MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

ycpfinal4 · December 30, 2006, 06:04:24 PM

Any word from the G-Spot.....did York win?

ycp · December 30, 2006, 06:24:46 PM

Final from York.

St. John Fisher ends York's 13-game in-season tournament game win streak with a 77-63 victory. York didn't shoot the ball very well while the Cardinal depth hurt York. SJF's bench outscored York 33-6 in the game.

Box score:
http://www.ycp.edu/sports/mens_basketball/2006/YCPMBB10.HTM

ycp · December 30, 2006, 06:25:30 PM

Oh, and SJF held a 47-26 edge on the glass.

TheGrove · January 03, 2007, 11:02:14 AM

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on December 18, 2006, 10:42:43 PM
This one was a wire to wire win...Catholic never trailed. Cardinals are off until Jan. 3, when they host future Landmark Conference foe Susquehanna. SU has been impressive so far and is off to a 6-2 start, so that should be a good game.

This time, maybe I'll get the date right.

Hey Matt, that game's tonight.

Matt Letourneau · January 03, 2007, 02:38:16 PM

Ha. Yes, indeed.

I'm planning on being there if all goes well. I'm getting over (another) kidney stone episode.

Should be a good game. I was surprised at how easily York handled Susquehanna.

ycp · January 03, 2007, 03:28:14 PM

Live Stats for tonight's York - Kings game at 8:00 pm

http://faculty.ycp.edu/~sguise/mbb/xlive.htm

Stats will go live shortly before tip

TheGrove · January 03, 2007, 03:36:11 PM

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on January 03, 2007, 02:38:16 PM
Ha. Yes, indeed.

I'm planning on being there if all goes well. I'm getting over (another) kidney stone episode.

Should be a good game. I was surprised at how easily York handled Susquehanna.

Sorry to hear about the kidney stones. My best friend had an episode a couple years ago, and he was pretty miserable.

I was surprised at the York outcome too, but I'm hoping that was just rust. Although your guys will be coming off a fair layoff of their own, no? Catholic-SU has always been a bit of a surprise to me over the past few years.

cuabigdog · January 03, 2007, 08:49:34 PM

after being down 11 at the break Catholic rebounds to come away with a 2 point victory 78-76 over Susquehanna at CUA's DuFour Center tonight on a last second shot by papageorge.. papa ended with 13 and pat dwyer had 18 and scott fumai led CUA with 22... SU falls to 7-4 and CUA moves to 8-2. CUA returns to action in the Catholic University Classic at the Dufour on Sat jan 6

Matt Letourneau · January 03, 2007, 10:26:30 PM

What an incredible game at DuFour tonight. A true tale of two halves. In the first half, Susquehanna dictated the pace and tempo of the game, got Catholic into a mode where they got away from their strengths and played to SU's style. In the second half, Catholic got back to playing their brand of basketball, pounded the ball inside and asserted themselves before winning it on a great play by Fumai and Papageorge.

In the first half, SU shot an incredible 66%. They racked up 45 points. Catholic trailed by as much as 19 before getting it down to 11 at halftime. SU opened up in a full court trap, which flustered Catholic for the first few posessions (10-2 run). But then Cathlolic started beating the press and got down the court for easy baskets, forcing SU out of the zone.

SU hit some ridiculous shots, almost circus stuff. I couldn't believe some of it went in, which was what gave me hope--nobody shoots like that for an entire game. Yes, the Harlem Globetrotters have played on CUA's court, but outside of that I wasn't buying it.

SU did cool down in the 2nd half, but they were still great from 3--(7-13). But Catholic finally starting using their natural height advantage and got the ball in to Dwyer. They opened things up outside for Fumai. Catholic also absolutely killed SU on the glass---offensive rebounds were 16-3 (zone defense), and 37-21 overall.

So, we ended up with a 76-76 game. Catholic missed a shot with 15 seconds left. SU went down the court, and to nobody's surprise Robinson drove the lane and got a decent look. He missed, and Wheeler got the rebound with less than 5 seconds left. No TO for Catholic, they got the ball to Fumai who drove down the court. With 1 and half seconds or so on the clock he went up for what I thought was a shot, but he actually passed the ball over to Papageorge, who had been trailing the play but pulled even. Papageorge had a pretty good luck, extremely quick release, and got the shot off right at the buzzer. It rolled around the rim and went in.

Robinson led all scorers with 29, Cuff also had 24. For Catholic, Fumai had 25 and Dwyer 15. The difference between before and after the break for Papageorge was night and day. He was a totally different player. I think he's finally gotten over his ankle injury. He had 13 points, looked quick up and down the court and played good defense. That's huge for CUA.

I was obviously impressed with SU's shooting ability. That was one of the best shooting performances I've ever seen, as a matter of fact. If you give Robinson ANY space, he'll bury you. That kind of shooting will give you a chance to beat anybody. But overall, they are way too reliant on outside shots. They have no real inside game and no answer for bigger teams--if they play zone they get killed on the glass. #50 in particular got some minutes of the bench and really looked bad.

I've rarely complained about the officiating this year, but I was very displeased with the way this game was called. The officials swallowed their whistles for a large part of this game. Catholic's big guys were getting clawed, scratched and grabbed and inside and nothing was called. I think it finally got out of hand when Dwyer was clearly bumped from behind on the elbow as he took a shot in the lane and there was no call, and from then on things tightened up some. But that certainly didn't help Catholic any. A team with a significant size disadvantage needs that kind of officiated to allow them to defend inside. Also--FINALLY the officials called an illegal screen, but SU was doing it all night. If they happened to get a crew they was even vaguely aware of what a legal screen looked like, they'd be in trouble.

Anyway, I'm glad that didn't turn out to be a deciding factor. CUA-and SU have already played some great games, so this is going to be a good conference rivarly. They play hard and they play the right way.

Next up is the annual Pepsi Classic for the Cards. They have Methodist on Saturday--they are having a strange, up and down kind of season so we'll see what happens.

ycp · January 03, 2007, 10:45:46 PM

York defeats Kings 91-87 at the Grumbacher Center

Game box
http://www.ycp.edu/sports/mens_basketball/2006/YCPMBB11.HTM

Matt Letourneau · January 03, 2007, 11:36:35 PM

Boy, night after night, McGowan and Fumai are putting on a show. 25 for Scott tonight, 27 for Chad.

kitchenrat · January 04, 2007, 09:59:45 AM

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on January 03, 2007, 11:36:35 PM
Boy, night after night, McGowan and Fumai are putting on a show. 25 for Scott tonight, 27 for Chad.

The Spartan team that beet Kings College last night definitely had a different feel to it than what we saw in some of the early games. With Nate Fry getting some minutes (and putting up 10 points in 15 minutes off the bench) they had a bit more of a spark.

McGowan had a big night to be sure, but it wasn't even the best he can play. He was 9-10 from the line which accounted, in part, for his higher than normal scoring total, so that is a big plus. But, for one of the few times this year he didn't put up a double double. It's scary when 27 points 8 boards (including 5 on the offensive glass) isn't an above average game for a guy 11 games into his Jr year.

As for the game as a whole, the Sparts played well and were ahead for about 38 minutes of game time. At times the lead was in double figures, but one look at the shooting percentages shows that both teams where putting in just about everything, and at times both teams went on runs. York was one bucket under 50% (29-60) but shot 8-13 from 3 in the first half and 17-21 from the line in the second.

It was strange to see the new Wolf Gym looking mostly empty, but the crowd that was on hand (maybe 500 or 600) would have made the kitchen looked packed. I'm looking forward to this weekends games vs Hobart, and Richard Stockton or Averett at the Coaches Vs Cancer Tournament.

cuabigdog · January 04, 2007, 05:36:24 PM

Matt, it is no longer the CUA Pepsi classic .. now it's just the Catholic University Classic

mwcsid · January 04, 2007, 10:13:27 PM

From Frostburg...

UMW 100, Frostburg 66

Baker 20, 7 assts
Lee 14, 9 rebs, 8 assts, 4 steals
Hale 15
Whitworth 13, 9 rebs
Ben Stokes 12 (4-5 3's)
Pierce 10

UMW ties the school record it set last month against Hood with 18 threes.

gordonmann · January 05, 2007, 09:37:58 AM

Programming note for York fans...

D3hoopsNet will be broadcasting this Saturday's Coaches versus Cancer final at York College. If York wins this evening, the Spartans would play either No. 12 Averette or Richard Stockton.

Parents of players, alumni and fans will be able to access the live free broadcast at www.AllinBroadcasting.com or www.d3hoops.com/audio/ starting at 2:45 PM EST.