Ok..take two..MU vs. Sacred Heart...forgot to post the comment link..some night!
By TONY GRAHAM
STAFF WRITER
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Monmouth University men's basketball team has been
mandated to go to the movies Friday morning in coach Dave Calloway's hotel
room.
Women and children are not invited, and popcorn is not likely to be offered.
The film will be that of Monmouth's Northeast Conference game Thursday night
at Sacred Heart.
"We've got to watch the whole game, every play,'' said Monmouth senior
Marques Alston. ""We'll be there for a while.''
It should not make for fun viewing in the wake of the 74-57
defeat at the hands of the Pioneers (8-8, 4-1) off to their best start since
joining the NEC in 2000-2001.
Monmouth (7-9, 2-2) has not suffered two league losses over its first four
NEC games since 1998-99.
Calloway said the team is certain to see it's not performing. ""Because right now
guys don't own up to their mistakes,''said the coach. ""Everybody wants to point
a finger until guys look at themselves in the mirror.
"Unfortunately we'll have to show them the mirror, show them the tape.''
Alston said Monmouth last was summoned to an early morning film session
after a Dec 18, 2004 lopsided non-league loss at Drexel.
"'We watched for two or three hours,'' said Alston. The Hawks, who
had not begun NEC play at the time, won seven of their
next eight games.
""We just have to take and learn from everything he
(Calloway) tells in film and go out and practice hard and go prepare for our
next game (Saturday at Quinnipiac),'' he said.
Monmouth was sitting with a 15-6 lead eight minutes into the game Thursday
after
Whitney Coleman drained
a three off a post delivery from John Bunch (one point, five rebounds, six
turnovers).
Suddenly the
Hawks splattered into a wall of turnovers and missed shots. They went nine possessions in a row without a basket and would score just twice more from the field for the balance of the half.
Sacred Heart took advantage with a devastatating transition game. Senior Jarrid Frye scored eight points in a 17-1 run which
widened to 24-3 after a Luke Granato 3 made it 30-18 with 1:24 left in the half.
I n the game Sacred Heart outscored Monmouth on fast break points, 13-0, and
converted Monmouth's 13 turnovers into 19 points.
""We're supposed to be a championship team so when you're up 15-6 you're
supposed to put teams away at that point,'' said Alston.
""They got two steals when I was trying to swing the ball and they jumped
out on it and got two easy buckets and that got them going.
""It's hard to beat a team when you let them get any momentum on their hoem
court.
""You've got to stop runs. They started a run and we didn't stop it.''
""It's leadership, it's toughness, it's respecting your opponent,'' said
Calloway. ""It's sticking with what we do (control the tempo).
""For the first eight minutes we do what we do and we're up 15-6. For the
next 30 minutes they (the players) did their own thing. Not one of our guys
is good enough to win a championship (by themselves).''
Granato, a 6-6 junior, scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half when
Sacred Heart built a lead that reached as high as 19 points with 8:23
showing.
Desperate, Monmouth tried to some full court pressure but never reduced its
deficit below double figures.
"We tried to see if we could get some kind of momentum. maybe a
few
steals, some easy buckets,''s id Alston. ""It didn't happen. They got it up
court and still got shots.''
""We were a step slow tonight on offense and defense,'' said Alston.
Freshman Jhamar Youngblood and Dejan Delic led Monmouth with 14 points and
Alston had 13.
NOTES...Monmouth was outrebounded 44-25 including a 14-5 off the offensive
glass and was outscored in second chance points 16-5...Monmouth was without freshman reserve guard Yaniv Simpson who is out "indefinitely"
according to athletic trainer Adam Smith after
spraining his left ankle stepping off the team bus Wednesday night.
Simpson (2.0
ppg.) has played in only five games this year due to an assortment of nagging
knee and shin injuries.
Sacred Heart played minus freshman reserve guards 6-0 Chauncey Hardy, a
two-time NEC Rookie of the Week (9.9 ppg., 45% from
3, and 6-3 Ryan Litke (7.3 ppg., 38% from 3), both of whom were
"suspended indefinitely for non-basketball related offenses
involving a dormitory related incident."
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
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STAFF WRITER
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Monmouth University men's basketball team has been
mandated to go to the movies Friday morning in coach Dave Calloway's hotel
room.
Women and children are not invited, and popcorn is not likely to be offered.
The film will be that of Monmouth's Northeast Conference game Thursday night
at Sacred Heart.
"We've got to watch the whole game, every play,'' said Monmouth senior
Marques Alston. ""We'll be there for a while.''
It should not make for fun viewing in the wake of the 74-57
defeat at the hands of the Pioneers (8-8, 4-1) off to their best start since
joining the NEC in 2000-2001.
Monmouth (7-9, 2-2) has not suffered two league losses over its first four
NEC games since 1998-99.
Calloway said the team is certain to see it's not performing. ""Because right now
guys don't own up to their mistakes,''said the coach. ""Everybody wants to point
a finger until guys look at themselves in the mirror.
"Unfortunately we'll have to show them the mirror, show them the tape.''
Alston said Monmouth last was summoned to an early morning film session
after a Dec 18, 2004 lopsided non-league loss at Drexel.
"'We watched for two or three hours,'' said Alston. The Hawks, who
had not begun NEC play at the time, won seven of their
next eight games.
""We just have to take and learn from everything he
(Calloway) tells in film and go out and practice hard and go prepare for our
next game (Saturday at Quinnipiac),'' he said.
Monmouth was sitting with a 15-6 lead eight minutes into the game Thursday
after
Whitney Coleman drained
a three off a post delivery from John Bunch (one point, five rebounds, six
turnovers).
Suddenly the
Hawks splattered into a wall of turnovers and missed shots. They went nine possessions in a row without a basket and would score just twice more from the field for the balance of the half.
Sacred Heart took advantage with a devastatating transition game. Senior Jarrid Frye scored eight points in a 17-1 run which
widened to 24-3 after a Luke Granato 3 made it 30-18 with 1:24 left in the half.
I n the game Sacred Heart outscored Monmouth on fast break points, 13-0, and
converted Monmouth's 13 turnovers into 19 points.
""We're supposed to be a championship team so when you're up 15-6 you're
supposed to put teams away at that point,'' said Alston.
""They got two steals when I was trying to swing the ball and they jumped
out on it and got two easy buckets and that got them going.
""It's hard to beat a team when you let them get any momentum on their hoem
court.
""You've got to stop runs. They started a run and we didn't stop it.''
""It's leadership, it's toughness, it's respecting your opponent,'' said
Calloway. ""It's sticking with what we do (control the tempo).
""For the first eight minutes we do what we do and we're up 15-6. For the
next 30 minutes they (the players) did their own thing. Not one of our guys
is good enough to win a championship (by themselves).''
Granato, a 6-6 junior, scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half when
Sacred Heart built a lead that reached as high as 19 points with 8:23
showing.
Desperate, Monmouth tried to some full court pressure but never reduced its
deficit below double figures.
"We tried to see if we could get some kind of momentum. maybe a
few
steals, some easy buckets,''s id Alston. ""It didn't happen. They got it up
court and still got shots.''
""We were a step slow tonight on offense and defense,'' said Alston.
Freshman Jhamar Youngblood and Dejan Delic led Monmouth with 14 points and
Alston had 13.
NOTES...Monmouth was outrebounded 44-25 including a 14-5 off the offensive
glass and was outscored in second chance points 16-5...Monmouth was without freshman reserve guard Yaniv Simpson who is out "indefinitely"
according to athletic trainer Adam Smith after
spraining his left ankle stepping off the team bus Wednesday night.
Simpson (2.0
ppg.) has played in only five games this year due to an assortment of nagging
knee and shin injuries.
Sacred Heart played minus freshman reserve guards 6-0 Chauncey Hardy, a
two-time NEC Rookie of the Week (9.9 ppg., 45% from
3, and 6-3 Ryan Litke (7.3 ppg., 38% from 3), both of whom were
"suspended indefinitely for non-basketball related offenses
involving a dormitory related incident."
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
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posted by Tony Graham at 10:06 PM
5 Comments:
Monmouth was beaten tonight by a slow standstill shooter!
This is not in reference to the first post...which is accurate, in part (Granato), which also doesn't make him a bad player - but if you're going to make things personal about the MU players..it's NOT running. So don't even try.
I am still in the arena ..so it's time to sign off for a while and go back to the hotel...I'll sign on again later...
Bunch should - well could - have dominated SHU..much as he did the Mount. When they did throw it into him he had a bad game. SHU mixed its coverages on him..from a single guy to triple teaming, but wheh he had chances to make moves he walked, missed the shot, or had it stripped, and when the pace of the game took off he was a non- factor anyway.
Another factor was.. aside from Bunch (five rebounds) the forwards were missing in action on the glass..next highest rebounder was Whitney (4)... that's not good.
I listened to the game and was actually excited in the first 7-8 minutes. It seemed like they were playing MU hoops. And then something happened and I'm not quite sure what it was but the air seem to be let out of the ball when we had it. No one could get a rebound, no one could hold on to the ball and more importantly no one could make a shot. Since you were there what did you see that went wrong? Did the players totally abandon the MU style? Wouldn't you think that at half-time Dave would make the proper adjustments and the players would go out and get back in to the MU offense and defense?
Last 12 minutes of the first half it was a combination of all of what you have said.
Then MU comes out in the second half down by nine ..scores...but gives up a 3, scores again...SHU misses..MU (Youngblood) misses a layup, they hit a 3. MU turns it over...they make a layup (a dunk) now it's a 13 point deficit ...hey, players have to execute..all MU did was Thursday was execute itself.
SHU played well though..scored in transition..beat MU silly off the glass..and they did it with eight..EIGHT players suited up...MU had nine scholarship players dressed..used seven.
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