MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Matt Letourneau]

Phew...

Cardinals Too Much for Bison
Stephen Wheeler scores 19 in the win

2/14/2007

WASHINGTON - The Catholic University men's basketball squad (18-5, 10-5 Capital Athletic Conference) avenged an earlier loss Wednesday evening with the 70-52 victory over the Gallaudet Bison (4-20, 1-14 CAC).  Earlier this year the Bison came away from the DuFour Center with their first conference victory but the Cardinals didn't let history repeat itself with the convincing win.

Senior center Stephen Wheeler (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel) rattled off five quick points for CUA to start the game but similar to their match-up earlier this season the cross-town rival Bison would not back down.  The Bison used some steady outside shooting to stay in the game including six points from Jon Mowl on two big three's.  With five minutes remaining in the half the teams were tied at 21, however the Cards put together an 11-0 run that gave CUA some breathing room.  The Bison didn't score until just second left in the half and CUA went into the locker room leading 32-24.

Scott Fumai (Rockville, Md./Good Counsel) and Wheeler each had seven points to lead the Cards.  Mike Wasilenko (Washington Township, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) and Patrick Dwyer (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) each had five.  Freshman Matt Fazzini (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) contributed from six points during the run on a pair from beyond the arc.  CUA outrebounded Gallaudet 21-19 and outshot them 40-32 percent.  The Cards had just three turnovers in the half.

The Cards maintained the lead to start the second half as Gallaudet fired from the outside.  With the Bison gaining momentum, Jeff Sparrow (Reading, Pa./Daniel Boone) hit a three at 11:00 to put CUA back up by nine.  With five minutes left the game began to get physical.  As the Cards went to the link Dwyer and Fumai were both able to connect and on the defensive end a strong effort in the post kept the Bison from scoring.  Thanks to the effort the Cardinals managed the 70-52 win.

Wheeler led all scorers with 19 points while Fumai had 17.  Dwyer scored 16 points but also had a team-high nine rebounds.  CUA outrebounded the Bison 36-33 and outshot them 45 percent to 38.  The Cards had a season-low six turnovers for the game.     

Catholic University will conclude the regular season on Saturday with a game against Mary Washington at the DuFour Center.  Tip off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m., prior to the start there will be a short ceremony honoring the 2007 seniors.

[Salem, VA]

possibly the game of the year

salisbury 126-122 over marymount in 5/ot's

[Pat Coleman]

If confirmed, ties Division III record for most OTs in a game.

[kitchenrat]

possibly the game of the year

salisbury 126-122 over marymount in 5/ot's

Holy Crap! Just once in my life I'd like to see a game like this in person. I've seen a 20 inning baseball game, and a Skins - Giants tie (10-10) but that's got nothing a 5 OT Basketball game!

I wonder if this will make the ESPN ticker?

[Salem, VA]

I've been racking my brain all night with all things that could happen...
Current standings

Hood 10-4
YCP   10-5
CUA   10-5
MW     9-6
SMC    8-7
SAL     8-7.  
MM     7-8
GOU   4-11
GAL    1-14

To get 1 seed scenrios=
Hood win both its theres.  Really any lose to YCP will prevent them from getting the one with tie-breaks.  The big tie-breaker for Hood would be Marymounth and Salisbury finishing with same record.  If they both finish 8-8, Marymount gains tie-breaker with the sweep

Catholic gets with win in if York beats Hood and Marymounth loses to Gally.  Then Catholic has the sweep over Salisbury.

York gets it with a win Marymount win on saturday.  Also a catholic lose and hood lose on saturday would be easiest format.

It seems like a lot but could be confusing but I think I am dead on.

[Salem, VA]

might be a misprint on the CAC website...

the boxscore shows marymount won 126-122

Could change everything i just wrote

[Matt Letourneau]

Salisbury website has Salisbury as the winners.

So who is this "Marymounth" and where do they play?

[Salem, VA]

alright relax a little misprint

MARYMOUNT

check the boxscore matt

[Matt Letourneau]

I am relaxed.  Hence the smiley.

I know, I saw it.  Confusing.

If you add up the points, its looks like Marymount won.  So I guess we go with Marymount as the winners, unless they screwed up the box.

Too bad none of the 255 people who showed up could come on here and tell us.

If Marymount did win the game, and the Salisbury athletics department just screwed up the score, that's really pathetic.  Get the damn score right, its not like it wasn't a memorable game and it was in your own gym.

[bbald eagle]

Goolrick was unkind to UMW on senior night. No 100 point game tonight.

[Salem, VA]

IF it is true that Marymount did win that really helps York.  All York has to do is win and Marymount beats Gally.  SHould be easier path

[Matt Letourneau]

Yeah, well not scoring 100 is the least of your problems when you don't score as many as the other team.

CUA still needs to beat them to be seeded ahead of them, though, because it would be a season sweep for the Eagles if they don't.  So really this game doesn't mean all that much, except that I believe it eliminates UMW from being the top seed (somebody can correct me on that if I'm wrong).  I believe if UMW and CUA split, CUA has the tiebreakers there.

CUA's got season sweeps against Marymount, Salisbury and St. Mary's.  They've split against everybody else, with Mary Wash pending.

[Salem, VA]

if mary wash wins catholic is the 4 unless hood lose both then its a 3 way tie for 2nd and I am unsure how that goes.

[Pat Coleman]

Pat,

The Salisbury-Marymount game tonight went 5 overtimes.

Final score:

Marymount (Va.) 126, Salisbury 122

I will send you the game story once I am done.

Link to box score:
http://www.salisbury.edu/athletics/MensBasketball/boxes0607/salmbb24.asp


Sam Atkinson
Salisbury SID

[cugrad]

If York, Hood, and Catholic finish in a three-way tie, I believe Catholic wins the top seed. All three will have split with each other and Mary Wash, as well. Catholic swept Marymount, Salisbury, and St. Mary's. I believe that gives them an advantage.  For the same reason, I think Catholic will win a tie with anybody. Of course, for this to happen Hood will have to lose a game and Catholic will have to knock off a very talented Mary Wash team at Dufour. No easy task there!

GO CARDS!!!