Empire 8

[magicman]

Oswego grabs the lead on a Conor Monaghan triple just seconds into the game and the Lakers were never headed in the 1st half. They opened up a 9 pt lead at 15-6 6 minutes into the period but Ithaca would quickly  tie it at 15 2 minutes later. Lakers would twice more extend their advantage to 8 points but Ithaca would always respond and the teams went into the locker room with the Lakers up 38-36.

Bombers opened the 2nd with a three for their 1st lead of the night and from that point it was back and forth with the teams still tied at 53 wiith 13:44 left to play. Oswego then went on an 8-0 run to grab an advantage they wouldn't relinquish. Down 64-56 the Bombers fought back to within 2 at 64-62 but Chris Gilkes scores on a layup and a threeball to boost the lead to 7. The Bombers made one last push to close to 71-69 with 46 seconds left but the Lakers closed them out at the line.

Four Lakers were in double figures led by Chad Burridge with 23 points (9x17 fg, 2x4 3's 3x3 ft) Chris Gilkes had 15 pts (7x15 fg, 1x5 3's), Sean Michele scored 14 (3x5 fg, 3x5 3's 5x6 ft) and Hayden Ward had 11 pts (4x8 fg, 2x5 3's, 1x2 ft). Michele and Ward both had 4 assists and Michele pulled down a team high 5 rebounds. Lakers were 27x56 fg, 10x25 3's 10x13 ft. They were outrebounded by the Bombers 33-28 but only turned the ball over 8 times to 11 for Ithaca.

Bombers were led by Frank Mitchell who was the games high scorer with 25 (11x16 fg, 1x2 3's, 2x4 ft). Andrei Oztemel had a double-double with 14 pts (4x12 fg, 2x6 3's, 4x4 ft) and 13 rebounds. Jordan Marcus had 11 pts (3x7 fg, 2x5 3's, 3x4 ft). Sean Rossi had 9 pts and 6 assists. Ithaca shot 22x56 fg, 10x25 3's and 10x13 ft.

Lakers take on Wells in a rematch of last years NCAA 1st round tournament game (won by the Lakers 64-58) at 6:00 Pm tomorrow.
Ithaca plays Fredonia State at 2:00 Pm tomorrow.

[sjfcards]

Looks like Fisher will drop it's second game in as many days to Brooklyn. Tough weekend for Fisher. Maybe my optimism was a bit early about this team.

[magicman]

Fredonia State downs Ithaca 75-70. I thought the Bombers would win this one after playing Oswego tough yesterday. It's looking like  Bombers798891 was right in his assessment that they might be a 15-10 team this year.

[sjfcards]

Fisher has Brockport tonight, so their chances of starting 1-3 are higher than I would have liked. My high hopes for Fisher this year took a big hit last week when they lost to two teams that Hartwick beat. Especially the Brooklyn game since Hartwick beat them and they beat Fisher by 13.

Ouch...could be another long season for me.

[Ethelred the Unready]

Fredonia State downs Ithaca 75-70. I thought the Bombers would win this one after playing Oswego tough yesterday. It's looking like  Bombers798891 was right in his assessment that they might be a 15-10 team this year.

I don''t know...getting waxed by a team (Hobart) that gets taken to OT by Cazenovia can't be a good thing. 

[magicman]

Fredonia State downs Ithaca 75-70. I thought the Bombers would win this one after playing Oswego tough yesterday. It's looking like  Bombers798891 was right in his assessment that they might be a 15-10 team this year.

I don''t know...getting waxed by a team (Hobart) that gets taken to OT by Cazenovia can't be a good thing.

So I gather you think the 15 win plateau is to high? I think Hobart had an off night and Cazenovia probably played as good as they possibly could and almost pulled off the upset. Much like SUNY Cobleskill almost beat Oswego State last year losing to the Lakers 63-62 on a last second shot by Burridge. Hobart is picked to win the Liberty League again this year aren't they? I'm pretty sure I would bet on Ithaca if they played Cazenovia.

[sjfcards]

Fisher was able to pull out a win in overtime tonight against Brockport. I know B-port is 0-3, but they are always a tough out, and they play Fisher very well. That is a big win for Fisher as it sets them up to get through the Wendy's tournament and get into the weaker part of the schedule before the conference season starts.

Norsen with 34 tonight, which is a really good sign for Fisher.

[magicman]

Nazareth gets the big upset as they take down #7 University of Rochester 82-64 Tuesday night.. Naz led from the opening whistle and grabbed a double digit 13-3 lead 4 minutes into the contest. Down 34-21, with 4 minutes left in the half, the Yellowjackets used an 8-0 spurt and got as close as five points, 34-29. Naz restored the lead to 11 however as they ended the half with back to back 3's to go into the break up 40-29. The Golden Flyers maintained a comfortable lead throughout most of the 2nd period, and any time Rochester cut the lead to single digits Naz would respond and pull away again. The foul parade started with 4 minutes left in the game as Nazareth would score 11 of their final 13 points from the line.

Golden Flyers had 4 players hit double figures led by Jason Corletta with 24 points. Brad Ford had 15 pts along with 10 boards, while Phil Scaffidi and Tyshun Stephens both dropped in 14. John Dibartolomeo led Rochester with 15 pts. Chris Dende added 14 and Nate Vernon scored 12.
Key stat of the game was 3 point shooting as Nazareth shot a whopping 61.9% (13x21) from beyond the arc. Rochester was only 7 for 21 (33.3%). Both teams shot well from the field as they each fired up 54 shots apiece. Rochester made 25 fg (46.3 %) while Naz made 27 for an even 50%. Naz hit 15x19 free throws (78.9 %) and the Yellowjackets only connected on 7x13 (53.8 %) Rebounds were close as Naz had 31 boards to 30 for Rochester and the Yellowjackets turned the ball over 9 times to only 5 for Nazareth.

If the Golden Flyers performance tonight is any indication of their play this season they could jump to the front of the pack as the team to beat in the E8. I wonder though if Medaille is that good or did the Golden Flyers have a bad day when the Mavericks beat Naz 75-64 last week. Is it possible little Medaille will once again be one of the top schools in the east region? If the NCAA did an early regional ranking based on results since opening day I think they'd have Medaille in the number 1 position right now. They certainly have a leg up, whether they can maintain it or not will be the question. Of course their schedule strength will come into play because of the low ranking of the AMCC among conferences, but we saw them gain national and regional attention 2 years ago despite that. Could be deja vu all over again.      

[sjfcards]

Nazareth gets the big upset as they take down #7 University of Rochester 82-64 Tuesday night.. Naz led from the opening whistle and grabbed a double digit 13-3 lead 4 minutes into the contest. Down 34-21, with 4 minutes left in the half, the Yellowjackets used an 8-0 spurt and got as close as five points, 34-29. Naz restored the lead to 11 however as they ended the half with back to back 3's to go into the break up 40-29. The Golden Flyers maintained a comfortable lead throughout most of the 2nd period, and any time Rochester cut the lead to single digits Naz would respond and pull away again. The foul parade started with 4 minutes left in the game as Nazareth would score 11 of their final 13 points from the line.

Golden Flyers had 4 players hit double figures led by Jason Corletta with 24 points. Brad Ford had 15 pts along with 10 boards, while Phil Scaffidi and Tyshun Stephens both dropped in 14. John Dibartolomeo led Rochester with 15 pts. Chris Dende added 14 and Nate Vernon scored 12.
Key stat of the game was 3 point shooting as Nazareth shot a whopping 61.9% (13x21) from beyond the arc. Ithaca was only 7 for 21 (33.3%). Both teams shot well from the field as they each fired up 54 shots apiece. Ithaca made 25 fg (46.3 %) while Naz made 27 for an even 50%. Naz hit 15x19 free throws (78.9 %) and the Bombers only connected on 7x13 (53.8 %) Rebounds were close as Naz had 31 boards to 30 for Ithaca and The Bombers turned the ball over 9 times to only 5 for Nazareth.

If the Golden Flyers performance tonight is any indication of their play this season they could jump to the front of the pack as the team to beat in the E8. I wonder though if Medaille is that good or did the Golden Flyers have a bad day when the Mavericks beat Naz 75-64 last week. Is it possible little Medaille will once again be one of the top schools in the east region? If the NCAA did an early regional ranking based on results since opening day I think they'd have Medaille in the number 1 position right now. They certainly have a leg up, whether they can maintain it or not will be the question. Of course their schedule strength will come into play because of the low ranking of the AMCC among conferences, but we saw them gain national and regional attention 2 years ago despite that. Could be deja vu all over again.    

Wow...big win for Naz. That is impressive. I thought U of R would be too much for almost all East Region teams. If Naz can do that to U of R, they can beat any team in the E8.

[Bengalsrule]

Golden Flyers had 4 players hit double figures led by Jason Corletta with 24 points. Brad Ford had 15 pts along with 10 boards, while Phil Scaffidi and Tyshun Stephens both dropped in 14. John Dibartolomeo led Rochester with 15 pts. Chris Dende added 14 and Nate Vernon scored 12.
Key stat of the game was 3 point shooting as Nazareth shot a whopping 61.9% (13x21) from beyond the arc. Ithaca was only 7 for 21 (33.3%). Both teams shot well from the field as they each fired up 54 shots apiece. Ithaca made 25 fg (46.3 %) while Naz made 27 for an even 50%. Naz hit 15x19 free throws (78.9 %) and the Bombers only connected on 7x13 (53.8 %) Rebounds were close as Naz had 31 boards to 30 for Ithaca and The Bombers turned the ball over 9 times to only 5 for Nazareth.

If the Golden Flyers performance tonight is any indication of their play this season they could jump to the front of the pack as the team to beat in the E8. I wonder though if Medaille is that good or did the Golden Flyers have a bad day when the Mavericks beat Naz 75-64 last week. Is it possible little Medaille will once again be one of the top schools in the east region? If the NCAA did an early regional ranking based on results since opening day I think they'd have Medaille in the number 1 position right now. They certainly have a leg up, whether they can maintain it or not will be the question. Of course their schedule strength will come into play because of the low ranking of the AMCC among conferences, but we saw them gain national and regional attention 2 years ago despite that. Could be deja vu all over again.    

   Magicman..your must be in FULL D3 mode right now! Oswego over Ithaca and then Fredonia over Ithaca and all that went with those  conversations about the bombers reecord (15 wins) and then right into Naz upset of  U of Rochester!! I can see where you might get those running into each other (see above)!!

Gotta keep my eye on you until at least 1/21/12!

P. s. #1 in the East for me right now would be the Buffalo State BENGALS!!!

[magicman]

Bengalsrule,
Thanks for correcting me. I was up most of the night and had dozed off when I was posting the summary of the Naz/Rochester game. Woke up and finished my post but somehow my foggy mind went from Rochester to Ithaca. Glad you figured it out.
I made the changes in my original post but thanks to you and and sjfcards quoting me I'll look stupid forever. I'll blame it on the birthday I had last week. Hope it's not a sign of things to come, but knowing you've got my back will keep me going. Also kept thinking about the 8 inches of snow that was falling all last night as I was posting and my truck with snowplow still in the repair shop. It was mid afternoon today before I finally got the farmer up the road to plow me out so I could get into my store. Aahh, the North Country.

[Bengalsrule]

Bengalsrule,
I'll blame it on the birthday I had last week. Hope it's not a sign of things to come, but knowing you've got my back will keep me going.

No problem Magicman. I'm sure we all could see where you were going. Sometime ago I promised this nice guy who thinks very highly of you, ( I think his name was Gerry) ,  that I'd keep an eye out for you! . I know he'll be glad that I have your back!!

P.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! ( 25th..26th birthday??)

[magicman]

Bengalsrule,
I'll blame it on the birthday I had last week. Hope it's not a sign of things to come, but knowing you've got my back will keep me going.

P.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! ( 25th..26th birthday??)

I wish. I'd be happy if either of those 2 numbers were just doubled!

[magicman]

Ithaca falls to 0-4 as they lose to Lebanon Valley 91-78. Ithaca had the lead at the break 44-40 and the Bombers were still up 56-55 with 15:34 left in the game. Lebanon Valley then went on a 20-7 run to open up a 12 point advantage 75-63 with 7:09 to go. Ithaca would close to within 5 on 3 separate occasions but the Flying Dutchmen went 6x6 from the line and outscored the Bombers 10-2 down the stretch to secure the win. Frank Mitchell with a double double of 27 points and 10 boards led 4 Bomber players in double figures. Andre Oztemel had 20 points, Marcus Jordan had 16 points and Sean Rossi had 10 points with 12 assists. 

[sjfcards]

Does anyone know when the seedings for the Wendy's tournament are announced?