MBB: Conference of New England

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WIT 77 - Mount Ida 61

Prezzie-Blue and Doyle both had 17 and Bolton chipped in with 15 of his own.  WIT was on fire in the first half with the long ball going 6 for 8, finishing the night at 56%.  Guard Doug Williams had 31 for the home team, but only one other player scored in double figures (12).  Next up for WIT is Becker.

[James]

BRISTOL, RI- The Roger Williams University men's basketball team extended its season-opening win streak to three games with its 92-78 win Tuesday over the visiting Wildcats of Johnson & Wales University.
Junior Dan Gumb (Patterson, NY) recorded 20 points to lead all Hawks in scoring while also grabbing a game-high seven rebounds. Sophomore William Barrett (Fairfield, CT) tallied 19 points, including a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line. Senior Brandon Parrish (Lincoln, RI) and freshman Rick Laughton (Durham, NH) both registered 10 points on the night.

The Hawks never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 12-0 lead before the Wildcats scored their first basket, 7:29 into the contest. Holding a 46-32 lead after 20 minutes, the Hawks continued their strong play to start the second half, securing their largest lead of the game, 61-39, with 15:00 on the clock.

[gullfan]

 Endicott lost to Keene State last night. Keene is very good, very aggressive and well coached. My gulls are still finding their way. Playing these tough pre-conference games should get them ready for the CCC.

[Muff10]

 The Anna Maria men's basketball team won their home opener tonight over visiting Newbury College 70-68. The game was not the prettiest, but in the end the grit and determination of the Amcats carried them to an overtime victory over a very strong Newbury squad.

Newbury came into the game with their star player Arch Mitchell (Framingham, MA/Framingham) needing only 25 points to record his 1000th career point; an outstanding milestone made even more impressive by the fact that he is only a junior. However, Anna Maria's defense created just a little bit too much confusion for Mitchell to find a groove and he finished the night with only 11 points for the visitors. He did put a scare into the home crowd when he hit back to back jumpers in overtime to give the visitors a 68-67 point lead. But after freshman Adam Garabedian (Pepperell, MA/N. Middlesex) hit for two to reclaim the lead for the Amcats, Mitchell missed a 3 pointer. Senior Captain Bryan Porcaro then calmly hit both ends of a one and one to seal the game!

The start of the game gave no indication that this one would be close. Newbury rushed out to an 8-0 lead and it looked as though their size and speed might be too much to handle. However, the Amcats were not as stunned as the crowd may have been and by the midway point of the first half they took their first lead. The game became a back and forth affair with no team able to build a sustainable lead even though Anna Maria had pushed their lead to 10 with under 3 minutes to play in the half.  But a 7-0 run by Newbury capped off by a running jumper as time expired in the half from freshman Troy Johnson pulled the visitors back to within three.

Junior Captain Jim Daigneault (Worcester, MA/St Johns) recorded a double/double (14/11) and was a key factor in tonight's win. It looked as though he had won the game for the hosts when he hit a jumper to make the score 62-60 near the end of regulation, but Junior Walky Magloire (Waltham, MA/Waltham) tied the game to send it into overtime. Newbury was led by freshman Heman Honore (Medford, MA/St. Clements) who scored a game high 18 points. Anna Maria had 4 players in double digits including Junior Adam Richards (W.Boylston, MA/W.Boylston) who had a team high 16.

Anna Maria improves to 2-1 while Newbury drops to 0-3

This is very good news from AMC.. while Newbury may not be the best team they did only lose by4 to CSC.  Yes I know that it is early, and that there was a lot of playerturnover at CSC, but Newury still played a team w/ alot of talent tough. The fact that AMC eat them shows that they are drastically improved from last years team.

Even more impressive is that they won with out Nunnally, who broke his finger in the 1st scrimage of theyear.  Dont get me wrong, Im not saying they are going to win the conference, however they will be much better than everyone expects. Any team that takes AMC lightly this season could be sorry.  The have a solid core of vetern players (Porcaro, Nunnally, Daihneault) and Coach Conrad seems to have them playing hard every nite.

Next game- Tues. 28th vs. Daniel Webster

[Newburyport]

Gordon continues to play well enough to win.  The weapons are there and the discipline to take what is given remains in effect.  Point producers are on a game-by-game basis.  Jon Marstaller non-factor in Game 1 - Gordon wins.  Mike Herr 4 points in Game 3 - Gordon wins.  Defense has plenty of work to do - last year gave up under 60 points per game.  This year 70s in each game.  Rebounding is nothing to write home about either.  Teams will have to find a way to play game-long solid defense against Gordon because so far this team will not go away no matter what the score or situation is.  The CCC is theirs to lose - they have the horses.

[James]

Re: Newburyport CCC

Gordon continues to play well enough to win.  The weapons are there and the discipline to take what is given remains in effect.  Point producers are on a game-by-game basis.  Jon Marstaller non-factor in Game 1 - Gordon wins.  Mike Herr 4 points in Game 3 - Gordon wins.  Defense has plenty of work to do - last year gave up under 60 points per game.  This year 70s in each game.  Rebounding is nothing to write home about either.  Teams will have to find a way to play game-long solid defense against Gordon because so far this team will not go away no matter what the score or situation is.  The CCC is theirs to lose - they have the horses.

Newburyport:

I tend to agree that Gordon is the favorite to win the CCC. However, from what I have seen of RWU I am not totally convinced. RWU is returning a much better team than in 05'-06'. Teir long time veteran Chris Cormier was banged up most of the season and this year they have a freshman named Laughton who is a healthy version of Chris. Also, after the 20 point game by Gumb the other night I guess he is back in a big way.

RWu is also giving up too many points ( in the 70's). This might be because of having such commanding leads they just settle for treading baskets after a while. RWU also spreads the scoring around so I guess only time will tell who will win the CCC.

[James]

All Conference players & POY:

At this moment it is Billy Barrett at RWU is my pick. He has scored 20 and 19 points is his last two outings and is ice from the foul line. He attacks the basket, gets to the line, outside % is great and TO's are low. So far he has it all in the PG catagory.

What are your picks?

[CCC Fan]

Anyone have any thoughts on the CSC v. Curry match-up this evening? 

[number1chargerfan]

Curry defeated Colby-Sawyer 89-85 in the first game of the UMass-Boston Tournament.

The Chargers led by 6 at the half and the rest of the game the score remained close, but Curry was solid from the line down the stretch and CSC could only come within 2 eventually losing by 4. Truncelito a senior and Jon Chaloux a freshman both had 22 points with Chaloux having 10 boards. Soph. Ryan Murray also added 10 points and 9 boards off the bench. Curry's Toby Brittian had 32 and 10 in the win.

The Chargers are obviously missing injured 4 man Chris Cox but Freshman Chaloux appears to be stepping up big time and showing his true colors after a shaky start, Murray is proving himself and it looks like when Cox returns Foti will have the depth inside that he already enjoys in the backcourt. We'll see what they can do tommorow in the consolation game..until then this is all I've got.

[CCC Fan]

CSC lost to UMB 102-100 (2 OT)

[CCC Fan]

Curry lost the UMB tourney championship to Framingham State 85-82

[James]

Is anyone playing defense?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

OK, I've been gone for a week and I have no idea what's been going on.  I assume we've got games tonight.  Give me some time and I'll get to a schedule.  It sounds like I missed out on some good action this weekend.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'll just run down the scores from the last week and forget the stats for now.

Tuesday
Bowdoin 81 UNE 75
WIT 77 Mt Ida 61
RWU 92 J&W 78
Keene 79 EC 61
SRU 86 Mitchell 59
GC 79 Philadelphia Bible 76 (OT)
Lesley 84 ENC 79
Rivier 84 NEC 69
AMC 70 Newbury 68 (OT)
Springfield 76 CC 67

Friday
CC 89 CSC 85

Saturday
UMASS-Boston 102 CSC 100 (2OT)
Framingham 85 CC 82

Monday
Bates 91 EC 53
Colby 79 UNE 55

That leaves us with the following standings as of this morning (all games non-conference):

North
Gordon 3-0
NEC 2-1
WIT 1-2
CSC 1-3
Endicott 1-3
UNE 0-4

South
Roger Williams 3-0
AMC 2-1
Salve 2-1
Nichols 1-1
Curry 1-4
ENC 0-3

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tuesday Night's Line-up:

NEC vs Keene State @ NH Tech
RWU @ Coast Guard
AMC vs Daniel Webster
NC vs Westfield State
CSC vs Plymouth State @ NH Tech
SRU vs Wheaton (MA)
ENC vs Mt. Ida
WIT vs Becker @ Suffolk