Game 22: @ Saint Joe's

Post by **MikeUMA** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:24 pm

Opportunity for another road win on Saturday as we finish the back-half of our only 2-game road trip in the A-10.

The Hawk is flapping on one wing this season, currently at 5-17 overall, and 0-8 in the conference, tied with Fordham in the cellar. SJU had started the season 3-2 with a win over Rutgers at The Palestra, but has gone on the skids since, with only wins at Holy Cross, and at home over Siena since.

RealTimeRPI.com puts them at 208, with a 53 SoS. But they also project them losing to us, 74-73, and also going 0-fer the A-10.

Joe is at/near the bottom in nearly every statistical category in the league. Exception: in blocks they're #1, at 5.8 per game.

Their main man on offense is Carl Jones (5'11" G So). He's scoring 18.0 ppg, good for 4th in the A-14, behind Anthony Gurley at 20.3 ppg. Langston Galloway (6'2" G Fr) is their #2 scorer at 10.8 ppg, and leading rebounder at 5.9 rpg. Their UMass or Saint Joe has a rebounder in the league's top 15.

No TV on this one, but streaming video will be on thru UMassAthletics.com.

Saint Joe lost at home to Rhody a couple weeks ago, we beat Rhody last week, we should beat Saint Joe if that logic plays out.

tdmass · Post by **tdmass** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:00 pm

Were up against another good coach whose team is hungry for their first league win. We'll see if these guys are up to the task!

umass2msu · Post by **umass2msu** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:02 pm

Yeah... this game worries me a little bit because they are going to be hungry for a win. And we know it's coming. Hopefully the guys bounce back and are hungry themselves for staying in the top 4 of the A-10!

THeavyweight · Post by **THeavyweight** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:57 pm

Freddie Riley will not play in this game

http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/m ... _to_death/

Mills-Hamlin 69 · Post by **Mills-Hamlin 69** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:40 am

^
Not a very flattering headline: "UMass bored to death. Minutemen lose interest, game".......And not a very flattering picture of Anthony Gurley either!

Roadtrip · Post by **Roadtrip** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:57 am

^That's the Globe for ya!

UMassFan99 · Post by **UMassFan99** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:20 am

The globe f'n sucks.

Old Cage · Post by **Old Cage** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:22 am

Dewey says Freddie will play.

Dewey · Post by **Dewey** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:32 am

Old Cage wrote:Dewey says Freddie will play.

Here's the update.
http://www.gazettenet.com/blog/umass-sp ... -suspended

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:18 am

I'm not so sure DK shouldn't sit him down anyway. That was a punk move.

78 · Post by 78 » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:08 pm

^ ^ ^ ^

Agree 100 percent with this. Totally unecessary move by Riley that was poor sportsmanship at its finest.

THeavyweight · Post by **THeavyweight** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:52 pm

78 wrote:^ ^ ^ ^

Agree 100 percent with this. Totally unecessary move by Riley that was poor sportsmanship at its finest.

And he isn't playing well either. Some time off would do the kid good

xlgman · Post by **xlgman** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:55 pm

I will be disappointed if Freddie is not in street clothes on Saturday. Put an end to that type of behavior. I'd forgotten about Javorn's suspension last year. Maybe Freddie did too.

Puffton 280 · Post by **Puffton 280** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:39 pm

Agreed, I feel he should miss a game.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:50 pm

I think it should be considered. But I have no idea what Freddie's rationale or response was. DK has a better idea about what set him off and if he has since realized how dumb his reaction was. DK's handling of Traynam has earned my trust that he'll discipline Freddie appropriately, with much more info to go on than we have here.