MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CSC lost to Plymouth State 75-84.  CSC started two freshman big guys, including 15 and 6 from Center John Roberts and 19 and 6 from freshman forward Robbie Burke.  Two other guys in double figures.  Their shooting was decent, but they were outrebounded and had 4-20 A/T.  They also missed a third of their FTs.

NEC beat ME-Augusta 90-63; UNE lost to Southern ME 74-85.  No boxscores for either.

Regis beats Lesley 56-51.  Regis started a 6'5" freshman center and four seniors.  Decent perimeter defense, nothing really impressive.

[high flyer 21]

Husson smashed Gordon 88 - 42

either that's a bad misprint, or this season and they're future has nightmare written all over it

and might I add, they're freshman class stands at a whopping 5'8, 5'9, 6'0, 6'1, 6'2, 6'3, where's big men? not to mention the fact that a week and a half ago two of the heights were shorter when the roster first went up! adding inches to players?? HAHA! I'm really sorry to bring that up, but I had to say something

[Hugenerd]

TCCC favorite Curry also lost to Babson tonight.

[GC Oldtimer]

If this is a sign of things to come for Gordon, then we need a new coach who can actually recruit.  At this point, Gordon will struggle to win 10 games.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

To pick up from Monday - NEC beat Maine-Augusta in a romp.  All but one player was under 20 minutes.  I don't know that we can tell much about NEC from this game.  Three freshmen got decent minutes off the bench, but that doesn't tell us anything in a blowout.  They are experienced - three seniors and two juniors in the starting line-up.

UNE lost to Southern Maine Monday.  Led by Junior Marcus Winn and his 24 points.  They started three juniors a soph and a freshman.  Attrocious shooting and 9-25 A/T ratio.

As for Tuesday:

Nichols falls to Westfield 70-88.  Freshman, Ryan Sheehan led the squad with 17 pts, 3 assists, and 5 boards.  They shot really, really poorly and were dominated on the boards.  Sheehan seems like a freshman to watch, though.

Curry loses to Babson 71-83.  Four juniors and a senior on the starting five.  Connery, Jackson, and Jones (the starting guards) scored 51 of the 71 points.  Jones, a 6'4" guard, had 21 and 12 with 4 blocks.  He's going to be a matchup problem for a lot of teams.

WNEC got crushed by Bridgewater 64-95.  They started five seniors; freshman Ryan Mickiewicz got twelve minutes off the bench.  They held their own on the boards, but shot poorly and had 30 turnovers.

Gordon just got decimated by Husson 42-88.  Husson scored more in the first half (47) than did Gordon the entire game.  No one scored in double figures.  The team shot 3-12 from deep and 5-12 from the FT line, 17-59 overall.  Husson hit everything and dominated the boards.  It looks like this GC team is just not up for playing defense (or, I suppose, offense).  They've got a lot of work to do.  Three freshmen came off the bench for some decent minutes - maybe that's a bright spot for the future?

AMC wins their opener over Newbury 80-74, despite losing the second half.  They hit the boards well as a team.  Sophomore Anthony Click led the team with 22 points on 8-12 shooting.  It looks like neither team played much defense.  Newbury shot over 50% for the game and AMC was at 42%.  They could be feisty, although I think their ceiling isn't much higher than this.

ENC lost to Suffolk 69-76.  They did make a comeback in the second half, but not enough to win.  They started a senior, two juniors, a soph, and a freshman.  DeAngelo Alston played all 40 minutes, scoring 10 with 6 assists and an off shooting night.  Aaron Johnson played 37 minutes, scoring 16.  Ezeigbo had 12 points and 13 boards.  They really only went seven deep - freshman Edward Allen, a 5'8" guard from Texas played 16 minutes off the bench, scored 8 and shot pretty well.  There were a ton of missed shots in this game (101 total rebounds) and FTs made the difference.  ENC shot poorly (5-18) and Suffolk shot a lot (23-30).

[Hugenerd]

Curry plays at MIT next Tuesday.

[WITball]

Another tough loss for the leopards...Up 17 at half and a sub-par SMU team came back to win by 3.  The story of the game?  24 TO's for wentworth and only 11 for SMU.  With a majority of these TO's coming in the second half.  Cant win games when you give the ball to the other team...
Eric Prue and Corey Therriault led the leopards with 13pts each while BIG man in the middle Sam Herrick only had 5 pts to go with his 12 rebounds...in the words of the Germans from beerfest it was "Zee Double Team".  Keenan Burke-Pitts looked good with 4 rebs, 5 ast, and 11 points to go with only 2 TO's.  WIT is gunna need some solid Guard play from him if they are to do well this year. 
From SMU it looks like they had one player, Corey Isaac, go off scoring 27pts and snatching 8 rebs to solidify the W for SMU.
Another awful night from the FT line as WIT only shot %36...Final score 68-65
WIT heads to Chester PA, for the Oki Data tourney where they face a very good Rowan team first then either Adrian or Widener (Also two very good teams)  It will be a tough weekend if WIT doesnt limit those TO's...Hopefully they come out with at least a split!! 
Tony Parker 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WITball, you coming down to the game?  I'm planning to be there at Widener Friday night.

WIT hit the boards well, but the turnovers really killed them - they hit more shots than Southern Maine, but got way fewer chances.  FTs were also a problem; can't miss that many in a tight game (4-11).

Endicott won big over Framingham 88-58.  Apparently that recruiting effort has paid off; they're really relying on freshman early.  Nine guys got big minutes, six freshman, a soph, a junior, and senior Chris Galbraith who carried the scoring load with 17.  They forced 32 turnovers and had 16 steals.  Horrible outside shooting, but they got to the line 34 times.  This is going to be a team to be reckoned with.

UNE got crushed by St. Joe's of Maine 53-85.  They threw a lot of guys out on the floor, but no one had any answers.  St. Joe's scored at will, shooting 60%.

Salve lost to Bryant 49-75, although that's no real surprise.  They shot poorly on top of taking less shots and getting out-rebounded.  Not a lot to tell from this game.  Bryant is usually pretty good.

[WITball]

I want to come to the game bad but its a 6 hour drive for me...Ill be there in spirit!!  They play Rowan on friday though and possibly Widener on Saturday.  Ive been reading this board for the past 5 years so im expecting a good rundown on the friday game from you Hoops!!

[tcccfan2010]

Gordon and Endicott tourney this weekend. Gordon vs. Coast Guard at 6 on Friday.

[tcccfan2010]

If this is a sign of things to come for Gordon, then we need a new coach who can actually recruit.  At this point, Gordon will struggle to win 10 games.

I would give coach Murphy a year to get settled in to the recruiting at this level. Very different from D1. He obviously can coach up the talent from last years team.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ENC came up just short against UMASS-Boston last night, 67-69.  The outside shooters had a poor night for ENC, although Alston did have 7 assists.  Ezigbo went for 20 and 13 and the freshman, Flakes, went for 19 and 10.  They won the rebounding battle and hit free throws, but it wasn't quite enough.

[tcccfan2010]

That's a pretty good game for ENC. Do you think they have what it takes to be competitive in league play?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Headed out to Widener now.  I'll try to catch the second half of the early game and be there for WIT to tip off.  This might be the only d3 game I catch until playoff time, so I hope its decent.

[scout]

Gordon College righted the ship for at least one night as they downed the Coast Guard academy tonight 67-57.

Three Fighting Scots players reach double figures, led by what seems to be the heart and soul of the GC offense in David Dempsey (13 pts) and Greg Walker (19 pts). Freshman Luke Hamilton (6'3" guard out of Mt Airy, NC) added 16 points of his own.

Gordon won the rebounding battle 38-29 and forced Coast Guard into 19 turnovers while allowing them only four total assists on the night.

Coast Guard doesn't appear to be the difficult non-con opposition it was maybe two or three years ago, but at least Gordon showed it was able to show up and get a decent win.