Empire 8

[Bombers798891]

Strange game by the Wick tonight. 11-0, at 0-10 Elmira and they only win by 11? That doesn't bode well for later in the conference season. One thing that struck me: In 56 minutes, the Wick bench scored zero points. That's not good.

Random question: Is Mark Blazek 35? How long has he been at Hartwick, a decade? Seriously, he feels like one of "those guys"

[magicman]

St John Fisher leads Utica College 33-26 at the half.

[magicman]

St John Fisher defeats Utica college 72-60. Jordan Gettings with 22 points, David Lynch with 14, Grant Wrap with 11, and Justin Plata with 10. No Jason Norsen for the Cardinals .

Utica was led by Aaron Nevins with 15, Jeff Ward with 14, Matt Baldwin with 11 and Reggie German with 10.

[AUPepBand]

Saxons come from behind in second half to hand Hartwick its first loss of the season, 72-66.
AU now 8-3 on the season, 1-1 in Empire 8 play, while Hawks drop to 12-1, 1-1 in Empire 8.

http://saxons.alfred.edu/stats/1593.htm

[magicman]

Alfred, with perhaps the upset of the season in the E8 topples 12-0 Hartwick from the undefeated ranks, as the Saxons ground the Hawks 72-66. Alfred gets a huge game from Josh Parker with 32 points.

Somewhere Pep  is smiling.


It looks like I spoke too late. Congratulations Pep.

[Bombers798891]

Meanwhile, Ithaca improves to 2-0 in conference. Bombers a sleeper?

[d3fan33]

Bombers - Blazek is 14 and Ryder is 35, Blazek was actually injured for a large part of last season so he did not play as integral a role. I can remember feeling the same way about some of the Fisher teams back in the early 2000's with some of their players seemed like they had been there six years of course not the case.

The Empire 8 will be close no matter what, very few years irregardless of non conference success I can't remember too many years where teams ran away with the league. As a wick fan I will be pleased with a road split most weekends as long as you can take care of business at home. Playing back to back will always create interesting games on Saturdays.

[FROMAFAR]

Hey Bomber I'm still here, and your right Rossi's 17 were inflated.  Just kidding, I am not really following the E-8 that closely since I don't have an AX anymore. Looks Liek Hartwick is tough BUT gets a loss when the league started. IC will be in the mix no matter what their out of league record was. Stevens could be real tough as Smith is at his peak.  They don't look real Deep and that can play into it late in the season. Sheldon Jones does it night after night, Cutri can burn you at any time, and Thompson, plays steady, he's no Greco defensively or has his swagger, but works well with what the coach is looking for. What happened to PEP, I have a bad vibe from some of the posts. Is he OK?

I'll be around now and then----    Love the E-8....BUT WHAT DO I KNOW?

[AUPepBand]

Hey Bomber I'm still here, and your right Rossi's 17 were inflated.  Just kidding, I am not really following the E-8 that closely since I don't have an AX anymore. Looks Liek Hartwick is tough BUT gets a loss when the league started. IC will be in the mix no matter what their out of league record was. Stevens could be real tough as Smith is at his peak.  They don't look real Deep and that can play into it late in the season. Sheldon Jones does it night after night, Cutri can burn you at any time, and Thompson, plays steady, he's no Greco defensively or has his swagger, but works well with what the coach is looking for. What happened to PEP, I have a bad vibe from some of the posts. Is he OK?

I'll be around now and then----    Love the E-8....BUT WHAT DO I KNOW?

Pep's got nothing but good vibrations except maybe bummed that he caught the Saxons' loss to Stevens Friday night, but missed the game with Josh Parker lighting it up against Hartwick. Parker joined Pep on a Habitat Spring Break Trip a couple years ago. Good kid.

On Saxon Warriors!

[sjfcards]

I haven't been on for a while but I was at the Fisher/IC game last friday night and I had some thoughts on those two teams.

IC is not as bad as their record suggests. They didn't overwhelm me with athletic ability or precision but they were better on defense than years past, and they did enough to win down the stretch. They called a timeout with like 4 minutes left, and IC dominated from that moment on.

Fisher was hampered by the loss of Norsen. They had no inside threat in the second half, and they were just searching for an answer on the offensive end. They never really found it, but in the first half with Norsen they were a much better team.

I think Fisher was the better team with Norsen in the game, but Fisher is not deep enough to lose players and keep winning.

[FROMAFAR]

Hey PEP good hearing from you....... FROMAFAR misses the the board.... I'll keep watching, always had a little rooting interest in Stevens when not play RIT..... I think you guys may make the Tourney this year... Yea it looks like Hartwick, Stevens and Naz-- With Fisher and IC battling for #4, but you guys could sneak in.... I think the 4th team makes it with 7 losses.... BUT what???

[AUSaxons33344]

Hey PEP good hearing from you....... FROMAFAR misses the the board.... I'll keep watching, always had a little rooting interest in Stevens when not play RIT..... I think you guys may make the Tourney this year... Yea it looks like Hartwick, Stevens and Naz-- With Fisher and IC battling for #4, but you guys could sneak in.... I think the 4th team makes it with 7 losses.... BUT what???

Big win for the Saxons at Fisher today!! 76-62... Going to be an interesting rest of the season battling for the 3-4 spots!

[AUPepBand]

Seems the Saxons play better on Saterdays than on Friday nights. Repeated last weekend's results of losing Friday night, winning Sat. afternoon. Interesting how THREE Saxons came off the bench to score in double figures. From the boxscore, it appears that Wellman has built a well-balanced team, with eight players getting comparable playing time.

Saxons shot well from behind the arc. When they do, they win. When they don't, well, they come in second place...

On Saxon Warriors!!

[magicman]

Results in the E8 league tonight:

Ithaca defeats Elmira 75-70

Hartwick downs St John Fisher 76-58

Nazareth defeats Stevens 74-67

Utica beats Alfred 85-66

Ithaca, Nazareth, and Stevens are all tied at the top with 4-1 records. Hartwick is next at 3-2 followed by Alfred and Fisher tied at 2-3, Utica 1-4 and Elmira 0-5

[AUPepBand]

Saxons hold on for an 84-80 win over Ithaca, continuing a trend of losing Friday night games, winning Saturday afternoon games. AU now 3-3 and Ithaca 4-2 in conference play. Sean Curran (26 points with 7 treys), Derek Lewis (23 points) and Josh Parker (17) lead Saxon scoring.

On Saxon Warriors!