MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nichols lost that second game to Stevenson in overtime.

Curry got crushed tonight by Middlebury.  Ryan Sharry was back for Midd and went for 23 and 10 in just 27 minutes.

Gordon is playing Vanguard out in California.  They trail by 8 early in the second half, but some foul trouble for the starters.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon lost the second game as well to Northwestern (IA) 61-82.

Curry beat Colby 66-65.  Nice win.

UNE got crushed by Springfield 72-49 (UNE scored only 17 in the second half.)

Salve lost to Coast Guard 85-82.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE lost to Hunter 57-84.  That is not a good result.  This could be the worst team in D3 right now.  They still haven't won a game.

Roger Williams is playing at Union today.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

RWU falls to Union 63-70.  They get Wells tonight.

As for the rest of the CCC, it's a NESCAC night with ENC hosting Conn Coll, Gordon hosting Tufts, and UNE hosting Bates.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Roger Williams took care of Wells 66-59.

As expected, we went 0-3 against the NESCAC this evening, but two of those games were closer than I would have thought.

ENC lost to Connecticut College 56-61.  According to the game recap, ENC lost six players from the roster going into the second half.  For those of us who saw them early on, there probably wasn't a huge loss there.  They added at least one new player - Deangelo Alston is back on the team.  They did only play seven tonight (and only have 11 on the roster).  Ezeigbo went for 14 and 8.

Gordon lost to Tufts 78-85.  Another good showing.  Dempsey had 25.

UNE got smoked by Bates 54-74 and remain winless.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Endicott hosts Salem State tomorrow night.

[uconn05]

Decent showing the other night by RWU w/o Flanagan. Big game tonight for Endicott. They have the talent to win this game, especially if everyone is healthy (read: Callo and Henault).

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So EC took out Salem State 93-89 last night.  Five guys in double figures... it's like magic.

Three road games tonight:

WIT @ Newbury
NC @ Anna Maria
ENC @ Daniel Webster

All are winnable; let's see how it goes.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well, we got two wins out of three last night - and I suppose losing to AMC isn't terrible, even if would have been nice to beat some former conference mates:

WIT over Newbury 64-55.  Wentworth had to overcome a halftime deficit and some poor three point shooting to win.  Mayo scored 22.

ENC over Daniel Webster 70-63.  ENC had five guys in double figures (they're really only playing 7 right now) and Ezeigbo went for 13 and 13.

Nichols dropped one to Anna Maria 71-85.  Sheehan may be coming out of his slump, scoring 33 - and it's not like he snuck up on AMC.  Nichols defense will have to improve.  AMC shot a really high percentage and took significantly less shots.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

No games tonight, but a full slate of conference match-ups tomorrow:

CC @ SRU
NC @ WIT
ENC @ GC
EC @ WNEC
UNE @ RWU

[uconn05]

Hoops, it appears as thought NC needs Kuntz and Sheehan to play really well in order to wn. W/o Kuntz against AMC they had no chance.

[uconn05]

I'm going with the home teams this weekend. WNEC over EC is a shot in the dark based on EC's inconsistency over the past year and a half and Thulen may be have been able to make an impression on his team over the break.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hoops, it appears as thought NC needs Kuntz and Sheehan to play really well in order to wn. W/o Kuntz against AMC they had no chance.

They do need more than Sheehan to win - but I think they're more in need of some defense.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Salve over Curry in OT 87-82.  Jones led Curry with 33 and 12, along with 6 assists; three other players scored in double figures.  Salve was led by 23 from Isaiah Pringle; Birrell had 15 and 12; Bielefeld went for 15 and 11.  Salve won on the boards, but not by too much.  Both teams had lots of turnovers.  Salve made as many FTs as Curry shot.

WIT over NC 58-51.  Sheehan and Kuntz scored 18 and 16 respectively and Nichols picked up the D (WIT shot just 35% from the floor), but 1-10 shooting from deep spelled trouble again for NC.  Prue and Therriault each had 14 for Wentworth.

Gordon wins over ENC 84-74.  The pace went crazy in the second half (48-53), but Gordon's excellent shooting from the floor won out.  ENC continue to have problems on the offensive end.  Gordon shot 50% from the floor, 60% from the arc (which made up for taking 20 less shots).  Ezeigbo led ENC with 15 and 12.  ENC got dominated on the boards (45-32).  Luke Hamilton led five Scots in double figures with 26 points (on 6-8 from deep).  Dempsey went for 18 and 10.

EC trashed WNEC 78-58.  Shaw had 18 for WNEC.  EC broke the streak, winning with just three guys in double figures.  Knowlton led with 18.  EC shot very well, from the floor and the arc.

RWU tops UNE 62-55.  No box score yet, but this one was way too close.  Something fishy must have gone on.

[Chantastic]

EC is looking like the clear favorite after their win over Salem St.

I was at the Gordon-ENC game today.  A couple observations:

Dempsey was the dominant player in this game.  Gordon is completely lost when he is not on the court.

Ezeigbo ran with a noticeable limp.  He scored most of his points in the last 10 minutes when the game got sloppy.  Miersma was able to neutralize him in the halfcourt.  ENC was very disjointed in halfcourt and had a lot more success when they started to run.

Gordon's backcourt has serious issues that I do not see getting resolved any time soon.  This team is still way too sloppy with the ball.