WBB: NESCAC

NE Jeffs Fan · January 26, 2018, 09:05:22 PM

Good points, amh63. Could they have been looking ahead tonight. Hope they are ready for tomorrow. They had a tough game while Bowdoin romped, but Bowdoin does have the long trip from Hamilton to Amherst. Will be tuned in tomorrow.

amh63 · January 27, 2018, 11:44:11 AM

NE Jeff's Fan.....possibly, but Colby played a competitive game am must be given credit for it. The second semester is here and the players maybe somewhat distracted a bit. I notice that a usual starter did not have much floor time....she has had a number of low stat games recently. Good news is the return of a often starter to the floor...Sullivan. Been out awhile due to an injury.
The game was tight for quite awhile but Amherst upped its defense in the second half with great play by Nagle. Colby has several tall front court players and a coach that knows the Amherst's HC well. She was a former assistant for him at Amherst and played for him at St. Lawrence.

Maine 1 · January 27, 2018, 01:50:05 PM

We will see shortly, but based on what I have seen of Bowdoin this year, they are a very deep team with a lot of quickness. They may beat Amherst today. Colby is not a strong team, and they played Amherst very tough last night. Will be a good game

NE Jeffs Fan · January 27, 2018, 03:02:20 PM

Anyone else not able to get on the Amherst website to stream video?

deiscanton · January 27, 2018, 03:08:56 PM

Video streaming seems to be still down in Amherst at the moment-- follow game on live stats for time being.

NE Jeffs Fan · January 27, 2018, 03:12:38 PM

That's what we're stuck with. Tweet from NSN is their server is down so all NESCAC games are affected. They say will be fixed soon....Hopefully!!!

amh63 · January 27, 2018, 05:17:48 PM

Yes, all nsn games were at least 10-15 minutes late.
The LJs won by 4... 49-45! It was a battle of two top scoring defenses...Amherst no.1 in the nation and Bowdoin no.3!. Amherst averages about 69 pts per game and Bowdoin about 82 pts/ game. Other stats were close. Low TOS by both and not much different in RBs. Amherst just shot better from outside and down low.
Still tough games ahead for Amherst...to get to host the CAC tourney. Both teams should make the post season tourney.

Maine 1 · January 28, 2018, 06:07:03 AM

Tough loss for Bowdoin-they had the chances and had open looks at the end. Just could not make enough shots. These teams will play at least once more as they are the class of the NESCAC (Tufts is not as strong as these two and Amherst should win that game next week). Most likely Amherst will get the home court for the NESCAC championship, and I think that home court advantage was the difference yesterday.

amh63 · January 28, 2018, 08:10:46 AM

Maine1....your comments are solid ones. Yes, the Polarbears did take more shots and missed more.
Interesting to me is that there were few fouls called on both teams. Rebounds were close and both teams scored inside well. Bowdoin seemed to be led by the play of one player...a fine one....in points, rebounds and assists. Amherst's center had the most assists and it's prime PG had the most rebounds. Two players tied for scoring leader.
Bowdoin did make Amherst "uncomfortable" by their press. The announcer mentioned that this was one of the aims of the Polarbear's HC. Having seen it once, it will be less effective next time, IMO.
Hope you saw the whole game. I did! Late last night, the entire NSN video...even early practices was available online. Guess NSN was making up for there major broadcast failure throughout the conference?

ronk · January 28, 2018, 09:59:13 AM

Quote from: amh63 on January 28, 2018, 08:10:46 AM
Maine1....your comments are solid ones. Yes, the Polarbears did take more shots and missed more.
Interesting to me is that there were few fouls called on both teams. Rebounds were close and both teams scored inside well. Bowdoin seemed to be led by the play of one player...a fine one....in points, rebounds and assists. Amherst's center had the most assists and it's prime PG had the most rebounds. Two players tied for scoring leader.
Bowdoin did make Amherst "uncomfortable" by their press. The announcer mentioned that this was one of the aims of the Polarbear's HC. Having seen it once, it will be less effective next time, IMO.
Hope you saw the whole game. I did! Late last night, the entire NSN video...even early practices was available online. Guess NSN was making up for there major broadcast failure throughout the conference?

I take it that u meant Kate Kerrigan- she really impressed me 4 years ago during AAU play when she made big plays against future D1 players. Would have wanted her to choose Scranton, but, as I remember it, she was an early Bowdoin commit.

amh63 · January 28, 2018, 11:05:10 AM

ronk....you are correct...again

. It is very surprising that she knows where to be to get rebounds and makes shots, open or not. Not a tall player but one that has a "motor".....moves all the time.
Amherst has a similar player in their prime PG from PA. Same size and same court awareness. Did you scout her too? Amherst has presently, three players that play two sports. After the game, it appeared that two of the players had teammates in the other sports came over to provide Congrats....volleyball and lacrosse. Did not see the other PG that plays soccer after the game.

ronk · January 28, 2018, 12:21:39 PM

Quote from: amh63 on January 28, 2018, 11:05:10 AM
ronk....you are correct...again . It is very surprising that she knows where to be to get rebounds and makes shots, open or not. Not a tall player but one that has a "motor".....moves all the time.
Amherst has a similar player in their prime PG from PA. Same size and same court awareness. Did you scout her too? Amherst has presently, three players that play two sports. After the game, it appeared that two of the players had teammates in the other sports came over to provide Congrats....volleyball and lacrosse. Did not see the other PG that plays soccer after the game.

I liked all 4 of the Amherst sophs-the 3 starters and the sub big. Amherst was just too attractive!

NE Jeffs Fan · February 03, 2018, 06:41:24 AM

Another classic between Amherst and Tufts. Congrats to Tufts for not giving up on an away floor when they were down by almost 20. Made it a close game that could have gone either way until the last 30 seconds. Amherst's young team shows again that they can gang in there when the going gets tough. I'm sure these teams will see each other again in the NESCAC Tourney.

Maine 1 · February 03, 2018, 08:09:28 AM

Colby versus Middlebury today could decide fourth place and a home court playoff game. With Colby's win last night over Williams, a win today over Middlebury would give Colby a head to head tiebreaker over both of those teams, with games against Wesleyan and Conn next week. A Middlebury win today gets them to 5-3, and they have a win over Wesleyan. Haven't seen Middlebury yet this year. Colby has played good basketball over the past few weeks, including battling Amherst in a close game last year. They have essentially gone to playing only five players, with four players going 45 minutes in last night's OT win.
The conference is still top heavy, as i don't see anyone beating the Big three of Amherst, Bowdoin and Tufts.
It was nice to see Baptista go 38 minutes last night and not get into foul trouble. Tufts doesn't have as much horse power as they had the last few years-but she can carry the team far.

ronk · February 03, 2018, 09:46:40 AM

The team defense of Amherst continues to impress, allowing only 4 assists, indicating that most Tufts' baskets were 1-on-1 moves. They forced Baptista's 3-pt shots to be backing up/fadeaway attempts(1-7), a very tough shot, even for someone of her ability.