Wow. What a greaat way to start the Paradise Jam.
Rob Kurz led all scorers with 15 points, adding 5 rebounds. Ryan Ayers and Kyle McAlarney scored 13 each. Ayers added in an impressive seven rebounds. Tory Jackson was a little off his game offensively, with 4 assists and 3 turnovers. He did finish with 6 rebounds. Luke Harangody played only 22 minutes, but scored 8 points and collected 5 boards.
For the subs, Luke Zeller played 19 minutes with 4 rebounds to show for his effort. Zach Hillesland collected six rebounds and 9 points in his 15 minutes of playing time. Jonathan Peoples was very solid with eight points playing 13 minutes for our backcourt duo. Nash, Abromitis, and our two walkons collected some garbage time. Barring an unknown injury to Scott, it looks like he will redshirt this season. Proffitt may still be held out for his previous hurt.
The Irish will play Baylor on Sunday. The Bear defeated Wichita State 64-55 today. Curtis Jerrells scored 23 points to lead Baylor. He also finished with eight rebounds and four assists. Aaron Bruce scored 10 and Kevin Rogers added seven.
Overall, a great win for the team especially the way it happened. Last season we could outscore most of our opponents. Today we were able to tear apart a team offensively and defensively. The Irish shot 51% from the floor, compared to 27% for Monmouth. Only eight points in the second half for the Hawks. Great job all around. Let's hope we can keep this up on Sunday.
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Monmouth Preview
The Irish are picked 29th in Sports Illustrated's college hoops preview, the 6th Big East team listed. Nine teams total from our conference are selected to make the NCAA Tournament.
The preview for tomorrow's game will be shorter than usual due to all the action that is coming up this weekend. I will try to fit in previews for each game as well as the normal post-game analysis all during a home football weekend, but no promises.
Monmouth was 12-18 last year, with a 7-11 NEC record. Despite losing half their scoring and rebounding, the Hawks started off the year with a win over William Paterson University. That lack of depth and experience, however, has caught up with them in their last two games. November 9th was a 63-60 loss to Colgate and November 11th was an overtime defeat to Big East foe Seton Hall. Though they played the Pirates tough, that game should never have been as close as it was. Monmouth shot 33% from the floor and turned the ball over 23 times to 11 assists. Stop Jhamar Youngblood and you stop the Hawks' offense. Youngblood scored 27 points on 11-24 shooting, playing nearly the whole contest.
As long as the Irish play good fundamental basketball, we should see extended minutes for the subs as this looks to be a blowout.
The preview for tomorrow's game will be shorter than usual due to all the action that is coming up this weekend. I will try to fit in previews for each game as well as the normal post-game analysis all during a home football weekend, but no promises.
Monmouth was 12-18 last year, with a 7-11 NEC record. Despite losing half their scoring and rebounding, the Hawks started off the year with a win over William Paterson University. That lack of depth and experience, however, has caught up with them in their last two games. November 9th was a 63-60 loss to Colgate and November 11th was an overtime defeat to Big East foe Seton Hall. Though they played the Pirates tough, that game should never have been as close as it was. Monmouth shot 33% from the floor and turned the ball over 23 times to 11 assists. Stop Jhamar Youngblood and you stop the Hawks' offense. Youngblood scored 27 points on 11-24 shooting, playing nearly the whole contest.
As long as the Irish play good fundamental basketball, we should see extended minutes for the subs as this looks to be a blowout.
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