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Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« on: December 05, 2017, 10:47:01 am »
COLUMBIA
Record:
1-7
Last Game: L, 89-87, vs. Quinnipiac 12/4
Last Meeting: Columbia 73, Stony Brook 66 on 11/11/16. Roland Nyama team-high 16.
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TV: SNY or http://www.ivyleaguenetwork.com/ivyleague/game/ncaa-mens-basketball-stony-brook-at-columbia-on-12072017?_ga=2.88045456.941474714.1512417094-1893366917.1512417094
Columbia radio: http://www.gocolumbialions.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPSID=43665&SPID=3886&DB_LANG=C&db_oem_id=9600
Stony Brook radio: http://www.whli.com/listen-live.aspx
Notables:
5-11/180 so G Mike Smith 18.0 ppg, 3.1 apg, 1.4 spg, .806 FT%
6-8/225 jr F Lukas Meisner 12.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 3.0 apg, .549 FG%, .462 3-pt FG%
6-0/195 so G Quinton Adlesh 11.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.0 spg, .435 3-pt FG%
6-4/180 sr G Nate Hickman 9.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg
6-10/220 so F Patrick Tapé 5.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, .556 FG%

Never mind the record. This should be another very good test for us. We have to prove that we're capable of winning these kinds of games away from home. It doesn't feel like there will be any gimmies this conference season, even going up to Maine, Hartford, Binghamton, etc.

We know a lot of these guys already, with Smith and Hickman starting every game last season, and Adlesh and Meisner all playing major minutes off the bench. Senior Kyle Castlin, who missed all of last season with toe injury, played just one game before succumbing to another injury (can't find the details on it). Anyway, Columbia has a nice young nucleus and should be in the mix in the Ivy despite the departure of East Northport's Luke Petrasek, who was such a force for them and now plays for Greensboro in the G League. CU was picked fifth in the preseason poll.

In terms of results, they're due to have the ball bounce their way. They've lost six straight, but if there's such things are quality losses, they have a few of them – UConn in overtime, a four-point loss at Albany, a two-point loss to Quinnipiac in their home opener yesterday, and they hung around with Villanova and Penn State for a half.

It's going to be a tough test for our backcourt, particularly with Smith, who can fill it up in a hurry and should be in contention for all-Ivy honors at year's end. He dropped 27 on UA and they nearly pulled the thing out. Adlesh is almost purely a shooter – 46 of his 73 attempts have been from deep – but both he and Meisner in particular shoot it at a good clip.

Like us, free throws are an Achilles heel, not only in that they shoot them poorly, but they rarely get there. They average just 14 attempts a game, whereas we're up close to 20. What do you say we finally make some?!?

Yeboah has to stay out of foul trouble. He barely played last night, and sat almost the whole first half against Bucknell. We're a much better team with him on the floor.
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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2017, 06:43:08 pm »
 I just get the feeling every game is going to be a challenge until we establish some discipline .  Turnovers and fouls added to poor free throws is really hurting us,

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2017, 08:01:46 pm »
Columbia is 9 for 15 from three at the half. That won’t continue. Still a game.

Meanwhile, Yeboah is 5 for 8 and the rest of the team is 4 for 20.

Boals finally pulled the trigger at point guard and started Cornish. Fouls limited his production.


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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2017, 09:31:40 pm »
Good starting lineup  tonight.  Cornish has to slow down just a little gain a little more control but he should be our starting PG.

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2017, 09:34:29 pm »
Good win. Yeboah with 30 points and 11-11 from charity.

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2017, 11:09:01 pm »
Unsightly win in front of a couple dozen people but a good one for morale.

Just a massive night from Yeboah. A couple huge threes by him and Iroegbu at the end.

Cornish had some maddening turnovers late but I guess you take the bad with the good. He is lightning quick but it was so bad that I wondered if Mac would get the minutes down the home stretch just to break the press. It was ugly. 22 turnovers in all.

Elijah is going to be an excellent Seawolf. He always seems to be around the ball.

I’m surprised by how much Almonacy has been marginalized.

Great effort on the glass and on defense in the second half.


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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2017, 01:51:21 am »
Hopefully, this means the era of McKenzie starting is permanently over!
He has a total of 0 points in the last three games versus three horrible teams! Yes, a total of 0 points!
The confidence of McKenzie should improve coming off the bench and playing against second stringers! I’m just glad Boals realizes McKenzie shouldn’t be starting. 
We all agree, the entire needs to play smarter ball.  The best thing we’ve have going for us is that the America East is extremely weak.
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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2017, 05:51:15 am »
Hopefully, this means the era of McKenzie starting is permanently over!
He has a total of 0 points in the last three games versus three horrible teams! Yes, a total of 0 points!
The confidence of McKenzie should improve coming off the bench and playing against second stringers! I’m just glad Boals realizes McKenzie shouldn’t be starting. 
We all agree, the entire needs to play smarter ball.  The best thing we’ve have going for us is that the America East is extremely weak.

I agree. McKenzie is extremely raw and is not ready to be SB starting PG.. Cornish is the better option at this time, though turnovers plague him..

Why no Ochefu??? Boals gives McKenzie the benefit of the doubt in every game by playing him but not "Chef"... This is bizarre. How is he going to improve sitting on the bench??

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2017, 05:58:58 am »
I forgot to add. Why only 2 minutes of Almonacy??

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2017, 07:34:35 am »
I'll echo the sentiments of others:

Awesome game by Yeboah, who finally had a game delineating him as the star and best player on the team.  Cornish is extremely talented, but seeing in last couple of games that he is turnover-prone; he needs to slow the game down a bit at times, because some of his TO's are foolish.  Olaniyi is muy talented, and needs to be on the floor; really like this kid.  Not sure why McKenzie is getting minutes over Almonacy; to me, that's a real head scratcher: maybe Boals playing his recruit over Pikiell's recruit?  I dunno.  2nd half salvaged what could have been another bad loss.
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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2017, 08:40:21 am »
didnt see the game so dont know how good/bad we looked, but nice to get a rebound win against a local opponent that weve had trouble with in the past.  just what we needed to get over the St. Francis debacle. GO SB
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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2017, 09:06:34 am »
Some thoughts by John Templon at NYCBuckets who was at the game
http://www.nycbuckets.com/2017/12/stony-brook-comes-back-to-defeat-columbia-76-66/

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2017, 09:10:23 am »
In McKenzie's defense... he did have 5 assists though. Either he is going through a poor patch of shooting or he really is a poor shooter. And I agree with above sentiment regarding Cornish that he needs to slow down a bit. Many of his turnovers are when he is wheezing past in a fast break and making silly passes.
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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2017, 10:25:43 pm »
I like Sekunda starting. He spreads the floor because teams have to respect him from 3. He also played good defense last night. UC and Olaniyi off the bench give the team balanced scoring.

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Re: Game 10: at Columbia 12/7
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2017, 01:55:16 pm »
Hopefully, this means the era of McKenzie starting is permanently over!
He has a total of 0 points in the last three games versus three horrible teams! Yes, a total of 0 points!
The confidence of McKenzie should improve coming off the bench and playing against second stringers! I’m just glad Boals realizes McKenzie shouldn’t be starting. 
We all agree, the entire needs to play smarter ball.  The best thing we’ve have going for us is that the America East is extremely weak.

Boggles me that you continue to cite a point guard’s point totals. You did the same with Kam last year. It’s like saying that Sekunda is struggling because he doesn’t have many steals. Point guards handle the ball and control tempo, Kam was in exclusively for his D, and Sekunda for his shooting. Mac was thrust into the lead role out of necessity. I thought he was ready for it but he needs some seasoning. In my eyes, he’s still our steadiest 1, but Cornish is too electric to keep off the court. We’ll see if he can close out games at the point.


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