MBB: Conference of New England

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Wentworth goes to UNE and wins 54-51.  A rare low scoring affair for both teams largely due to 42 combined turnovers.

[punk4life]

Doyle was out again for WIT.  Leopard faithful need to pray his injury isn't too serious, they are really going to need him at Coast Guard this week. One good thing for WIT is that other guys are stepping up in Doyle's absence. Junior Brad Bryant led Wentworth in scoring today with 14. Bryant didn't get much run last season but has looked good so far this year.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Saturday Score:

WNEC gave Amherst their first real game of the season, losing 51-63.

Anna Maria goes down to Clark 77-94.

ENC beats Mitchell for the second time this season, 74-65.

CSC over Lesley 93-70.

As mentioned, WIT over UNE 54-51.

EC stays close to a struggling WPI squad losing 67-77.

RWU sneaks up on Wesleyan, but falls just short 67-71.

Regis loses to the improved Becker squad 74-88.

GC sneaks by Newbury 65-53.

NEC gets spanked by Conn Coll 69-95.

Nichols beats Lyndon State 97-70.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nichols lost to Norwich on Sunday 64-66.

[AJ]

Endicott Sucks....Gordon by 10 tonight


sorry, I just miss the usual banter before a game like EC/GC

the board has been pretty quiet this year

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Endicott has been struggling a bit lately, but they've also played some tough competition.  They hung close with Bates and WPI but were blown out by MIT.  Credit to them for playing those teams after they themselves lost a lot.  Gordon has been averaging 64.6 points a game, which isn't very Gordonesque.  I wouldn't be surprised to see them turn that around tonight and win by at least ten.  Either way it'll be an interesting guard match-up

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I don't think either squad has shown much thus far.  I have to set the over under at 123 tonight.  Smart money's on the under.  I'll go with Gordon, but either team could win this one.  Very tough to call.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tonight's slate:

WIT @ Framingham, tough test for the defending champs; let's hope Doyle is on the court, otherwise WIT is toast.
ENC @ Mt Ida
EC @ GC
CSC hosts Castleton
AMC hosts Mitchell (is AMC of ENC the worst team in the conference right now?  We find out tonight)
WNEC @ MIT - A win here would be huge; MIT has been on fire early
NC hosts Worcester State
SRU @ RWU - It's the other grudge match

[d3bballfollower]

Gordon slips by Endicott 66-57 in a game that was a 2-3 point spread up til the last minute...Marstaller leads Gordon with 16, but only 6-17 from the floor...Endicott had 5 guys in double figures and outrebounded the Scots 44-30 (18 offensive)...Gordon was lucky to win this game...I wouldn't be surprised to see Endicott get the W in the rematch at EC...

[Bill Gorman]

Wentworth 91, Framingham State 89

Prezzie-Blue ties a school record with 36 points (on 13-23 shooting)...Bynes has 20 and 8 (on 10-11 shooting)...West went for 17 and 9.

Wentworth led pretty much from start to finish, shooting 72 percent from the floor in the first half, and was up 10 with 2:10 left.  Framingham capitalized on a couple of missed FT's and turnovers and missed two shots at the end to tie the game.

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Very impressing by Wentworth (especially if they were without Doyle) and Prezzie-Blue.  Tough match-up against Coast Guard in CT on Thursday.

Gordon over Endicott.  Endicott led at the half, but not enough firepower down the stretch as Gordon's defense clamped down.

WNEC loses to MIT 71-57.  WNEC was only down by 2 at the half, but MIT outscored them by 12 in the second.  Too many turnovers, 19, for WNEC, but otherwise a good showing.

[AJ]

Close game tonight at the Bennet center.  I wouldn't call the win lucky at all for the Scots though, Gordon lead the entire second half.  The seniors for Gordon had a good game, I see Gordon getting a similiar result later on this year.  EC just doesn't have anyone that really scares you offensively.

[dwebbs]

Similarly, I wouldn't say Gordon got lucky. It was a typical EC/GC game... close game the whole way through with a lot of momentum shifts. EC's biggest lead was 7, and until the final 30 seconds, Gordon's was 5.

The reason someone might look at this game and say Gordon was lucky is because they haven't played as well as people thought they would. They shot 32% in the first half, but made up for it with 55% in the second half. Gordon's struggled with shooting percentage, so we'll see if it'll stay the same or go up.

Endicott looked like they were going to win most of the game. They had 12 offensive rebounds in the first half, but didn't put a lot of those bask for points. They were able to force turnovers and turn those into easy baskets. They just couldn't match Gordon's baskets in the final two minutes.

EC seems like a balanced team on offense, and doesn't have a threat like a PB to score 36.

To try and predict what will happen in February is dumb. Both teams can improve a lot, so we'll see what happens.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Congrats to PB&J for his mention onthe d3hoops.com front page as well.  Doyle didn't play, by the way.  If WIT can learn to play this well without him, they are going to be very dangerous when he comes back.

WNEC can't feel too bad MIT is on fire and has a big game against Amherst coming up, so they've got to be fired up.

GC prevailed on the backs of their seniors, which makes sense.  We'll see if the EC guys can gel a little more before they play for real in the Spring.  Remember, last night's game was non-conference because of the new schedule where you play everyone once.

In other action:

ENC beat Mt. Ida 64-58 for their third win of the year already passing last year's season win total.  They'll be getting all-conference selection Luc Jasmin back after the holidays; maybe they'll over achieve (if they haven't done that already).

CSC beat Castleton 84-70.  Szeliga continues to dominate, but John Chaloux is starting to come on.  I wonder how they will play when the match up against a solid front court.  Should be interesting.  CSC is definitely a wild-card this year.

AMC beat Mitchell 91-83, staking their claim to "not quite worst" in the CCC.

RWU over Salve 77-66.  Salve led at the half, but the superior talent of RWU won out in the end.

Nichols goes down to Worcester State76-82.  Oddly their roster, which has been fairly intact for several years now is just not getting the job done.  Perhaps this team is the low-water mark for the conference?

Two games tonight:

Curry hosts Lesley and UNE hosts Wheelock

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UNE defeated Wheelock by 13.  Isaac Stickney drops 24 points.

Curry defeated Lesley by 11.  Tim Jones with 30 points, 6 assists.  Bowers goes for 17 points and 16 boards.