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Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 5, 2020, 11:15 pm
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ALBANY (14-17, 7-9 America East)
Last 10: 3-7
Last Game: Vermont 85, Albany 62 on 3/3/20
Last Game with SBU: Stony Brook 52, Albany 49 on 2/29/20; teams
combined 11-43 from three; Foreman team-high 16
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -6.5
NET Ranking: Stony Brook 185, Albany 271
KenPom Rating: Stony Brook 184, Albany 283
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 71, Albany 61
Listen/Watch:
TV: TBA
Radio: TBA
Notables:
6-1/175 sr G Ahmad Clark 16.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg,
.811 FT%
6-3/190 so G Cameron Healy 13.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, .344 3-pt FG%,
.906 FT%
6-3/195 so G Antonio Rizzuto 7.6 ppg, 1.0 spg, .354 3-pt FG%
6-5/195 fr F Trey Hutcheson 6.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg
6-6/200 so F Malachi de Sousa 6.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg
OK, boys, buckle up. Here's hoping we have three good ones in us
over the next week.
The last time these two teams played, they combined for the
fewest points in a SBU game since ... the Peter Hooley game.
51-50 Albany. You may remember it. We hadn't won a game with so
few points since New Year's Day 2013, a 50-44 thriller at
Manhattan.
Let's drop in some trivia real quick: Albany was -0.1 in the
rebounding column this year. When was the last time Albany had a
negative rebounding margin for a season? Answer below.
One wild card in this thing is senior Romani Hansen, who wasn't
much of a factor for the first two-thirds of the season but has
really come on. He's been regularly in the high 20s in minutes
of late, dropping in a season-high 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting
against us. I'll remind you they scored 49 points as a team.
He's got good length, good energy and can knock down the three
ball.
I think player for player we have a noticeable edge on UA. We've
defended them really well in our series this year. But I still
worry about the lights-out game from Healy, Rizzuto or both.
Healy in particular has had a difficult sophomore season. He
seemed to be the next great shooter in the conference, assuming
the spot left by Ernie Duncan, but just hasn't been the same
player, fending off a hip and back injury late in the season.
He's shot more than 7% worse from 3-point land (.416 to .344)
and Brown now has him coming off the bench. Healy hasn't reached
double digits in the last seven contests, and it's no
coincidence that UA is 1-6 in those games.
He showed he could really really shoot it last year, and has had
his moments, namely the 41-point night against Lowell in January
where he hit eight threes. We've defended him well, but I'm
always worried about an unconscious shooting night. Sessoms,
Stewart and Show lit us up in last year's quarters. I'm hoping
we can keep UA's shooters at bay. They haven't been good – just
.324 as a team, their fourth worst proficiency from deep since
2002 – but you never know.
Make Clark beat you and I'll take our chances. Just too many bad
shots and too many turnovers for my liking.
Trivia answer: Tricked you! It was last year. But before that
... the 2003-04 season. Fifteen years of winning the battle of
the boards.
Olaniyi's been such a force for us offensively that you forget
what he does us on the defensive end. He's yet another athlete
who can shadow the ballhandler, get on the boards and handle the
ball. I suspect we'll see Latimer-Clark III on Saturday.
Olaniyi's effective straight up and on switches – such an asset.
Here's hoping his ankle is near 100%.
Let's get four guys in double figures tomorrow – Olaniyi,
Foreman, Garcia and a fourth.
I'm confident that we'll emerge with a win, but I wish I was
more so. Last year's loss was just so devastating and we've also
had desert droughts on the offensive end before. On top of that
UA has given us fits before – pushing us around, getting to the
line, locking us up defensively. But I dunno ... this just isn't
your typical Will Brown team. I think we find a way, and then
we're back here on Tuesday night.
#Post#: 29789--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: March 6, 2020, 6:31 am
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Agree with your assessment, Checkmate. Need to shutdown
Healy/Rizzuto from the outside (I remember last year's home game
where they both lit us up). Let Clark shoot it up all night.
Hoping Elijah is 80-90%. And I hope we fill the stands - as of
last night, a ton of seats left (including Section 110). I
wonder if Corona is scaring some away? I hope not.
Not sure where KenPom gets -10 from. I'm closer to your #; I
say -5, for the win!
#Post#: 29790--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Moveitfred
Date: March 6, 2020, 8:06 am
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All the 'dogs across the AE have to be feeling as good as any
collection of 'dogs has ever felt going into Saturday. Even the
#8 'dog.
Here's hoping for a solid SBU victory, and craziness everywhere
else.
#Post#: 29806--------------------------------------------------
Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 7, 2020, 1:38 pm
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If we win tonight, I think there’s a decent shot we get the
winner of this UMBC/UNH game. Hartford seems ripe. Just a point
and a half favorite over Lowell.
Edit: Never mind. Maybe Maine has a day??
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#Post#: 29809--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 7, 2020, 6:37 pm
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The one clear mismatch on our favor is Gueye on any of their
bigs. UA more than happy to have him shoot jump shots.
2 for 14 from three at this point. Miserable.
Credit to Latimer. He’s a really good on-ball defender. Slides
his feet, stays on his feet most times, goes straight up when he
doesn’t.
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#Post#: 29810--------------------------------------------------
Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 7, 2020, 6:43 pm
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Interesting moment. Elijah gets pulled at 2:28. Hangs his head
on the bench. Geno comes over and talks to him for a good 30-60
seconds. Garcia puts his arm around him. Play resumes. Foul.
Geno comes back over, talks to him again, puts him back in at
2:16.
Elijah’s clearly compromised. We will take whatever effort and
leadership he can give us.
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Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: guest369
Date: March 7, 2020, 6:52 pm
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Might have been punitive for the bad reverse layup he tried to
pull.
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Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Checkmate
Date: March 7, 2020, 7:18 pm
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Miles has made some big, big shots for us this year.
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Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: March 7, 2020, 8:06 pm
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It was a grind but we won . Now to beat Hartford Tuesday night.
#Post#: 29814--------------------------------------------------
Re: Game 32: AE quarters vs. Albany, 3/7 7pm
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: March 7, 2020, 8:25 pm
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When they tied the game at the ~3 minute mark I honestly thought
we'd lose. Glad we pulled this one off and don't have a crappy
end to the season two years in a row.
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