MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[mwcsid]

UMW 92, Shenandoah 80

Eagles trailed by 11 at halftime, scored 58 second half points, including 14-20 from the floor and 9-14 on threes. Matt Hale had a career high 28, Justin Baker 20, Altmann 17, Pierce 11, and scored his 1,000th career point.

[Matt Letourneau]

Catholic 75, Villa Julie 50

Cardinals led by freshman Wes Parker's 22. 

Catholic is struggling to find its way with such a young team right now, but in terms of basic talent, they're still in the upper echelon.  It will be interesting to see how long it takes for it to all come together.

[ex_mu14]

Marymount wins over Frostburg, 89-64
The Saints got back on the winning track with a non-copnference win over Frostburg State, 89-64.  MU stands at 6-2 as the team heads into the holiday break.

MU was blistering hot to open the game, shooting a season-high 69.2 percent from the floor (18-26) in the opening period.  The Saints led, 46-30 at the intermission. 

The Saints cooled off a bit in the second period but still shot 54.8 percent (17-21) as they held the Bobcats to 37.5 percent shooting for the game.

It was not the welcome back that FSU head coach Webb Hatch had envisioned.  He was the Saints' first men's basketball coach and spent 10 years with MU, the last year being in 1997.  But aside from a 2-0 lead to begin the game, the Bobcats never lead again. 

The Saints had balanced scoring with four players in double figures led by Mike Gray with 18 points and seven rebounds.  Ronnie Barbour added 16 points including four threes.  Stephen Simoneau, in his first start, had 14 points and a game-high seven asssits.  Shaun Ingram tallied 11 points. 

Fernandez Martin hit for 14 points for Frostburg and Juan Wansley added 13 points.  The Bobcats fell to 2-7 on the season.

Marymount will face Goucher College on Wednesday, January 2 in a non-conference game at 7:30 pm.

[bbsquared]

The UMW win over Shenandoah looks to be a good quality win for the CAC, as Shenandoah defeated Guilford by 2 last night. Guilford was ranked 6th in the nation. These are the kind of wins the CAC needs to improve their power ratings come tournament time.

[mwcsid]

UMW 63, McDaniel 61

Pierce 18, Pearson 15, Hale 13, Baker 10 and 11

Eagles trailed by as many as 15 in the first half, and led most of the way in the second.

[bbsquared]

UMW has been on a roll. Looks like they should win easily this evening against Manchester. The Christmas break may be better with another win.

[mwcsid]

UMW wins, but far from easily, 56-53, over a game Manchester team at Goolrick. Ben Stokes hit the game winner, ball went through as the buzzer sounded. UMW played horribly, very fortunate to win. Pierce 15, Hale 14, Baker 12.

Happy holidays to everybody, talk to you all after Christmas.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

By the way... more problems for Gallaudet...

Even more problems for Gallaudet:

Caltech 82, Gallaudet 68

OxyBob

Hmm... I honestly thought Gallaudet would win that one. Nothing against Caltech... but congrats to the Beavers!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Goucher (3-7) beat Marymount (6-3) tonight on a last second three-pointer (though it was probably a two, but it doesn't matter) 55-52.

It was an ugly, sloppy game. I don't think either team hit a basket for about five or so minutes in the second half. And both teams played losy. Neither team shot above 40% for the game and there were 37 total turnovers!

Goucher fought to win the game, though in the last thirty seconds I didn't think they were going to get a shot off (and took three time-outs!).

Marymount simply looked lousy. They have some talent on that team, but I don't know if they are not on the same page with one another, they were still recovering from a holiday hangover, or they simply aren't that good.

Again... Marymount has talent individually, but I didn't see it gell together. I will look forward to seeing what happens for the rest of the season.

[bbsquared]

UMW falls to Hampton-Sydney 62-53. The Eagles led at the half by 2, with some excellent shooting and a lot of shots dropping just as the time clock expired. The rims were not as kind in the second half and the Eagles ended up on the short side of the scoreboard.

Baker had 21 and Altmann added 13. I think the Eagles play Christopher Newport tomorrow at 7:30. They may have a chance to redeem themselves then.

[CACsportsnut]

YCP now on 3 game win streak, there second of the year, and are now 7-4 overall, with there 4 losses coming to Nazareth, Hood, Gettysburg, and Roanoke, who are a combined 30-8 for the season.

They have beaten a solid King's team on the road, Mary Washington, a William Patterson team who was receiving votes for top 25.

Then last night they beat a good Eastern squad last night in intriguing fassion, 99 to 70 something.

Levi Winters added 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, McGowan had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Brady had 14 points, 4 rebounds and a steal, and Nate Lankford added 11 and 3 assists. When is the deadline for cool nicknames? Can we start calling them the "Fantastic Four" yet? I know, not very original, but it works.

York looks to be a team that is blossoming. Today will be a good test, Elizabethtown, who stands at 10-0 and has been receiving some high points towards top 25 in the country. Should be a good game.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Make it 4 straight for YCP... impressive win over E-Town tonight. I believe I saw correctly that four players scored in double-figures for the Spartans in the 80-74 win.

That being said, I wouldn't put any stock in the win over Eastern... since they went on to lose to Hopkins - which many would consider only a .500 team this season.

[Dan Johnson]

Great win for the Spartans.  And I believe they actually had five guys in double figures.

[bbald eagle]

I think the Eagles play Christopher Newport tomorrow at 7:30. They may have a chance to redeem themselves then.

They had a chance but did not redeem themselves. Sigh. 

[CACsportsnut]

Big win for York, are they now the early favorites for the CAC?

Let's get some chatter going people