Great Danes over Terriers, 53-47, Updated
We finally beat Boston University!
Although I've only been following Albany basketball for the last 3 seasons, I certainly understand the importance of this win, easily the most important win in our team's history as a D1 team. To paraphrase Roger Wyland, the Danes gave BU every opportunity to get back into this game, as Levi missed 3 free throws and Brent hits 1 of 2 late in the game. That being said, it sounded like Albany played a heckuva game tonight, getting solid contributions from everyone on the floor tonight.
Despite missing three free throws late, Levi had a strong first half. Levi hit a 3 to put us up 16-12 early, 2 free throws when intentionally fouled, and another basket down low to tie the game at 26 after the Danes squandered a 21-12 lead. On the radio it sounded like Zo missed a few gimmees in the first half, as he is prone to doing. However, Zo came up huge early in the second half as he scored the first 2 baskets and had a nice block which resulted in a Brent Wilson three-pointer. All of Brent's field goals tonight were from behind the arc, where he shot 4-7 on the night.
Brent and Zo sat much of the first half as a result of fould trouble. As Coach Brown commented in his post-game remarks, it was important to get those guys firing early in the second half, which is exactly what happened. It sounded like Zo did a number defensively on Omari Peterkin in the second half, who chewed us up for 11 of 4-6 shooting in the first. Omari disappeared in the second half and it sounded as if BU stopped going to him for some strange reason.
Its official, at least here, that Jamar is AE POW 2 weeks in a row! Jamar had 20 points, played all 40 minutes of the game, hit on 9 of 10 from the charity stripe and came up with 8 rebounds. Huge!
Iati had an off night, but he hit a huge 3 to put Albany ahead 45-38, which is big against a team like BU that wants to keep the score down. Lucious only had 4 points, but his first basket put UA up 7-0 and his second basket helped maintain the 7-point lead, putting the Danes up 9-2. Lucious' early baskets were big as those buckets helped UA dictate the tempo early. Scoring 9 points in the first 4 minutes may not sound like a lot, but that kind of early scoring was probably not what BU had in mind.
Connolly, Jason and Jimmy added quality minutes in the first half. Credit Coach Brown for going to those guys and credit the players for not letting the game slip away from the Danes as BU made a late first-half run.
Last night's win was the result of a great team effort that will hopefully not lead to a letdown v/ Utah Valley State on Saturday. Speaking of which, Saturday's game will be Albany's 5th game in 11 days. This team has to be tired. Hopefully we'll see a nice crowd on hand to energize the squad before enjoying a well-deserved three day rest before travelling to Vermont for next Wednesday's game.
Congratulations to the team, Coach Brown, and all fans. Still a long way to go in the season but this was a great win tonight. Now I'm almost over the Giants' debacle of a week ago.
That's all for now-- please pardon any grammatical/stylistic errors. I have work to do. Dammit.
How I'd like that Harvard game back!
Although I've only been following Albany basketball for the last 3 seasons, I certainly understand the importance of this win, easily the most important win in our team's history as a D1 team. To paraphrase Roger Wyland, the Danes gave BU every opportunity to get back into this game, as Levi missed 3 free throws and Brent hits 1 of 2 late in the game. That being said, it sounded like Albany played a heckuva game tonight, getting solid contributions from everyone on the floor tonight.
Despite missing three free throws late, Levi had a strong first half. Levi hit a 3 to put us up 16-12 early, 2 free throws when intentionally fouled, and another basket down low to tie the game at 26 after the Danes squandered a 21-12 lead. On the radio it sounded like Zo missed a few gimmees in the first half, as he is prone to doing. However, Zo came up huge early in the second half as he scored the first 2 baskets and had a nice block which resulted in a Brent Wilson three-pointer. All of Brent's field goals tonight were from behind the arc, where he shot 4-7 on the night.
Brent and Zo sat much of the first half as a result of fould trouble. As Coach Brown commented in his post-game remarks, it was important to get those guys firing early in the second half, which is exactly what happened. It sounded like Zo did a number defensively on Omari Peterkin in the second half, who chewed us up for 11 of 4-6 shooting in the first. Omari disappeared in the second half and it sounded as if BU stopped going to him for some strange reason.
Its official, at least here, that Jamar is AE POW 2 weeks in a row! Jamar had 20 points, played all 40 minutes of the game, hit on 9 of 10 from the charity stripe and came up with 8 rebounds. Huge!
Iati had an off night, but he hit a huge 3 to put Albany ahead 45-38, which is big against a team like BU that wants to keep the score down. Lucious only had 4 points, but his first basket put UA up 7-0 and his second basket helped maintain the 7-point lead, putting the Danes up 9-2. Lucious' early baskets were big as those buckets helped UA dictate the tempo early. Scoring 9 points in the first 4 minutes may not sound like a lot, but that kind of early scoring was probably not what BU had in mind.
Connolly, Jason and Jimmy added quality minutes in the first half. Credit Coach Brown for going to those guys and credit the players for not letting the game slip away from the Danes as BU made a late first-half run.
Last night's win was the result of a great team effort that will hopefully not lead to a letdown v/ Utah Valley State on Saturday. Speaking of which, Saturday's game will be Albany's 5th game in 11 days. This team has to be tired. Hopefully we'll see a nice crowd on hand to energize the squad before enjoying a well-deserved three day rest before travelling to Vermont for next Wednesday's game.
Congratulations to the team, Coach Brown, and all fans. Still a long way to go in the season but this was a great win tonight. Now I'm almost over the Giants' debacle of a week ago.
That's all for now-- please pardon any grammatical/stylistic errors. I have work to do. Dammit.
How I'd like that Harvard game back!
posted by L3K at 6:04 PM
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