MBB: University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

Emory has 9 players with 7 or more points... but no Adam Gigax! Unless the live stats from Berry are incorrect. Do we know what happened to him?

No Adam Gigax and no Whit Rapp...

Maybe they had an accounting exam...

An fun fact about those 9 players...4 of the 6 players who scored in double figures were freshmen.  66 of the 109 points scored were scored by freshmen!  Freshmen Matt Davet led all scorers with 17.

[WUPHF]

Looking around the league, in addition to the Emory Win over Piedmont...

Chicago lost at home to North Park, 70-67.  Looking forward to hearing more about that. 

Hobart downed Rochester 72-61. 

Case Western Reserve lost to Denison, 74-69.  TJ Duckett scored 13 but only played 21 minutes.

Carnegie Mellon came from behind to beat Bethany who had a chance to take the last shot for the win or overtime, but the Tartans pulled down the rebound and were fouled with 0:04 left.

Washington University defeated Principia College, 71-57 in one of the uglier games we will see this season.  The Bears were definitely thrown off by the Principia zone and maybe the Principia gym which has nothing but miles of empty space behind each basket.  The Bears looked tentative to start and trailed 31-30 at the half.  They needed a +19 rebounding advantage and career day for Jake Knupp (25 points) to avoid the upset.

Definitely one of the uglier games as far as officiating is concerned.

As for Principia, Trevaughn Goodman played just 15 minutes after being relegated to the bench after his second foul.  Goodman was slow to get up after get knocked down on a lay-up attempt.  He was slow to get to the bench, but he would come back in until he picked up his fourth foul.  He did not return late in the game, but I did see him jog down the stairs to the locker room.  Principia turned out a small but very vocal crowd that were standing in applause until the bitter end.

[y_jack_lok]

^^^ Did you go to Principia or watch online? Yes, that is a pretty cavernous gym. I've been there quite a few times. Has to be tough for visiting teams.

[ADL70]

Case Western Reserve lost to Denison, 74-69.  TJ Duckett scored 13 but only played 21 minutes.

TJ fouled out with 4:55 left

[hopefan]

Looking around the league, in addition to the Emory Win over Piedmont...

Chicago lost at home to North Park, 70-67.  Looking forward to hearing more about that. 

Hobart downed Rochester 72-61. 

Case Western Reserve lost to Denison, 74-69.  TJ Duckett scored 13 but only played 21 minutes.

Carnegie Mellon came from behind to beat Bethany who had a chance to take the last shot for the win or overtime, but the Tartans pulled down the rebound and were fouled with 0:04 left.

Washington University defeated Principia College, 71-57 in one of the uglier games we will see this season.  The Bears were definitely thrown off by the Principia zone and maybe the Principia gym which has nothing but miles of empty space behind each basket.  The Bears looked tentative to start and trailed 31-30 at the half.  They needed a +19 rebounding advantage and career day for Jake Knupp (25 points) to avoid the upset.

Definitely one of the uglier games as far as officiating is concerned.

As for Principia, Trevaughn Goodman played just 15 minutes after being relegated to the bench after his second foul.  Goodman was slow to get up after get knocked down on a lay-up attempt.  He was slow to get to the bench, but he would come back in until he picked up his fourth foul.  He did not return late in the game, but I did see him jog down the stairs to the locker room.  Principia turned out a small but very vocal crowd that were standing in applause until the bitter end.

The box score indicated that Goodman fouled out, therefore not sitting with 4 fouls...  as I have said, Prin's starting 5 is outstanding, but they can't afford to get in foul trouble, and obviously would be devastated by an injury to any of their starters... Following the Wash U score on the net from the Webster game, I commented to Yjack as Prin was up in the first half, that Wash U would wear them down in the 2nd half... it seemed inevitable... a bad omen for Wash U may be that they seem to be getting little from the bench... Nolan scored last night, but the rest of the role players contributed a big 0...I'm beginning to think that the big guy (yes, Marcus Meyer), may never live up to the hype...
the other thing that has surprised me so far this season for Wash U is the poor shooting % of Matt Highsmith... the last two years, it seemed he rarely missed the open 15 footer, shooting well over 50%.. this year in 3 games, 28%... the Bears need that go to consistency of the past...

[WUPHF]

I did not see that fifth foul on Tre Goodman, but it took the scoring table three minutes to add the third foul to his stats and that was one of several obvious mistakes such as assigning Parker Davidson foul to Matt Highsmith.

I have been hyping Marcus Meyer for a while. I still like his game. He played quality minutes off the bench against Tufts.

[WUPHF]

As for Matt Highsmith, his role changed this year after the graduation of Clinton Hooks.

He may have attempted more three point shots against Tufts than he did all last season.

Let's give him a few games to adjust.

[WUPHF]

I watched the game against Prin again partly to see how I missed the fifth Goodman foul. He did check in around the eleven minute mark. He was on the floor for approximately 10 seconds of one defensive possession before picking up the foul and exiting the game for good.  The foul looked entirely bogus.

I think I was trying to find a guest Wifi at that time.

[WUPHF]

Case Western Reserve and Washington University are participating in the Mount St. Joseph Tip-Off Classic this weekend.  Ohio Northern is the fourth team and will play the Bears tonight at 5:00.

I know nothing of Ohio Northern, but they look tough on paper.  They lost to Division I Toledo, 72-62, trailing by just one at the half and trailed by two with just 2 minutes left.  Toledo is not a good team, but...

The Polar Bears also defeated Defiance 106-94.  In that game, their junior forward scored 36 and finished with 10 rebounds and 3 blocks.  Their senior point guard scored 30 and finished with 14 assists.  Another senior guard scored 18.  Looks like they graduated three players who scored in double figures from the team that finished 16-10 last season.

[WUPHF]

Emory is locked in a battle with LaGrange and trail at the half 42-35 after the Panthers made a late run.  Definitely an entertaining game so far. 

The Eagles are playing without Whitt Rapp for the second game.  Rapp has a career second or third best assists record for Emory.  Romin Williams started in his place, but Nick Stuck has handled the most minutes of anyone in the point guard role.  The freshmen are playing a lot of minutes.

[WUPHF]

Emory falls to LaGrange, 84-78.

Lake Forest defeats Chicago, 82-77.

NYU and Carnegie Mellon destroyed whoever they played

Washington University is doing everything they can to lose this game against Ohio Northern as they trail 33-24 at the half.  The Bears are shooting an abysmal 19% from the field.  Jake Knupp and Andrew Sanders are a combined 0-10.

The Bears have committed 11 turnovers thanks largely to poor passing.  Regardless of the final score today, they are going to have to work on this.

[WUPHF]

Washington University holds off the upset yet again with a 77-73 win over Ohio Northern

This game was won at the free-throw line with the Bears shooting 28-34 (82%).  Jake Knupp and Andrew Sanders were a combined 6-20 from the field, but scored 17 points from the line.  The team also shot 7-12 from three point range.

The big difference in the second half was the play of sophomore center Hank Hunter who went 4-5 from the field along with two blocks and one steal.

[jaybird44]

I thought Ohio Northern was very impressive with its speed of operation.  Even in its half-court offense, the Polar Bears were very quick and seemed to have Wash-U a step behind for the first half.  Tough to handle.

You're right, Hank was the spark that the Bears needed for their 2nd-half surge.  Any expansion of scoring from the bench besides Jack Nolan is very, very welcome.  And, hopefully Matt Highsmith is starting to regain his high-percentage shooting.  Not sure if he was pressing in his starting role this season, or just a victim of bad shooting luck.  His 3-for-3 shooting beyond the arc is an encouraging sign.

Good to see the Bears battle back for the win.  Could be a nice trump card to play for the selection committee if the Polar Bears go on to have a very good season.

[WUPHF]

Ohio Northern is a good team and definitely quick.  This was noticeable on the boards.  They had two or three guys going after ever rebound (or so it seemed) and out rebounded Washington University 44-37.

David Schmelter and Marcus Meyer are also way below their field goal percentages from last season.  Both need to be more judicious with their shots away from the basket.

It looks like you have had almost two weeks away from the booth between the Lopata Classic and McWilliams Classic.  It seems that there is always one team playing at home at this time of year. 

[jaybird44]

The break was fortuitous...had a sinus infection last week that was a little bugger to get rid of.  Dayquil and Nyquil were my pick and roll combo...