MBB: Conference of New England

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Check that...
Where I said Middlebury, it should be Mitchell...
Sorry...

[glory_days]

NEC's gym isn't that bad to play in.  Nice and small so it's good for shooters.  It's better by far than CSC's excuse for a gym.  Please tell me that CSC has finally ponied up for a wood floor and maybe a little better lighting. 

[number1chargerfan]

Word here on campus is that we will have a wooden floor for next season..here is the release from tonight's crucial win over WIT


New London, N.H. – Four of Colby-Sawyer's five starters scored in double figures on Tuesday night, lifting the struggling Chargers past the Leopards of Wentworth 81-69. The win marks the first in conference play for the Chargers, while the Leopards drop to 0-2 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference.

The Charges came out strong in the first half, shooting 41 percent from the floor on 16-of-39 shooting including four three-pointers. The Chargers held Wentworth to 39 percent shooting on their way to building a 40-26 halftime lead.

In the second half, the Leopards got hot, shooting an impressive 64 percent from the floor, but it proved to be too little to late, as the Chargers held off Wentworth for the 81-69 victory.

Nate Truncellito (Manchester, N.H) led the way for the Chargers with 18 points, including three three-pointers, two rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Duncan Szeliga (Newmarket, N.H.) chipped in with 15 points and seven rebounds while sophomore Ryan Murray (Killingsworth, Conn.) poured in 14 points and collected 9 rebounds.

For Wentworth, Sherrad Prezzie-Blue scored 21 points and added three rebounds and three assists in the losing effort.

The Chargers will next be in action on Thursday, December 7, when they host Bowdoin for a 5:30 p.m. match-up.

The Leopards will next take on Coast Guard on Thursday, December 7, at Suffolk. Game time is set for 8 p.m.


I was in attendance for this one and it was nice to see my Chargers win after I watched them lose my first viewing vs. PSU at NHTI..everything finally looked like it was clicking as far as team chemistry goes as PG Josh Carter returned for his first game after injuring his wrist and he looked solid along with the rest of the team. We'll see what happens later on in the season.

[Maq Diesel]

Gordon 89 NEC 76

Mike Herr led all scorers scoring 21 points including the 1000th point of his career, he also pulled down 9 boards on the night.  Congradualtions goes out to Mike on this career milestone.  Other notable scorers for Gordon were Kaufman with 16, Logan and Deluca both chipped in 14 and Marstaller had 10.  Stats look pretty even except for free throws where Gordon 21-26 from the line versus NEC's 14-17.  Jaziri led the way for NEC with 18 and Quinn, Evans, Sylvia and Tonkovich were all in double figures.  Nice win for the Scots to remain unbeaten, now their focus is on beating Salem State at home on Saturday.

[James]

RWU over Curry 65-50. Curry came out on fire the first 10 minutes and the score was 28-18 Curry. RWU regrouped and took the lead 36-34 at the half.

RWU never looked back after halftime. The stats are not up anywhere yet but Barrett had over 20 points again, freshman Loughan and junior Gumb both had double figures in scoring.

McGinn was solid both offensively and defensively. He and Parrish were give the asssignment to guard the Curry D1 player as basically shut him down,

Curry only scored 14 points in the second half so the Hawks defense is really becoming consistant. They have quick guards and some seasoned big men so they seem to have a well balanced team both offensively and defensively.

RWU has two non-conference games before the Gordon game on 1/5/07. RWU won their game vs Salem State so I am sure all RWU fans will be listening attentively to the GC-Salem State game Saturday.

The Hawks  visit UMASS-Dartmouth on Thursday for a non-conference game.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I haven't checked the box scores; I'll do that later, but James' assessment makes a lot of sense.  Bowers, for Curry, always had a ton of talent, but a big reputation as a head case.  RWU has the size and talent to really take him out of the game.  I assume that was the case last night.

[James]

Here is the post from the RWU athletic page

BRISTOL, RI- The Roger Williams men's basketball team traveled to Miller Gymnasium on the campus of Curry College Tuesday and left with a 65-50 win over the conference opponent. Three Hawks posted double-figure scoring in the contest.
Sophomore Billy Barrett (Fairfield, CT) led all scorers with 22 points on 9-for-13 shooting. This marked his third consecutive game with 20+ points. Freshman Rick Laughton (Durham, NH) registered 14 points, including two three-pointers. He was the only Hawk to sink a three, as the team went 2-for-16 from behind the arc. Junior Dan Gumb (Patterson, NY) tallied 12 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

After a tight first half, which ended, 38-36 in favor of the Hawks, RWU's defense picked up holding the Colonels to 28.6% shooting. Curry posted just 14 points in the second half, a season-best for the Hawks' defense in a half.

Curry's Stephen Prescod led the Colonels with 17 points in the game, while teammate Johnathan Bowers scored 12 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE 55 EC 68  Endicott wins this with relative ease, although I would assume they didn't like how close it was through the first half.  UNE seems to playing pretty well in conference after their abismal non-con start.  I'm not sure they'll win or even challenge in many games, but they seem to be doing ok at avoiding the blowout.  Stickney was held at bay quite well, so big props to the EC bigs.  Mike Floyd led UNE with 19, Farynaz had 12 and Belmonte has 11.  Marinkovic went for 17 and 13 and Sullivan had 14 points.  I'd be really interested in hearing an eye witness account of this one as the numbers don't make a lot of sense.  I know UNE had too many turnovers, but what was the deal with Stickney?

GC 89 NEC 76.  GC seems to be sailing.  I'd hate to be Salem right now.  The Scots are playing good team ball and shooting well (50% from three and 55% from the floor).  Herr had 21, Kauffman had 16, Logan and Deluca 14 and Marstaller 10.  The rebounding was down for the first time this season, but I'm not sure they had to do much rebounding in this one.  NEC took thirteen extra shots, but still managed to make one less than Gordon.  Jaziri led the way with 18, Sylvia had 17 and 10, Quinn had 13 and Evans had 10.  One interesting note, NEC didn't get to the FT line once in the entire first half.

WIT 69 CSC 81. CSC didn't shoot well and played poor defense again, however all of their major contributors showed up on the same night and hit the boards hard, leading to a conference win for the Chargers.  Trunciletto had 18, Szelinga 15, Murray had 14 and Fouriner 10.  For WIT, PBJ led the way with 21, Doyle had 11 and Gaine had 10.  Lots of turnovers for WIT and not so many rebounds allowed CSC to take 25 extra shots, which was plenty, even on a poor shooting night.

ENC 70 Mitchell 72.  ENC can just not finish games.  They were down by two at the half and that's how it ended.  They've had so many close loses this year; it's getting to be an epidemic.  They've got to figure out how to pull these out.  Jasmin had 21, Marcellus had 18 and 10 and Seaberg had 10.  This is their fourth loss by five points of less already.

AMC 52 NC 68. Daigneault was the only AMCAT in double figures with 12 and 11.  Nunally is still coming off the bench, but is contributing more and more.  If they can get Porcaro going, they might be able to challenge in a few CCC games this season.  Vallee led NC with 17 and Baskerville had 11, but minutes were spread around liberally on that side of the floor.  Ron Powers only played nine minutes; I wonder if there was an injury issue there.  Maybe O'Malley will fill us in on that tidbit at some point.

RWU 65 CC 50.  A lots been said on this one already.  Prescod always shines when the opponent has good post play.  He led Curry with 17.  Bowers got the start, but only managed 12.  Toby Brittian didn't do much in this one at all.  Barrett had 22 for RWU, Gumb, still coming off the bench had 12 and Laughton had 14.  Barranger, also true to form, sunk when the opponent has a tall guy.  RWU didn't even shoot well and still had no trouble pulling this out, holding Curry to 14 second half points.  Curry is really lacking that floor leader; they need Jones back quick.  They only took 5 FTs the entire game and had a ton of turnovers.  Jones should help considerably in both those areas.

[dwebbs]

Barrett has a higher FG and 3PT%, and a higher FT%, however, Kaufman has made 20 more FTs and gotten to the line 20 more times. Billy has more rebounds, but, here we go... Kaufman has more assists, 23 to 11 (and that's with crummy score keepers), only 4 turnover all year, 5.75 assist/turnover ratio compared to Barrett's 1.2 A/T. Barrett averages 16.6 Pts/game as the Hawks leading score. Kaufman? 14.7 Pts/game as the Scots third leading scorer. He's behind players averaging 16.8 and 16.3. So if you like point guards who can score, Barrett is better right now. But if you want a guy who can take over a game and bring his team back (i.e. last years Nichols game), or sit back and give the ball to the team's scorers, there's Kaufman.

Plus, I still need to see Barett play. He had 31 minutes last year v. Gordon, with not shots, no points, and two rebobunds, but he seems to be better this year.

The only way Barrett makes All Conference over Kaufman is if Kaufman is overlooked like last year. But, a lot still has to be decided, mainly, how they match up head to head January 6th, how their teams finish in the CCC, and pretty much the majority of the season.

[dwebbs]

Sailing might be to generous for Gordon. With 9:10 left in the game was tied 62-62. What you could say it, so far this year they've come up big in the important minutes. The finals give minutes against Mt. Ida when the team was stuggling, the final three minutes against MIT.

The key to beating Salem St. will be their inside game and rebounding. They were leading going into halftime at Salem last year, then blew it in the second half by taking too many jump shots (13 3's) and gave up 16 OREB total. Offensive glass has been a problem with them this year, but they've improved their FG%, so who knows.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Barrett's not a point guard is he?  I always thought he was a 2-3?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I meant sailing in the fact that all of the aspects of their games seem to be working well for all of the major contributors right now.  They might have to tighten up the D for Salem, but they are in the best possible position to do so.

[CCC Talk]

Barrett was the point down the stretch for RWU last year I would assume he is again this year.

Although there is always a lot of positional confusion on this board as many of us with our schedules don't get to see teams very often

[dwebbs]

James said in page 104 that Barett "has it all in the PG category." That's what I was going on.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

They (meaning RWU) do seem to be playing a different line-up this season, so perhaps I am wrong.  I'm sure it will be all worked out by the time conference play heats up.