic shot 34.8% from the floor including a miserable 28% (6-for-21) in the second half. Conversely, York converted 55.6% of their shots from the field including a blistering 60.7% (17-for-28) in the second stanza. The Spartans out-rebounded the Cardinals 39-23 and held a significant 44-26 edge in points in the paint. Catholic, with their 26 points in the paint and their 12 free throws made, got just eight points from outside the paint and six of those came in the first 2:58 of the game on threes by Olivero and Dwyer.

Great win for the green and white. The Spartans played a very strong game at home but they must be ready for the long trip to St. Mary's. The Seahawks would love to notch an upset so the Spartans will need to be prepared.

[Matt Letourneau]

Well, a meeting I had late in the day got rescheduled, so that freed me up to make the drive.  I'm glad I did, because nobody else from the Catholic side of things is probably going to post on here after that.

Let me say this--in all the time following CUA basketball, which for me started in 1998, I have never, ever seen what I saw tonight--a Catholic team that at least looked it quit--early.  Not every guy, not every play, but there was a discernable lack of hustle, composure, effort that manifested itself especially in rebounding and giving up easy baskets.   It was really, really troubling---and I should make a point to exempt Shane Sowden, because he worked hard the whole game, and he wasn't the only one, but York came out swinging in the second half, and instead of responding like they did the first game or against Mary Wash, they just looked frustrated and defeated.  York had guards charging in totally unobstructed for offensive rebounds!  That's just effort, there's nothing a coach can do.  Really, really puzzling. 

Sure, York played a great second half, ran some nice plays, etc.  But  Catholic was 6 for 21!  NOTHING was going in.  Shane got to the foul line a lot tonight, but I don't think got more than one of those shots he got fouled on to go in...just could not get the bounce.  Catholic was moving the ball in and out pretty well, but the guards that were feeding it were not scorers---Kelly and Waslienko--they had some looks but they just aren't shooters.  Nobody could hit anything tonight anyway--even free throws.

So, anyway, I suppose some of the York fans think they're team is really THAT good and Catholic is THAT bad, which doesn't make a lot of sense...if Catholic were that bad, they'd be looking up Goucher right now.  Frankly, if they play that bad on Saturday, they WILL be looking up at Goucher on the scoreboard anyway.  There is absolutely no way Catholic could have beaten York under any circumstances if tonight was representative, hopefully most of the posters on here know that.  Good team + home court + ridiculously bad night = blowout.  I just hope they got home safely, that's how bad a night they had.  There was nothing else that could have even gone wrong for them in that second half.

Brian Singer is a house.  I thought he got away with a lot of push offs, but he's such a precense over there.  He really dictated York's offense and without him I suspect Catholic would have actually led at halftime.  I know the stat sheet says that McGowan had the better game, but I thought Singer was great.

I'm glad I'm not the one bringing up the officials...but I really thought there was a rule against a team having the same official 2 games in a row.  Apparently not, because our friend Gene was back and God Awful.  And for some reason Joe Palmer, who is a good ref, never took charge of this game and let Gene dictate it.

There is one little sliver I'm going to hold on to---Paddy Lee is not a good ballhandler. I know, for whatever reason the York fans love him and I'm sure he's a great guy and a good player, but he's not the guy you want taking the ball up the court.  4 more turnovers tonight, travel, etc...

Alright, well York is sure in the driver's seat for the #1 seed.  Catholic's got to regroup, I'm sure led by D-Mac Goucher would love to come in and get a W at DuFour.