MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

In Orlando, NCC and #22 Eastern Connecticut heading to OT.

NCC was up 3 with about 5 seconds left when Brandon Williams fouled an EC player shooting a 3 to tie the game.

Dumb, dumb, dumb!  I assumed NCC had adopted the strategy of foul before a shot when up by 3; I was totally shocked when EC got the third FT!  So far, NCC has been bailed out by little used Tyler Sutton, who when NCC was giving away the game by bricking FTs, went 4 for 4 in the final 22 seconds (his only points in the game).

[Titan Q]

Final:

North Central 70
#22 Eastern Connecticut 69 (OT)

[AndOne]

With the game tied at 69 and 2 seconds left in overtime, Brandon Williams sinks 1 of 2 FTs to give NCC the victory!

[Mr. Ypsi]

With the game tied at 69 and 2 seconds left in overtime, Brandon Williams sinks 1 of 2 FTs to give NCC the victory!

And since NCC took a time out between Brandon's FTs, I suspect he was instructed to deliberately miss the second to kill the clock.

[Kovo]

Final:

North Central 70
#22 Eastern Connecticut 69 (OT)

Five in a row for the Cards! 

[AndOne]

NCC/#22 EASTERN CONN ST. BOX:

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=38732

***NOTES

Brandon was indeed instructed to miss the 2nd FT. However, the Eastern CT head coach got tossed so NC had 4 FTs coming, which Vince Kmiec would have shot. Then their assistant coach also got tossed so NC actually had 4 more coming after that. However ECSU said just call it because they were leaving the floor.   

Additionally, on the Brandon Wiliams "foul" that was called with 4 seconds left in regulation allowing ECSU to tie the game on 3 FTs, the ECSU player "fouled" told one of the NCC players during the OT period that "#4 never touched me."

[magicman]

Carthage trailing Buffalo State 31-28 at the break.

The Redmen are struggling against the Bengals' press as they already have 15 turnovers. Bengals have 10 steals led by 3 from Chris Thompson..

Reese Herth comes off the bench and leads the Redmen with 7 points. Malcom Kelly starting in place of Herth has 6 points.

Bengals are led by Chris Thompson with 10 points and 7 rebounds. Justin Mitchell and Rod Epps with 8 each. Bengals only have 6 turnovers.

[Titan Q]

Final from Holland:

IWU 74
Wilmington 65

* Andrew Ziemnik: 17 pts, 12 reb
* Mike Mayberger: 13 pts, 9 reb
* Pat Sodemann: 12 pts
* Jordan Nelson: 9 pts
* Victor Davis: 8 pts, 7 reb, 3 assists

Rebounds: IWU 46 WC 32

Unfortunately IWU lost 6-10 starter center Nick Anderson to injury (ankle) early in this game - he never returned.  If he is going to miss time that would be a significant loss.

In the WJBC postgame, Ron Rose called Wilmington a "physical", "quick", "athletic", and "ball-hawking" team - said they are very different than any team the Titans have faced this year.

Rose also complimented his 6-6 senior reserve forward Mike Mayberger.  Mayberger's last 4 games:
  - vs Wilmington: 13 pts, 9 reb
  - vs Blackburn: 11 pts
  - @ Chicago: 14 pts, 5 reb
  - vs Wash U: 13 pts, 4 reb

[iwu70]

Congrats to the Titans on a solid win.  Now 8-1.  Wilmington is a pretty good team.

If Anderson is out for some games, needs the Christmas break to recoup an ankle sprain, (let's hope it's only a sprain), seems to me Mike Mayberger deserves time as the starter -- at the 3, moving Zman and Davis to the 4 and 5.  IMHO.  Perhaps Seibring and Marietti get a few more minutes.  Just look at the production by Mayberger, the accuracy, the rebounding etc. 

I assume IWU will be playing Hope next, but not sure.

IWU70

NCC liv'in right.  Sounds a wild game, a lucky outcome.

[Titan Q]

NCC liv'in right.  Sounds a wild game, a lucky outcome.

NCC controlled the entire 2nd half -- Eastern Conn was pretty "lucky" to get it to OT.

[Mr. Ypsi]

NCC liv'in right.  Sounds a wild game, a lucky outcome.

NCC controlled the entire 2nd half -- Eastern Conn was pretty "lucky" to get it to OT.

NCC led the last 25 minutes of regulation (until tied w/ 4 seconds left), but the biggest margin was 8; I'd hardly say they 'controlled' the second half.   Now if it were not for ECSU's fantastic FT defense, NCC would have won easily!  (At the end of regulation, ECSU had 1 more FT on 7 fewer attempts.)

[magicman]

Buffalo State defeats Carthage 67-65 in a barnburner.

Bengals playing poorly in the 2nd half, have let a 7 point lead turn into a 9 point deficit as the Redmen go on a 16-0 run and lead 47-38 with 12:58 left in the game.

Carthage extends their lead to a game high of 11 points at 56-45. Still down by 10 at 61-51 with 5 minutes to go, the Bengals close to within a single possession at 63-60 on a jumper by Brad Doyley with 1:54 to go.

Carthage time out with 1:34 left and the Bengals with the ball but the Bengals turn it over on the inbounds with a 5 second count. That could be the costliest play of the game.

Bengals foul on the Carthage possession and the Redmen player misses both free throws. Buffalo State misses a layup. and Carthage gets the rebound but travels and the Bengals Jordan Glover buries a 3 pointer to tie it up at 63 with 1:11 to play.

After a Carthage turnover, a Bengal miss, a Carthage rebound and miss, the Bengals get a layup by Rod Epps to take the lead with 37 seconds to play, 65-63

Redmen's Kevin Sykes is fouled with 22 seconds left and makes both free throws to tie the game once again.

Bengals take their last time out with 13 seconds to go and they get a tip in by Chris Thompson to go down with 4 seconds left. Carthage heaves one from half court with 2 seconds to play that goes out of bounds with 1 second on the clock. The Bengals inbound the ball to end the game .


The Redmen were led by Marlon Senior with 14 points (5x9 fg, 1x1 3's, 3x6 ft) and 8 rebounds. Malcom Kelly, starting in his first game in over a year and a half had 12 points (5x8 fg, 2x5 3's). Kevin Sykes also had 12 points (2x10 fg, 2x10 3's, 6x8ft) with 5 rebounds. Reese Herth playing in a bench role for the first time this season contributed 10 points (3x7 fg, 1x3 3's, 3x6 ft) and Donte Logan had 5 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 6 steals.

The Bengals got a pair of double doubles tonight from Justin Mitchell and Chris Thompson. Mitchell coming off a D3hoops Team of the Week award, SUNYAC POW, and ECAC POW, might be looking at a chance for another threepeat as he captured scoring and rebounding honors in tonights game. He had 24 points (11x19 fg, 0x1 3's, 2x2 ft) and grabbed 12 rebounds 5 of them on the offensive end. He also added 4 steals. Thompson scored 14 points (6x11 fg, 2x2 ft), including the game winner, and had 10 rebounds (4 offensive), 4 blocks and 4 steals. Rod Epps also had double figures for the Bengals with 12 points, 3 assists 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Brad Doyley had a solid game with 7 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and a steal.


Carthage was bothered by the Bengals press throughout the game and ended up with 28 turnovers. 17 of those TO's were steals. The Redmen had 15 TO's in the 1st half and 13 in the 2nd. The Bengals weren't particularly careful with the ball either as they committed 19 turnovers. Many of them came during that dreadful stretch when Carthage ran off 16 unanswered points to turn that 7 point deficit into the 9 point lead. The Redmen were in a position to put the game away with a double digit lead 5 minutes to go but a 14-2 run by Buffalo State in the next 4:23 turned things around.

Carthage outrebounded the Bengals by a slim 41-39 margin. The Redmen shot 41.2% from the field (21x51), 33.3% from downtown (7x21) and 61.5% from the line (16x26).

Buffalo State was 41.1% from the field (30x73), only 13.3% from long range (2x15) and only made it to the line 10 times hitting 5 of their free throw attempts (50%).

Tomorrow Carthage will take on Eastern Connecticut at 2:00 PM  and Buffalo State will match up with North Central in the championship game at 4:00 PM.     

[izzy stradlin]

Wheaton president Dr.Phil Ryken doing the color on tonight's broadcast:

http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/wheaton.portal#

[AndOne]

Buffalo State downs Carthage 67-65. CC's Sykes Jr missed a 3 long point attempt with 1 second left.
Carthage had led by 10 with 5:07 left. Buffalo tied the game with 1:11 to go.
The last Carthage FG came with 10:25 left.
Malcom Kelly started for CC and played 23 minutes. He scored 12 points on 5 of 8 shooting, including 2 for 5 on threes. He had no assists and 3 TOs

[AndOne]

Final from Holland:

IWU 74
Wilmington 65

* Andrew Ziemnik: 17 pts, 12 reb
* Mike Mayberger: 13 pts, 9 reb
* Pat Sodemann: 12 pts
* Jordan Nelson: 9 pts
* Victor Davis: 8 pts, 7 reb, 3 assists

Rebounds: IWU 46 WC 32

Unfortunately IWU lost 6-10 starter center Nick Anderson to injury (ankle) early in this game - he never returned.  If he is going to miss time that would be a significant loss.

In the WJBC postgame, Ron Rose called Wilmington a "physical", "quick", "athletic", and "ball-hawking" team - said they are very different than any team the Titans have faced this year.

Rose also complimented his 6-6 senior reserve forward Mike Mayberger.  Mayberger's last 4 games:
  - vs Wilmington: 13 pts, 9 reb
  - vs Blackburn: 11 pts
  - @ Chicago: 14 pts, 5 reb
  - vs Wash U: 13 pts, 4 reb

As I expect Wesleyan to smash most teams, I am a little surprised at IWU's beating a .500 team by only 9.
Is the final outcome thought to have been influenced very much by Anderson's injury?
Mayberger just missed a double-double by 1 rebound. Talk about bench play!