Seahawks Take Down (the) Duke(s)
While it's not as impressive as taking down the #2 team in the country I'll take us beating the #280 team in the nation. Especially if it is a road game, even more so if it is a conference game. This win kept UNCW in a tie for 1st place in the CAA with ODU and GMU who also posted wins Thursday night. The Hawks posted 83-46 win behind John Goldsberry who surpassed Billy Donlon for the all time lead for UNCW in assists, as well as becoming 1 of 16 players in school history to score 1,000 points. He led all scorers with 18 points as well as posting 7 assists, 6 boards and 3 steals. Daniel Freeman and Ray Barbosa led JMU in scoring with 10 apiece. The Seahawks achieved this 37 point dismantling behind 50.8% shooting helped by a staggering 62.5% behind the arch. Not to mention 78.6% from the charity stripe.
Here is the Box Score.
UNCW now returns home to face off against Jose Juan Barea and the Northeastern Huskies. Barea is currently leading the nation in assists at 8.7 apg. This is on top of their CAA leading marks in FT% and RPG at 72.5% and 34.4 rpg respectively. It will be a true challenge shutting down Barea but I believe we are up to the task. We already shut down league leading scorer Gary Neal just over a week ago holding him 18 points below his average. I realize that Northeastern has played in some tough buildings, but I would like to see how they respond to a place as loud as Trask. It should be a good game and I will be shocked if we hold the Huskies below 65 points. I predict a hard fought win for UNCW with both teams in the 70's. I think TJ Carter and Todd Hendley with a little help from John Goldsberry will have enough firepower to answer everything Northeastern can throw at them. Plus JJ Barea is going to have to deal with defense from Wyrick, Goldsberry, and perhaps Soyebo should be more than he can handle. Hopefully his teamates won't step into his scoring role.
The other top games in the circuit today are ODU vs. GMU in Fairfax, and Hofstra vs. Drexel in Philly. Even though the home team usually wins where the top tier CAA teams are concerned I think Loren Stokes will be too much for Drexel to handle. I see Hofstra pulling out a close win at the Dak. But don't be suprised if Bruiser Flint's team is able to put the clamps down and pull out a win. As for the marquee matchup of the weekend, ODU vs. GMU, this should be a hard fought remix of the instant classic earlier this year in Norfolk. It should be another low scoring game but I don't see any Drew Williamson heroics this time around. GMU takes this game by 5.
In other CAA news the 3 way tie remains on top of the standing between UNCW, ODU, and GMU as they all posted wins on Thursday night. All 3 teams stand at 8-2 in the circuit. In a 2 way tie for 4th are VCU and Northeastern at 7-3. And right in the mix in 6th place is Hofstra at 6-3.
Compelete CAA standings.
It is quite amazing how good the league is this year there are only 4 teams that are not posing much of threat to anybody. GSU, W&M, JMU, and Delaware seem to be completely out of the picture. I don't think Towson will be able to push for the a top 4 seed in the tournament but they are not out of the picture as they stand at 5-5 which amazingly puts them in 8th place, yet only 3 games out of 1st place as we pass the halfway point of the conference schedule.
But for now let's focus on the business at hand at come out early to Trask for the 7:00 tip off. I plan on being there around an hour before hand, and maybe even before that. There is an oldtimers/alumni game at 3:30 if you would like to spend even more time at Trask. And if you can't come or couldn't get a ticket make sure to tune into 980 AM and cheer on from home. See you at Trask...
Here is the Box Score.
UNCW now returns home to face off against Jose Juan Barea and the Northeastern Huskies. Barea is currently leading the nation in assists at 8.7 apg. This is on top of their CAA leading marks in FT% and RPG at 72.5% and 34.4 rpg respectively. It will be a true challenge shutting down Barea but I believe we are up to the task. We already shut down league leading scorer Gary Neal just over a week ago holding him 18 points below his average. I realize that Northeastern has played in some tough buildings, but I would like to see how they respond to a place as loud as Trask. It should be a good game and I will be shocked if we hold the Huskies below 65 points. I predict a hard fought win for UNCW with both teams in the 70's. I think TJ Carter and Todd Hendley with a little help from John Goldsberry will have enough firepower to answer everything Northeastern can throw at them. Plus JJ Barea is going to have to deal with defense from Wyrick, Goldsberry, and perhaps Soyebo should be more than he can handle. Hopefully his teamates won't step into his scoring role.
The other top games in the circuit today are ODU vs. GMU in Fairfax, and Hofstra vs. Drexel in Philly. Even though the home team usually wins where the top tier CAA teams are concerned I think Loren Stokes will be too much for Drexel to handle. I see Hofstra pulling out a close win at the Dak. But don't be suprised if Bruiser Flint's team is able to put the clamps down and pull out a win. As for the marquee matchup of the weekend, ODU vs. GMU, this should be a hard fought remix of the instant classic earlier this year in Norfolk. It should be another low scoring game but I don't see any Drew Williamson heroics this time around. GMU takes this game by 5.
In other CAA news the 3 way tie remains on top of the standing between UNCW, ODU, and GMU as they all posted wins on Thursday night. All 3 teams stand at 8-2 in the circuit. In a 2 way tie for 4th are VCU and Northeastern at 7-3. And right in the mix in 6th place is Hofstra at 6-3.
Compelete CAA standings.
It is quite amazing how good the league is this year there are only 4 teams that are not posing much of threat to anybody. GSU, W&M, JMU, and Delaware seem to be completely out of the picture. I don't think Towson will be able to push for the a top 4 seed in the tournament but they are not out of the picture as they stand at 5-5 which amazingly puts them in 8th place, yet only 3 games out of 1st place as we pass the halfway point of the conference schedule.
But for now let's focus on the business at hand at come out early to Trask for the 7:00 tip off. I plan on being there around an hour before hand, and maybe even before that. There is an oldtimers/alumni game at 3:30 if you would like to spend even more time at Trask. And if you can't come or couldn't get a ticket make sure to tune into 980 AM and cheer on from home. See you at Trask...
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