MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I also think that Conn Coll was a non-con and there was no need to use up extra minutes in a game that wouldn't ultimately count for much.  It seems like most of CC's points were coming from the perimeter anyway and Gumb wouldn't have helped a whole lot.  Probably a smart move by the coach.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The NCAA released stats for through the end of 2006.  So for the non-con season the following are CCC players who made the various lists:

PPG - Chris Vallee, NC - 50th at 20pg

FG% - Luc Jasmin, ENC - 22nd at 64%
        - Mike Sullivan, EC - 28th at 63.2%

3Ptpg - Justin Woodworth, SRU - t44th at 3.0pg

3pt% - Justin Woodworth, SRU - t20th at 48%
         - Mike Herr, GC - 42nd at 44.7%

FT% - Billy Barrett, RWU - t7th at 93.1%
       - Ryan Jaziri, NEC - 30th at 88.2%
       - Nemanja Marinkovic, EC - t38th at 87.5%

Rpg - Isaac Stickney, UNE - 7th at 11.4pg
       - Antoine Sylvia, NEC - t9th at 11.0pg

Apg - Chris Goodridge, SRU - t17th at 6.3pg
       - Steve Belmonte, NEC - 24th at 5.8pg

Bpg - Antoine Sylvia, NEC - 3rd at 3.4pg
       - Toby Brittian, CC - 38th at 1.9pg (17 total)
       - Isaac Stickney, UNE - 39th at 1.9pg (15 total)

Spg - Chris Goodridge, SRU - t16 at 3.3pg

Some team highlights:

NEC - 20th in scoring average at 86.3ppg
       - 4th in blocks at 6.3bpg

RWU - 39th in scoring defense at 62.1ppg
        - 50th in scoring margin at +10.7ppg
        - 47th in FG% offense at 48.8%
        - 35th in FG% defense at 39.6%
        - 42nd in FT% at 73.3%
        -38th in fewest fouls at 16.1fpg

SRU - 8th in FG% offense at 51.7%
       - 3rd in 3pt% at 46.2%
       - 32nd in rebound margin at +7.3rpg
       - t18th in blocks at 4.8bpg

GC - 42nd in FG% offense at 49.0%
     -18th in FT% at 75.8%
     -26th in fewest turnovers at 13.1tpg
     -t26th in fewest fouls at 15.9fpg

AMC - 41st in FG% defense at 40.1%
        - 37th in FT% at 73.9%

CC - 21st in blocks at 4.7bpg

UNE - 48th in FG% defense at 40.4%
       - t43rd in blocks at 4.0bpg

[gullfan]

My friends tell me that Marinkovic isn't "out". He didn't play against AMC, but it's not like he's hurt or anything long term. Just the one game - so all should be okay with the Gulls!

[backboard]

Where do you find the stats?

[Pat Coleman]

Go to the front page of D3hoops.com and click on the link for NCAA stats.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tuesday's Line-up:

WIT @ NEC
UNE @ Bates
NC @ RWU
CC @ SRU
CSC @ GC
ENC @ AMC

Wentworth and NEC battle it out for the right to claim #4 in the North, UNE gets thrown to the lions (or Bobcats as the case may be), Nichols looks to prove Bill Simmons Ewing Theory, Curry and Gordon both seek rebounds from poor performances and ENC gets its first win.

[scout]

Gordon hosts Colby Sawyer tonight... Last year, some guy named St. Clair was the bane of the Scots existence. He has since departed, but GC will need to step things up. The team's play of late has seemed dispassionate and apathetic.

In speaking to a number of the players, they understand this and are working hard to reach a potential that is leaps and bounds higher than where they are currently.

News on this evening's game will be forthcoming.

In related news, freshman Aaron Trigg received rookie of the week honors from the CCC. So far, Trigg averages 8.4 points a contest, 2.3 boards a game, and has yet to miss from the free-throw line (5-5).

[dwebbs]

Just a little f.y.i.

Nick Marino is out for the year for Gordon. What I know is he had a blood disease and needs to take the semester off to rest and test medication.

Tim DeLuca isn't playing again tonight. He suffered a conclusion during a practice before the N'Western game. No timetable for his return.

[scout]

I can confirm both of those reports, since I have spoken with both of them.

This takes away another big man who is a solid rebounder and a pretty good defender. I wonder if things would have been different had he been at Roger Williams on Saturday.

The DeLuca loss has also stymied a bit of the offensive swagger Gordon usually has. He moves so well without the ball and adds an untangible dynamic to the court. He might be coming back on Saturday against Salve.

[scout]

Gordon wins by 20...
83-63...

I will post more on the stats tomorrow...
For now, from merely a spectator's perspective, Gordon appeared to show some of the brilliance they've been capable all season...
The apathy was gone and it seemed like they were playing for a reason, rather than expecting to come out on top...

GC still got outrebounded (I think?), but the post defense was actually existent this time around...
Mike Herr, who has been having a down year statistically to this point (although not in his role), found himself hitting some big shots in the second half to extend GC's lead...

Colby-Sawyer kept it relatively close in the first half, but by the second half, they were tired and fouling out...

Again, more on this tomorrow...

[James]

RWU men's basketball team earned an impressive 82-49 home victory Tuesday night over Nichols College The Hawks registered a season-high 11 three-pointers in the game.

[scout]

With GC dropping a tough one to RWU on Saturday, they went into this week needing a drastic turnaround in their play, and intensity. Though mostly unattended, last night's game proved that the team decided it was time to step things up.

The offense was significantly more fluid than in games past and it seemed that the passes were crisper too. On the defensive end, they held all but two Colby-Sawyer players to single digits in points and forced some key turnovers.

Going into the half, GC led 40-29. They held CSC to just 27.8 percent shooting in this half and did not allow a single three in the time span. Gordon shot 44.4 percent from the field and made 12-13 free throws in the first half. A far cry from Saturday's inability to shoot free throws at all.

The second half showed CSC trying to come back, but failing to do so against a lights-out GC squad that hit 68.2 percent of its shots. Overall, CSC shot 36.1 percent from the floor for the game, but it wasn't enough to top GC's 55.1 percent overall and 42.9 percent from outside the arc.

Mike Herr showed up for this game in a big way. In the first few games, his stats were virtually nonexistent and it allowed teams to focus on defending other threats. All last night, CSC did its best to defend Marstaller, Trigg and Kaufman, but these guys kept finding Herr in open situations. He shot 11-16 from the floor, 4-7 from three, for a total of 26 points and 5 rebounds. He led all scorers.

Marstaller had 14, Schnackenberg 13, Jerry Logan 12, and Kaufman 10. Aaron Trigg, last week's CCC Rookie of the Week had no points in 22 minutes of play. It was obvious that CSC followed its scouting report and tried to stop Marstaller and Trigg who had been playing well of late. Herr and Schnackenberg stepped in, and, well, Marstaller did his thing anyway.

Defensively, GC played pretty well. The team held the three starting guards for CSC to 5-20 from the floor and just 11 points. Again, CSC knew the scouting report would say to try to play the post game against Gordon. They did just that and got 34 points from their two starting big men, Ryan Murray and Duncan Szeliga. Still, Marstaller had 3 solid blocks and Herr and Schnack each added one as well. Gordon's post defense, while still not nearly what it needs to be, fouled less, and went for the ball a lot more. It's improving with each game and will soon be where it should.

Watching CSC, it appears that minus Nate Truncellito, it is largely a young squad. I am a Duncan Szeliga fan, after last night. He's only a sophomore, but played his game with poise and class. His post moves are decent for a young starting forward and they will only get better. He's not an Andrew St. Clair by any means, but he'll do well enough to fill that role for the next two and a half years.

For now, Gordon moves to 8-3 (3-1) and CSC to 3-8 (2-2). Gordon will host New England College on Thursday.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WIT 67 NEC 66.  Wentworth held the hot scorers from Henniker at bay and pulled out a huge win for playoff implications.  Kevin Wentworth from Wentworth hit a three at the buzzer for the win.  I can't believe we're not hearing more about the kid named after the school playing well this year.  Neither team could hit anything, resulting in a whopping 96 rebounds.  Ed Bolton got 15 of them to go along with 6 assists for WIT.  Brian Gaine had 22 and 13, PBJ had 17 points and Bynes had 10.  Doyle got 4 assists.  For NEC, Quinn had 17 points, Evans had 16 and "Big Shot" Jaziri only 10 on 3-9 shooting.  Sylvia had 15 boards.  Both teams shot like crap, but the numbers were pretty even.  Wentworth's ten extra FTs probably helped them stay in the game.  Ironically, Ed Bolton fouled out with 11 seconds to play or else Wentworth may not even have been in the game to take the last shot.

UNE gets crushed by #12 Bates 46-90.  Give the Nor'easters credit for not getting doubled up.  Mercifully neither team has posted a box score.  UNE was outrebounded 42-19 and no-name Eric Field led with 16 points; Farynaz had 11.  Bates got a lot of good minutes out of their bench, which was still too good for UNE.

RWU 82 NC 49.  The lack of Lewis finally catches up with Nichols as they play a determined Roger Williams team.  No box score here either, but we probably don't need one to know what happened.  Camobreco had 17, Wooley had 11 and Barranger 10.  Bashaw had 10 rebounds.  Lindgren led Nichols with 12 points.  Not a good night for Nichols and RWU apparently set a bunch of team and season records with their shooting and first half scoring.  The website also brags that some guy from the end of their bench got his first bucket ever.

But Nichols still has a good shot at a playoff spot because ENC can't even beat Anna Maria, going down 55-59 in OT.  This is rediculous, ENC plays with Connecticut College on Saturday and can't even knock out AMC last night.  Who knows what's going on over there.  No box score here either, although I'll be interested to see what it looks like.

Salve pulls one out against Curry 72-69.  No Bowers again for Curry.  He must have gotten fed up with yet another school (I think this makes three for him).  Tim Jones led the way with 26, Prescod had 11 and Mastrullo had 10.  Salve played pretty poorly and still managed to win.  Grendal had 14 and 15 while Goodridge put in 17 points, with 6 assists.  Salve hit 1 of 12 three pointers while Curry shot less than 50% from the FT line.  Neither team wanted to win this one.  Curry obviously has no inside presence anymore and it seems teams can win simply by pounding the ball inside.

Gordon 83, CSC 63.  CSC showed some solid defense reminicient of years gone by in their win over Salve.  That was nowhere to be found last night.  GC shot 55% from the floor and 43% from the arc as they rebounded to play really well for the first time all season.  Until last night's performance I would have said that this GC team had yet to play the kind of ball they played consistently last year.  Maybe they are beginning to get back into the swing of things.  Szeliga had 15 for CSC, Ryan Murray showed up big with 19 and 12.  It seems that while GC still can't defend the post, they more than made up for it with shooting and overall team play.  Herr led the way with 26, Marstaller had 14, Schnakcenberg had 13, Logan had 12 points and 5 assists and Kauffman had 10 with 6 assists.  If Gordon wants to step up, they will have to figure out how to slow down the opposing team's big men, but for now it appears that they can handle the CCC North without too much trouble.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

No games tonight.

[scout]

I know it's a little early, but I was wondering if there has been any calculation of the QOWI numbers for the CCC teams. It'd be interesting to see how RWU's win over Salem State, etc. have affected things.

Just curious, but I thought maybe Hoops Fan might have the resources available to provide us less-privileged with some pertinent info.