MBB: Conference of New England

[warriorcat]

Very competitive game in Newport tonight.  Salve grinds out an 80-74  win in overtime against Endicott.  With SRU up by one, Patrick Dineen hit a huge three pointer with 42 seconds left in OT.  It was only the second three pointer out of eleven attempts for the Seahawks.  Jeff Bielefeld and Dineen led Salve with 22 points and 12 rebounds and 26 and 8 respectively.  This was a big win for Salve as Hanlon was once again out.  Hopefully, they can take some momentum and confidence from tonight up with them to Maine when they play UNE on Saturday.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC goes to Worcester and takes out Nichols.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

RWU takes out EC at Endicott.  Most of the the other games are close in the second half.  Good day.

[warriorcat]

Barrett Hanlon returned for Salve today.  He did not start and played 21 minutes (only 6 min in the first half) but Salve needed everyone of those minutes.  Hanlon led the SeaHawks with 20 points and 12 rebounds.  UNE shot well from beyond the arc.  SRU shot free throws well and did not turn the ball over coming from five points down at the 9:21 mark to outscore UNE 21-10 down the stretch.  Salve is hoping that Hanlon's knee does not flare up after today and that he will be ready for Wednesday's game vs Eastern Nazarene. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC goes to Salve and pulls out a win.

With three games left, Nichols has a two game lead over ENC and Gordon, who have a two game lead over Salve.

ENC and Gordon play the last game against each other, but both have to get by a tough opponent (Nichols and Salve) respectively, before then.

WNEC is up one game for the last playoff spot.

Should be a good finish.

[warriorcat]

Great comeback win for Salve at Gordon this afternoon.  Gordon was up by as many as 19 in the first half despite not playing with Miersma and two other starters today.  Barrett Hanlon played 37 minutes and led all scorers with 32 points on 13-18 shooting.  If his knee holds up Salve will be a contender in the Conference tournament. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Big win for Salve today.  It looks like they're back on form and should be considered the #1 or #2 team in the conference, whether they have that seeding or not.

With two games remaining, UNE is officially out of the running.

Nichols just needs to win their next game, at ENC to clinch the conference; ENC needs two wins and two NC losses.

Salve has the tiebreaker over every team they might end up tied with.

WNEC is a game up, plus the tiebreaker over Curry.  CC's going to have to do a lot of work and get some help to make the playoffs.


Tuesday night should be fun.

[jackson5]

Curry doesn't need much. They are facing UNE so that's a win for them. WNE can't seem to win a game so it's going to come down to whether Curry can beat Salve home on Saturday.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Looks like a bunch of tonight's games got bumped to tomorrow.  As far as I know, Nichols at ENC is still happening Tuesday.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC, down by 11 at the half, came back to tie Nichols 82-82 with a minute to go.  Great game.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nichols got a big three, then hit enough FTs down the stretch.  They clinch #1 for the playoffs.

Roger Williams is up 5 on Gordon at the half.

The other three games are tomorrow night.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon got the job done. 70-59 over RWU.

ENC heads to Gordon to close out the season.  Winner gets the #2 seed.

#3 will depend on Salve's results.  SRU would take the tiebreaker with both ENC and GC if things end up tied.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Salve loses to WNE.  Changes everything.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

With one game remaining:

Nichols is #1 regardless.

The winner of ENC-Gordon is #2, the loser is #3.

Salve and Endicott will be #4 and #5 - only home court up for grabs.  If tied, Salve wins the tiebreaker.

WIT and RWU will be #6 and #7; if they tie at 9-9, WIT wins the tiebreaker, if they tie at 8-10 then it comes down to which team is #4 (if SRU is #4, WIT gets the tiebreaker; if EC is #4, RWU gets the tiebreaker).

WNE is #8 (they have the tiebreaker over Curry).

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC is up 42-28 at the half at Gordon (and that was with Gordon scoring the last few buckets before the whistle).  Also, there appears to be a giant game of knockout happening at halftime.