MBB: Conference of New England

[CCC Fan]

EC 58-55 over CSC

[Rachel Ray]

RWU 40   UNE 36

not the other way around as listed on the scoreboard

[gordonmann]

Rachel:

Thanks.  I fixed the errant entry for RWU-UNE.

[AJ]

Gordon over ENC 74-50, as expected

-Big win for Endicott over Colby-Sawyer, they have to be the favorites right now headin into this second semester

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WIT over AMC big, 78-52 at Anna Maria.  Bolton had 16, Doyle 15, Gaine had 12; PB & J had a bad night, poor shooting, still managed 8.  Anthony McDonald had 16 for AMC.  I guess the disparity from North to South just keeps going up.

Gordon took care of ENC as expected 74-50.  Marstaller had 19, Voglesang and Schanckenberg had 10 a piece.  Colby DaSilva (I haven't even heard that name yet) led ENC with 14.  corey had 10.  ENC shot very well from three and seemed to play very well offensively, but they couldn't stop GC and ENC also committed 24 turnovers, which sealed their fate.

EC over CSC 58-55, effectively ending CSC hopes for a tourney berth, short of winning the conference tourney.  I guess Foti should have taken a better job last year, when he had the chance.  St Clair had 18, Kenny had 13 and Truncellito had 11.  George had 21 and Marinkovic had 17 for EC.  Turnovers were even, rebounds were close, it came down to EC's superior three-point shooting and CSC allowing 42% from the floor.  It just seems odd that CSC is struggling so much of FG% defense, having only lost one player.  Apparently Condon made a bigger impact than any of us gave him credit for.

Salve big over Nichols 74-57.  Nichols was never really in this game at home.  Butler was shut down, Leis had 17 and Vallee 13.  For Salve, Grendal went for 20 and 9, Coute for 19 and Goodridge had 12 and 6 with 9 assists.  Salve seems to be rolling down South.  Look for them to be the #2 seed going into the playoffs unless somebody wakes up and goes on a run.

RWU over UNE 40-36 in one of the lowest scoring games I've ever seen in d3.  The score was 19-14 UNE at the half.  Neither team shot better than 33% from the floor and there were turnovers everywhere.  Stinckney led UNE with 12 and 13, Barrett had ten off the bench for RWU and Barranger had 11 rebounds.  Wierd game, but a win for RWU nonetheless; I'm sure they'll take it.

NEC loses to St Joe's of Long Island 52-75.  Jaziri had 15, new player LaPan had 12.  They got outrebounded by 20, which led to less possessions and thus, less points.  That's about it.

Curry lost to Alverina in Scranton 80-48.  Alvernia got out to a big lead and coasted home, so this was a blowout.  The Christmas break and Lamb's return have killed this CC team.  They are cretainly not the same team that beat Trinity early in the year, even though they have more talent now.  I'm not sure what Wynn is going to do here.  Lamb had 19 and Bartelle had 15.  They shot less than 30%, allowed better than 50% and got outrebounded by 25.  Not looking good for Curry.

It didn't get any better the next day when they lost to Scranton 51-47.  It was closer, but Scranton was coming off a loss to winless Chestnut Hill, so not a good showing for Curry; they probably should have stayed in New England for the weekend.  Mohrin had 12, Lamb 11 and Prescod 10.  They shot better, played better d, still got outrebounded and had foul trouble.  I'm not sure what to expect from this team, game to game.

Finally, UNE lost to Middlebury 50-61.  Stickney had 12, McManus had 13.  They shot poorly from three (where they live and die) and got to the line ten times less than Middlebury, which is the difference in score.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I had an interesting thought looking at the D3 legislation being voted on today.  The CCC has asked for an exemption for conferences reforming to get an AQ.  Which basically means, if there are seven existing teams in AQ conferences, who form a new conference, they don't have to sit through a waiting period to get an AQ to the tourney.  At first, I took this to mean that the top of the CCC was expecting to bolt to a new conference.  We had some discussion about who would be in and who would be out.  Now I'm starting to think it might not be a plan to create a super conference like the MAC has.  For basketball, the MAC plays as two conferences of eight teams each, garnering two AQ's.  However, for football and other sports they play as one conference, but have enough participating schools to still get AQ's.

With WNEC coming to the CCC, it will only take one more school to create two, seven team conferences and try for another AQ.  Not having to go through the waiting period would make this painless for everyone.  It sounds like a great plan.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I didn't even realize it, but WIT went to Virginia last night and lost to Marymount 58-73.  Prezzie-Blue got back on track with 19, Hall had 13; Doyle, 11.  They allowed better than 50% shooting from the floor and only hit about 30% themselves.  WIT wasn't hitting from three either.  They lost both the turnover and rebounding battles.


Tonight's Match-ups:

SRU @ CC
AMC @ ENC (ENC's best chance at a win this year)
CSC @ Middlebury
NEC @ Newbury
RWU @ NC

[CCC Fan]

Middlebury over CSC 79-74.  Thorpe and St. Clair each had 16.

[d3bballinboston]

NEC held on and beat Newbury by 4 last night 65-61. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Did you all see that score?  ENC 81  AMC 43?   Can that be real?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's true ENC 81, AMC 43.  This was rediculous.  AMC only scored 18 points in the second half.  Jasmin led ENC with 17 and 8, Jean-Noel added 14, Christian Corey had 12 and Marcellus went for 12 and 11.  AMC shot less than 30% from the field, was 1-15 from the arc and only hit 60% of their free throws.  The rebound margin was 55-29, which seems to have caused the big scoring disparity.  ENC did shoot 47% from the free throw line, so that's the one downside for them.  This was ENC's biggest chance to win a game this year, but I never expected it to be by 38 pts.  Madsen Loussaint, AMC's star freshman, leading scorer and best player has not appeared in the box score after Christmas, which could also be contributing to the fall of the AMCATS.  It's doubtful Anna Maria would have won any games this year without Loussaint's contirbutions before the break.  Sadlowski led the team with 12 points.

Curry rallied to barely beat Salve 62-59, keeping hopes alive for a first place finish in the South.  Lamb had 21, Mohrin had 12 and LAmarre had 10 rebounds for the victors.  Bartelle barely played at all; I wonder if this was disciplinary or injury?  Coute led Salve with 18 and Grendal put up 17 and 13.  Woodworth alos had 12 pts for SRU.  Curry only committed 7 turnovers to Salve's 14, but rebounding was fairly even.  Curry had 12 extra possessions which seems to have sealed the victory.  Salve did shoot 8-14 from three, with Coute sinking 4-8 and Woodsworth getting all four of the ones he took.  There seems to be a lot of discipline on both teams; these two are clearly the cream of the South teams.

CSC, on the other hand, is not doing so well, losing to Middlebury 74-79.  Middelbury has been playing very well this year, but not so well that they should have won this game.  Someone up there in New London needs to do some investigating and tell us why the season is not working out as planned.  Did Condon really have that much effect on the defense?  St Clair went for 16 and 11.  Thorpe also had 16.  Middlebury shot nearly 50% in the game and CSC sent them to the line 42 times, hitting 28 of them.  CSC got twenty more possessions than did Middlebury, but couldn't make up for all those freebies.

RWU over Nichols 73-70, somehow putting another good game together.  Lewis and Vallee had 21 a piece for Nichols with Butler putting in 13 and 12.  Both Vallee and Mercer had 5 assists.  These guys play well, but never enough defense to win these important games.  Luckily the team is still pretty young; they may have a decent future.  RWU was led by 18 and 8 from Parrish, 16 from Camobreco, 12 from Barrett with 7 assists and 5 steals, and ten from Barranger with 4 blocks.  RWU looks to be re-establishing their inside presence, but we'll know more about how they are progressing when they play more of the North squads.

NEC over Newbury 65-61 as d3ballin said, I couldn't even find the score anywhere, let alone stats.

[john]

  well i guess it is about time i put my two cents worth in about csc..i have watched them struggle this season and this is what i think.......first they do not have a condon or betts player,second they have to many wanna be nba players, and third, they have yet to have a consistant starting line-up where they get to know each other..they have been in most games but there is not one person who knows how to defend against a three.they play back from the player and seem, to me, just watch and not get their arms up or move towards them to make them move or take a bad shot. i could add a few more but i will bite my tounge on them to keep from doing so.........they need to get their act togeather and they need to do it right now!!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks for the input John; you've probably seen more of their games than anyone.  It just baffles me that, especially on the perimeter, they have the same team as last year, but they just can't stop the threes anymore.  Is it that they don't trust the interior defense and feel they have to play off to help out?  I'm not sure, but after the recent five game losing streak, one thing is for certain; they will have to win the conference tournament to sniff the NCAAs.  CSC is a far cry from the team we expected to see and a far cry from the team they should be.  I really do think Foti is kicking himself for not getting out of there to a better gig after last season, but maybe even he couldn't see this slide coming.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Line-up for Thursday Night:


NEC hosts Johnson State
CSC @ GC
RWU @ AMC
NC @ SRU
ENC @ Worcester State

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's the battle for second place in the North at Gordon on Thursday.  Any predictions?  Both teams seem to have been off their games of late.