The Strokes 59, Albany 68
January 9, 2005
RACC
Sixth win in a row to go to 8-6. Congratulations to AE player of the week, Jamar Wilson.
The Strokes, or at least that's who I thought was on the floor when Cornell's basketball team took the floor against the Danes tonight in Albany. In the first half, it might as well have been The Strokes on the floor, as the Danes crusied to a 22-point lead before Cornell closed the lead to 15 (40-25) at half. Cornell really turned it around in the second half but Albany got some timely shooting from Jamar, Brian and Levi in the second half to keep Big Red at bay tonight.
The game got off to a rocky start as the refs called a lot of fouls against both teams in the early going. I figured we were in for a long night. Actually, there was something that felt just a bit off tonight, from the depleted pep band and cheerleading squad to the fans, who were pretty quiet throughout the game.
Cornell's second half turnaround should not have been a total shocker to anyone. This is a team that lost to Syracuse and to Washington by 5 and 15, respectively. Steve Donahue has his team running a lot of backdoor plays that will always catch opponenets off-guard, especially those not used to that type of offense.
Albany may have been going through the motions in the second half, but I think Cornell shocked us a bit. It takes a lot of discipline to play a team like Cornell, and for the most part, we did a pretty good job taking away their backdoor plays.
On several occassions in the second Cornell would come up with a big three as the shot clock was winding down, despite a strong defensive stand by Danes.
Note to self: stay on the scrawny white kid who you know is going to take a three at all costs. Of course I'm referring to Adam Gore who was good for 17 points, including 5 three-pointers. He's not going to drive and if he does, forced him to go left. Easier said than done, right?
After a tough shooting night for Levi against Hartford, Levi has made solid contributions in the scoring department against Maine last Saturday and against Cornell tonight, where he hit 4-6 from the field, including a pretty big three.
Brian Lillis had his biggest scoring night of the season, adding 14 points on 5 of 5 shooting from the field. Brian also made a few nice defensive plays against backdoor cuts in the second half. Brent was only 3 of 10 from the field, but came up with 5 offensive rebounds. Jamar had another very solid game tonight, adding 21. Drop another 21 v. BU and you could be POW two weeks in a row, Jamar! I don't want to nitpick, but Jamar took a few too many unnecessary circus-shots (for me) that he is prone to doing, especially one early in the second that obviously annoyed Coach Brown who immediately subbed Mr. Iati for him.
Coach Brown took the blame for the squad's second half performance, but all in all, I thought it was a gritty performance against one of the better teams in the Ivy League.
RACC
Sixth win in a row to go to 8-6. Congratulations to AE player of the week, Jamar Wilson.
The Strokes, or at least that's who I thought was on the floor when Cornell's basketball team took the floor against the Danes tonight in Albany. In the first half, it might as well have been The Strokes on the floor, as the Danes crusied to a 22-point lead before Cornell closed the lead to 15 (40-25) at half. Cornell really turned it around in the second half but Albany got some timely shooting from Jamar, Brian and Levi in the second half to keep Big Red at bay tonight.
The game got off to a rocky start as the refs called a lot of fouls against both teams in the early going. I figured we were in for a long night. Actually, there was something that felt just a bit off tonight, from the depleted pep band and cheerleading squad to the fans, who were pretty quiet throughout the game.
Cornell's second half turnaround should not have been a total shocker to anyone. This is a team that lost to Syracuse and to Washington by 5 and 15, respectively. Steve Donahue has his team running a lot of backdoor plays that will always catch opponenets off-guard, especially those not used to that type of offense.
Albany may have been going through the motions in the second half, but I think Cornell shocked us a bit. It takes a lot of discipline to play a team like Cornell, and for the most part, we did a pretty good job taking away their backdoor plays.
On several occassions in the second Cornell would come up with a big three as the shot clock was winding down, despite a strong defensive stand by Danes.
Note to self: stay on the scrawny white kid who you know is going to take a three at all costs. Of course I'm referring to Adam Gore who was good for 17 points, including 5 three-pointers. He's not going to drive and if he does, forced him to go left. Easier said than done, right?
After a tough shooting night for Levi against Hartford, Levi has made solid contributions in the scoring department against Maine last Saturday and against Cornell tonight, where he hit 4-6 from the field, including a pretty big three.
Brian Lillis had his biggest scoring night of the season, adding 14 points on 5 of 5 shooting from the field. Brian also made a few nice defensive plays against backdoor cuts in the second half. Brent was only 3 of 10 from the field, but came up with 5 offensive rebounds. Jamar had another very solid game tonight, adding 21. Drop another 21 v. BU and you could be POW two weeks in a row, Jamar! I don't want to nitpick, but Jamar took a few too many unnecessary circus-shots (for me) that he is prone to doing, especially one early in the second that obviously annoyed Coach Brown who immediately subbed Mr. Iati for him.
Coach Brown took the blame for the squad's second half performance, but all in all, I thought it was a gritty performance against one of the better teams in the Ivy League.
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