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Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: February 25, 2019, 8:23 pm
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UMBC
Record: 18-11 (10-4 America East)
Last 10: 8-2
Last Game: Albany 84, UMBC 75 on 2/23/19
Last Game with SBU: UMBC 57, Stony Brook 49 on 1/30/19; SBU 2
for 22 from three; Yeboah 5 for 17 overall
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -2.5
Net Ranking: Stony Brook 157, UMBC 218
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 170, UMBC 215
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 66, UMBC 60
Yeboah Point Watch: 1,247
Division I: Currently 6th. Next up: Mitchell Beauford (2003-08)
1,359
All-time: Currently 12th. Next up: Mitchell Beauford (2003-08)
1,359
Listen/Watch:
TV:
HTML http://bit.ly/MBBGm29Vid
Stony Brook radio:
HTML http://bit.ly/WUSBSports_FM
Notables:
6-6/220 gr F Joe Sherburne 14.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, .494 FG%,
.902 FT%, .415 3-pt FG%
6-2/180 jr G KJ Jackson 12.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.2 apg, 2.2 spg
6-5/235 jr F Arkel Lamar 9.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.4 spg
6-10/200 so F Brandon Horvath 9.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg
A couple orders of business to touch on first.
Off the bat, I haven't heard anything from our camp or from the
conference on the availability of Jeff Otchere. My sense is he
will not play. No inside knowledge; just a hunch. I truly
believe that there was no malicious intent whatsoever, but when
a kid's season ends like that and it wasn't your typical hard
foul, I could see him getting hit for a game. If the AE doesn't,
we've seen Boals give players a game to observe – Garcia,
McKenzie, Almonacy to name a few – and between the flagrant 2,
the injury and the poor play of late, it seems like a good time
to do that.
Second, I thought Healy from UA deserved POTW honors over
Akwasi. The latter undoubtedly had a great week, but Healy and
20-plus points in wins over the second and third ranked teams in
the league. Game results have to matter if the production is
close. As great as he was, I'm not sure how Akwasi got the nod.
OK, on to the game that will factor greatly in the seeding of
next month's conference tournament.
As I posted in the Maine thread, a win means that we're in the
driver's seat for the 2, basically needing a win at Vermont or
Hartford OR an unlikely UMBC loss to UNH. A loss Wednesday means
it would be almost impossible to finish any higher than 3.
Honestly, I'm good with either the 2 or the 3 – whatever allows
us to avoid Albany in round one.
Our last meeting with UMBC was part of a two-game stretch in
which we played our worst basketball in my opinion. A total of
101 points in the losses to UVM and UMBC, a total of 12 assists,
and overall just a defeated look about us. I'm interested to see
what we get out of Cornish because this is where he hit his
swoon – seven points total in the final three games of the first
AE cycle, too many jump shots, a dip in minutes. We're a
different team when he's not getting to the rim, and we need him
when facing the conference's best – in this case, teams 2, 1 and
4 in the standings.
You know, I was going to tout UMBC's defense, which has
contributed more to its success than years past. But look at
what we're doing – top TEN in the COUNTRY in field goal
percentage defense, with teams shooting it under 39 percent from
the field. Some of this has to do with our opponents – UNH
twice, Binghamton twice, etc. But that really speaks to our
athleticism and, more than anything in my mind, our effort and
attitude. The same goes for work on the glass – we're currently
17th in rebounding margin. As for the Retrievers, they're 17th
in scoring defense.
I hope Otchere plays. Like I said, I don't think he intended to
harm Fleming – he thought about the block, then thought better
of it, and was caught in the middle. If he sits though, can we
afford to go small up front for better than half the game? Or
can be actually count on Ochefu for big minutes? Christie for
more than a few? UMBC lost Daniel Akin and Max Curran to injury
during the non-conference schedule, but Sherburne, Horvath,
Gerrity and Schwietz still suggest to me that we'll need big
minutes from our bigs.
I hope the student body and area residents realize how important
this one is. I have my doubts. Would it kill the students to
stand the whole game though? Or ever?
#Post#: 25899--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: February 26, 2019, 6:03 am
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Tough call for Coach Boals re:Otchere. Watching it live, it
looked like a horrendous foul. Watching the ESPN replay from
behind the basket, like you said, he was caught between blocking
and letting up at the last second. In the end, it was a very
non-athletic and unfortunate play by Otchere (and of course, for
Fleming); but no malice intended. Biggest game of year for
seeding - still have a shot at # 1, but more realistic, the # 2
at stake. Do I sit him or do I play him? Given the gravity of
the game, I'm going to predict that Boals sits him for the 1st
half only, as a compromise. Might even benefit the team, giving
Otchere 5 fouls to play with in 20 minutes. Need Ochefu to step
up big time, assuming he gets the nod.
#Post#: 25900--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: February 26, 2019, 8:16 am
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check thanks again for all this analysis. a true fan.
with otch- if he only gets a few min a game anyway, sit him for
the first half. if he got 3 fouls in five minutes, he'll get
there quickly again. start the chef, hope for the best. if it
goes wrong immediately move to small ball with garcia on the
floor (1233 plus akwasi swinging 3/4). sub in moor and mack.
my thoughts (a non-coach).
#Post#: 25902--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: sbufan
Date: February 26, 2019, 9:40 am
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I'm very excited about Yeboah's play the last two games. The
knee brace is off and he looks just like he did in late December
when he went 25, 23, 24, 25, 15 before hyper-extending his knee.
He's been great in conference but he was at another level in
December, and if he's fully back, Stony Brook is going to be
dangerous in the conference tournament. I say this knowing he
went against Albany, and we still lost at home. Things happen.
#Post#: 25925--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: February 27, 2019, 9:22 am
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Stony Brook -5.5. The way we've shot it in conference, I think
I'd take the points if forced to place a wager.
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Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: February 27, 2019, 6:19 pm
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everything's working. gotta keep it going.
garcia nice penetration
#Post#: 25929--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 27, 2019, 6:21 pm
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Not sure if Jeff is benched or just not playing right now as a
lineup thing, but this small lineup we've got in there right now
is doing wonders for us. We really need to go small more often.
Hitting threes is also another huge reason why we're off to such
a great start.
#Post#: 25930--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: February 27, 2019, 6:24 pm
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Garcia playing huge. Big Jeff started game.
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Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: February 27, 2019, 6:26 pm
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if garcia plays like this- we could afford to lose yeboah.
maryland BC cant hit anything tonight.
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Re: Game 29: vs. UMBC 2/27 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: February 27, 2019, 6:50 pm
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Great first half!! Can't complain about a performance like that.
We're making nearly everything, they're missing everything from
3.
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