PSAC WEST

[jrshooter]

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Ship 79, Clarion 66 before a spirited crowd of 50 announced. Clarion holds the lead through the first 10 minutes before Raiders play an impeccable 10 minutes, go on a 25-2 run and have the Eagles doubled up at the half, 48-24. Then Ship comes out entirely listless after the break and Clarion gets back within six before Fite's guys finally hit some shots down the stretch. You'll notice I don't attribute much of this to Clarion, because really, there's not much there.

Not Ship's best moment, but they're 10-2 and off until Dec. 29 when Mercyhurst visits Heiges. More and more, it feels like this team is at its best when the ball is in the hands of Jake Biss.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Mid-term grades are in, boys and girls. Some made the Dean's List. Others need some serious library time.


WEST:

IUP (4-0, 11-0) -- Hawks closed the first semester with straight A's. Lot of big, dramatic wins -- home and away. SOS is stacked. Many of the teams IUP has defeated will continue winning lots and lots of games. Grade: A+

Mercyhurst (3-1, 8-1) -- Minus one setback, the Lakers were dominant in Nov-Dec. -- capped off with a bashing of Kutztown. Grade: A

UPJ (3-1, 8-3) -- Lost nail-biters to Le Moyne (3OT) and Shippensburg. Easily could have just one loss. Amazing being they are so young. Grade B+

Slippery Rock (3-1, 6-5) -- SRU has found itself but regardless of the circumstances five losses are five losses. Big second half potential. Grade: C+

Edinboro (1-3, 4-5) -- Edinboro wasn't deep to begin with ... losing its star for the past month sure hasn't helped. Scots have lost a few ugly games. They would be a much, much different team with Anthony Coleman. His injury status has been locked up in Fort Knox. Grade: D

California (1-3, 3-7) -- Cal's had a tough year but has a bright future. Vulcans are making strides this year. The record is the record, however. Grade: D

Gannon (1-4, 3-8) -- Eight losses before Santa Claus visits the Hammermill will have boosters buying Reilly coal. Buckets of it. GU's NCAA hopes are over before Dec. 21. Team could still make some noise in the conference -- maybe -- but that's the extent of it. Unless they run the table, ... Grade: D-

Clarion (1-4, 2-6) -- Clarion has one of the worst strength of schedules in the Atlantic Region and is still 2-6. Grade: F

Seton Hill (0-4, 2-8) -- Griffins have showed some fight but are just drastically undermanned. Effort only goes so far. You are what your record says you are ... Grade: F

[IUPalum]

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What a zany, oddly-officiated finish at the Hammermill. Kutztown's final possession started with the game tied at 56 with 30.6 seconds left on the clock and a fresh 30-second shot clock. Lee shot from the top of the key with 1-ish seconds left and the ball went in at the buzzer. One of three things happened:

1. Lee did not get shot off before shot clock expired. Shot clock violation. Gannon ball 0.6 seconds left, tied 56-56
2. Lee got shot off, clock expired as ball was in air. Game over -- no time left on clock. Kutztown wins 59-56 (this is what I think truly call should have been)
3. Lee got shot off, clock did not expire till after ball went in hoop. Kutztown leads 59-56, Gannon gets possession with 0.3 seconds left at the very, very most.

The call that was ultimately made after a lengthy conference was that the shot counted and Gannon ball with 59-56 lead and 1.0 seconds left on the clock. That is a complete impossibility. The ball left Lee's hand with about 1 second to go. There is no way at all that the ball went through the hoop with 1.0 seconds left. Again, I think that the shot was good and no time was left and the game should have been over, so the final result was right when a GU heave didn't find the rim.

Anyhow, what an A+ second half defensive effort for Gannon. It was truly incredible how uncomfortable they made life for Kutztown. It's too, too bad that Gannon's inability to put the ball in the hoop (6/33 on threes after starting 2/20) resulted in only about half the points that Mercyhurst was able to hang on KU the day before. A 3-8 record going to the holidays. And the three victories came against teams with a COMBINED one win over Division II teams.

Yeah, you're wrong on all accounts. I was there and the ball was through the hoop with approx. 1.2 seconds on the clock. They put 1 sec on the clock which couldn't be argued. The refs got that call right. The call you should be pissed about is the goal tend that was called when Matt Johnson got sent through the wall. That was clearly a foul (no call) then the goal tend was called (right call). They lost 2 points there because of an idiot Gannon player and Matt Johnson should've been shooting 2 free throws. He goes to the line there it could've been a different result.

[Golden89]

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Looks like Gary can speed up or slow down. Certainly wasn't the score I expected to see.

Gary was at the Hammermill both Tuesday and Wednesday night since the Hurst played in the afternoon. A rare opportunity to play and watch a game on the same day.

[Golden89]

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What a zany, oddly-officiated finish at the Hammermill. Kutztown's final possession started with the game tied at 56 with 30.6 seconds left on the clock and a fresh 30-second shot clock. Lee shot from the top of the key with 1-ish seconds left and the ball went in at the buzzer. One of three things happened:

1. Lee did not get shot off before shot clock expired. Shot clock violation. Gannon ball 0.6 seconds left, tied 56-56
2. Lee got shot off, clock expired as ball was in air. Game over -- no time left on clock. Kutztown wins 59-56 (this is what I think truly call should have been)
3. Lee got shot off, clock did not expire till after ball went in hoop. Kutztown leads 59-56, Gannon gets possession with 0.3 seconds left at the very, very most.

The call that was ultimately made after a lengthy conference was that the shot counted and Gannon ball with 59-56 lead and 1.0 seconds left on the clock. That is a complete impossibility. The ball left Lee's hand with about 1 second to go. There is no way at all that the ball went through the hoop with 1.0 seconds left. Again, I think that the shot was good and no time was left and the game should have been over, so the final result was right when a GU heave didn't find the rim.

Anyhow, what an A+ second half defensive effort for Gannon. It was truly incredible how uncomfortable they made life for Kutztown. It's too, too bad that Gannon's inability to put the ball in the hoop (6/33 on threes after starting 2/20) resulted in only about half the points that Mercyhurst was able to hang on KU the day before. A 3-8 record going to the holidays. And the three victories came against teams with a COMBINED one win over Division II teams.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Mercyhurst over Mansfield

Kutztown escapes Gannon, 59-56.

UPJ defeats Millersville

Ship big over Clarion

WCU hammered SH

SRU big over Bloom

ESU won at Cal

Lock Haven wins at Edinboro

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Mercyhurst 66
Mansfield 44

Final

Looks like Gary can speed up or slow down. Certainly wasn't the score I expected to see.

[PSACwatcher]

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Millersville is coming on. Game at UPJ should be a good one. I still like UPJ.

Mercyhurst - wow. Kutztown is an enigma. Mansfield won't be. Mercyhurst by 25.

Gannon has a horrible combo of issues on Offense: no go to scorer like Zay Jackson, no three shooters, no inside game, no experience and worst of all no confidence coupled with being timid. Its going to take alot for Gannon to get it going on offense but giving their athletes a little more freedom might help.

Looking at the play by play, Seton Hill was winning by 9 with 1:30 to play in regulation and lost by 17 in OT. Seton Hill was up by 3 points with 7 secs left and fouled a three shooter who made the three pt FG and 1. Seton Hill then made one of two free throws with no time left to go into OT. Seton Hill plays 6 guys the entire game, which means Seton Hill is one injury away from turning a bad season into a disaster. West Chester by 15.

Shippensburg is just solid and smart and can shoot. Clarion is none of that.

East Stroud probably learned from taking Seton Hill lightly. I see ESU by 12.

Edinboro is getting better. Lock Haven is not. EU by 8.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Riding the hot hand of my day in (mythical) Vegas yesterday, ... another night of PSAC games:


Millersville at UPJ: Certainly the game of the night. Two very good teams ... and two teams not getting the buzz they probably deserve. Both had blowout wins last night. East teams struggle in Johnstown (West Chester last year. Kutztown this year). Tough call. The raging crowd of 137 propels the home team. UPJ -3


Mansfield at Mercyhurst: Still struggling with the concept of the Lakers putting 110 on the board last night. They might put up 130 tonight. The Lake Show wins this one big. Mercyhurst -20

Bloomsburg at Slippery Rock: Bloom is a mess. SRU has found itself. This one is over by the second media timeout. SRU -28

Kutztown at Gannon: Kutztown is an enigma. Depends which version of the Golden Bears show up. This is a team which won at West Liberty and took IUP to overtime. It's also a team that lost to Lincoln and got drilled by 30 last night. Regardless, this is a group scoring 87.7 points per game. Gannon can't break 59 most nights. Kutztown won't get their average tonight but Gannon won't score nearly enough. Anthony Lee and Moe Williams will cause too many problems. Kutztown -14

West Chester at Seton Hill: As ESU found out, strange things happen in that yellow shoe box in Greensburg. Seton Hill may not be a good D3 team on the road, but they amazingly are a very tough out in the McKenna Center. The Griffins also drew 70 fans last night so things are heating up. West Chester gave a very intense effort at the KCAC last night. I doubt they emotionally duplicate it tonight. That said, the Golden Rams should be way too much for Seton Hill. WCU wins but perhaps by less than many think. This is also the first meeting of the two teams since last year's bench-clearing brawl. Rams -7


Shippensburg at Clarion: Gonna. Be. Real. Ugly. It will be raining treys in Clarion tonight. Ship -27


East Stroundsburg at California: Cal showed some life last night with a few new bodies in the rotation. Hard to tell how good they are as Bloomsburg is a real bad team. We'll find out tonight. Guessing ESU will be a tad more focused than it seems they were last night. ESU wins comfortably. Warriors -12

Lock Haven at Edinboro: The legend of Trey Staunch grew more last night. It takes another step tonight. Anthony Coleman still hasn't returned, but this stretch of schedule has helped keep the Scots afloat without him. Edinboro -9

[jrshooter]

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Let me know when you are up for a visit to Vegas.

Ship took a 12-point lead late in the first half and had a three-pointer halfway down to go up by 15. Gannon scored the last 7 points of the second half to cut the lead to five at the half. Ship quickly went back up by double-figures and led by as much as 23 (I think) before GU rallied to make it artificially close at the end. Gannon couldn't defend the perimeter in the second half. Ship shot 12/30 from behind the arc, including 9/19 in the second half. Most of the threes were wide open looks.

The Hammermill faithful (what's left of them) is pretty much resigned to the fact that this is going to be a long year. Gannon hasn't found a rotation that works. Tomorrow will be interesting ... If GU can't generate any offense against a team that gave up 110 points the previous day, then it will be a really, really bad sign.

Ship does have the four guys in the lineup who can drill the three, plus the first four off the bench. When they hit a night where those are not falling, it might not be pretty.

[WarriorVoice]

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Seton Hill took ESU to OT ... then lost the OT, 19-2.

The Griffins ran out of gas...They played 6 guys most of the night, and they started to foul out...ESU was VERY lucky at the end of the game. They received a gift in a loose ball call that went their way, and with .1 seconds left, could only watch as the Griffins had a chance to win the game at the free throw line. The Griffins missed, the game went to OT, and the Warriors played their best 5 minutes in OT...

[Golden89]

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Shippensburg may roll Gannon pretty hard and send the Hammermill faithful to the edge of a cliff. Red Raiders -14

Let me know when you are up for a visit to Vegas.

Ship took a 12-point lead late in the first half and had a three-pointer halfway down to go up by 15. Gannon scored the last 7 points of the second half to cut the lead to five at the half. Ship quickly went back up by double-figures and led by as much as 23 (I think) before GU rallied to make it artificially close at the end. Gannon couldn't defend the perimeter in the second half. Ship shot 12/30 from behind the arc, including 9/19 in the second half. Most of the threes were wide open looks.

The Hammermill faithful (what's left of them) is pretty much resigned to the fact that this is going to be a long year. Gannon hasn't found a rotation that works. Tomorrow will be interesting ... If GU can't generate any offense against a team that gave up 110 points the previous day, then it will be a really, really bad sign.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Seton Hill took ESU to OT ... then lost the OT, 19-2.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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IUP 80
West Chester 75


Millersville 89
Clarion 59

Mercyhurst 110
Kutztown 80 ...................... WOW


Edinboro 82
Mansfield 73


California 102
Bloomsburg 70


SRU 89
Lock Haven 71


Shippensburg 72
Gannon 58


UPJ 99
Cheyney 62


ESU 84
Seton Hill 67

[CALUPA69]

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California picks up a conference win over struggling Bloomsburg. Vulcans -7 (prop bet: Vulcans score more points than fans in the seats)

You win the prop as VULCANS roll over the HUSKIES 102-70 before 88, count 'em, 88 happy, if lonely fans. Actually had a chance to play 10 players.