MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[unreallawns]

It's a shame to see Jon Garritt's senior year be so miserable.  He's a great player!

[ycp]

Anybody got a CUA/UMW score at 10:28 PM???

[coach t]

Gallaudet beat Salisbury 71 to 50. A solid win for Gallaudet.

Gallaudet is playing everyone tough this year. Hats off to the Bison for a big win on the road.

[andre james smith]

CUA by 3 in OT, UMW had two shots at the end of regulation to win it and one in OT.  A very exciting game with some good runs by both teams.  Officials weren't great for either side (so there we dont have to mention them anymore).  The Eagles sure could have used A.J Fitzgerald out there in crunch time to have some more experience on the floor.  Congrats to the Lady Eagles on a buzzer beater to remain the only undefeated in DIII so the '72 Dolphins can keep thier champagne on ice for now.

[coach t]

The CUA win puts York alone at the top and CUA and UMW tied for second. Given the two victories over Salisbury, Gallaudet is still hanging tough close behind in 4th place.

We have to be pleased with Gallaudet's effort this year making CAC an even exciting conference.

[coach t]

My typo....I meant to say that Gallaudet's effort is making the CAC an even "more" exciting conference.

[Matt Letourneau]

Exciting win for Catholic tonight at DuFour.  Another very good home crowd--not as good as York, but lots of noise and spirit evident.  Nice to see the students getting into it.

Catholic did some good things today---in key areas they have been struggling in, they fixed some problems.  They still couldn't get the ball to Shane Sowden, but they did a fantastic job in the paint with Patrick Dwyer, who had a monster game with 22 points and 8 rebounds.  It should be noted that he fouled out in the last minute of regulation, so CUA did it without him in OT. 

The other area of massive improvement was free throw shooting--Catholic actually outshot Mary Wash with a 21-26 night.  Shane hit some big free throws at the end of the game to seal the win, and Scott Fumai had some at the end of regulation to tie the game.

Mary Wash came out on a big run, building up a 23-9 lead.  Catholic looked dead and defeated.  Coach Howes subbed out pretty much all his starters and went with freshman Nick Olivero and Fresman Josh Mish.  Both had breakout games.  Olivero end up playing 30 minutes thanks to his great defense on Mike Lee.  He scored 12 points, but they were big shots.  Mish had 8 points in 9 minutes.  Stephen Wheeler also a very good game, with 10 minutes on 5-5 shooting in 15 minutes.

For Mary Wash, obviously Baker has a lot of talent, but he was totally shut down by Aaron Kelly in the second half and OT--he had 13 at the half and finished with 17 on 5-18 shooting.  Lee was 5-13 for 16.  More impressive to me where the two forwards, Whitworth and Pierce, both of whom had some nice 3's.  Nice to see big guys who can shoot.

Catholic fought back to lead at halftime, and then built up a solid 10 point which Mary Wash chipped away at.  Given their astounding lack of depth, I tip my hat to them.  Catholic got bitten by some turnovers and Mary Wash hit some 3's, and pretty soon it was a tied game.  Mary Wash jumped out to a 5 point lead in OT, but once Catholic got going they took control with very good defense.  Mary Wash killed itself in OT with 2 travels and a turnover--fatigue I suppose.

I can't understand how Mary Wash is going to stay fresh with their guys playing these kind of minutes. Baker played 44 minutes, Pierce 44, Lee 42, Whitworth 37.  Wow.  They deserve a lot of credit for hanging in there in this game, but down the stretch as league play is wrapping up, they are going to be exhausted.  Clearly, it affected Baker's performance tonight--he just couldn't keep that pace up.   And I really, really wish Coach Wood could find a way to communicate that doesn't involve the f-bomb.  He was on his best behavior tonight, but even then he lost it once  and let out a nice little string.  If I can hear it from midcourt, its too loud.  Great effort by his team though.

Ditto Andre on the aspect of the game I'm not supposed to mention.

Overall, a fun game to watch and an important win for Catholic as they head down to the Tyson Lesense show Saturday. 

[bisonpride]

"Gallaudet hand in Seagulls' first home loss of the season!"

Gallaudet - 71
Salisbury - 50
Halftime: GU 32-27

The underdog Gallaudet Bison use several runs in second half to pull the game away over the favorite by 5.5 points and the host, Salisbury Seagulls at the Maggs Center. Salisbury jump into a early burst with 6-0 lead before Haney, Jr scored with a jumper. Bison got the lead for good (28-27) at 2:39 remaining in 1st half with Haney, Jr. shot from the perimeter. Later on, Salisbury did tie the game, 37-37 with 14:48 remaining in second half after basket made by Ozi Menakaya. Jon Mowl quick responded with a difficult jumper to bring Gallaudet back to the lead position, 39-37. In very next possession, Ray Williams got charged. Haney, Jr. respond with a rainbow three point shot to push it ahead to 5 points lead, 42-37, that's a begin of Bison's other and key run soon. With 12:41 remaining in the game, Seagulls' Ray Williams got Techninal Foul right after a miss easy lay-up by yell at the referee. After that incident, Gallaudet went to 29-13 run for rest of the game to finish the game with 21 points victory from 5 points lead, 42-37. Tonight's win doubled up from last year's total wins from 6 to 12 wins, also they already sweep two teams in season series compare to just one conference win in past years.

Gallaudet Bison:
Haney, Jr. - 18 points (7-15 FG, 3-3 FT), and 8 rebounds
Mowl - 17 points  (4-6 FG, 3-5 3FG, 6-8 FT), and 5 rebounds
Jackson - 13 points (6-12 FG, 1-1 FT) and 8 rebounds
Weedon - 9 points
Babatunde - 6 points and 3 rebounds
Team - 16-19 (84.2%) from FT line along with 44% from the field and 7-17 (41%) from the three point land.

Salisbury Seagulls:
Odumeru - 15 points, 2 steals, 4 rebounds and 5 turnovers
Williams - 10 points (none in 2nd half), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals
Ward - 9 points
Harmon, Rice and Vaitkus - 4 points each
Menakaya - team high 6 rebounds
Team - 4-7 (57.1%) from FT line along with 34% from the field and 6-20 (30%) from the three point land.

This weekend, Gallaudet (12-8, 5-4) will travel to Fredericksburg to take on the Eagles of the University of Mary Washington at 2pm instead of 4pm at the Goolrick Gym due to their alumni day.

[mwgoonie]

We should clarify Matt's comment on Wood.

It doesn't matter where you sit - mid court, foul line, 3-pt, base line - if you're still only 20 feet from the guy yelling. How bout the Catholic fan standing up and flicking off the UMW fans from cross court...oh, and the little thing called the entire student body chanting "bulls--t". But hey, they're not Coach Wood so I guess that doesn't count.

Back to the game, awesome. Great CAC bball. Good game by CUA - esp hitting all those FT's. Really killed from the line. I believe they won the rebound battle too. Good defense on Lee - but from what I saw, he good definitely be scoring more points but opts to play team bball. Anyways, good game. Good spirit.

yada yada

[x33ycp]

Kitchenrat,

I havent seen alot of those guys play (except in the alumni game, which is not a good gage  ) But  from my experiences, Andy O'Brien was the best player I ever played with hands down. He could score from anywhere at anytime, and he is the all-time leading scorer in school history with over 2000 pts. He was simply amazing at times. He could create his own shot whenever he wanted it. However, that may change soon. Chad McGowan will end up scoring a bunch of points,  approach 100 wins, 2-3 CAC titles, and maybe a couple player of the year awards....that would be hard to argue with...

[Matt Letourneau]

Yeah, I tend to hold coaches to a higher standard than fans.  The fans last night were fine, anyway, not particularly rowdy.

And I differentiate between yelling the f word and fans chanting bull---- at officials.  He can do what he wants on his bench, but it should be contained to his bench.  I was sitting at midcourt, 6 rows up.  Defend it if you want, I just think it goes too far.  Everybody has their own standards.

Impressive win by the Bison.

[John Rusnak]

I was so close at making money last night.  If Mary Wash could've scored on one of their chances and won, and if Goucher had only scored another 56 points, I would've gotten all four right...darn!

[kitchenrat]

Obviously Andy was the greatest scorer of all time at York, especially when you factor in that he had other great scorers on the team with him. It wasn't like it was all Andy and chump change from the rest of the guys. During his run he played with guys like John Ely, Brandon Bushy and of course Steve Schmehl who all got a ton of points too. I got the chance to see Andy (and the rest of those guys) play as an alumni, but I guess where I got kind of hung up was that I was a student for Dan Johnson, Jeff Landis, and Dave Martins and I called most of those games on WVYC so I am a bit more informed about them.
         I know there is a tendency to factor points more than anything else, and it is hard to compare a center to a guard but my biggest dilemma was how to compare Dan to Andy. Dan had about 150 less points than Andy, but got most of them in the paint as opposed to from outside. Is that a plus or a minus? Dan also had a solid core of classmates like Landis who he played with the whole time so it was more stable. Then you have to factor in rebounds, defense and creating with out the ball. To be honest I don't know the answer, and like I said I never saw Riddick or Wayne Johnson. I do agree that for all around game, Chad may end up as one of the best ever, he has the skills to take over the floor when needed.
   Big win last night for the Green and White. It looks like this may be one of the best runs to the end we have had in the CAC in a long time. If York holds serve it will come through the Kitchen one last time, but if someone else gets hot and the Sparts stumble anything could happen. I can't Wait.

[bisonpride]

Here's nice article and more information relate to Gallaudet-Salisbury game last night at Maggs Center from the Salisbury based newspaper, The Daily Times.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060202/SPORTS/602020327/1006



PS - What a great and competition rivalry games during the UMW-CUA womens and mens game at DuFour. One led into a buzzer beater win and a thrill overtime win for opposite team in mens' game. I am sure it's fun for the fans to watch it last night.

[andre james smith]

Hey Matt,
  If you sat 8 rows behind Gary Williams or Coach K in that same gym last night, you think you would hear more or less profanities than you heard from Coach Wood?  It's college basketball my friend.  As far as I am concerned he can drop as many f-bombs as he wants if he keeps his team playing this well with 2 freshmen, 2 sophomores and one junior in the starting linuep, losing in conference by 1 on a desparation 3 to Goucher on the road, by 3 in overtime last night, and losing to the No. 9 team in the country by 5 on the road as well.  I love the kids that he is bringing in and how hard he gets them to play every night.