MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Three of the four are on the road but I am forecasting a CCC sweep.

And sweep it is.  Gordon pulled out a one point victory and RWU beat a terrible CGA by 4.

Ryan Sheehan continued his high scoring ways - he's currently 3rd in the nation in scoring average right now - and NC picked up a win.

Endicott also won - with the emergence of Matt Kneece in the middle, they are going to be a tough out.  It will be interesting to see what he can do against Stephens when EC and CC meet.  I've definitely got those two pegged as the early favorites, with WIT and SRU right behind.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Endicott beat Lesley, it looks pretty easily.  The guards did all the scoring.

WIT and GC are playing the last conference game of 2012 right now, still early, tied at 15.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon hit the boards and got to the line to beat WIT by 13.

Wentworth plays at NYU's tournament on Dec 29 and 30 - those are out next games.

Have a good holiday.

[Chantastic]

Gordon hit the boards and got to the line to beat WIT by 13.

Wentworth plays at NYU's tournament on Dec 29 and 30 - those are out next games.

Have a good holiday.

WIT was a nice matchup for Gordon as both teams are equally unathletic in the backcourt.  Both teams walked the ball up without pressure and ran their halfcourt sets.  Gordon is significantly bigger in the frontcourt and took 20+ more foul shots.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WIT goes down to Clark, they play Widener tomorrow.

[7express]

Was at the Widener Wentworth game at NYU today.  Wentworth escaped with the 68-63 win.  Trailed for about 36:30 of the game and got lucky because Widener totally imploded the last 5 minutes.  I heard from the Wentworth coaches that Widener has NYU on the ropes Saturday and let them off, so a decent showing for Wentworth

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It seems like WIT is playing pretty disciplined ball this year - did an in person look show the same thing?  My impressions have been that they're experienced, but not overly talented and the discipline is really helping them elevate their play.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

A couple New Year's Day games tomorrow:

ENC hosts Thomas and RWU faces Purchase in Springfield.

[7express]

It seems like WIT is playing pretty disciplined ball this year - did an in person look show the same thing?  My impressions have been that they're experienced, but not overly talented and the discipline is really helping them elevate their play.

Not sure of the stats put they didn't turn the ball over much, and also didn't foul a lot either.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC beat Thomas handily, 99-81.  Not a ton of defense here, but ENC hit the boards well.  They overcame early foul trouble and Jaylen Owens put on a good show with 15 pts, 11 assists, 4 steals and 3-4 shooting from deep.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

RWU lost to Purchase, 51-58.

I think they play Colby tomorrow.

WNE goes to WestConn
NC hosts Westfield
SRU hosts Coast Guard
EC goes to Salem State
UNE is at Southern Maine

[7express]

WNEU beats Western 93-85 in double OT.  Nice win for WNEU.  Damon Alston had about 30 points, including the jumper that forced the 2nd OT.  WNEU never trailed in the 2nd OT, and lead by as many as 11 in that 2nd OT.

[7express]

Checking the play by play of the game Ryan Mickiewicz forced the second OT for WNEU NOT Damon Alston as I had posted previously.  Alsoton however, did force the first OT with 2 free throws with 8 seconds to go with WNEU down 2.  Btw, he (Alston) finished with exactly 30 points.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That's certainly a good win for WNE, especially with Alston going off like that.  His season average is in single digits, so this could be a boost if he's feeling for comfortable carrying some scoring load.

Nichols beat Westfield State 88-74.  Sheehan went for 39 and Langadas had 20 and 10.  The defense seemed to be a little better here.  Also, Sheehan is now the second leading scorer in the nation.  Jack Taylor will likely come back to earth eventually and Sheehan could challenge for the title.

RWU got smoked by Colby 50-74, no surprise there.

Salve beat Coast Guard handily 72-50.  They continue a solid season.

EC got crushed by Salem State 79-102.  Neither Matt Kneece nor Laughlan Magee played in this game.  I haven't found any info on why they were missing, but it's something to watch.

UNE lost to Southern Maine, 57-73.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC hosts Daniel Webster today and Gordon goes to Wheelock.