Tag Archives: NECC Basketball

Feb 14 2013

Mass. College Hoops: Wheelock’s Higgins, Hudson Discuss Final Home Game (VIDEO)

By Matt Noonan 

CHESTNUT HILL, MA — After their final home game of the season, Wheelock College’s Daniel Higgins and Bashir Hudson discussed their team’s game against Lesley University, their fondest memories from the past four years with the Wildcats, and the team’s final two contests of the season. Hudson also discussed breaking the men’s basketball season scoring record for points in a season, too. He has netted 460 points this season, which passes Sherard Robbins from 2009-10.

For more information on the Wildcats men’s basketball team — HOP HERE.

 

Feb 7 2013

Mass. College Sports: February Storm Postponements

Due to this weekend's weather, there have been a few postponements! (Photo Credit: About.com)

Due to this weekend’s weather, there have been a few postponements! (Photo Credit: About.com)

By NoontimeSports.com 

Due to the impending snowstorm, a variety of college basketball and hockey games for this upcoming weekend have either been moved to Sunday or postponed to a later date, and below is the latest information we have received.

If you’d like to notify us about your college’s postponements, email us at NoontimeSports@gmail.com.

Basketball:

* Bentley University’s men’s and women’s double-header at Saint Anselm has been moved from Saturday to Sunday, February 10. The women’s game will start at 3:30 p.m., while the men’s game will begin at 5:30 p.m.

* Babson College’s women’s basketball game with Smith College, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed to Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 p.m.

* Nichols College’s men’s and women’s basketball games against University of New England will be played next Thursday, February 14 at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

* Becker College’s men’s and women’s basketball games against Regis College have been moved from Saturday to Monday, February 11. The women’s game will tip-off at 6:00 p.m., and be followed by the men’s game at 8:00 p.m.

Hockey:

* Merrimack College’s hockey games against Boston University on Friday has been postponed and moved to Tuesday, February 26 at Agganis Arena at 7:30 p.m.

* Merrimack College’s hockey game against UMass, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been moved to Sunday, February 10. Game time and broadcast information has not been released, but for more information on the Warriors, visit merrimackathletics.com.  

* Boston College and UMass Lowell were scheduled to skate against each other at Kelley Rink in Chestnut Hill tomorrow, but that contest has been moved to Tuesday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m.

* Jerry York Night, which was scheduled to take play prior to BC-UMass Lowell, has been moved to the start of the 2013-14 season, and the date will be announced when next year’s schedule is released. 

* Nichols College’s women’s ice hockey game against Holy Cross has been moved from tomorrow to Wednesday, February 13 at 8:10 p.m., while their match on Saturday against Salve Regina has been moved to Monday, February 18 at 8:10 p.m.

* Northeastern University’s men’s ice hockey tilt with UMass, which was scheduled for tomorrow evening in Amherst, has been postponed to Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m.

* Becker College’s men’s ice hockey game against Johnson & Wales University on Saturday has been postponed. No makeup date has been announced.

Skiing:

* The Babson College men’s and women’s alpine ski teams two races on Saturday and Sunday at Wildcat in New Hampshire have been postponed. According to the release, it’s possible both slaloms could be made up next weekend, but no word has been made.

Track & Field:

* The Boston University Valentine’s Invitational track meet has been canceled. 

Jan 27 2013

Mass. College Hoops: News And Notes From Saturday’s Slate

By Matt Noonan 

There were some interesting outcomes on Saturday in the college basketball world, and below are a few thoughts on the various games.

* I want to congratulate the Bentley University women’s basketball team for earning their 30th consecutive win against an East Region opponent, as Barbara Stevens guided the Falcons to 75-66 win against New Haven. Courtney Finn registered her second straight double-double, while Tyler Parker Kimball recorded a career-best 15 rebounds in 20 minutes. The Falcons are now 17-0 and 13-0 in Northeast-10 Conference play.

* Against UMBC, Boston University’s men’s team had six players record double figures in the Terriers 11th win of the season. Dom Morris, Malik Thomas, Maurice Watson Jr., John Papale, D.J. Irving and Nathan Dieudonne each tallied 10 points or more. The Terriers hadn’t had six scorers record double figures in a game since 2003.

* Kelly Greenberg picked up her 250th win as a head coach, as the BU women’s basketball team rebounded from their loss to Albany with a win against UMBC. The Terriers are now 17-4 overall and 7-1 in America East play.

* Harvard’s men’s basketball team overcame a seven-point deficit with 1:10 remaining and went onto defeat the visiting Dartmouth Big Green in overtime, 82-77. Tommy Amaker’s squad is now 10-6 overall and 2-0 in the Ivy League.

* Anna Maria’s men’s basketball team has been a rather quiet story this year. However, their most recent win a few days ago against Albertus Magnus certainly created a ripple across the region. Yesterday, they earned their eighth consecutive win by defeating Johnson & Wales, 76-68. Anthony Clink led the AMCATS with 22 points, while also recording eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals.

* Daniel Wohl upped his status to Big Man On Campus following his go-ahead layup with 31 seconds remaining, as Williams College handed Middlebury College their first setback of the season in Williamstown. The Ephs are now 17-2 overall and 6-0 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC).

* Amherst College’s men’s basketball team is on a roll and has now won 11 straight contests. The Lord Jeffs haven’t dropped a game since falling to Babson College on December 6. On Saturday, they defeated Trinity College to earn their sixth conference win, along with their 17th of the season.

* Tufts University’s women’s basketball team earned its 20th consecutive win of the season by defeating Bates College, 55-34. Since the Jumbos started playing basketball in 1972, the Powder Blue and White have tallied 20 wins or more in four seasons. The most wins the Jumbos have recorded were 26, which occurred during the 2007-08 season.

* Amherst’s women’s basketball team picked up its 19th consecutive win of the season, as the Lord Jeffs defeated Trinity College, 67-47. Marcia Voigt and Savannah Holness each tallied a game-high 13 points.  

* The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) got off to a slow start, but as of recently, it is a two-horse race for the number one spot. Elms College and Newbury College are both 8-1 in the conference and 10-8 overall. Becker College is also 10-8, but 6-3 against conference foes. Newbury defeated Elms earlier this season, but will tangle with them once again on Saturday, February 16.

* Babson College and Smith College each picked up important road wins and remain neck and neck in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).

* Framingham State’s women’s basketball team shocked Worcester State yesterday, as the Rams handed the Lancers their first setback in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC). Kristen Hoffman, Madeleine Park and Kia Minor each tallied 11 points or more in their team’s 11th victory.  

Jan 17 2013

Mass. College Hoops: Ganiyat Adeduntan Earns First Collegiate Win

By Matt Noonan 

CHESTNUT HILL, MA – Wheelock College’s women’s basketball head coach Ganiyat Adeduntan picked up her first official win on the bench Thursday, as the Wildcats topped Southern Vermont, 58-54.

After the game concluded, Noontime Sports caught up with the first-year head coach to discuss her first win as a head coach.

 

Jan 10 2013

Bosques Becomes Daniel Webster’s Women’s Basketball All-Time Leading Scorer

By Matt Noonan 

CHESTNUT HILL, MA – At 8:10 in the first half of Thursday’s Daniel Webster-Wheelock College women’s basketball game, Eagles graduate student Vanessa Bosques sank three-pointer, which not only extended the visitor’s lead, but allowed her to become the all-time leading points scorer in program history.

Bosques entered the contest 12-points shy of the record, which was held by Erin Moseley, who graduated from the New Hampshire campus in 2008.

The Connecticut native paced the Eagles in the first half of her team’s New England Collegiate Conference clash wit 19 points.

For more information Daniel Webster women’s basketball – HOP HERE.

Jan 9 2013

Mass. College Hoops: Becker Men’s Conference Streak Concludes At 37

By NoontimeSports.com 

Becker College’s men’s basketball team saw its New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) winning streak of 37 games conclude on Tuesday evening, as Newbury College defeated the Hawks, 74-63.

The Hawks hadn’t lost a conference game dating back to February 2010, and will attempt to rebound on Thursday when they travel to Lesley University on Thursday.

Becker was the only men’s basketball team in the state that entered the current season with a winning streak of 30 games or more. However, with their streak officially over, we can now turn our attention Babson College’s women’s team, which hasn’t dropped a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest since the 2008-09 season.

Dec 6 2012

Catching Up With Brian Gorman (Becker College Men’s Basketball)

Becker College men's basketball head coach Brian Gorman is optimistic about his team's success for the remainder of the season! (Photo Credit: Becker College Athletics)

Becker College men’s basketball head coach Brian Gorman is optimistic about his team’s success for the remainder of the season! (Photo Credit: Becker College Athletics)

By NoontimeSports.com 

Becker College picked up its third win of the season on Tuesday against Daniel Webster. And while that win happened to extend their New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) winning streak to 36 games, it also was an important victory for a Hawks team that was coming off a tough loss to Brandeis University.

On Wednesday head coach Brian Gorman discussed his team’s season thus far in a phone interview and below are highlights from the conversation.

On maintaining success from past seasons: “We’ve made the NCAA tournament [via] an at-large bid, which in our league is not going to happen very often, so we have to focus on our league more so than out of conference because we have the highest seeded team host the final weekend of our tournament, so it is important for us to try and finish first in the league, so we can have that tournament in our gym. This year, we have a whole new group of kids and I am playing a lot of sophomores, who were on the team last year, but they were the complimentary players last year and now they’re the guys that are going to be out there for 35 minutes, so it’s a little bit different for them, but so far we’ve only played one league game, but it’s going to be good once we understand what we have to do.”

On facing competitive non-conference foes: “This year I [scheduled these games] to make us better. In the past couple of years we had kids who were two or three year starters and they were ready to compete against the best New England [teams] and we did. For the past few years, we’ve beaten the Rhode Island College’s on the road, we’ve beaten WPI, we’ve beaten Bridgewater [State] in their place, but we’ve played against the best teams and won. This year we’re not quite there yet, but [these games] get you ready for your season and you’re going to be ready for your league and that’s what I try to do. We don’t duck anyone we play, we play everyone in New England who we can schedule, so it’s just getting you better for the end of the year.”

On losing to Brandeis University: “We were either down one or tied with about 14 minutes to go in the game and I lost a couple kids that I thought I we were going to have [on our team this season], so I am out there starting a 6-foot-5 center, who is really not a true center and then four kids who’re [under 6-feet]. Brandeis comes [into our gymnasium with a variety of tall players] and we just tried to hang in there. We do shoot the ball very well, we try to spread it out and [make opponents] chase us a little bit, but we have such a fine line and small margin of error this year. It was our third game [in a short stint] and they just kind of wore us down physically, but it’s a measuring stick and I think they are as good as anyone in New England, but you have to measure yourself and [in] past years we were right there with them, but this year we were not quite, but hopefully by the end of the year we can close that margin up a little bit.”

On the Hawks remaining December opponents: “It’s kind of strange in that we are in the middle of playing like six games in 12 days or something like that. Then we play a game [next week at Babson College] and then we play another game [before the month concludes], so it’s almost like you’re approaching a playoff game where you really focus on getting yourself ready, but you also have two or three days to get ready for [our next opponent, too]. As far [as our road record, which is currently 0-1], we’ve been good on the road over the years and WPI is our one true road loss [because] the other games were [held at neutral sites], but we compete on the road and I think we will be OK.”

Dec 5 2012

Mass. College Hoops: Becker’s Gorman Reflects On NECC Winning Streak

By Matt Noonan 

As noted earlier on our blog, Becker College’s men’s basketball team extended its conference winning streak to 36 games last night following a win against Daniel Webster. The winning streak is apparently the longest in the nation, according to the Hawks website.

Head coach Brian Gorman commented about his team’s success in the New England Collegiate Conference this morning in a phone interview and stated, “It’s just a matter of getting your guys to play every night in the league and our league overall the last few years may not have been the strongest top to bottom in New England, but if you look around other leagues your see the number one team getting beat by the number six or seven team, you see upsets all the time and league play is a little different than out of conference because everyone knows what you’re doing, you play a lot of the teams and get ready to play them a second time, and past years. I think the biggest tribute to my kids is they come to compete every night. They may not always shoot well, they may not always play well, but if you compete you’ll have a chance every night and we’ve done a good job of that.”

We’ll have more from our conversation with Gorman later today. For more information on the Hawks basketball team — HOP HERE.

Dec 5 2012

Mass. College Hoops: Becker Extends NECC Winning Streak To 36 Games

By NoontimeSports.com 

On Tuesday, Becker College’s men’s basketball team picked up their third win of the season against Daniel Webster. And while the Hawks mark of 3-4 may not sound too enthralling, the win extended their NECC conference winning streak to 36 games.

The Hawks haven’t dropped a New England Collegiate Conference match since February 9, 2010, against Elms College. Becker is currently undefeated at home and hasn’t lost in Leicester since the 2008-2009 season.

According to the Hawks athletic website, their conference winning streak is the longest in the entire nation.

Becker began their season with three straight losses, but rebounded with back-to-back wins against Anna Maria and Fitchburg State. Last Saturday, the Hawks fell to Brandeis, but then recovered with their most recent victory against Daniel Webster.

The Hawks will attempt to match their two-game winning streak from earlier when they host Clark University on Thursday at 8:00 p.m.

Nov 17 2012

Worcester City Tournament: Worcester State 72, Becker College 48

By Matt Noonan 

WORCESTER, MA — The Worcester State Lancers women’s basketball team rebounded from their semi-final loss against Clark University with a 72-48 win on Saturday afternoon against Becker College in the consolation game.

Meaghan O’Keefe paced the Lancers with 20 points, Kelli McPherson added 14 points off the bench and Shannon El-Qasem led all players with 11 rebounds.

The Lancers finished the game with 54 rebounds (15 offensive, 39 defensive), 22 assists, eight steals and seven blocks.

Becker College was led by Tatiana Mojica, who registered 18 points, eight rebounds and two steals. Chelsea Joubert contributed 14 points and three rebounds.

Below are post-game interviews with Worcester State head coach Karen Tessmer and O’Keefe.