Albany 62, Brown 47
December 28, 2005
Pizzitola Memorial, Providence, RI
Will try to revise later when I have more time. For now...
Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays. I've been recuperating from the last semester and getting back to basics in Southern CT., sleeping, reading, eating and watching Taxi re-runs, along with any college hoops and football that has been on. Pardon the extended absence.
Anyway, we made the trip up to Providence for the game last night. I love that city. We made it to Fellini's Pizza for a few slices and then onto the game.
Either we didn't see the real Brown team tonight, we didn't see the real Binghamton team on December 20th, or some combination of both. I base this simply on the fact that Brown beat Bingo by 10 on Bingo's homecourt. Granted, Brown was shorthanded as their best player, Luke Ruscoe, was sidelined with a sprained ankle. However, Brown had a tough time doing anything right tonight. This game could've been a lot closer if the Bears were simply able hit a shot. Brown had a lot of good looks tonight that simply did not fall.
Don't get me wrong, I'll always take a road win, but the final score does not tell the whole story. This was an ugly game marred by a lot of fouls committed by the Danes. Brown was in the bonus with 8 minutes left in the first half. Luckily, Brown had a tough time making the front end on a couple of occasions. I believe the Danes committed 10 first-half fouls to Brown's three.
This trend continued early in the second half, as Albany committed 7 fouls to Brown's three with 14 minutes to play. That's 17 fouls to 6 in about 26 minutes of total play. Ouch. At that point, it seemed as if Coach Brown basically told his players not to do so much as even touch Brown's players, as the Danes committed only two fouls from that point on.
It was nice rooting for the visiting team and hearing what the home crowd had to say about our players. I heard people comment positively on the play of Johnny, Jamar and Brian tonight. However, Brent was the offensive force tonight. Some big threes (4-7 from behind the arc) plus a little mid-range jumper. Brent also played good defense all night. Personally, I was glad to see Mr. Siggers get a piece of the action tonight. Jason had two threes in the first half, one that was part of a 13-0 run by the Danes, a nice runner in the lane, and also ended up with 5 rebounds. Jason finished the night with 10 points. Good work, Jason. Brian and Jimmy also contributed solid minutes this evening.
Despite a lackluster night from both Jamar and Zo, who were both plagued by early foul trouble, the pair teamed up for a monster alley-oop with about 4:30 remaining in the game. It was easily the play of the game that got a strong reaction from the whopping 500 people in attendance tonight. My guess is they don't see that sort of thng on a regualr basis in the Ivy League.
Brown seemed poised to make a run in the second half, behind PG Damon Huffman (who struggled in the first half and Aaron Jiminez, who helped provide a second half spark for the Bears and probably should've seen more action. Brown cut the lead to 13, but that was the closest the Bears would get to the Danes tonight.
A nice contingent of Albany fans tonight. We sat behind a crowd of 4, there was a nice group behind the bench, and one other pocket of fans not too far down, closer to the scorer's table. Nice work, Danes fans.
All in all, a nice win to add to our streak and something to build off of, especially with Kirsten and Jamar spending so much time on the bench. However, this game could've been much closer if our opponents weren't so off tonight.
RIP, Fred the Baker, aka, Michael Vale.
Have a Happy and Safe New Year's. next up-- Hartford on 1/4.
Pizzitola Memorial, Providence, RI
Will try to revise later when I have more time. For now...
Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays. I've been recuperating from the last semester and getting back to basics in Southern CT., sleeping, reading, eating and watching Taxi re-runs, along with any college hoops and football that has been on. Pardon the extended absence.
Anyway, we made the trip up to Providence for the game last night. I love that city. We made it to Fellini's Pizza for a few slices and then onto the game.
Either we didn't see the real Brown team tonight, we didn't see the real Binghamton team on December 20th, or some combination of both. I base this simply on the fact that Brown beat Bingo by 10 on Bingo's homecourt. Granted, Brown was shorthanded as their best player, Luke Ruscoe, was sidelined with a sprained ankle. However, Brown had a tough time doing anything right tonight. This game could've been a lot closer if the Bears were simply able hit a shot. Brown had a lot of good looks tonight that simply did not fall.
Don't get me wrong, I'll always take a road win, but the final score does not tell the whole story. This was an ugly game marred by a lot of fouls committed by the Danes. Brown was in the bonus with 8 minutes left in the first half. Luckily, Brown had a tough time making the front end on a couple of occasions. I believe the Danes committed 10 first-half fouls to Brown's three.
This trend continued early in the second half, as Albany committed 7 fouls to Brown's three with 14 minutes to play. That's 17 fouls to 6 in about 26 minutes of total play. Ouch. At that point, it seemed as if Coach Brown basically told his players not to do so much as even touch Brown's players, as the Danes committed only two fouls from that point on.
It was nice rooting for the visiting team and hearing what the home crowd had to say about our players. I heard people comment positively on the play of Johnny, Jamar and Brian tonight. However, Brent was the offensive force tonight. Some big threes (4-7 from behind the arc) plus a little mid-range jumper. Brent also played good defense all night. Personally, I was glad to see Mr. Siggers get a piece of the action tonight. Jason had two threes in the first half, one that was part of a 13-0 run by the Danes, a nice runner in the lane, and also ended up with 5 rebounds. Jason finished the night with 10 points. Good work, Jason. Brian and Jimmy also contributed solid minutes this evening.
Despite a lackluster night from both Jamar and Zo, who were both plagued by early foul trouble, the pair teamed up for a monster alley-oop with about 4:30 remaining in the game. It was easily the play of the game that got a strong reaction from the whopping 500 people in attendance tonight. My guess is they don't see that sort of thng on a regualr basis in the Ivy League.
Brown seemed poised to make a run in the second half, behind PG Damon Huffman (who struggled in the first half and Aaron Jiminez, who helped provide a second half spark for the Bears and probably should've seen more action. Brown cut the lead to 13, but that was the closest the Bears would get to the Danes tonight.
A nice contingent of Albany fans tonight. We sat behind a crowd of 4, there was a nice group behind the bench, and one other pocket of fans not too far down, closer to the scorer's table. Nice work, Danes fans.
All in all, a nice win to add to our streak and something to build off of, especially with Kirsten and Jamar spending so much time on the bench. However, this game could've been much closer if our opponents weren't so off tonight.
RIP, Fred the Baker, aka, Michael Vale.
Have a Happy and Safe New Year's. next up-- Hartford on 1/4.
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