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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Foul trouble and inconsistent play plagued the Bison again as they fell just short in a thrilling 63-60 overtime loss to Penn State.
By Eric Thomas
Special to Hoop Time
STATE COLLEGE – It’s beginning to become an all too familiar site for the 2006 version of the Bucknell Bison men’s basketball team.
Foul trouble and inconsistent play plagued the Bison again as they fell just short in a thrilling 63-60 overtime loss to Penn State.
Mike Walker’s 23-foot trey at the buzzer in overtime sunk the Bison, dropping them to 0-4 on the young season.
Walker’s 3-pointer at the buzzer came on the heels of the Bison triple teaming ‘Mooch’ Jackson in the paint. Jackson somehow kicked it out to a screaming Walker who buried the shot from the right wing as time expired.
“I guess somehow it got into ‘Mooch’ and they triple teamed him, I was just yelling his name as loud as I could and he found me, and god willing the ball went in,” Walker said.
“I felt very comfortable with him taking that shot,” said Penn State head coach Ed DeChellis. “I think we needed something good to happen here. It hasn’t been fun around here the last couple of days.”
The Bison once again lost center Chris McNaughton to early foul trouble rendering him ineffective early on. McNaughton, who fouled out with 2:48 remaining, scored 11 points but was hassled all night by Penn State’s Jamelle Cornley and Brandon Hassel. He took just three field goal attempts.
Sophomore Jason Vegotsky did his best to rescue the Bison in the second half hitting for all 12 of his team high points as the Bison fought back with a furious rally in the final 8:35, taking the lead at one point off his second three-pointer at 51-50 with 3:16 remaining.
“I want to be realistic with the kids,” Bison head coach Pat Flannery said. “I don’t want to be a phony, I don’t want to go in there and say we should be 4-0 with the people we’ve played and what we’ve done. At the same time they have to go forward and go to the future. That’s why Vegotsky has to score for us. We need to get some consistent scoring and we haven’t gotten it out of Chris.”
Bucknell’s bench was forced into eating minutes to keep the Bison in the game.
“I like the way our bench responded because we got in foul trouble on the road early again and we had to play a lot of people. We had two freshmen in there in the first half just trying to buy some minutes."
The Bison jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but McNaughton picked up his second foul with 16:13 remaining in the half.
From that point on inconsistencies led to the Bison falling into a 26-19 hole at halftime after shooting a rugged 32-percent from the floor, missing all 11 of their three-point attempts in the half.
Danny Morrissey who led all scorers with 21 points connected on 5-of-10 three pointers leading the Nittany Lions surge to start the second half, in a disastrous stretch for Bucknell that saw Morrissey hit two consecutive 3-pointers and the Bison miss two shots, while picking up three early second half fouls.
Abe Badmus, connected to cut the Penn State lead to 11, and Darren Mastrapaolo scored five points in a mini run to get the Bison back within seven at the 12:31 mark. After Vegotsky gave the Bison the 51-50 lead late, hitting a 3-pointer from the left corner, the Bison failed to capitalize on their opportunities down the stretch, including a wide-open Andrew Morrison 10-foot jumper that would have won the game as regulation time expired.
Flannery hopes his younger players took note to the way his team fought back from the deficit.
“The thing that’s there is the fight and we have some young kids and that we’ll be able to build on.”
“We just haven’t quite gotten it done down the stretch here and that falls on me,” Flannery added. “We’ll keep plugging at it and we’ll keep trying to find a way to make those plays down the stretch. But that’s basketball and that’s what it comes down to. We certainly won our share of them too but we have to realize this is a new year and nobody’s going to give us anything.”
Notes: Penn State has won 11 consecutive games in the series dating back to 1976……the Nittany Lions are now 75-25 all-time against the Bison, and 19-0 against Patriot League teams…..this marked the first time the Nittany Lions have been out rebounded (33-26) this season……Flannery said he’d like to see the series continue, but added he wants Penn State to make the trek down route 45 to Lewisburg for a change. “Yeah I think it’s great for Central Pennsylvania. It certainly hasn’t been a rivalry until we do something but it’d be nice to get them down south once or twice sometime before I croak…….on the sideline.”
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By Eric Thomas
Special to Hoop Time
STATE COLLEGE – It’s beginning to become an all too familiar site for the 2006 version of the Bucknell Bison men’s basketball team.
Foul trouble and inconsistent play plagued the Bison again as they fell just short in a thrilling 63-60 overtime loss to Penn State.
Mike Walker’s 23-foot trey at the buzzer in overtime sunk the Bison, dropping them to 0-4 on the young season.
Walker’s 3-pointer at the buzzer came on the heels of the Bison triple teaming ‘Mooch’ Jackson in the paint. Jackson somehow kicked it out to a screaming Walker who buried the shot from the right wing as time expired.
“I guess somehow it got into ‘Mooch’ and they triple teamed him, I was just yelling his name as loud as I could and he found me, and god willing the ball went in,” Walker said.
“I felt very comfortable with him taking that shot,” said Penn State head coach Ed DeChellis. “I think we needed something good to happen here. It hasn’t been fun around here the last couple of days.”
The Bison once again lost center Chris McNaughton to early foul trouble rendering him ineffective early on. McNaughton, who fouled out with 2:48 remaining, scored 11 points but was hassled all night by Penn State’s Jamelle Cornley and Brandon Hassel. He took just three field goal attempts.
Sophomore Jason Vegotsky did his best to rescue the Bison in the second half hitting for all 12 of his team high points as the Bison fought back with a furious rally in the final 8:35, taking the lead at one point off his second three-pointer at 51-50 with 3:16 remaining.
“I want to be realistic with the kids,” Bison head coach Pat Flannery said. “I don’t want to be a phony, I don’t want to go in there and say we should be 4-0 with the people we’ve played and what we’ve done. At the same time they have to go forward and go to the future. That’s why Vegotsky has to score for us. We need to get some consistent scoring and we haven’t gotten it out of Chris.”
Bucknell’s bench was forced into eating minutes to keep the Bison in the game.
“I like the way our bench responded because we got in foul trouble on the road early again and we had to play a lot of people. We had two freshmen in there in the first half just trying to buy some minutes."
The Bison jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but McNaughton picked up his second foul with 16:13 remaining in the half.
From that point on inconsistencies led to the Bison falling into a 26-19 hole at halftime after shooting a rugged 32-percent from the floor, missing all 11 of their three-point attempts in the half.
Danny Morrissey who led all scorers with 21 points connected on 5-of-10 three pointers leading the Nittany Lions surge to start the second half, in a disastrous stretch for Bucknell that saw Morrissey hit two consecutive 3-pointers and the Bison miss two shots, while picking up three early second half fouls.
Abe Badmus, connected to cut the Penn State lead to 11, and Darren Mastrapaolo scored five points in a mini run to get the Bison back within seven at the 12:31 mark. After Vegotsky gave the Bison the 51-50 lead late, hitting a 3-pointer from the left corner, the Bison failed to capitalize on their opportunities down the stretch, including a wide-open Andrew Morrison 10-foot jumper that would have won the game as regulation time expired.
Flannery hopes his younger players took note to the way his team fought back from the deficit.
“The thing that’s there is the fight and we have some young kids and that we’ll be able to build on.”
“We just haven’t quite gotten it done down the stretch here and that falls on me,” Flannery added. “We’ll keep plugging at it and we’ll keep trying to find a way to make those plays down the stretch. But that’s basketball and that’s what it comes down to. We certainly won our share of them too but we have to realize this is a new year and nobody’s going to give us anything.”
Notes: Penn State has won 11 consecutive games in the series dating back to 1976……the Nittany Lions are now 75-25 all-time against the Bison, and 19-0 against Patriot League teams…..this marked the first time the Nittany Lions have been out rebounded (33-26) this season……Flannery said he’d like to see the series continue, but added he wants Penn State to make the trek down route 45 to Lewisburg for a change. “Yeah I think it’s great for Central Pennsylvania. It certainly hasn’t been a rivalry until we do something but it’d be nice to get them down south once or twice sometime before I croak…….on the sideline.”
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