Game #14 Marist

[givemethemic]

One of the last non-conference games of the year. Just a few nuggets about Marist they are 5-6 and (0-4) in MAAC play. The lost a close at Loyola, the team that our women play on Tuesday night.. . 78-75. So they will be looking to get back to 500... and not go 0-2 on the roadtrip. They have a pretty solid starting five who average right at 62 of the 73 points they score a ball game, conclusion they have no bench. If we bring the hustle that we have brought the last two ball games, we should win. I highly doubt that we will shoot below 16 percent in either half. All in all this is a game we need to win to get back on the winning track. How about a roll call of who all is coming.. Mad props go out to Bigsmooth for making the last two games since he lives in Raleigh.

[PAmedic]

givemethemic said:

The lost a close at Loyola, the team that our women play on Tuesday night.. . 78-75.

you're saying the Marist mens' team lost to the Loyola women? ;D

[thesportscritic]

that is funny PAmedic. I won't make it because of work but plan to record the games.

[SCAR]

I'll be there!!!! I will come early though to see the Women play too. sportscritic, sorry you can't make it man. I know how much you enjoy the games in person. Very dedicated fan. Good thing we have TV for ya!

[bigsmooth]

not gonna be able to make it, but will plan to see it on the net. hopefully the guys can put a full game together. thanks givemethemic for the props...but its not neccesary. i love coming back to the burg, and i need to do it more often. BTW love the "in roy we trust".....big win over NCSU.

[givemethemic]

All I can say that my Heels even gave the Pack an 11 spot and then we decided that we wanted to play. This team is very talented and very young. The best part about these freshmen is the fact that they are not the type of guys that are gonna head to the pros in a year or two. Roy has gotten him some solid 4 year guys and I will continue to trust in Roy. Go Heels.

[ATrain]

I'll be there...behind section 105 with the bookstore

[LUconn]

Marist seeking revenge.


They've got 2 7 footers. Hopefully they'll get in there and bang around with Russ. Slap him around a little bit. Get him mean.

Jared Jordan is averaging 16.5 points and almost 7 assists per game. Now that is production. Should be fun to watch our guys try to gaurd him.

They look like they're an off and on team. They've beat St. Johns and only lost by 6 to Ohio but lost fo Canisius? They've got a pretty good looking record overall and seem to have lost a few very close games. They should handle us but we're playing much better and it's at home. I guess we shall see...

[Sly Fox]

Enough with the incessant infomercials. Let's get this thing started.

[Sly Fox]

Oh yeah, for those who aren't aware you can get a live video & audio stream of the game here:

boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/liberty/9530/362_liberty-ftn_051003.asx

[Sly Fox]

OK, after listening to the merits of LU droning on & on for what seems like forever I get booted off the stream. Now I can't get back on.

Anybody else having the same issues?

[PittLU]

Ya - it keeps telling me its unavailable. I cant get audio from the web either....

[WinthropEagleFan]

Yeah, i just tried to watch and it is saying the program is not available...

[PAmedic]

ok its not just me then. clicked on the video feed and nada

[Sly Fox]

Apparently we're not missing much right now. They are down by 10 with under 6 minutes to go in 1st half.

[PittLU]

Down by 9 at half.

[PAmedic]

anyone know what happened to the feed?

[Sly Fox]

Clearly there are server issues. Perhaps we overloaded them.

[PAmedic]

next the lights will go out in the Vines

[flamesfan710]

LOOK OUT WORLD HERE WE COME! LU down by 2

[krh44]

Flames cut lead to 2 despite getting down 11-0 to start. Bigby playing well.

[krh44]

Flames 50-45

[PAmedic]

excellent- w/ that, I am logging off- as to NOT jinx the guys

[krh44]

What is Monroe doing? He played probably no more than 5 minutes in the game and has fouled out. Hubbard fouled out w/ 11 minutes to go, why was he still in there?

[flamesfan710]

THis one got ugly real fast at the end. Liberty falls 83-69. next up VMI on Saturday

[HoldMyOwn]

This was by far the worst officiated game i've ever seen....heck my sister dated one of the ref's for a few years but I still told him he wasnt quite as bad but they were aweful...not just against LU they were bad both ways....but bottom line you cant blame them for a loss when they get 2 Off Reb's with 3 min's left

LU showed a lot of heart to get back into that game...

Did anyone else catch LB's Mom yellin at the ref and LB sayin you gett um mom! LoL....that was my highlight

[PAmedic]

Would have LOVED to watch that one, but the !@#$%^&* feed went down. what the ...?

[PAmedic]

Red Foxes Place All Five Starters In Double Figures En Route To Victory Over Flames

January 10, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Flames made a late charge to cut a sizable lead to just one with 5:25 left in the contest, but Liberty scored just four points over the remainder of the game en route to dropping an 83-69 decision to Marist, Tuesday evening, at the Vines Center.

Marist (6-6) scored the first 11 points of the game and held the Flames scoreless over the first six minutes of action as a jumper by Will Whittington gave the Red Foxes an 11-0 lead at the 16:02 mark of the first half, while the Flames didn’t get on the scoreboard until Anthony Smith (Fr., G, Plano, Texas) took a feed from Eric Bigby (Jr., F, Meade, Md.) for a lay-up with 13:40 left in the first half.

The Red Foxes continued to maintain a sizeable first-half lead as a three-pointer by Whittington at the 8:38 mark gave Marist a 13-point lead, 21-8, while the visitors maintained the double-digit lead until a jumper by Russell Monroe (So., C, Alma, Mich.) at the 2:52 mark, followed by a pair of free throws by Rell Porter (So., F, Pittsburg, Texas) 50 seconds later cut the lead to seven, 33-26. James Smith connected on a tip-in in the final seconds to give Marist a nine-point lead at the break, 37-29.

Liberty (4-10) came out on fire in the second half as a lay-up by Bigby cut Marist’s lead to four points, 43-39, at the 17:39 mark. After a lay-up by Ryan Stliphen on the following possession, the Flames reeled off 11-straight points to take a five-point lead, 50-45, on a lay-up by Smith at the 12:49 mark.

However, Marist put together its own string and scored eight unanswered points to take a three-point lead, 53-50, on a lay-up by Jared Jordan with 10:52 left to play in the contest. Liberty was able to trim the lead back to one point on two separate occasions, including on a Doug Stewart (So., G, Sanford, N.C.) free throw at the 5:25 mark.

However that would be as close as the Flames would get as Marist converted on 9-of-12 free throw attempts from the line and held Liberty to just four points over the final five minutes of action to secure the victory.

Marist placed all five players in double figures with Whittington and Jordan netting 18 points as Whittington was 6-of-12 from the floor, while Jordan was 7-of-19 from the field. Stliphen followed with 14 points, while Hood (12 points and 11 rebounds) and Smith (10 points and 11 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles.

The Flames were paced by Blair as he scored 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds, while Smith and Hubbard each added 10 points with Hubbard tying for rebounding honors with eight boards.

The Flames return to Big South Conference action on Saturday as they travel to Lexington, Va. to face the Keydets of VMI at 8 p.m.

[LUconn]

That last 3 minutes was quite possibly the worst basketball in the history of the world. Abraham probably had more court savvy that what I saw displayed out there. Before that the team had really pulled itself together and their coach made a HUGE mistake putting the 7 footer Smith in with 7 minutes to go and 4 fouls. I thought that would cost them the game.
But 2 fouls and a technical later (how about a little self control in a close game Risher?), there we were down by 7. Here's what I was screaming at: Down 8 or so with 1:30 left. It's more than possible to come back from. We're content not to foul yet. I would have fouled but I guess Dunton didn't want to yet. So anyway, Jordan wastes the shotclock drives in AND WE FOUL HIM! Either foul him right away or not at all. You just wasted 30 seconds! A lot could have happened in 30 seconds.

[LUconn]

I liked where Russel was going. It's hard for big guys not to foul and normally he doesn't because he's too passive. Tonight I thought he was playing a lot different. He wasn't letting fouls deter him from playing hard. Obviously he fouled too much but he can learn how to be more careful but not be passive. Really what killed him were the moving screens. There were at least 2 of them and that'll really help you along in the quest to foul out.

The officiating? It was bad but if anything I thought we may have been getting a little home cooking. They had a bunch of clean blocks that they kept calling. Sure it went both ways but I just seemed to notice more stuff against them.