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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Albany came from 15 points down to knock off Bucknell in the season opener for both teams. Click on Read More below for the full live gameblog.
First things first -- ignore the "read more" link at the end of the post. We will keep the entire live gameblog on the home page until we archive it after the game.
O.K., with that out of the way, greetings from the SEFCU Arena, or Stabler Lite, as one wag remarked upon entry.
There are rumors WWLIS mid majors guru Kyle Whelliston will be making an appearance, adding to the aura of importance for this game. Thus far, though, with about seven minutes to the tip, his seat is empty. Elvis is not in the building.
The Washington Post is, though. It's not John Feinstein, either. Seems kind of funny how the Post can't find its way up Mass Ave. for American games, but managed to get to upstate New York for this one.
Also on hand, Bucknell's (and our) favorite official, Rich Giallella. Last year Giallella worked so many Bucknell games, Corky Blake of the Express-Times asked if he earned a Bucknell varsity letter.
Bucknell 8, Albany 6 14:58 1st half Slow start offensively for both teams. John Griffin's three free throws on Bucknell's first possession account for their only points the first 3:45 of the game. Jamar Wilson two short jumpers for Albany.
Then things began to heat up at both ends. After a 0-2 start, Chris McNaughton hit a jump hook for a 5-4 lead. Griffin just drained a trey from the right corner to make it 8-6 at the first media timeout.
Bucknell 14, Albany 11 11:02 1st half Badmus picks up his second personal at the 14:00 mark and takes a seat shortly thereafter.
Bucknell already nine deep in its rotation. Jason Vegotsky, Andrew Morrison, Rob Thomas and Patrick Behan all seeing minutes off the bench early.
Darren Mastropaolo gets his second personal, called for elbowing moments after the same official was getting into it with Pat Flannery about something on the far sideline. Just before that, Mastropaolo finished a nice break off a nifty feed from griffin to put Bucknell up 14-8. Michael Knight with a three at the other end to keep it close.
Albany thus far 5-14 from the field. Bucknell 4-11.
Bucknell 19, Albany 15 (7:44 1st half) Team fouls piling up for Bucknell. They get their seventh at the 10:20 mark, putting Albany in the 1-1. Albany has just three at that point.
Albany takes a 15-14 lead on a fast break bucket off a stolen Behan pass. Bucknell answers immediately, going to McNaughton down low.
Bucknell now has gone 11 deep. With Badmus in foul trouble, sophomore Justin Castleberry gives Griffin a blow at the point. Josh Linthicum also makes an appearance.
Vegotsky hits his first trey of the season after pump faking his defender out of his shorts, giving BU a 19-15 lead.
Bucknell 31, Albany 19 (3:36 1st half) Out of the media timeout, Morrison hits a trey from the top of the arc. His outside shooting is a dimension that will help stretch defenses when he is on the floor.
Vegotsky looked to turn an ankle around the 6:38 mark. He headed to the bench, but is not getting any attention from the trainer.
4:46 mark, Albany picks up team foul number 7. Mastropaolo hits both free throws for a 27-19 lead.
Free throws a big edge for the Bison. They are 9-9 at the stripe thus far.
Donald Brown's slam off the dribble gives BU a double digits lead and prompts Albany to call a time out.
By the way, Kyle got here just after the tip.
Bison on a 15-4 run since Albany briefly took the lead.
Bucknell 34 , Albany 19 ( 2:11 1st half) Turnovers are hurting Albany -- they have 11 already. Bucknell 4- from the arc. 9-22 overall. Albany 7-22, 2-9 from 3 and just 3-4 from the line.
Bucknell 34, Albany 22 ( Halftime) Jason Siggers with a steal and a slam at the 33 second mark gives Albany its first field goal in over six minutes and makes it a 12-point game at the half.
Bucknell's first half showing impressive for the depth the Bison have shown. They are up a dozen on a good Albany team in the Danes' building, even with Badmus sitting 13 minutes of the half with foul trouble and McNaughton hitting only 2 of 6 from the field.
John Griffin leads the Bison with 13 points, 2-4 from the field, all three-point tries, and 7-7 at the foul line. Griffin with three assists, just one turnover, spending most of the half at the point in Badmus'' stead.
Jason Vegotsky with 8 points on 3-5 shooting, including 2-4 from three-point range. Thus far, those two are the answer to the question "who replaces Charles lee and Kevin Bettencourt's points?"
Bucknell is actually shooting better from three-point range (5-12, 41.7 percent) than from the field overall (10-26 38.5 percent).
Albany is 8-25 (32 percent), 2-9 from the arc. 13 turnovers for Albany. 10 for Bucknell, 6 in a sloppy final 3:39 of the half.
Kyle sends his greetings. Traffic reduced to one lane on 90 by an accident accounted for his late arrival.
Bucknell 36, Albany 29 ( 14:34 2nd half) Two quick fouls to start the second half for Bucknell. The first, on McNaughton, comes after he has to help on Wilson, who beat Donald Brown, and leads to a 3-point play that cuts the lead to single digits. The second, a charge by Brown at the other end, is his third personal.
Albany opens the half with a 7-2 spurt that has them, and the crowd, back in the game.
Bucknell 36, Albany 33 ( 11:21 2nd half) McNaughton's frustration shows at the 13:54 mark when he picks up his third personal on a charge.
Bucknell struggling on offense. Just 2 points in the first 8:39 of the half. Albany on an 11-2 run to open the half.
Bucknell 40, Albany 38 ( 7:54 2nd half) Vegotsky ends BU's scoring drought by pump faking his man into the air and drawing a three shot foul, making all three.
Albany's Jamar Wilson leaves with some sort of leg injury at the 9:40 mark. Not sure if it was a cramp or something more serious.
Vegotsky back on the line at the 8:35 mark for two, makes one. Bucknell still with one field goal this half.
Albany 41, Bucknell 40 ( 5:47 2nd half) Bucknell 1-13 from the field the first 13 minutes of the half. Albany finally takes the lead on a Lillis three with 6:44 to go.
Brown misses a short jumper at the other end, Bucknell 1-14 through 14 minutes of the second half.
Bucknell 46, Albany 44 ( 3:46 2nd half) John Griffin's 3 at 4:53 ends a long Bison cold spell. Another seconds later puts BU back on top, 46-43.
Two missed Albany free throws give Bison a chance to stretch the lead. That is squandered when Donald Brown steps on the end line after a feed from McNaughton that would have resulted in a dunk.
Bucknell 49, Albany 48 ( 2:10 2nd half) They announced it is a sellout crowd of over 4,530. The media guide says capacity at 5,000. Don't send your kids here to major in math. By the way, there are probably 100 empty seats.
McNaughton scores at 3:10 mark, his first points of the half.
Albany 50, Bucknell 49 (30.6 seconds 2nd half) Two free throws by Brian Lillis give Albany the lead, then he steals a pass intended for Vegotsky at the other end. UA up one with the ball.
Albany 55 , Bucknell 49 ( final) Brent Wilson's free throws at the 21.2 mark make it a 3-point lead. Vegotsky tries to draw a foul leaning in while shooting a three at the other end but the refs will have none of it. UA gets the rebound and Bucknell is forced to foul with 7.8 seconds to go. Brian Connelly hits both ends of the 1 and 1 to ice it.
Adding insult to injury, Jon Iati steals a sloppy inbounds pass and makes one of two to account for the final margin.
First things first -- ignore the "read more" link at the end of the post. We will keep the entire live gameblog on the home page until we archive it after the game.
O.K., with that out of the way, greetings from the SEFCU Arena, or Stabler Lite, as one wag remarked upon entry.
There are rumors WWLIS mid majors guru Kyle Whelliston will be making an appearance, adding to the aura of importance for this game. Thus far, though, with about seven minutes to the tip, his seat is empty. Elvis is not in the building.
The Washington Post is, though. It's not John Feinstein, either. Seems kind of funny how the Post can't find its way up Mass Ave. for American games, but managed to get to upstate New York for this one.
Also on hand, Bucknell's (and our) favorite official, Rich Giallella. Last year Giallella worked so many Bucknell games, Corky Blake of the Express-Times asked if he earned a Bucknell varsity letter.
Bucknell 8, Albany 6 14:58 1st half Slow start offensively for both teams. John Griffin's three free throws on Bucknell's first possession account for their only points the first 3:45 of the game. Jamar Wilson two short jumpers for Albany.
Then things began to heat up at both ends. After a 0-2 start, Chris McNaughton hit a jump hook for a 5-4 lead. Griffin just drained a trey from the right corner to make it 8-6 at the first media timeout.
Bucknell 14, Albany 11 11:02 1st half Badmus picks up his second personal at the 14:00 mark and takes a seat shortly thereafter.
Bucknell already nine deep in its rotation. Jason Vegotsky, Andrew Morrison, Rob Thomas and Patrick Behan all seeing minutes off the bench early.
Darren Mastropaolo gets his second personal, called for elbowing moments after the same official was getting into it with Pat Flannery about something on the far sideline. Just before that, Mastropaolo finished a nice break off a nifty feed from griffin to put Bucknell up 14-8. Michael Knight with a three at the other end to keep it close.
Albany thus far 5-14 from the field. Bucknell 4-11.
Bucknell 19, Albany 15 (7:44 1st half) Team fouls piling up for Bucknell. They get their seventh at the 10:20 mark, putting Albany in the 1-1. Albany has just three at that point.
Albany takes a 15-14 lead on a fast break bucket off a stolen Behan pass. Bucknell answers immediately, going to McNaughton down low.
Bucknell now has gone 11 deep. With Badmus in foul trouble, sophomore Justin Castleberry gives Griffin a blow at the point. Josh Linthicum also makes an appearance.
Vegotsky hits his first trey of the season after pump faking his defender out of his shorts, giving BU a 19-15 lead.
Bucknell 31, Albany 19 (3:36 1st half) Out of the media timeout, Morrison hits a trey from the top of the arc. His outside shooting is a dimension that will help stretch defenses when he is on the floor.
Vegotsky looked to turn an ankle around the 6:38 mark. He headed to the bench, but is not getting any attention from the trainer.
4:46 mark, Albany picks up team foul number 7. Mastropaolo hits both free throws for a 27-19 lead.
Free throws a big edge for the Bison. They are 9-9 at the stripe thus far.
Donald Brown's slam off the dribble gives BU a double digits lead and prompts Albany to call a time out.
By the way, Kyle got here just after the tip.
Bison on a 15-4 run since Albany briefly took the lead.
Bucknell 34 , Albany 19 ( 2:11 1st half) Turnovers are hurting Albany -- they have 11 already. Bucknell 4- from the arc. 9-22 overall. Albany 7-22, 2-9 from 3 and just 3-4 from the line.
Bucknell 34, Albany 22 ( Halftime) Jason Siggers with a steal and a slam at the 33 second mark gives Albany its first field goal in over six minutes and makes it a 12-point game at the half.
Bucknell's first half showing impressive for the depth the Bison have shown. They are up a dozen on a good Albany team in the Danes' building, even with Badmus sitting 13 minutes of the half with foul trouble and McNaughton hitting only 2 of 6 from the field.
John Griffin leads the Bison with 13 points, 2-4 from the field, all three-point tries, and 7-7 at the foul line. Griffin with three assists, just one turnover, spending most of the half at the point in Badmus'' stead.
Jason Vegotsky with 8 points on 3-5 shooting, including 2-4 from three-point range. Thus far, those two are the answer to the question "who replaces Charles lee and Kevin Bettencourt's points?"
Bucknell is actually shooting better from three-point range (5-12, 41.7 percent) than from the field overall (10-26 38.5 percent).
Albany is 8-25 (32 percent), 2-9 from the arc. 13 turnovers for Albany. 10 for Bucknell, 6 in a sloppy final 3:39 of the half.
Kyle sends his greetings. Traffic reduced to one lane on 90 by an accident accounted for his late arrival.
Bucknell 36, Albany 29 ( 14:34 2nd half) Two quick fouls to start the second half for Bucknell. The first, on McNaughton, comes after he has to help on Wilson, who beat Donald Brown, and leads to a 3-point play that cuts the lead to single digits. The second, a charge by Brown at the other end, is his third personal.
Albany opens the half with a 7-2 spurt that has them, and the crowd, back in the game.
Bucknell 36, Albany 33 ( 11:21 2nd half) McNaughton's frustration shows at the 13:54 mark when he picks up his third personal on a charge.
Bucknell struggling on offense. Just 2 points in the first 8:39 of the half. Albany on an 11-2 run to open the half.
Bucknell 40, Albany 38 ( 7:54 2nd half) Vegotsky ends BU's scoring drought by pump faking his man into the air and drawing a three shot foul, making all three.
Albany's Jamar Wilson leaves with some sort of leg injury at the 9:40 mark. Not sure if it was a cramp or something more serious.
Vegotsky back on the line at the 8:35 mark for two, makes one. Bucknell still with one field goal this half.
Albany 41, Bucknell 40 ( 5:47 2nd half) Bucknell 1-13 from the field the first 13 minutes of the half. Albany finally takes the lead on a Lillis three with 6:44 to go.
Brown misses a short jumper at the other end, Bucknell 1-14 through 14 minutes of the second half.
Bucknell 46, Albany 44 ( 3:46 2nd half) John Griffin's 3 at 4:53 ends a long Bison cold spell. Another seconds later puts BU back on top, 46-43.
Two missed Albany free throws give Bison a chance to stretch the lead. That is squandered when Donald Brown steps on the end line after a feed from McNaughton that would have resulted in a dunk.
Bucknell 49, Albany 48 ( 2:10 2nd half) They announced it is a sellout crowd of over 4,530. The media guide says capacity at 5,000. Don't send your kids here to major in math. By the way, there are probably 100 empty seats.
McNaughton scores at 3:10 mark, his first points of the half.
Albany 50, Bucknell 49 (30.6 seconds 2nd half) Two free throws by Brian Lillis give Albany the lead, then he steals a pass intended for Vegotsky at the other end. UA up one with the ball.
Albany 55 , Bucknell 49 ( final) Brent Wilson's free throws at the 21.2 mark make it a 3-point lead. Vegotsky tries to draw a foul leaning in while shooting a three at the other end but the refs will have none of it. UA gets the rebound and Bucknell is forced to foul with 7.8 seconds to go. Brian Connelly hits both ends of the 1 and 1 to ice it.
Adding insult to injury, Jon Iati steals a sloppy inbounds pass and makes one of two to account for the final margin.
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