Monday means another week is in the books and lots of players garnered weekly awards from their respective conferences this week. Also, three local teams are in the Mid-Major Top 25.
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Saturday Round Up: Columbia and Hofstra get first conference wins
Columbia got its first Ivy League victory over the season over Cornell and Hofstra defeated James Madison on the road to score its first CAA victory as New York area teams had a solid day of games on a busy Saturday. Besides the two NEC games on the slate, five other teams were in action and four of them came away victorious.
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Wagner, LIU and NJIT all record conference wins
Last night was a good night for a number of New York area schools as they were able to record victories in conference games. Wagner’s victory over St. Francis (NY) sets up a battle for first place on Staten Island on Saturday night. It should be a great atmosphere.
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Monday round up
Conference play got kicked into high-gear on Monday with some big match ups. You can checkout my recap of Manhattan’s loss to Rider in the post below, but here are some things you should know about four other key games, including two non-conference wins for Columbia and NJIT.
Conference battles highlight busy Monday night
The New Year holiday is over and it’s time for conference play. America East opens in earnest tonight and the biggest game on the schedule is Stony Brook hosting Vermont. Also, Manhattan starts MAAC play up again by hosting Rider and Hofstra hosts VCU. Here’s what to look for in all of the big games.
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New York Mid-Major Non-Conference Teams
Nobody is in action today as we get ready for conference play, so it’s time to look back once more and name the All-New York Mid-Major Non-Conference teams. There are a lot of talented players to pick from in the New York City area. If I left your favorite player off one of the teams below let me know in the comments. I don’t like expanding beyond two teams, even though it’s possible, because at some point you just start including everyone and I wanted to avoid that situation.
Julian Boyd leads Long Island past NJIT
Long Island let NJIT close a 21-point deficit to three in the middle of the second half, but thanks to Julian Boyd the Blackbirds persevered and pulled out the 84-74 victory at the Wellness Center on Friday night.
After Chris Flores’ lay up cut the Highlanders’ deficit to three with 9:12 remaining in the game, Boyd answered with a 12-7 run all his own to push the lead back up to eight with six minutes to play. The Highlanders got within seven once more in the game, but never truly threatened LIU again.
“It’s just a thing in me, a will to win,” Boyd said. “I want to win bad. I know everyone else on the team does too, but just seeing that lead diminish and wanting to get it back up it just made me work harder to try and do more things to try and get it back up.”
During the run Boyd scored eight points on free throws. He was a perfect 8-8 from the line in the game. Boyd, who was often guarded by the much smaller Isaiah Wilkerson, scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half. He also grabbed 11 rebounds in 31 minutes
“What I said walking up the stairs was ‘Thank god Julian was here in the second half,'” said LIU head coach Jim Ferry afterwards.
The Blackbirds got solid contributions from a number of sources. Jason Brickman had a solid game with 18 points, six assists and only two turnovers. Jamal Olasewere had a double-double with 15 and 10 boards. Michael Culpo was the fourth LIU player in double-figures with 11.
The first was half was as close to perfect as LIU has played this season and the Blackbirds built a 40-23 lead at the break. But Ferry’s team failed to put NJIT away right after halftime. Wilkerson talked about playing together during halftime and with him on the bench other players stepped up. The Highlanders went on a 15-4 run to close the gap.
While NJIT was making the run, the bench provided the energy and enthusiasm. Loud chants of “Defense, defense,” came from the rambunctious bunch often standing on the sidelines near Engles. It was energy often reserved for last-second shots, but it was there the entire time NJIT made its move.
“The first half of this game I didn’t have one issue,” Ferry said. “I thought we did what we were supposed to do in the first half. We were focused. We had energy. We guarded. We played very unselfish offensively and it clicked. The second half we lacked urgency and we lacked focus.”
Eventually NJIT succumbed to Boyd’s incredible effort, but not until the Highlanders got 35 points off the bench, including 16 points from Arjun Ohri – who shot 4-6 from three. Chris Flores added 14 and five assists, and Wilkerson scored 13 and grabbed seven boards.
The Blackbirds now have six days before reopening NEC play at Sacred Heart on January 5. There’s still a lot for LIU to work on before then.
“Hopefully we learn from these games where we’ve given up leads,” Ferry said. “If we have breakdowns for five or six minutes in our conference we’re going to be in trouble.”
Notes: C.J. Garner had eight points and five assists (against zero turnovers) for LIU … NJIT attempted 70 shots … The Highlanders shot 9-18 from three during their second half comeback … LIU went 27-33 from the line … NJIT committed just eight turnovers … Brickman was 4-6 from three and 6-6 from the free throw line, Ferry called the play of his sophomore point guard “tremendous.”
The heart of Julian Boyd (LIU vs. NJIT)
Game #8-797: New Jersey Tech Highlanders at Long Island Blackbirds
December 30, 2011 7:00 pm
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Long Island let NJIT close a 21-point deficit to three in the middle of the second half, but thanks to Julian Boyd the Blackbirds persevered and pulled out the 84-74 victory at the Wellness Center on Friday night.
After Chris Flores’ lay up cut the Highlanders’ deficit to three with 9:12 remaining in the game, Boyd answered with a 12-7 run all his own to push the lead back up to eight with six minutes to play. The Highlanders got within seven once more in the game, but never truly threatened LIU again.
“It’s just a thing in me, a will to win,” Boyd said. “I want to win bad. I know everyone else on the team does too, but just seeing that lead diminish and wanting to get it back up it just made me work harder to try and do more things to try and get it back up.”
During the run Boyd scored eight points on free throws. He was a perfect 8-8 from the line in the game. Boyd, who was often guarded by the much smaller Isaiah Wilkerson, scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half. He also grabbed 11 rebounds in 31 minutes
“What I said walking up the stairs was ‘Thank god Julian was here in the second half,'” said LIU head coach Jim Ferry afterwards.
The Blackbirds got solid contributions from a number of sources. Jason Brickman had a solid game with 18 points, six assists and only two turnovers. Jamal Olasewere had a double-double with 15 and 10 boards. Michael Culpo was the fourth LIU player in double-figures with 11.
The first was half was as close to perfect as LIU has played this season and the Blackbirds built a 40-23 lead at the break. But Ferry’s team failed to put NJIT away right after halftime. Wilkerson talked about playing together during halftime and with him on the bench other players stepped up. The Highlanders went on a 15-4 run to close the gap.
While NJIT was making the run, the bench provided the energy and enthusiasm. Loud chants of “Defense, defense,” came from the rambunctious bunch often standing on the sidelines near NJIT head coach Jim Engles. It was energy often reserved for last-second shots, but it was there the entire time NJIT made its move.
“The first half of this game I didn’t have one issue,” Ferry said. “I thought we did what we were supposed to do in the first half. We were focused. We had energy. We guarded. We played very unselfish offensively and it clicked. The second half we lacked urgency and we lacked focus.”
Eventually NJIT succumbed to Boyd’s incredible effort, but not until the Highlanders got 35 points off the bench, including 16 points from Arjun Ohri – who shot 4-6 from three. Chris Flores added 14 and five assists, and Wilkerson scored 13 and grabbed seven boards.
The Blackbirds now have six days before reopening NEC play at Sacred Heart on January 5. There’s still a lot for LIU to work on before then.
“Hopefully we learn from these games where we’ve given up leads,” Ferry said. “If we have breakdowns for five or six minutes in our conference we’re going to be in trouble.”
at LONG ISLAND 84, NEW JERSEY TECH 74
12/30/2011
NEW JERSEY TECH 5-7 (0-0)– C. Flores 5-16 1-2 14; I. Wilkerson 6-11 0-0 13; A. Ohri 6-9 0-0 16; R. Regis 2-4 1-1 5; P. Miller 1-8 0-0 2; R. Woods 1-3 2-2 5; K. Silcott 2-3 0-0 4; M. Jones 2-4 0-0 5; L. Kearse 0-5 0-0 0; S. McCarthy 1-1 0-0 2; S. Schickel 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 29-70 4-5 74.
LONG ISLAND 8-6 (2-0)– J. Brickman 4-6 6-6 18; C. Garner 3-7 2-3 8; J. Boyd 7-13 8-8 22; J. Olasewere 4-7 6-8 15; M. Culpo 3-8 2-2 11; B. Thompson 1-4 0-0 3; A. Mayorga 1-1 0-0 2; K. Onyechi 1-2 3-6 5; G. Martin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 27-33 84.
Three-point goals: NJIT 12-29 (S. Schckel 2-4; I. Wilkerson 1-4; C. Flores 3-8; A. Ohri 4-6; L. Kearse 0-3; R. Woods 1-2; M. Jones 1-2), LIU 9-19 (M. Culpo 3-7; C. Garner 0-1; J. Olasewere 1-1; B. Thompson 1-3; J. Brickman 4-6; G. Martin 0-1); Rebounds: NJIT 27 (I. Wilkerson 7), LIU 36 (J. Boyd 11); Assists: NJIT 14 (C. Flores 5), LIU 16 (J. Brickman 6); Total Fouls — NJIT 24, LIU 8; Fouled Out: NJIT-I. Wilkerson; LIU-None.
Wednesday Round Up
There were three games of interest to the blog on Wednesday night and since I wasn’t able to attend any I wanted to take a quick scan through the box scores and hit some of the highlights. NJIT got an important win in its quest for .500, Columbia lost at Marist following an 18-day layoff and Stony Brook beat Cornell in overtime.
Thursday Round Up / Friday Previews
Fordham and Hofstra both got wins on Thursday and NJIT even threw a pre-Christmas scare into a young Rutgers team. For the Rams and Pride the wins were solid bounce backs from losses and provide jumping off points for some more challenging games on the horizon. Also, there’s three teams in action tonight as Manhattan takes on George Mason, Wagner is at #13 Pittsburgh and St. Francis (NY) hosts Norfolk State.
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