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While I headed home over the weekend the Seahawks hit the road. After downing Drexel in Philly in OT; UNCW headed to Long Island on the outskirts of NYC to take the Hofstra pride to triple OT before falling by 5. After all this free basketball the road-weary Hawks return to the comforts of Trask Coliseium to take on Gary Neal, oh excuse me, the Towson Tigers.
The Thursday night matchup in the City of Brotherly Love was filled with stingy defense. Frank Elegar led all scorers with 15 and Vladimir Kuljanin paced the Seahawks with 14. As the series history goes UNCW usually builds a big lead against Drexel and then blows it in the final minutes only to pull out a dramatic victory, or every once in awhile a dramatic loss. This matchup was no different as the Seahawks squandered a nice lead to let Drexel send it into to OT. But in the end it was the poor FT shooting of Drexel in in the extra period matched with the good shooting of UNCW to pull out the victory.
For complete stats check the Box Score.
The Seahawks were obviously still sluggish from the excitement on Thursday night as they hit the floor in NYC on Saturday afternooon. Hofstra jumped out to a big lead early but UNCW grinded away and managed to send the game to OT. Whereas 1 OT or even 2 would be sufficent for most teams to pull out the win UNCW decided they would like to do it in the 3rd. But unfortunately Hofstra had other plans as Loren Stokes opened the 11th minute of free basketball with back to back 3's. This proved to be too much for the Hawks to overcome even with a late Techinical foul on Hofstra.
TJ Carter continued his game of setting careers highs as the team loses as he led all scorers with 31 points. This was the 3rd time this year that he has set a career high. The first time was against an unnamed team from Madison Wisconsin when he dropped in 19 only to allow UNCW to drop the road contest on a last second 3 by Kammron (I don't know how to spell Cameron or even Kameron) Taylor. He matched that total against ODU only to have the Monarchs go crazy in the 2nd half as they dropped everything from behind the arch to grind out the 5 point victory in Norfolk.
To see an impressively long play by play breakdown as well as complete stats from the Hofstra game consult this Box Score.
If you are a subscriber to espn.com insider and have the good sense to read midmajority.com's Kyle Whelliston's blog then you will have seen him mention our Hofstra game. It would have been nicer if it was a winning effort but, any publicity is good publicity:
• While this weekend's NBA triple-OT thriller between Boston and Philadelphia was given full narrative treatment on "SportsCenter," you may have missed the three-OT battle between UNC-Wilmington and Hofstra, won by the home-standing Pride 92-87. Jumpy junior guard Loren Stokes (who played 54 minutes) showed why Hofstra is a "buy" in the 2006-07 CAA futures market, as he scored six of his 30 in the third extra session.
I will wrap up this entry by saying that I will see all you faithful readers in Trask Coliseium Thursaday night as we take on The Towson Tigers at 7:00. The Tigers are led by Gary Neal and Lawrence Hamm. Neal averages 28 ppg to go along with 4rpg. And the big Hamm in the middle averages 17 ppg and 8rpg. Towson who has prennially been a league doormat in the CAA has stormed out to an early 4-2 mark putting them in a tie with Hofstra for 5th place. They have already won 3 more games than they did all of last season with their 8-7 mark. So make it out to Trask if you can and if not listen in on 980 AM in Wilmington.
In other league news:
ODU and GMU remain atop the league with 6-1 records. UNCW and Norhteastern are in a tie for 3rd at 5-2. And as mentioned before Hofstra and Towson are tied for 5th with 4-2 conference marks. Complete CAA Standings
In the latest Mid-Major Top 25 Several CAA teams reamin prominent:
ODU 4
GMU 14
Hofstra 15
UNCW 18
Drexel 30
VCU 31
Northeastern 38
Towson 58
And in the latest RPI rankings:
ODU 21
GMU 43
UNCW 64
VCU 66
Hofstra 93
Thats all the UNCW/CAA news for now. See you at Trask.
The Thursday night matchup in the City of Brotherly Love was filled with stingy defense. Frank Elegar led all scorers with 15 and Vladimir Kuljanin paced the Seahawks with 14. As the series history goes UNCW usually builds a big lead against Drexel and then blows it in the final minutes only to pull out a dramatic victory, or every once in awhile a dramatic loss. This matchup was no different as the Seahawks squandered a nice lead to let Drexel send it into to OT. But in the end it was the poor FT shooting of Drexel in in the extra period matched with the good shooting of UNCW to pull out the victory.
For complete stats check the Box Score.
The Seahawks were obviously still sluggish from the excitement on Thursday night as they hit the floor in NYC on Saturday afternooon. Hofstra jumped out to a big lead early but UNCW grinded away and managed to send the game to OT. Whereas 1 OT or even 2 would be sufficent for most teams to pull out the win UNCW decided they would like to do it in the 3rd. But unfortunately Hofstra had other plans as Loren Stokes opened the 11th minute of free basketball with back to back 3's. This proved to be too much for the Hawks to overcome even with a late Techinical foul on Hofstra.
TJ Carter continued his game of setting careers highs as the team loses as he led all scorers with 31 points. This was the 3rd time this year that he has set a career high. The first time was against an unnamed team from Madison Wisconsin when he dropped in 19 only to allow UNCW to drop the road contest on a last second 3 by Kammron (I don't know how to spell Cameron or even Kameron) Taylor. He matched that total against ODU only to have the Monarchs go crazy in the 2nd half as they dropped everything from behind the arch to grind out the 5 point victory in Norfolk.
To see an impressively long play by play breakdown as well as complete stats from the Hofstra game consult this Box Score.
If you are a subscriber to espn.com insider and have the good sense to read midmajority.com's Kyle Whelliston's blog then you will have seen him mention our Hofstra game. It would have been nicer if it was a winning effort but, any publicity is good publicity:
• While this weekend's NBA triple-OT thriller between Boston and Philadelphia was given full narrative treatment on "SportsCenter," you may have missed the three-OT battle between UNC-Wilmington and Hofstra, won by the home-standing Pride 92-87. Jumpy junior guard Loren Stokes (who played 54 minutes) showed why Hofstra is a "buy" in the 2006-07 CAA futures market, as he scored six of his 30 in the third extra session.
I will wrap up this entry by saying that I will see all you faithful readers in Trask Coliseium Thursaday night as we take on The Towson Tigers at 7:00. The Tigers are led by Gary Neal and Lawrence Hamm. Neal averages 28 ppg to go along with 4rpg. And the big Hamm in the middle averages 17 ppg and 8rpg. Towson who has prennially been a league doormat in the CAA has stormed out to an early 4-2 mark putting them in a tie with Hofstra for 5th place. They have already won 3 more games than they did all of last season with their 8-7 mark. So make it out to Trask if you can and if not listen in on 980 AM in Wilmington.
In other league news:
ODU and GMU remain atop the league with 6-1 records. UNCW and Norhteastern are in a tie for 3rd at 5-2. And as mentioned before Hofstra and Towson are tied for 5th with 4-2 conference marks. Complete CAA Standings
In the latest Mid-Major Top 25 Several CAA teams reamin prominent:
ODU 4
GMU 14
Hofstra 15
UNCW 18
Drexel 30
VCU 31
Northeastern 38
Towson 58
And in the latest RPI rankings:
ODU 21
GMU 43
UNCW 64
VCU 66
Hofstra 93
Thats all the UNCW/CAA news for now. See you at Trask.
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