Empire 8

Caz Bombers · January 15, 2008, 07:14:08 PM

IC seems to have snapped out of their funk for one night at least. Bombers blowing out Potsdam at the Bulb tonight 58-43 with 12:05 left.

EDIT: I should be more careful with my choice of verbs. Potsdam hanging around now, 72-63 with 3 minutes to go. Burton has 26 for Ithaca.

Caz Bombers · January 15, 2008, 07:57:53 PM

Ithaca 83, Potsdam 75 the final. Sean Burton 29 points on 50 percent shooting; hey everybody look, it's Jeff Bostic! 24 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Damon Brown leads Potsdam with 19 and 7.

bamm · January 15, 2008, 08:27:04 PM

Ithaca needed to get back on track and the schedule was pretty kind to them. Hard to find a team playing worse than Potsdam at the moment.

sjfcards · January 15, 2008, 08:45:40 PM

well that was a disapointing half for Fisher.

This team reminds me of the team they had back in 01-02 (the last time they did not win the E-8). They have some talent, but it seems raw and undisciplined. Not a lot of hustle, and they just don't look comfortable running the offense...The only thing keeping me going is that in 03-04 Fisher came back and went 21-4. Hopefully Kornaker is can get this team headed in the right direction and soon.

FisherDynasty · January 15, 2008, 09:50:26 PM

That was embarrassing...... Fisher better be flawless at home because i dont think this team is going to be be able to get a lot of wins on the road.

gobombers15 · January 15, 2008, 10:01:05 PM

Wow, Naz wins by 17, 73-56. That was embarrassing for Fisher. I certainly did not see that coming. Kornaker has to right the ship. Fisher has lost 3 of 4 and almost fell to lowly Keuka in the Chase Tourney. I'm not so much surprised that Naz won, but the fact that Naz kept the lead above 20 for most of the 2nd half without Ryan McAdam is pretty startling.

bamm · January 15, 2008, 10:16:34 PM

I'm not too surprised by that result. Naz is playing with a ton of confidence right now after the Chase and Fisher is reeling.

The good news for Fisher is they get four straight at home to figure it out. The bad news -- it starts with Stevens.

Good luck with that.*

* Not really.

with age comes? · January 15, 2008, 11:02:07 PM

Bostic does matter... as far as Potsdam play worst than anybody - see Clarkson results- Elmira takes them to task by 16 and the real game wasn't even that close. That being said I think that the the saxons may be even a step down from that.

P.S. Razor I'm glad you weren't really messing with Pep.. Alot of people would come to his defense. Pep- did Jr have to have the screws put in? Mine broke both of his at different times and now sets off the metal detectors at airports because of the 3 inch screws. Man I don't remember getting hurt so much when I was a kid!!??

bombersquadron · January 15, 2008, 11:13:20 PM

Bostic played great tonight and so did Burton. Bostic had an alley-oop go off the back rim towards the end of the game that would have really broke Potsdam's back. Potsdam hit a few threes at teh end to make the score closer than it was. Potsdam big men did nothing inside and two potsdam players (Dike and Williams) wouldn't shot from 15 feet out with guy guarding them inside the paint. Ithaca had control of the game throughout and played well. The Bombers are on the right track for the weekend versus Naz and RIT. Its a big weekend for the Bombers as the trips to Rochester are always tough and this year both RIT and NAZ are playing pretty good basketball, even more so right now.

e8bballfan · January 15, 2008, 11:45:24 PM

so any positives for fisher? beigel had a big night i see, 1 pt, 2 boards, 1 to, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 fls, in 10 mins of playing time. or did the refs just hand that game to naz??

bombersquadron · January 16, 2008, 08:29:20 AM

Quote from: e8bballfan on January 15, 2008, 11:45:24 PM
so any positives for fisher? beigel had a big night i see, 1 pt, 2 boards, 1 to, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 fls, in 10 mins of playing time. or did the refs just hand that game to naz??

From the parts of the first half i watched on the computer before Naz was blowing them out it just seemed that NAZ was just playing harder and wanted it more. The just got the ball and ran and scored a lot in transition and also in half court sets. I don't think the refs played a role in the game at all.

bamm · January 16, 2008, 09:16:02 AM

Quote from: e8bballfan on January 15, 2008, 11:45:24 PM
so any positives for fisher? beigel had a big night i see, 1 pt, 2 boards, 1 to, 1 blk, 1 stl, 2 fls, in 10 mins of playing time. or did the refs just hand that game to naz??

Refs had nothing to do with that one. Naz is better and they played harder. At one point this game was 60-34.

In fact, looking at the box score, Fisher shot more and made more free throws. Naz was whistled for more fouls.

FisherDynasty · January 16, 2008, 09:37:57 AM

Fisher is a below average team when either smalt or beigel get limited minutes either due to injurys or fouls. Both players need to get 25+ minutes in order for Fisher to beat good teams. Seeing how Smalt is still getting back into things and Beigal averages 1 foul per minute, this is unlikely.

In the Naz game beigal picked up 2 quick ones and was forced to sit, game was lost right there.

They probably wouldnt have one either way at Naz and by the way they played, but it would have been much closer.

gobombers15 · January 16, 2008, 10:55:10 AM

UCgrad must be experiencing great confusion while he stares at that IC/Potsdam box score. Potsdam won the rebounding battle (+2), won the turnover battle (+5), and was a +11 pts from the field and still got beat rather handily (game was 72-56 with under 5 mins to go).

Again, the moral of the story: those stats are worthless and not telling at all if you face a good team who can get to the FT line and score (which is a skill).

scooterman · January 16, 2008, 12:29:07 PM

Coach Kornaker will get the Cards moving in the right direction. Fisher will turn the corner and be productive again---The Cards have too much talent to flounder too long. He will push the right buttons--Count on it!!!!