Rammed Once Again
Sorry Coach Capel but the Rams are still having trouble in Trask. Yesterday afternoon the Seahawks put up an impressive showing against Virginia Commonwealth to improve to 7-1 on the year and 2-0 in Conference play. The loss drops VCU to 2-2 and they drop to 0-1 in CAA play. The first half was hard fought in close and Temi Soyebo's half ending lay up put UNCW up by 6. The Seahawks blew the game open in the second half with stifling defense and lights out shooting by John Goldsberry, and also Daniel Fountain coming off the bench. Todd Hendley led the way in scoring for UNCW with 14 points 9 rebounds and 2 steals. I can't even begin to describe how big of an acquisition he was for our team. And his addition has made him and Goldsberry one of the best frontcourt/backcourt teams in the Conference. And speak of the devil, Goldsberry followed up Hendley with 10 points, 5 assists, 2 boards and 2 steals. Temi Soyebo and TJ Carter also came up with 2 steals on the day.
Here is the Box Score.
Jeff Capel had only good things to say about our teams performance:
“UNCW plays hard, together and tough and that’s very evident in watching them play. I knew how good Todd Hendley was, and I’m one of John Goldsberry’s biggest fans. It’s the best team we’ve played so far this year."
Our own Coach Brownell said:
“I’m really proud of our kids. They had a lot of things going on including exams. I want to thank our crowd. They lifted our spirits and I think we got some energy that way.“We’ve increased the lead every time coming out in the second half. We had the home crowd giving us some positive feedback. On the road those are the demons you fight. Offensively in the first half we played too hard. At halftime I told them to relax. We executed well to get the ball in there but couldn’t finish and I credit that to Virginia Commonwealth. There’s a lot of mutual respect between the programs."
UNCW finished the game with a 20 point victory winning 60-40. The 40 points scored by VCU were the lowest in the history of their basketball program. This was UNCW's 4th straight victory and will give us confidence hitting the road to face off against Wisconsin in Madison on December 12th at 8:00 EST. Wisconsin was receiving votes in both national polls last week and will more than likely be in the top 25 when we meet up. Right now Wisconsin stands at 5-1 with their only loss coming at Wake Forest. One of those 5 wins was a 3 point nail biter against Old Dominion. Wisconsin is one of the toughest places to play in college basketball so this should be a nice indicator of the potential of our team this year, especially after coming off 8 days of rest.
In off the court news I do appreciate the enthusiasm shown by the fans yesterday but the is a certain line you don't cross. And walking over to the VCU locker room to get in their coaches face and talk to much trash is a little unacceptable. I want the fans to heckle but just stay in the student section when you do it. We don't need to become known for meanspirtedness and bad sportsmanship. Sportsmanship extends to the fans as well. Lets leave the idiotic heckling and the bad sportsmanship to Maryland students.
In other CAA news UNCW stands alone on top of the Conference at 7-1 (2-0 CAA). We are followed by Hofstra, George Mason, Towson, and Northeastern who are all 1-0 in conference play. Old Dominion and Northeastern are both 5-1 overall and Hofstra stands at 4-1. In RPI rankings we have 6 teams in the top 100:
Northeastern 14
UNCW 27
Hofstra 47
ODU 65
GMU 68
VCU 88
As off this post the new national polls and Mid Major polls have not been released yet. I will update that as soon as the info is available.
Happy exam week everybody.
Good Job Hawks.
Here is the Box Score.
Jeff Capel had only good things to say about our teams performance:
“UNCW plays hard, together and tough and that’s very evident in watching them play. I knew how good Todd Hendley was, and I’m one of John Goldsberry’s biggest fans. It’s the best team we’ve played so far this year."
Our own Coach Brownell said:
“I’m really proud of our kids. They had a lot of things going on including exams. I want to thank our crowd. They lifted our spirits and I think we got some energy that way.“We’ve increased the lead every time coming out in the second half. We had the home crowd giving us some positive feedback. On the road those are the demons you fight. Offensively in the first half we played too hard. At halftime I told them to relax. We executed well to get the ball in there but couldn’t finish and I credit that to Virginia Commonwealth. There’s a lot of mutual respect between the programs."
UNCW finished the game with a 20 point victory winning 60-40. The 40 points scored by VCU were the lowest in the history of their basketball program. This was UNCW's 4th straight victory and will give us confidence hitting the road to face off against Wisconsin in Madison on December 12th at 8:00 EST. Wisconsin was receiving votes in both national polls last week and will more than likely be in the top 25 when we meet up. Right now Wisconsin stands at 5-1 with their only loss coming at Wake Forest. One of those 5 wins was a 3 point nail biter against Old Dominion. Wisconsin is one of the toughest places to play in college basketball so this should be a nice indicator of the potential of our team this year, especially after coming off 8 days of rest.
In off the court news I do appreciate the enthusiasm shown by the fans yesterday but the is a certain line you don't cross. And walking over to the VCU locker room to get in their coaches face and talk to much trash is a little unacceptable. I want the fans to heckle but just stay in the student section when you do it. We don't need to become known for meanspirtedness and bad sportsmanship. Sportsmanship extends to the fans as well. Lets leave the idiotic heckling and the bad sportsmanship to Maryland students.
In other CAA news UNCW stands alone on top of the Conference at 7-1 (2-0 CAA). We are followed by Hofstra, George Mason, Towson, and Northeastern who are all 1-0 in conference play. Old Dominion and Northeastern are both 5-1 overall and Hofstra stands at 4-1. In RPI rankings we have 6 teams in the top 100:
Northeastern 14
UNCW 27
Hofstra 47
ODU 65
GMU 68
VCU 88
As off this post the new national polls and Mid Major polls have not been released yet. I will update that as soon as the info is available.
Happy exam week everybody.
Good Job Hawks.
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