MBB: Landmark Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

By the way... we have had two stoppages of play due to blood on the floor! Both have happend to Cardinals. One was Chris McGrew trying to pull in an errant pass on the baseline... looked like he fell and hit his head/face on the floor. The other was to Ryan Horka. He stole a Goucher inbounds pass or just a pass on Catholic's baseline. It looked like he may have pumped faked a shot, which got Goucher's Tim Merritt in the air. Horka never left the ground and Merritt landed on top of him; Horka ladded forehead first on the floor. Not intentional and certainly no malice... but unfortuneate (sp?) all the same.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Turns out it was McGrew's chin... not his nose (phew!).

[Matt Letourneau]

Hope his chin is ok?  How's McGrew playing?  I think he has the most potential of any CUA player--if he can move more effectively (like, without fouling) inside, he could be really dominant.

Alas, looks like Goucher radio is not working.  According to D-Mac's last update, CUA is up 12 early in the 2nd.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yeah - goucher radio is probably working... but you may have trouble with their quicktime stream (which means you have never listened to a live hoopsville show, matt!).

McGrew is ok. I think he certainly has potential... but he hasn't been a big part of this game - mainly because he missed so much time in the first half with the chin issue!

[Matt Letourneau]

Well, it loads but then it gets stuck in the "negotiating" stage.

Yeah, he's a guy who needs to get involved early or he's generally not a huge factor.  Looks like they aren't having much trouble putting up points tonight though.

[Matt Letourneau]

Ok...well they WEREN'T having trouble.

Yikes.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

65-61 CUA 5:30 Matt!

[Matt Letourneau]

71-66...hang on fellas...

I didn't know Jonah Goldberg went to Goucher, incidentally.   Doesn't seem like his kind of place!

[cold_case]

Just shut off the Scranton at Morvian game with about 10 minutes left with Scranton leading 66-37. Ouch!!!
SU leads Juniata, 26-21 at the half.

[Matt Letourneau]

Looks like Catholic won, 76-68.

Important win for this team...get up to double digits and gives something to build on for next year.   Finish with two wins, and a good half against Scranton before that.  

This season ended for Catholic a minute ago and I'm already looking forward to next year.  They'll be a lot better.

[Matt Letourneau]

Stat of the year for Catholic:

Despite their 10-15 record, they outscored their opponents 1667-1654.   They were ahead in both halves.  How often does that happen?

The reason--they lost SIX games by 5 points or less, including 2 in OT.  They lost another 4 by 10 or less.  That means they realistically had a chance to win 20 out of their 25 games this year.

There's no doubt in my mind that next year's time, with a little more experience and seasoning, will win their share of those games. 

[Matt Letourneau]

Just heard that Jason Banzhof had 32 points and 18 rebounds tonight.  Wow...that should seal ROY for him.  He's really taken over in the second half of the season. 

[ronk]

Matt,
     Impressive stats to be sure, but Zach Ashworth had a fine game also in leading the Royals with 20 points including 3-3 from the 3-pt and foul lines.

[Matt Letourneau]

Well, lets total them up tomorrow and see where we are at. 

Ashworth certainly had a very good year...but, you have to differentiate between the two somehow, and to me, the guy with consistently better numbers should win. 

[ronk]

    I agree-we'll just have to find out which one that is.