MBB: Landmark Conference

[NEPAFAN]

He is on the trip as I look at photos...I think he has a wrist wrap.

Tough loss, hopefully it doesn't snowball.

[Augie2020]

Nepafan I hope not!But like Satatoga said you see this same thing year after year with Carl's team!Regroup and get the W tomorrow.

[NEPAFAN]

https://generalssports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/play-by-play


Down 14.

[Augie2020]

The avalanche has begun.49-26 yikez

[ronk]

Jackson with 3 fouls and 3 TOs, only played 9 mins. Little from Braunstein. W&L ended half on a 21-2 run.

[ronk]

Royals with 1st 11 pts of 2nd half; now down 51-40.

[NEPAFAN]

I feel like I've seen this before.

[ronk]

Deficit cut to 8 at 1 point in 2nd half, but W&L prevails 86-72. Mason Thompson with some good active minutes. Hopefully, Will will be back after New Years for Cortland, then Catholic.

[ronk]

https://generalssports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/play-by-play


Down 14.

Thanks for the notice; how did u know about this coverage?

[saratoga]

"I feel like I've seen this before".

We have...every single year.

The Royals mid-season swoons are as predictable as ex-lax.

[NEPAFAN]

Specifically the playing well for spurts getting back into the game just enough to make it interesting.


Ronk: just happened upon the live stats after looking around a bit. The men's team had a stream on instagram as well but you couldn't make out the scoreboard.

[NEPAFAN]

Anyone know if McLoughlin is healthy? Not sure how severe his wrist injury was.

[ronk]

For the newbies: rivalry game today @ Kings -130th renewal - started in '48 - usually 2/yr, even if nonconference - interrupted 2007-12(somebody? didn't want to play the other) - then none 2 seasons ago(covid) and cancelled last year(covid?) - formerly, 1 of the top rivalries in D3 - undeserving of a New Year's eve scheduling date with no students
Back in the day(when I played): capacity crowd at our home court(former CYC, now Lackawanna's home court) around 4000 with support from the women's colleges(Marywood & Misericordia)
Later(1st year of Long Center) hundreds turned away(including me) with the reduced capacity(2800?) Scranton city police swat team gathered for potential violence
Kings students(~30) hike the 18 miles between the campuses(evening winter time temperatures) and get a big hand when they show up at the game

[NEPAFAN]

Ronk:

Was that a bigger rivalry than Wilkes? I assume so.

They need McLoughlin back in the worse way.

JP was out today due to illness.

Spartley-Matthew was fantastic and nice to see Khouze find a rythm.

[ronk]

Ronk:

Was that a bigger rivalry than Wilkes? I assume so.

They need McLoughlin back in the worse way.

JP was out today due to illness.

Spartley-Matthew was fantastic and nice to see Khouze find a rythm.

Much bigger than Wilkes; Wilkes was just another opponent until they got good in the early '90s; then Wilkes surpassed the Kings rivalry with the help of conference titles and NCAA tourney ramifications. The Kings era I referred to was pre-D3 birth in '75.
  Looks like Will's injury is to his weaker shooting arm, so his effectiveness on his return should be less limited.
   Khoza played much more proactively today; he may have started today instead of Hanley because Kings didn't have a physical post player; Cortland with Austin Grunder on Tues may be a different story.
   Nice to see athleticism with Spatola, Parham and Spratley.