Albany 71, Sacred Heart 90
November 21, 2006
William H. Pitt Center
Fairfield, CT
Record: 2-1
If a tree falls and no one hears it does it make a sound? What if your basketball team gets smoked and no on sees it? Unfortunately, the same does not apply for our Danes tonight, as Sacred Heart rolled tonight in front of a whopping 516 spectators at the William Pitt Center on the Sacred Heart campus. Fans with 7 bucks and a compatible PC were able to watch the game through the SH website. I have a Mac, so I didn't even have the chance to plunk down the scratch to watch-- just listened to Tobben's call. Good call, as per usual, but man, did that place sound dead.
Even without Jason's scoring as he got into early foul trouble, we still put up 71 points. However, scoring was not the issue tonight-- defense and turnovers were. In the first half, Sacred Heart had 15 points off of 9 turnovers (I think), compared to 3 points off of 3 turnovers for UAlbany.
In the BPF chat room (plug), everyone, myself included, commented that Sacred Heart just couldn't keep shooting as well as they did in the first half. Oops. Its only three games into the season, but this is the first time this season UA did not put the defensive clampdown on an opponent in the second half. Sacred Heart shot 44.4% from 3-point land in the first half, 44.4% from 3-point land in the second half, and a whopping 67% from the floor in the second half, as well.
Though it seemed like SHU did most of their damage in the first half with the three-point shot, the Pioneers also had their way with us inside as well, outscoring the Danes 34-20 in the paint for the game, despite the fact that UA outrebounded Sacred Heart, 36-25.
No one on Sacred Heart had a monster game-- they just had a bunch of players with solid games and 6 guys who scored double-digts.
This is how it sounded on the radio-- anyone who saw the game might think otherwise.
Some positives:
Brent had his first big game of the year. He shot well, blocked a shot, took a charge or two, and finished the night with 29 points. It seems like when Brent gets in the mix early as he did tonight, he's gonna' have a big game.
Connelly continues to contribute nicely. Against SHU, Brian shot 3 of 4 from the floor for 6 points.
Jamar and Lillis both had nice games, scoring-wise, but together they combined for 9 turnovers-- almost twice as many as Sacred Heart's entire team.
In the TU, coach Brown referred to the Sacred Heart game as a bit of a trap, and he was right about that.
I'm going to take the glass is half-full approach here and chalk this one up to looking ahead to Pukon and being lulled to sleep by an empty gym-- not that this is any excuse.
Hopefully Brett Gifford, sick with the flu, will be ready for UConn. We're sure going to need him against Hasheem Thabeet and his 23 blocks on the year.
William H. Pitt Center
Fairfield, CT
Record: 2-1
If a tree falls and no one hears it does it make a sound? What if your basketball team gets smoked and no on sees it? Unfortunately, the same does not apply for our Danes tonight, as Sacred Heart rolled tonight in front of a whopping 516 spectators at the William Pitt Center on the Sacred Heart campus. Fans with 7 bucks and a compatible PC were able to watch the game through the SH website. I have a Mac, so I didn't even have the chance to plunk down the scratch to watch-- just listened to Tobben's call. Good call, as per usual, but man, did that place sound dead.
Even without Jason's scoring as he got into early foul trouble, we still put up 71 points. However, scoring was not the issue tonight-- defense and turnovers were. In the first half, Sacred Heart had 15 points off of 9 turnovers (I think), compared to 3 points off of 3 turnovers for UAlbany.
In the BPF chat room (plug), everyone, myself included, commented that Sacred Heart just couldn't keep shooting as well as they did in the first half. Oops. Its only three games into the season, but this is the first time this season UA did not put the defensive clampdown on an opponent in the second half. Sacred Heart shot 44.4% from 3-point land in the first half, 44.4% from 3-point land in the second half, and a whopping 67% from the floor in the second half, as well.
Though it seemed like SHU did most of their damage in the first half with the three-point shot, the Pioneers also had their way with us inside as well, outscoring the Danes 34-20 in the paint for the game, despite the fact that UA outrebounded Sacred Heart, 36-25.
No one on Sacred Heart had a monster game-- they just had a bunch of players with solid games and 6 guys who scored double-digts.
This is how it sounded on the radio-- anyone who saw the game might think otherwise.
Some positives:
Brent had his first big game of the year. He shot well, blocked a shot, took a charge or two, and finished the night with 29 points. It seems like when Brent gets in the mix early as he did tonight, he's gonna' have a big game.
Connelly continues to contribute nicely. Against SHU, Brian shot 3 of 4 from the floor for 6 points.
Jamar and Lillis both had nice games, scoring-wise, but together they combined for 9 turnovers-- almost twice as many as Sacred Heart's entire team.
In the TU, coach Brown referred to the Sacred Heart game as a bit of a trap, and he was right about that.
I'm going to take the glass is half-full approach here and chalk this one up to looking ahead to Pukon and being lulled to sleep by an empty gym-- not that this is any excuse.
Hopefully Brett Gifford, sick with the flu, will be ready for UConn. We're sure going to need him against Hasheem Thabeet and his 23 blocks on the year.
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