MBB: Conference of New England

[backboard]

Last night:

Endicott 56 - Colby 65
Where's the offense?  Graham Whitelaw recorded a career high of 30 points but no one else scored in double digits for the Gulls.  Colby won the battle of the boards 39-27

NEC 65 - Rivier 69
Shane Hennessey had 20 points and 9 boards while Rafael Salado had 19 points of his own.  NEC had 20 turnovers as well.

Anna Maria 64 - Clark 80
Chris Pinsonault had 18 for the Amcats but Clark took 14 more shots as Anna Maria committed 18 turnovers.

RWU 59 - Connecticut College 61 OT
A poor shooting night for Roger Williams (33%) led to their loss.

Gordon 88 - Husson 83
I haven't found any stats yet, but Scout reported on this game last night.

Wentworth 81 - Thomas 84
WIT has lost 3 games by a total of 7 points.  They're struggling to win close games, but they're putting up serious fights in each one (with one exception).  Todd Doyle had 20 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists while Matt Abbott recorded 19 points and pulled down 11 boards.  Shane West with 10 points and 13 boards.  A late 3 by Thomas with 5 seconds left won the game.

Curry 63 - MIT 90
Daniel Singh had 19 points and Mark Mastrullo had 16 points.  However, MIT's Jimmy Bartolotta had 43 points to pace the Engineers.

WNEC 56 - Keene State 88
Michael Kennedy had 14 points and Kyle Fredette had 12 points with 14 boards but 18 turnovers for WNEC and 35.8% shooting led to their loss.

UNE 49 - Bowdoin 63
Bowdoin is a good team so this wasn't a shock.  Jefferson had 16 points for the Noreasters.  UNE shot 8-37 from 3-PT range.  Just goes to prove that they're very guard heavy.

Eastern Naz 63 - Lesley 61
The long range shot was good for Eastern Naz yesterday.  Alex Carr had 16 points (4-8 from 3-pt) and Jimmy Gray had 15 points (3-3 from 3-pt).

Salve 81 - Suffolk 48
Windell Hinkson had 22 points to lead Salve

TCCC on the night was 4-7

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Tuesday's best:  Graham Whitelaw, Endicott; 30 points (11-18, 5-5 from 3-pt) in 35 minutes

Tuesday's worst:  Corey Fava, Roger Williams; 2 points (1-5, 0-2 from 3-pt), 5 rebounds in 37 minutes

[akirk]

 I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!  Do not eat to much.

[leelowlang]

Clearly Gordon has jumped ahead out of the gate.  Wide open after that.

[scout]

Only two games on the docket for today.

RWU travels to the Coast Guard Academy - 1 PM EST
Endicott travels to Danbury, CT for the Western Connecticut State Tourney... They face Medgar Evans in the first round - 8 PM EST

Action picks up next week...

[gsmizzle22]

Got to see the Gulls play for the first time this year, and got to see them get a win.  Medgar Evers is not a good team and the game was a little sloppy as a result.  That being said, I saw some good things from EC, specifically the big guys.  Justin Martin and Eric Callo combined for 7 blocks, which was nice to see.  Pretty good defense for the Gulls, although the refs were calling a very tight game.  It will be a lot more telling when they play WestConn today.

[gsmizzle22]

Big win for the Gulls today over Western Connecticut.  Bobby Montrond hit a 3 with .2 on the clock to put them ahead for good.  More good defense too, holding WestConn to 29% from the field.  Montrond did real well in the second half, playing with 4 fouls for the last 12 minutes, playing his trademark tough "D".  Whitelaw had another good game and Ross Stewart played yet another solid game.  I was impressed with the team and I think it puts them in a good frame of mind for Thursday's game against Gordon.  I'm looking forward to getting to see the latest edition of the rivalry.

[scout]

One game tonight:

UNE hosts Colby at 7:30 PM EST.

At this point in the season, the standings don't mean too much because conference play has yet to begin. With that said, it is beneficial to take a look at who is doing well and who is under-performing.

.     Gordon                                   5-0
   Regis                                  3-1
   Endicott                                  4-2
   Colby-Sawyer                          2-2
   Eastern Nazarene                  2-2
   Nichols                                  2-2
   Anna Maria                          2-3
   Roger Williams                  2-3
   Salve Regina                          2-3
   University of New England     1-3
   Western New England          1-3
   Wentworth                          1-4
   New England College          1-5
   Curry                                  0-4

Now, records don't account difficulty of the opponent, but it is safe to officially say that the CCC is going to experience a down year in terms of playing outside the conference. We can close the door on that comment, as many people have already mentioned it. Let's move on. We have a few more non-conference matchups in the coming few weeks and then a winter break followed by the beginning of TCCC scheduling.

It might still be a little too early to discuss intra-conference matchups, but here's to hoping that these early games help to gel some of the teams at the bottom of the conference so we can have some decent games come January and February.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Looks like cause for worry at Curry.  They've played pretty poorly to open the season, including losing to a Lesley team that ENC beat just a couple days later.

[leelowlang]

Very impressive win at WCSU for Endicott.  If Montrond, Stewart, or one of the bigs can provide some consistent scoring to Whitelaw they are going to be very tough in league play.

[Word Life]

Endicott should have won the game by 10+ and may have had Montrod not gotten into foul trouble.  WCSU has some athletic guards, but not a great team overall this year.  I like Endicott's starting five but their bench scares me.  For them to make some noise this year they will need a freshman or two to gel quickly and begin to step up as they get more games under their belt.  I think their meeting with Gordon Thursday night will be much more telling of their potential this season than the win over WCSU.

[leelowlang]

UNE hosting Colby tonight...any chance for the Nor'easters?

[dwebbs]

We could probably get the scoop from a UNE poster, but I suspect they ran out of words that rhyme with "tab" to sign off on their posts.

[scout]

We could probably get the scoop from a UNE poster, but I suspect they ran out of words that rhyme with "tab" to sign off on their posts.

Just when I had somehow forgotten about that.... It comes back to haunt me...

UNE has a new coach who brought a bunch of guys from Texas with him. They're pretty small and will live by the jumper... And thereby, die by the jumper...

Or so I've heard

[cccc-fanatic]

We could probably get the scoop from a UNE poster, but I suspect they ran out of words that rhyme with "tab" to sign off on their posts.

UNE gets big win against Colby 88-77