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Jan 13, 2009 21:38:44 GMT -5
Post by wgt on Jan 13, 2009 21:38:44 GMT -5
Hawks are a veteran team led by Nivins, Govens & Carr who average 46 of the 67 points a game the team scores. They don’t play at the helter skelter speed of the Dukes but at a more deliberate pace designed to get the ball into Nivins in the paint. And why not, since he’s scoring nearly 20 ppg, & converts at a conference high .676. He is their #1 go to scorer. When fouled he will make you pay with his 73% FTs. Coach will double down on Nivins when the ball goes to him which will create opportunities for kickouts to Govens (who takes the most shots) & Carr to hit from the perimeter. Their PG Williamson, is the 4th best playmaker in the conference. They don’t rely upon the trey because they are no better than .322 from beyond the arc. The offense revolves around Nivins scoring or his kick outs for open shots.
Martelli’s focus on D & half court sets should keep the score down unlike the loss to the Dukes. Of course if the opportunity is there they will push it. Hawks have played stiff competition which helped them in their road win over URI. They have let big leads slip away causing them to lose to Siena & pushed them into OT against URI.
With hard play & staying clear of foul trouble we should beat them on the boards. Beating them on the scoreboard would be incredible. There is no team (coach) I would rather see us defeat at the RC. Go Bonnies!
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Jan 13, 2009 23:10:33 GMT -5
Post by bonasfan on Jan 13, 2009 23:10:33 GMT -5
Great observations. Like you said they have typically let big leads slip away. I'd say that's what cost them the Drexel game too. This is not, in my opinion, a second half team. That being said, we've all seen the Bonnies come out flat in the second half on more than one occasion so our guys are really going to have to keep up the momentum to win this one. Hopefully the Hawks come into the RC feeling a bit tired from their 3OT match against URI.
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Jan 14, 2009 0:11:30 GMT -5
Post by bonabum06 on Jan 14, 2009 0:11:30 GMT -5
only have respect for the team and the school itself
f the d bag martelli. . .f the hawk. . .f jameer nelson. . .f delonte west. . .
not even a hawks fan can be proud of the aforementioned.
Anyways.
go bonas.
beat joes.
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Jan 14, 2009 8:32:55 GMT -5
Post by OceanStateBonnie on Jan 14, 2009 8:32:55 GMT -5
I watched the URI at SJU game last Saturday. The Hawks only go seven men deep. If we can play at a controlled, yet fast pace and go 9 deep while staying out of foul trouble, we can beat them by wearing them down. It will be key for Andrew and Mo to stay out of foul trouble defending Nivins. Coming into the URI game. Nivins was averaging over 38 minutes per game.
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Jan 14, 2009 9:44:38 GMT -5
Post by wgt on Jan 14, 2009 9:44:38 GMT -5
OceanStateBonnie …good point that they only go 7 deep & that Nivins almost never comes out of the game. This might be a factor in their propensity to get up 20 pts early in games & then struggle in the 2nd half & down the stretch. RPIs I saw some days ago were Hawks 88, Bonnies 195.
Martelli on his Monday radio show wanted to know if the Bona students were back. The show’s host didn’t know. Martelli said he was interested in finding out. The 6th man is always a factor.
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Jan 14, 2009 11:13:53 GMT -5
Post by Copenhagen on Jan 14, 2009 11:13:53 GMT -5
Saint Joseph's (7-7) at St. Bonaventure (10-5)The Sports Network DATE & TIME: Wednesday, January 14th, 7:00 p.m. (et). FACTS & STATS: Site: Reilly Center (6,000) -- St. Bonaventure, New York. Television: None. Home Record: Saint Joseph's 3-3, St. Bonaventure 4-3. Away Record: Saint Joseph's 3-2, St. Bonaventure 6-0. Neutral Record: Saint Joseph's 1-2, St. Bonaventure 0-2. Conference Record: Saint Joseph's 1-0, St. Bonaventure 1-1. Series Record: Saint Joseph's leads, 43-14. GAME NOTES: St. Bonaventure aims for its first win against the Saint Joseph's Hawks since 2000, as the Atlantic 10 Conference rivals hit the floor of the Reilly Center in New York tonight. Oddly enough, the Bonnies have been perfect on the home floor of opponents this season at 6-0, but when they play in their own building it is a different story. The team returned from a successful three-game trip against Bucknell, Central Arkansas and Fordham only to find Duquesne awaiting them on Saturday. In that meeting the Bonnies surrendered more points than in any other game this season in a 98-80 setback. As for the Hawks, who have been playing their home games at The Palestra in Philadelphia while the Fieldhouse has some work done, they finally managed to put together back-to-back wins this year when they took out Rhode Island in a thrilling triple-overtime affair on Saturday, 92-86, at their borrowed residence. The Hawks are far ahead in the all-time series with St. Bonaventure by a mark of 43-14, taking the most recent meeting last season by a score of 81-56 a season ago. With that, Saint Joseph's has now posted 13 consecutive wins against the Bonnies. These teams will meet once more during the regular season when they collide in Philadelphia on March 1st. Playing in the longest overtime game since defeating local rival Penn in triple-overtime back in 1980 in the very same building, the Hawks survived against URI on Saturday. Ahmad Nivins posted 28 points and a career-best 20 rebounds as he handled the inside for the home team. Darrin Govens chipped in with 21 points and five assists, followed by Tasheed Carr with 14 points, six assists and five rebounds. Idris Hilliard, one of four players to play at least 50 minutes in the contest, ended up with 13 points and eight boards as the squad survived an awful 24-of-40 shooting effort at the free-throw line. Nivins, the leading scorer in the majority of the games for the Hawks so far this season, is now averaging a double-double with 19.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per outing, all while shooting a stellar 67.6 percent from the floor. Govens checks in with 14.4 ppg and Carr another 12.6 ppg which means the threesome handles the bulk of the unit's 67.4 ppg these days. The Bonnies could not stop the Duquesne assault from the perimeter over the weekend, allowing the Dukes to knock down 13-of-27 from three-point range in the 18-point setback at home. Andrew Nicholson tried to keep the locals close with his 7-of-8 shooting for 18 points, adding eight rebounds and three blocked shots, while Jonathan Hall checked in with 14 points, five assists and four boards. Tyler Benson came off the bench to contribute another 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting beyond the arc and Chris Matthews added 10 points in the failed effort. Through 15 games, Hall is the leading scorer for the program with his 14.1 ppg, followed by Nicholson with 12.7 ppg and a team-best 6.1 rpg. Nicholson has also mixed it up in the paint to post 51 of the unit's 85 blocked shots to this point in the season, so perhaps that makes his mere seven assists and 22 turnovers a little more acceptable. With opponents shooting only 40.2 percent from the field these days, the Bonnies are finding it rather easy to generate a hefty 40.7 rebounds per contest. Probably a bit tired after their most recent game, the Hawks should have had plenty of time to regroup and get ready for a team that it has dominated for close to a decade. However, the cycle now seems to be favoring the Bonnies, so don't be surprised if the home team pulls it off tonight.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: St. Bonaventure 72, Saint Joseph's 67[/u] 01/14 10:21:24 ET powered by www.sportsnetwork.com
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Jan 14, 2009 11:18:02 GMT -5
Post by Copenhagen on Jan 14, 2009 11:18:02 GMT -5
Nicholson with 12.7 ppg and a team-best 6.1 rpg. Nicholson has also mixed it up in the paint to post 51 of the unit's 85 blocked shots to this point in the season, so perhaps that makes his mere seven assists and 22 turnovers a little more acceptable. the first time I have heard or seen something remotely not positive about Andrew: so perhaps that makes his mere seven assists and 22 turnovers a little more acceptable
well, no ones perfect!
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Jan 14, 2009 11:52:36 GMT -5
Post by keplerjd on Jan 14, 2009 11:52:36 GMT -5
I honestly think we're grasping at straws when we think they'll be tired after playing URI four days ago and that's one of our best chances. These are athletes and I don't expect in the least that they'll be tired enough to give less than their best against us. I hope their lack of depth screws over that rat-faced Martelli and the Hawks in the end, but I'm looking for other reasons.
I really wish the team would schedule more away games when the students are home, because this game would've been tenacious with a packed, rejuvenated student section. I'm sure the people of Olean will give him an earful nonetheless. Go Brown Indians.
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Jan 14, 2009 12:07:43 GMT -5
Post by therc on Jan 14, 2009 12:07:43 GMT -5
I really wish the team would schedule more away games when the students are home, because this game would've been tenacious with a packed, rejuvenated student section. I'm sure the people of Olean will give him an earful nonetheless. Go Brown Indians. The team had nothing to do with the scheduling of this game. The Atlantic-10 controls all league scheduling, and therefore we have no choice but to play this game when they tell us. The only scheduling the team controls is non-conference, and the only non-conference game I would have liked to see in front of the students was Niagara. The other two (St. Francis Pa. and Maryland-East. Shore) are, in my mind, perfect games without the kids on campus.
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Jan 14, 2009 12:16:47 GMT -5
Post by res on Jan 14, 2009 12:16:47 GMT -5
I really wish the team would schedule more away games when the students are home, because this game would've been tenacious with a packed, rejuvenated student section. I'm sure the people of Olean will give him an earful nonetheless. Go Brown Indians. The team had nothing to do with the scheduling of this game. The Atlantic-10 controls all league scheduling, and therefore we have no choice but to play this game when they tell us. Not only that, but everyone's on break at pretty much the same time, give or take a week in some cases. No school has an interest in scheduling home games during break, but unless you shut down the season for 3 to 4 weeks, somebody's got to.
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Jan 14, 2009 13:08:03 GMT -5
Post by room109 on Jan 14, 2009 13:08:03 GMT -5
After watching both the Niagara and Dukane games, this Bonas team has stalled out. They will be lucky if they dont get beat by 25 points.
Its like the tale of two teams. They just don't come out in the second half of the game with fire in their bellies. They fail to score the first 10 points of the game while holding their oppent no scores.
AND THE ST JOES GAME --- THE CROWD WAS JUST AS DEAD AND LIFE LESS AS THE TEAM.
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Jan 14, 2009 13:31:08 GMT -5
Post by portpasses on Jan 14, 2009 13:31:08 GMT -5
AND THE ST JOES GAME --- THE CROWD WAS JUST AS DEAD AND LIFE LESS AS THE TEAM. That's not a very good prediction 109.....hope you are wrong!
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Jan 14, 2009 14:06:47 GMT -5
Post by wgt on Jan 14, 2009 14:06:47 GMT -5
Cope....The criticism of The Professor’s 22 turn-overs cited in the Sports Network article has very little merit. Tonight he is going up against Nivins who is the pre-season candidate for A10 POY. Regarded by all as one of the finest big men in the conference. However Nivins, a SENIOR, turns the ball over more often than our developing frosh. Andy turns it over every 17 mins played compared to Nivins who loses it every 15 mins.
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Jan 14, 2009 14:19:25 GMT -5
Post by njbona02 on Jan 14, 2009 14:19:25 GMT -5
A win tonight would be a great confidence booster. I have to believe Schmidt will have his team ready to play. Let's Go Bonas!!
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Jan 14, 2009 15:34:01 GMT -5
Post by donniesbu82 on Jan 14, 2009 15:34:01 GMT -5
We could surely use a win tonight. Lets Hope Schmidt has them all fired up!
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