The Men's and Women's basketball teams seem to be going in two different directions this year. Both are young. But one seems to be going in the right direction. The other seems to heading for a very terrible year. Worse then I thought. Some times you gotta go backwards to go forward I guess.
Lets talk about the good team, the Lady Griffs defeated Binghamton yesterday 65-56. This makes their record 2-1 so far this year. Amanda Cavo led the way with 25 points, Brittane Russell was right behind her with 15 points and 4 steals, also while playing the entire 40 minutes. The players Canisius needs to score are scoring this can only belead to good things later when they reach MAAC schedule. They shot a respectable 37.5 % from the field and a very good 71.4% from the line. The Lady Griffs will start a long road trip and start off this bad boy, with cross town rival UB at Alumni Arena.
Now the Men, the good news, they broke 50 points. The bad news, they lost to Navy. They dropped this one 71-60 in Annapolis, making their record on the year 0-3. The game was tied late into the second half, but of course like a typical Canisius team, collapse when the game is on the line. Well Frank Turner tries his best to lead the team, with 19 points. But he also led the team with 7 turnovers. The team also a total of 30 turnovers. This is looking like a major problem. Though one good sign is their shooting percentage went up to 45.1% for the game. Of course they shot twice as well as before, but still lost by double digits. They need to learn to control the ball. But this quote seems kind of troubling to me.
“We did a good job of holding some good scorers in check, but the 30 turnovers really says a lot,” Canisius head coach Tom Parrotta said. “At times it was like we were fighting against ourselves, but to their credit, our guys played as hard tonight as they have all year. I’m very proud of the effort we saw tonight because that effort hasn’t always been there.”
You mean they tried hard? And still lost by 11? They aren't playing a tough team, last time I checked Navy isn't a mid major power. I'm not quite sure if this team can win a game now. They are young and will get better, but this year could be a 4 or 5 win season. The program has been struggling for years and this won't bring in recruits. I always have lofty goals, but those goals are being put in check by this Griffs team.
Next game is on the Island next saturday against LIU.
Lets talk about the good team, the Lady Griffs defeated Binghamton yesterday 65-56. This makes their record 2-1 so far this year. Amanda Cavo led the way with 25 points, Brittane Russell was right behind her with 15 points and 4 steals, also while playing the entire 40 minutes. The players Canisius needs to score are scoring this can only belead to good things later when they reach MAAC schedule. They shot a respectable 37.5 % from the field and a very good 71.4% from the line. The Lady Griffs will start a long road trip and start off this bad boy, with cross town rival UB at Alumni Arena.
Now the Men, the good news, they broke 50 points. The bad news, they lost to Navy. They dropped this one 71-60 in Annapolis, making their record on the year 0-3. The game was tied late into the second half, but of course like a typical Canisius team, collapse when the game is on the line. Well Frank Turner tries his best to lead the team, with 19 points. But he also led the team with 7 turnovers. The team also a total of 30 turnovers. This is looking like a major problem. Though one good sign is their shooting percentage went up to 45.1% for the game. Of course they shot twice as well as before, but still lost by double digits. They need to learn to control the ball. But this quote seems kind of troubling to me.
“We did a good job of holding some good scorers in check, but the 30 turnovers really says a lot,” Canisius head coach Tom Parrotta said. “At times it was like we were fighting against ourselves, but to their credit, our guys played as hard tonight as they have all year. I’m very proud of the effort we saw tonight because that effort hasn’t always been there.”
You mean they tried hard? And still lost by 11? They aren't playing a tough team, last time I checked Navy isn't a mid major power. I'm not quite sure if this team can win a game now. They are young and will get better, but this year could be a 4 or 5 win season. The program has been struggling for years and this won't bring in recruits. I always have lofty goals, but those goals are being put in check by this Griffs team.
Next game is on the Island next saturday against LIU.
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