MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Salve wins 102-99 in 2OT.

[scout]

Any idea of the CSC-WIT game? I think most of us are in the dark on this one...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Any idea of the CSC-WIT game? I think most of us are in the dark on this one...

They haven't updated since the halftime score (43-39 CSC).

[Ralph Turner]

 

This is my first time to see UNE.  Typical...

However, Jaykyri Simpson is out of gas.  

He would be "subbed for" in the ASC.  This is a very familiar style of play in the ASC.

Why is Simpson being allowed to get this "gassed" in the first round game, especially with the double digit lead?

We have "hundreds" of players like this in Texas.  If this creates a "mismatch" in New England, then coaches should look for talent in Texas.  

UNE 65 WNEC 47.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE wins.


Ralph, NE teams would love to bring in kids from Texas.  In my experience, when teams are able to do so on a regular basis (MIT, for example), they've got more well rounded squads.

[scout]

CSC up 9 with a little over a minute left... 78-69

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So it looks like:

Gordon at CSC

Salve at UNE

[scout]

You have to like the home teams in those matchups...
But both road teams have those single players that can just take over a game... (See Prezzie-Blue circa 2007)

[Ralph Turner]

Final UNE 75, WNEC 59.

(Oh all you UNE Texans, it was clear skies, slight breeze and 80 degrees today in Dallas.  Great shirtsleeves weather!    Of course, you don't know how small a degree is until you only have 4 of them!  )

Maybe this opens up some pipelines for these types of players.

They are a dime-a-dozen down here. 

If they are a halfway serious student, then they may get playing time in the CCC that they might not get in the ASC.

I am interested in the UDallas games in the NEAC tourney.  UDallas is more half-court than UNE, but it is still that same small quick athlete who has seen lots of pressing and pressure defenses all his life.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

You are also looking at what is definitely a down year in New England and what appears to be a slight uptick for the Texas schools.

[scout]

It is official...

Wentworth 73      Colby-Sawyer 81     Final

As HoopsFan said...

(4) Salve @ (1) UNE
(3) Gordon @ (2) CSC

[backboard]

I would have preferred an upset or two but now we get to see the top 4 go at it

[Bill Gorman]

CSC (81)
Chaloux, 26 (11-16), 9 rebs
Rosso 14
Lemieux 10

WIT (73)
Doyle, career-high 32 (12-18) to finish career with 1,504 points - also finished season 100-108 from FT line (.926)
West 15, 7 rebs

Wentworth outrebounded CSC 37-25 ... CSC shot 55.8%, WIT 45.1 ... CSC forced 20 turnovers, scoring 30 points off of them ... CSC was up by 17 with 6:28 left in the first half ... lead cut to four at half and was a four-point game with seven minutes left and one-point affair with under six left.

[backboard]

Quick run down:

Trigg had 17 points (7-17, 3-5 from 3-PT) and Gaskill added in 14 with 7 boards.

For RWU, only Corey Fava scored in double digits, 10, but that's simply their style of play.

Justin Woodworth goes for 29 (9-22, 7-17 3-PT) and Windell Hinkson dropped in 25 as well.

For Nichols, Pete Atkins had 23 points and 11 boards while John Costello added 20 and 14.

And Bill just showed us the CSC-WIT stats

[backboard]

Anyone know what happened to Bryan Riley, PG for Nichols?  He's been there all year but he isn't listed in tonight's box score