MBB: Conference of New England

[Word Life]

Gordon gets the win at Wheelock.  Although Wheelock isn't anything special it is always nice to go into Christmas break with a win.  Gordon seemed to have their legs back shooting 50% from the field and playing solid defensively.  A bright spot was the defensive effort of Ben Gaskill holiding Wheelock's leading scorer and rebounder to season lows in both categories.  If Gaskill can provide a consistent presence down low this Gordon team could be scary...

Trigg did his usual adding 18 points, Walker 17 and Bajema 14 on 4-5 shooting.

[AO]

was pleasantly surprised to find a good number of gordon fans at the game today.  when we played at Gordon a couple years ago there were 2 northwestern fans who happened to already be in the boston area looking at a seminary.   

The scots definitely put up a good fight today, but didn't quite have enough scorers in the end.  Gordon should handle Crown by 45 or so.

[backboard]

Getting back into action tonight:

Regis @ Fitchburg State
Wentworth vs. Fisher
Salve vs. RIC
WNEC vs. Tufts
Nichols @ Mass-Boston
UNE @ Bates
Anna Maria vs. Worcester State

[cccc-fanatic]

UNE 81 - Bates 77
That's 8 wins in a row

[YeahBoss]

UNE has gotten some wins over a few NESCAC schools this season.  Is UNE doing that well or is the NESCAC just down this year?

[backboard]

Perhaps a bit of both, but UNE really has improved this year.

Last night:

Regis 71 - Fitchburg State 73
Derrick Neal had 18 for Regis and Josh Irvin contributed 15 as well.

Wentworth 83 - Fisher 86
Rookie Brendan Monteiro recorded 23 points and Todd Doyle did his part with 20 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists, but it wasn't enough to overcome a balanced effort by Fisher.

Salve 87 - RIC 91 OT
Congrats to Justin Woodworth for recording his 1000th point in this game.  He finished the night with 31 points.

WNEC 50 - Tufts 64
Perennial All-American Jon Pierce led Tufts with 25 points and there wasn't much WNEC could do as they were out-rebounded by 12 and shot only 32%.

Nichols 63 - Mass-Boston 56

UNE 81 - Bates 77
Johnnie Jefferson scored 18 points and Jaykyri Simpson contribute 14 points as UNE defeats another impressive opponent.

Anna Maria 66 - Worcester State 76

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE has gotten some wins over a few NESCAC schools this season.  Is UNE doing that well or is the NESCAC just down this year?

The NESCAC is down, but I think it may have more to do with UNE being better than the doormat they've been for a few years and teams looking past them.  UNE is much improved, so even the good opponents have to actually show up now.

[Word Life]

Trigg/Doyle showdown Saturday...especially now that Bajema won't be in the line-up for Gordon with a bad knee.

[backboard]

A couple of real interesting games yesterday in the CCC.

Gordon loses in OT at Wentworth.  The Trigg-Doyle matchup was very entertaining as they each score 24 and 23 points respectively.  Where are the Gordon supporters?  Can't be quiet now just because your team has lost two of the last three and sits in last place

[cccc-fanatic]

Here's a good article about why UNE is doing so well these last two years
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=231856&ac=PHspt
Enjoy

[Word Life]

Good call out backboard, very true...

Very disappointing loss for Gordon.  They blew an 8 point lead with 2:10 left in regulation.  The final two minutes included 3 turnovers and two missed front ends of one-and-one's.  And then to cap it all off Wentworth was able to throw the ball the length of the court with 2.4 seconds left to get a lay-up and send the game to overtime.  To win games down the stretch you have to get stops, take care of the ball, and make your free throws.  Gordon failed to do all 3 of those things and it cost them.

Now, does Gordon win with Bajema in the line-up?  Absolutely.  Should they have lost this game however?  Absolutely not.  But props to WIT for playing until the bitter end.  As for the Trigg-Doyle matchup, it didn't disappoint.  I liked Trigg's 12 assists to Doyle's 2.  But Doyle went home with the W and that is infinitely more important.

This still isn't any time for Gordon to panic.  They still have a squad as good as any in the CCC and I am confident they will turn things around.  Did I see correctly that Roger Williams lost to Nichols by 10???

[number1chargerfan]

Couldn't expect anything better out of the match-up of the two top candidates for POY..Doyle and WIT come out on top which leaves something to be noted down the line.


CSC and UNE begin with wins as was expected in the pre-season polls...it will be quite a clash on Valentine's Day

and where ARE all the Gordon fans..even with the recent losses they will still probably finish top 3 in the conference with no one else really showing signs of life

[Ralph Turner]

Here's a good article about why UNE is doing so well these last two years
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=231856&ac=PHspt
Enjoy

What Texas has is plenty of small athletic guards and forwards.

What we don't have are "big men", posts, power forwards!

If UNE is playing up-tempo, high-pressure, full court or 3/4 court press and none of this walk the ball up the floor style of play, then UNE is getting the kind of player of which Texas high schools have an abundance!

[akirk]

The reason why there are no Gordon fans posting is due to the fact that they are still on break.  Soon enough we will see them all posting 24/7

[leelowlang]

Will the surprises continue (Gordon) on a busy Tuesday in the TCCC?

What is the marqee matchup?  Not really one but the most interesting match up for me is Nichols at Endicott.