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Saturday, November 10, 2007
News, notes and pregame tidbits from Sojka Pavilion and around the league.
ARMY FALLS IN GOPHER HOLE: In case you missed the score of this afternoon's game, Army dropped an 84-52 decision at Minnesota. Jarrell Brown 2 for 11 (1 for 5 at the arc) for 5 points. Suffice to say Army is not going anywhere if they don't get more production than that from their star. Here is the box score, we'll have more on that game later.
MYSTERY MEN: A big question heading into the opening weekend was who would start at American, where the roster is full of new faces following the graduation of four starters from last season. That question was answered when we got SID Anthony Wilson's notes for tonight's game at St. Francis (Pa.).
Jeff Jones is going small in the backcourt. Actually, small might be overstating the case. Minuscule might be a more apt desorption as junior sharpshooter Garrison Carr gets the nod along classmate Derrick Mercer, the only returning starter. Mercer is generously listed at 5-9, Carr at 5-11 -- a measurement most likely taken when he was wearing some sort of ballet shoes that allowed him to stand on the very tips of his toes.
The frontcourt features athletic junior Cornelio Guibunda, the 6-9 Georgetown transfer, at center, with juco transfer Bryce Simon (6-6) and 6-5 senior Travis Lay.
MORE SMALL TALK: You knew Bucknell was going to be smaller this season when Darren Mastropaolo went down with a torn ACL over the summer, but it didn't really sink in until you looked at the lineup in their pregame notes, and saw them take the floor for their pregame shootaround here in Sojka. Starting center Josh Linthicum (6-11), starting four man Patrick Behan (6-8) and freshman big man Todd O'Brien (6-10) are the only guys in uniform over 6-5.
Of those expected to see serious playing time, only freshman G.W. Boon among the remaining Bison measures 6-4. Everybody else in the rotation is 6-3 or smaller. Front court foul trouble could be a real problem for the Bison.
Making the Bison look even smaller is the presence of nine Albany guys 6-5 or taller shooting around at the opposite end of the floor.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: They have moved the media room at Sojka temporarily to allow the hoops team to use the usual media digs as a meeting room while their locker rooms are undergoing renovations. After the duo of Jason Vegotsky and Mastropaolo passed press row in street clothes, the question was raised: Do those renovations include a handicapped ramp?
Vegotsky's foot injury is a stress fracture, according to a Bison staffer. His status is week to week, which sounds considerably less optimistic than day to day.
Not trying to sound alarmist, but Bucknell fans will recall forward John Clark's career was cut short by similar problems, though there is not indication at this point that Vegotsky's injury is as severe as Clark's was.
WAGERING WAFFLES: An item in Bucknell's game notes mentions that former Bison standout Charles Lee, who played in Israel last season, is now with the Belgian Verviers-Pepinster club, where he is a teammate with Jamar Wilson, the start of Albany's 2006 and 2007 America East title teams.
Lee, by the way, is averaging 11.7 ppg through 7 games with his new team. Wilson is hitting at a 20.9 ppg clip. The team is 3-4.
GETTING TECHNICAL: Bucknell will shoot free throws before tonight's tip off thanks to Albanu freshman Al Turley, who got called for a technical for dunking during pregame warmups.
YOUNG ROTATION: Bucknell's rotation full of youngsters. Two of the three freshmen -- Todd O'Brien and Daryl Shazier joined senior Rob Thomas in Pat Flannery's first wave of subs at the 15:45 media time out. Freshman G.W. Boon came off the bench a few minutes later.
M*A*S*H: As if Bucknell did not have enough injury woes, Thomas left the game at the 13:52 mark of the first half after injuring his left leg while driving to the basket. Thomas, who was fouled on the play, collapsed in a heap, cluthing the leg in obvious pain. He managed to leave the floor under his own power, but spent the rest of the half sitting at the far end of the bench with an ice bag strapped to his knee.
RIGHT BACK AT YA: Nice sequence for Bucknell with just under 5 minutes to go had O'Brien make a nifty feed to Tyree under the basket, only to lose the assist when Tyree missed the peepee. But Tyree got the offensive board, then made an equally nice pass back to O'Brien who laid it home for the first points of his collegiate career.
FLOOR SHOW: Something you have not seen much of at Bucknell, or around the league for that matter, is four men who can put the ball on the floor. Behan, though, looks like that kind of guy. The 6-8 sophomore beat his man off the dribble for his first bucket of the game and later used an Earl Monroe-like spin move to get into the lane for a short jumper. Also in his repertoire: the jump hook he used to score his 10th points of the half after backing down his defender NBA style in the post.
HALFTIME STATS: Bucknell opened with an 8-0 run and leads 28-22 at the break. The Bison 10 for 27 from the field (37 percent), 1 for 6 from 3-point range, 7-12 at the line. Albany 9 for 28 (32.1 percent) from the field, 2-8 from the arc (both by 5-9 senior Jon Iati, who has 8 at the half), 2-2 at the foul line. Rebounds are Albany 20, Bucknell 19 (Tyree with 9 at the half). Turnovers: Bucknell 5, Albany 7. Bucknell with three blocks (O'Brien, Boon and Thomas), Albany 1 block. Nobody with more than 2 fouls for either team.
ARMY FALLS IN GOPHER HOLE: In case you missed the score of this afternoon's game, Army dropped an 84-52 decision at Minnesota. Jarrell Brown 2 for 11 (1 for 5 at the arc) for 5 points. Suffice to say Army is not going anywhere if they don't get more production than that from their star. Here is the box score, we'll have more on that game later.
MYSTERY MEN: A big question heading into the opening weekend was who would start at American, where the roster is full of new faces following the graduation of four starters from last season. That question was answered when we got SID Anthony Wilson's notes for tonight's game at St. Francis (Pa.).
Jeff Jones is going small in the backcourt. Actually, small might be overstating the case. Minuscule might be a more apt desorption as junior sharpshooter Garrison Carr gets the nod along classmate Derrick Mercer, the only returning starter. Mercer is generously listed at 5-9, Carr at 5-11 -- a measurement most likely taken when he was wearing some sort of ballet shoes that allowed him to stand on the very tips of his toes.
The frontcourt features athletic junior Cornelio Guibunda, the 6-9 Georgetown transfer, at center, with juco transfer Bryce Simon (6-6) and 6-5 senior Travis Lay.
MORE SMALL TALK: You knew Bucknell was going to be smaller this season when Darren Mastropaolo went down with a torn ACL over the summer, but it didn't really sink in until you looked at the lineup in their pregame notes, and saw them take the floor for their pregame shootaround here in Sojka. Starting center Josh Linthicum (6-11), starting four man Patrick Behan (6-8) and freshman big man Todd O'Brien (6-10) are the only guys in uniform over 6-5.
Of those expected to see serious playing time, only freshman G.W. Boon among the remaining Bison measures 6-4. Everybody else in the rotation is 6-3 or smaller. Front court foul trouble could be a real problem for the Bison.
Making the Bison look even smaller is the presence of nine Albany guys 6-5 or taller shooting around at the opposite end of the floor.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: They have moved the media room at Sojka temporarily to allow the hoops team to use the usual media digs as a meeting room while their locker rooms are undergoing renovations. After the duo of Jason Vegotsky and Mastropaolo passed press row in street clothes, the question was raised: Do those renovations include a handicapped ramp?
Vegotsky's foot injury is a stress fracture, according to a Bison staffer. His status is week to week, which sounds considerably less optimistic than day to day.
Not trying to sound alarmist, but Bucknell fans will recall forward John Clark's career was cut short by similar problems, though there is not indication at this point that Vegotsky's injury is as severe as Clark's was.
WAGERING WAFFLES: An item in Bucknell's game notes mentions that former Bison standout Charles Lee, who played in Israel last season, is now with the Belgian Verviers-Pepinster club, where he is a teammate with Jamar Wilson, the start of Albany's 2006 and 2007 America East title teams.
Lee, by the way, is averaging 11.7 ppg through 7 games with his new team. Wilson is hitting at a 20.9 ppg clip. The team is 3-4.
GETTING TECHNICAL: Bucknell will shoot free throws before tonight's tip off thanks to Albanu freshman Al Turley, who got called for a technical for dunking during pregame warmups.
YOUNG ROTATION: Bucknell's rotation full of youngsters. Two of the three freshmen -- Todd O'Brien and Daryl Shazier joined senior Rob Thomas in Pat Flannery's first wave of subs at the 15:45 media time out. Freshman G.W. Boon came off the bench a few minutes later.
M*A*S*H: As if Bucknell did not have enough injury woes, Thomas left the game at the 13:52 mark of the first half after injuring his left leg while driving to the basket. Thomas, who was fouled on the play, collapsed in a heap, cluthing the leg in obvious pain. He managed to leave the floor under his own power, but spent the rest of the half sitting at the far end of the bench with an ice bag strapped to his knee.
RIGHT BACK AT YA: Nice sequence for Bucknell with just under 5 minutes to go had O'Brien make a nifty feed to Tyree under the basket, only to lose the assist when Tyree missed the peepee. But Tyree got the offensive board, then made an equally nice pass back to O'Brien who laid it home for the first points of his collegiate career.
FLOOR SHOW: Something you have not seen much of at Bucknell, or around the league for that matter, is four men who can put the ball on the floor. Behan, though, looks like that kind of guy. The 6-8 sophomore beat his man off the dribble for his first bucket of the game and later used an Earl Monroe-like spin move to get into the lane for a short jumper. Also in his repertoire: the jump hook he used to score his 10th points of the half after backing down his defender NBA style in the post.
HALFTIME STATS: Bucknell opened with an 8-0 run and leads 28-22 at the break. The Bison 10 for 27 from the field (37 percent), 1 for 6 from 3-point range, 7-12 at the line. Albany 9 for 28 (32.1 percent) from the field, 2-8 from the arc (both by 5-9 senior Jon Iati, who has 8 at the half), 2-2 at the foul line. Rebounds are Albany 20, Bucknell 19 (Tyree with 9 at the half). Turnovers: Bucknell 5, Albany 7. Bucknell with three blocks (O'Brien, Boon and Thomas), Albany 1 block. Nobody with more than 2 fouls for either team.
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