LATEST HEADLINES

Saturday, December 02, 2006
Few students+few buckets=no win (gameblog)
If there was a big crowd of Bucknell students someplace Saturday afternoon, maybe it was the infirmary, where unconfirmed reports say hundreds of BU kids were being treated for sprains, breaks and brusies, suffered while jumping off the Bison bandwagon.

Pregame

They are expecting a sellout, but as the Bison are introduced in Sojka Pavilion, the student sections at either end are about half full and still empty seats on each side. Especially the section usually reserved for visiting teams behind the UNI bench.

Reportedly UNI returned about 100 tickets that were put on sale today. The rest of the tickets have been sold, or claimed, for this one. But at the tip, still many unused.

  • The officials are a mystery. Nobody along press row can recall seeing any of the three before.

  • Badmus has looked for the three three times in the first 4 minutes, making one.

  • UNI scored the first 4 points of the game, Bison on an 8-0 run with McNaughton on the line looking to finish a three-point play.

    Bucknell 8, UNI 4 (15:56 first)

  • By the way, the Bison sticking with the orange shoes. They switched to them for the Yale game and are 2-0 in them since.

  • Correction on the Badmus three-pointers. He was inside the arc for the one he made. Officially 0-2 from outside.

  • McNaughton just picked up his second personal with 11:40 to go in the half. Again their best player looking at a large chunk of time on the Bison bench. He has been playing well, too, 4 points and 4 rebounds thus far. Mastropaolo also sitting with two fouls.

    Bucknell 13, UNI 11 (13:33 first)

  • With Mastropaolo and McNaughton on the bench, UNI is pounding the ball inside, especially to Eric Coleman, who is 5 for 6, 10 points already. Coleman picking up where he left off last season when he scored 11 of his 15 in the second half against the Bison.

  • UNI shooting 50 percent from the field (8 for 16), 0 for 4 at the arc. Bucknell is 7 for 17 (41.2 percent) from the field, 1 for 5 on threes.

    Bucknell 17, UNI 17 (7:35 first)

  • Mastropaolo checks back in during the timeout at 7:35, along with Patrick Behan, whom Coleman has for lunch the first time he sees the ball. Seems like Andrew Morrison would be the better matchup defensively on the beefy Coleman.

  • At the 5:30 mark, McNaughton replaces Mastropaolo. Appears Flannery going to roll the dice on getting through the half with those two not getting a third foul. He has little choice. It is that or let Coleman romp in the paint. Linthicum and Behan have been mere speedbumps when they tried to guard him.

    UNI 23, Bucknell 22 (2:50 first)

  • Flannery loses that gamble six seconds after the timeout when McNaughton picks up his third. Unwilling to risk Mastropaolo getting a third, Linthicum replaces McNaughton.

    UNI 28, Bucknell 24 (HALFTIME)

    Halftime stats:     UNI shooting 54.2 percent from the field (13-24) due maainly to Coleman and 6-8 senior Grant Stout. Coleman is 6 for 7 with 12 points, Stout 4 for 7 for 9 (including 1 for 2 from three-point range).

    Bucknell either more balanced or unable to get anybody going, depending how you look at it. Abe Badmus (3 for 8, 6 points) is the only Bison with more than one field goal. Bison 10 for 24 (41.7 percent) from the field.

    McNaughton, who has 5 rebounds and three points, has three personals. Nobody else on either side with more than two.

  • By the way, it is not a late arriving crowd. Bucknell's students have bailed from the bandwagon in a big way. That this place is not packed for a game of this caliber borders on criminal.

    UNI 28, Bucknell 24 (START 2nd HALF)
  • Now Badmus has a three, knocking one down top of the key to make it a 30-29 game. Badmus now 1 of 4 from the arc.

  • At the 17:@0 mark, UNI has an inbounds play with 2 seconds on the shot clock. Somehow BU leaves Stout wide open on the arc for an easy three.

  • 16:10 Mastropaolo picks up his third personal on what looked a lot like an out of control travel by Coleman.

  • 15:33 Travis Brown of UNi picks up his third personal. No other Panther has two.

    UNI 36, Bucknell 29 (15:33 2nd)

  • Bison retake lead on McNaughton layin off a nifty feed from Griffin at the 8:36 mark.

  • UNI right back on top on a trey by Brooks McKowen after Stout chased down his own missed three in a corner and tipped it back to a teammate to retain possession

    UNI 42, Bucknell 40 (7:31 2nd Half)

  • Mastropaolo hit with his fourth foul at the 6:43 mark. At the 5:20 mark he reenters when McNaughton needs a breather.

  • Flannery gets a technical at the 4:35 mark, arguing a foul called on Badmus on what looked like a tripped over his own two feet move by Josten. McKowen makes both on the T and Josten both ends of the one and one and suddenly UNI has a 49-42 lead. Flannery's ire was perhaps fueled by the no call on Coleman at the other end on a play where Badmus went to the hole and ended up on the floor.

  • 3:56 Both McNaughton and Mastropaolo are on the floor for Bucknell. Flannery cannot afford to leave either out at this point.

    UNI 49, Bucknell 44 (3:34 2nd Half)

  • McNaughton with a turnaround cuts it to 49-46, but at the other end, a buzzer-beating three by McKowen pushes the UNI lead back to 6. Not coincidentally, that is the same number of points UNI has on three-pointers with the shot clock running out.

  • Badmus now with four personals, called for his fourth while battling with Stout for a long rebound off a missed UNI three.

    UNI 52, Bucknell 46 (1:57 to play)

  • Mastropaolo picks up his fifth with 48 seconds to play. It pays off when Stout misses both free throws, but Bucknell cannot convert at the other end, McNaughton missing a three, which Coleman rebounds. Badmus then gets his fifth and McKowen seals it by making both free throws for a 55-48 lead with 32.2 to play.

    Labels: ,

    • Published at 1:00 PM by Hoop Time.
    Help Hoop Time