|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 19, 2017 2:46:55 GMT -5
Scores from December 18, 2017, including some interesting results.
Three games in the Horizon tonight. One inconsequential win and two blowout losses. #12 Gonzaga 101, IUPUI 71. Green Bay 108, Rockford University 64 Idaho State 86, Youngstown State 62
Titan Opponents: #2 Michigan State 107, Houston Baptist 62. Career high 33 points for Miles Bridges. Double double for Cassius Winston who continues to grow as a player. Idaho 82, Western Michigan 52. Terrible loss at home for the Broncos. Idaho hit 17 three pointers. Fort Wayne 92, Indiana 72. Mid Major Win of the Day. Fort Wayne has beaten Indiana two years in a row.
Other games of interest: #14 Kansas 109, Omaha 64 #15 TCU 91, Texas Southern 72. It was a two point game at the half. TCU has won 16 games in a row dating back to last season. #18 Arizona 83, South Dakota State 53 #24 Florida State 69, Charleston Southern 58 Creighton 90, UT-Arlington 81 Charlotte 69, East Carolina 50. Charlotte recently fired former NBA All Star Mark Price. Marquette 79, Northern Illinois 70. Tougher than expected for Marquette. Northeastern 81, Kent State 69 SMU 86, Boise State 63 Texas 47, Tennessee State 46. Low scoring affair for Texas, but a win is a win. Grand Canyon 71, Mississippi Valley State 38 Valpo 76, Santa Clara 69
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 20, 2017 14:28:45 GMT -5
Results from December 19, 2017 It was a rough night for the Horizon.
East Tennessee State 81, Detroit 73. The Titans had a good first half, and led by 5 at the break. Unfortunately, the second half was more typical of the Titan season, and ETSU scored 47 second half points on their way to an eight point win. #8 Texas A&M 64, Northern Kentucky 58. All in all, a good performance from NKU on the road. It was a six point game at the half, and the Norse played them even in the second. Illinois State 71, UIC 70. The Flames got 23 points from Marcus Ottey but Dikembe Dixson continued to struggle, shooting 4-16 from the field with five turnovers. Dixson is on the list of most disappointing players in the HL so far this season, joining our own Jaleel Hogan. Niagara 79, Cleveland State 77. Niagara takes the win in this Great Lakes Match Up. Missouri State 66, Wright State 50. The Raiders fall to 7-5 with the road loss.
Titan Opponents: Virginia Tech 66, Presbyterian 55. Hokies are 10-2. That loss to St. Louis is keeping them from being ranked. Auburn 81, Murray State 77. MSU trailed by six at the half but took the lead briefly in the second half. I'm trying to figure out how Murray State got a home game against Auburn. St. Louis 74, Campbell 66. SLU gets back to .500 at 6-6. Campbell led by eight at the break. UCLA 85, South Dakota 82. The 8-3 Bruins, still playing shorthanded, trailed by three at the half. California 81, Seattle 59. The Red Hawks are now 8-6.
Mid Major Win of the Day: Princeton 103, USC 93. In Los Angeles, Princeton outscored the Trojans 17-7 in overtime. The PAC 12 is perhaps weaker than the Big Ten this season.
Other Games of Interest: #3 Arizona State 95, Longwood 61. #9 Xavier 81, Marshall 77. The Musketeers were up twenty at the break and held on at home. #11 Wichita State 89, Arkansas State 80 #17 Oklahoma 105, Northwestern State 68. Sooner freshman guard Trae Young with an incredible stat line: 29 minutes, 26 points, 22 assists. Told you to remember his name. :-) Clemson 64, South Carolina 48. The Battle of South Carolina. Charleston 80, South Carolina State 64. The Scuffle of South Carolina Duquesne 65, Lamar 64 St. Mary's 69, Dayton 54. Dayton is a surprising 5-6 this season. San Francisco 52, Radford 41. Oklahoma State 71, Tulsa 59. The Dust Up of Oklahoma.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 21, 2017 14:29:29 GMT -5
Scores from December 20, 2017. One of those college basketball nights that has a little bit of everything from a big upset to some dominating blowouts.
The HL went 1-1. Oakland 97, Towson 86. The 7-5 Grizzlies pick up a good win against a Towson team that is now 10-2. Kendrick Nunn had his second consecutive 30 point game. Kid can play. Utah State 91, Youngstown State 74. The Penguins take a loss on the road and are now 2-10.
Titan Opponents: Vanderbilt 81, Houston Baptist 48. HBU is now 4-9. Toledo 83, Jackson State 57
Other games of interest: #4 Duke 104, Evansville 40. One of those games where Evansville is feeling pretty good about coming in 10-2 and dreaming of an upset, and they run into a buzzsaw. #10 West Virginia 77, Coppin State 38. #18 Baylor 80, Southern 60 #23 Seton Hall 89, Wagner 68 #25 Creighton 116, SC Upstate 62.
St. John's 77, St Joseph's 73. The Battle of the Simon Templars. Houston 70, Providence 59. Georgetown 75. North Texas 63. This one was close for awhile. St. Bonaventure 84, Northeastern 65. Georgia State 71, UMass 63. Memphis 70, Siena 66. The Tigers win their eighth in a row at home, mostly against modest competition. Louisville 70, Albany 68. Almost a big upset. UC-Riverside 70, Valpo 60 Kanas State 68, Washington State 65. No marquee teams or names, but a really good college basketball game. KSU went up by 17, WSU came back and took an eight point lead in the second half before KSU went on a final run to pull it out. UNLV 95, Miss Valley State 63. The Rebels are 10-2 as Coach Menzies works on the rebuild. Romulus native Kris Clyburn, a former Titan recruit, started for the Rebels and scored 11 points. Freshman Amauri Hardy, a Detroiter, scored 12 off the bench.
The Mid Major Win of the Day was scored by Wofford, who beat #5 North Carolina 79-75. The Terriers picked up their second win of the season over an ACC team. They beat Georgia Tech earlier this year.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 22, 2017 14:39:47 GMT -5
Scores from December 21, 2017.
Another rough night for the HL. (Think I will just copy that so I can paste it in as needed.)
Northern Illinois 69, UIC 63 . The Flames are extinguished and fall to 4-8 with the road loss.
Bowling Green Hornet 81, Green Lantern Bay 78. The Phoenix fail to rise, and slip under .500.
Cincinnati 81, Cleveland State 62. The Bearcats are playing home games at Northern Kentucky while their arena is being renovated. The Vikings just picked up an extra loss on the Norse's home court. They don't redo the floor for Cincy games, leaving the NKU logo and markings all on the court, which looks funny during the telecast.
Titan Opponents:
Michigan 97, Alabama A&M 47
Fort Wayne 75, Liberty 64
Other Games of Interest:
#2 Michigan State 102, Long Beach State 60. Eleventh win in a row for the Spartans.
#8 Texas A&M 89, Buffalo 73.
#14 Kansas 75, Stanford 54. Jayhawks maybe hitting their stride?
#16 Purdue 97, Tennessee State 48. The Boilermakers look like the top challengers to Michigan State in the Big Ten.
#18 Arizona 73, UConn 58.
#24 Florida State 98, Southern Miss 45.
Notre Dame 86, Southeast Louisiana 50
Butler 107, Western Illinois 46
DePaul 83, Miami-OH 66
Marquette 92, American 51
Harvard 74, Boston U 63
Indiana 87, Tennessee Tech 59
Minnesota 77, Oral Roberts 63
Grand Canyon 86, Longwood 56
Mid Major Win of the Day: #12 Gonzaga 70, San Diego State 72. Surprising win because SD State had struggled at times this season.
Honorable Mention for Mid Major Win of the Day: Kent State 79, Oregon State 78. The MAC beats the PAC. Somehow, Kent State got a home game against OSU and got a nice win. Jaylin Walker of Romulus High School led the winners with 25 points. Also, Portland State 106, California 81. I almost picked this one because the margin was so great.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 23, 2017 13:48:46 GMT -5
Scores from December 22, 2017. The HL made some positive noise. Murray State 81, Detroit 82. Titans drop their seventh in a row and go winless in five straight games in Detroit. On the plus side, JJ Jr. had probably his best game of the year and T Jones returned to action.
Wright State 85, Georgia Tech 81. Easily the Horizon win of the night, as the Raiders won in Atlanta after overcoming a nine point deficit. Grant Benzinger scored 22 points for the winners, but also keep your eye on Wright State freshman Loudon Love. He's 6-9, 275, and he put up 16 and 12 while outplaying a pretty good center for GA Tech. Impressive win, but not the mid major win of the day as Georgia Tech has already fallen to Grambling and Wofford this season.
IUPUI 87, IU Kokomo 76. Battle between current and future HL members? ;-)
Oakland 86, Eastern Michigan 81. Oakland takes the back half of the in-season home and home. EMU trailed by 18 in the second half before their furious comeback fell short. Jalen Hayes scored 37 for the Grizz, while Kendrick Nunn cooled down to 20 points after surpassing 30 in the previous two games.
Western Michigan 66, Milwaukee 63. WMU is a good team, but I'm sure this loss stings for the Panthers.
Titan Opponents: Louisiana Tech 85, Fort Wayne 76 St. Louis 78, Southeast Missouri State 48. The "good" Billikens showed up. East Tennessee State 79, Georgia Southern 59
Other Games Of Interest: #1 Villanova 95, Hofstra 71 #3 Arizona State 104, Pacific 65 #6 Miami 75, Hawaii 57 #9 Xavier 77, Northern Iowa 67 #11 Wichita State 75, Florida Gulf Coast 65 #13 Virginia 82, Hampton 48 #15 TCU 86, William and Mary 75. TCU has won 17 in a row. #17 Oklahoma 104, Northwestern 78. Trae Young had 31 and 12 and continues to lead the nation in scoring and assists. Some preseason predictors had Northwestern ranked in the top 25, but those predictions seem way off now. The Big Ten is weak this year. #21 Texas Tech 74, Abilene Christian 47. The Big 12/10 is strong again. Texas 66, Alabama 50. Nice road win for Shaka Smart. Georgia 84, Temple 66. Pontiac's Yante Maten put up 30 and 12. Clemson 89, Louisiana 70. Clemson is 11-1. Providence 89, Sacred Heart 75. Pittsburgh 63, Towson 59. Towson fell short in their upset bid. Central Michigan 70, SIU-Edwardsville 52. The Chips are 10-2 USC 84, Akron 53. Weird game. Akron was up 33-29 at the half. UNLV 94. Northern Colorado 91.
Mid Major Win of the Day: St. Bonaventure 60, Syracuse 57. The Bonnies get the big win on the road and now stand at 10-2. Honorable Mention: Stony Creek 75, Rutgers 73. Rutgers was feeling pretty good after some notable victories, and probably relaxed when hosting 5-8 Stony Brook. Life comes at you fast. Also, Rider 71, Penn State 70. Rider won on a shot at the buzzer. Rough night for the Scarlet Knights and Nittany Lions of the Big Ten/Fourteen.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 24, 2017 1:27:05 GMT -5
Scores from December 23, 2017. The Horizon League goes 1-2.
Toledo 77, Cleveland State 52. At home, CSU trailed by two at the half before Toledo had a big second hand. The Vikings fall to 3-9. UIC 84, Trinity 45. Dikembe Dixson scored 25 to lead the Flames. Wisconsin 81, Green Bay 60. If you are going to get Wisconsin, this is the year to do it, but the Phoenix fell behind by twenty at the half and couldn't pull off the road upset.
Titan Opponents: UCLA 83, #7 Kentucky 75. The Bruins have struggled being shorthanded after the suspension of the three players following the China trip, but things came together today. Aaron Holiday had 20 points and 8 assists for UCLA. Seattle 95, Nicholls 89. Seattle is 9-6 after the home win.
Top Twenty Five: #5 North Carolina 86, Ohio State 72. The Heels get back on track after their upset loss to Wofford. #10 West Virginia 86, Fordham 69. WVU is 11-1. Huggins picks up win 830. #21 Tennessee 79, Wake Forest 60. Rick Barnes doing a nice job with the Vols. #23 Seton Hall 74, Manhattan 62.
Other Games of Interest:
Illinois 70, Missouri 64. In the Braggin' Rights game, the Tigers trailed by twenty at the half, but cut it to four late in the game. The Illini held on for the win. Mizzou continues to miss Michael Porter, the top ranked player in the high school class of 2017 who had to shut down for the season after a back injury.
Memphis 83, Loyola - MD 71. Memphis head coach Tubby Smith beat his son GG, who is the head coach of Loyola. Memphis is 9-3.
Georgetown 89, Alabama A&M 49. The Hoyas are 10-1. George Washington 58, Harvard 48. Harvard is only 5-7, but they have played seven games on the road, going 1-6. Louisville 74, Grand Canyon 56. Given the charges against Louisville for paying money to recruits, strippers and hookers, and Grand Canyon's "for profit" status, there is a money joke here somewhere, but I can't think of a good one right now. Boston College 78, Richmond 73 Georgia State 71, Chattanooga 48 Illinois State 72, Evansville 66 Auburn 89, UConn 64 Dayton 79, Wagner 67. Dayton only 6-6 so far this season. Minnesota 90, Florida Atlantic 60 USC 89, Middle Tennessee State 84 Princeton 64, Akron 62
Mid Major Win of the Day: New Mexico State 63, #6 Miami 54. NMSU is solid, with a record of 11-2, but undefeated Miami was the favorite to win tonight and take the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
Honorable Mention: Not a big upset like some of the others we've had this week, but underdog San Francisco beat Nevada 66-64. I root for the Dons as one of those former private school powers, similar to the Titans. This was a good win for them.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 24, 2017 21:12:57 GMT -5
No games scheduled for Christmas Eve.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 25, 2017 23:44:10 GMT -5
Merry Christmas! Today the only games were part of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.
#15 Miami 84, Middle Tennessee State University 81. The Blue Raiders of MTSU led by 13 in the first half but Miami took the lead for good with 3:19 left in the game.
Davidson 91, Akron 78
USC 77, New Mexico State 72. In the game following their upset of Miami, NMSU lost a back and forth with another high major.
Princeton 77, Hawai'i 63. Not a mid major/high major upset, but on a night with limited choices, this game gets the Mid Major Win of the Day. Princeton won a road game against a team that came in 8-3.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 28, 2017 13:45:08 GMT -5
Scores from December 27, 2017. No Horizon League games tonight, but there were some interesting match ups, including the opening of Big East play.
#1 Villanova 103, DePaul 85. Omari Spellman had a double double for Nova. He was a highly ranked recruit, but before he got on the radar of the big schools, one of his first offers was from U of D. #6 Xavier 91, Marquette 87 Detroit kids Greg Elliot (8 points) and Jamal Cain (16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks) contributed for Al McGuire's old team. Butler 91, Georgetown 89. Lavall Jordan is off to a good start in his first year at Butler. Georgetown blew an 18 point halftime lead in the double overtime loss. Syracuse 62, Eastern Michigan 47. Tie game at the half, but Cuse pulled away in the second half. Wisconsin 82, Chicago State 70 Grand Canyon 100, Morgan State 74 Nevada 80, Fresno State 65
|
|
|
Post by Commissioner on Dec 28, 2017 15:36:04 GMT -5
Scores from December 28, 2017. Wisconsin 82, Chicago State 70 They beat Green Bay by by an extra 10 points.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 29, 2017 1:56:01 GMT -5
Scores from December 28, 2017. The Horizon League season began tonight with all of the home teams except one defending their turf.
Green Bay 95, Detroit 83. Detroit drops their eighth in a row. Wright State 65, UIC 61. Wright State gets a win behind a double double from Grant Benzinger, who also had four steals. Northern Kentucky 77, IUPUI 59. The Jags suffer an eighteen point loss in their first HL game. Oakland 76, Milwaukee 68. Good road win for the Grizz, who got 36 points from Kendrick Nunn. Isaiah Brock returned from injury issues to grab 11 rebounds and block six shots.
Titan Opponents: Virginia Tech 76, North Carolina 59 East Tennessee State 84, Tusculum 65 Fort Wayne 99, Olivet College 93 Lamar 86, Houston Baptist 68 Seattle 93, Grambling 63 Murray State 80, Eastern Illinois 52
Top Twenty Five: #20 Gonzaga 81, Pacific 48 #23 Seton Hall 90, #25 84 Creighton
Mid Major Win of the Day: Hartford 60, Rutgers 58. Rutgers killed all the momentum they had with the update of Seton Hall by following it up with losses to Stony Brook and Hartford.
Other Games of Interest: Providence 94, St. John's 72. Providence strikes back with a big conference road win. Indiana State 73, Valpo 64. Welcome to the MVC. Belmont 94 SE Missouri State 72 LSU 71, Memphis 61 St. Mary's 87, Loyola Marymount 59. Paul Westhead and Bo Kimble aren't walking through that door.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 30, 2017 1:55:46 GMT -5
Scores from December 29, 2017. The Horizon League season has begun, but YSU and CSU both had buy game commitments to fulfill.
#2 Michigan State 111, Cleveland State 61. We know the Spartans are good, but the margin in this one was still surprising. The Spartans shot 65% from the floor and 58% from three. This game was 25-6 before I turned it on. Cleveland State falls to 3-10.
Indiana 79, Youngstown State 51. The Penguins are 2-11, with their only wins coming against sub D1 competition.
Titan Opponents: Toledo 85, Penn 72. Nice road win for the 8-5 Rockets. UCLA 96, Washington 82. UCLA improves to 10-3 and keeps the momentum from their upset of Kentucky.
#7 West Virginia 85, OK State 79 #11 Kansas 92, Texas 86 #22 Texas Tech 77, #18 Baylor 53. Not surprised that Tech won, but the margin is notable. #16 Kentucky 90, Louisville 61. Same as above. UK winning isn't a surprise, but that's the first time they have beaten the Cardinals by 20 in over twenty years.
Other games of interest: Eastern Michigan 67, Rochester College 48. EMU, 9-4, was up 23 at the half. Central Michigan 91, Lawrence Tech 73 Iowa 98, Northern Illinois 75 Maryland 66, UMBC 45 Nebraska 71, Stetson 62 Kansas State 91, Iowa State 75. The Big 12 teams are going to eat each other up. Utah 66, Oregon 56. Oregon is finally fielding a relatively weak team. Washington 88, USC 81 Oregon State 76, Colorado 57. The Pac 12 is looking kind of weak this season.
Not much to choose from for Mid Major win of the Day. I'll go with Toledo, for picking up a road win against a strong Ivy league program.
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Dec 31, 2017 3:11:13 GMT -5
Scores from December 30, 2017. The HL season is fully underway.
Milwaukee 87, Detroit 79. The Titans kept it close most of the way but were outscored 14-6 over the last part of the game. The Panthers hit 55% from the floor and 50% from three. The Titans were again led by Chatman, who had twenty points and eight rebounds.
Green Bay 80, Oakland 79. Big win for the Phoenix and a bitter loss for Oakland. The Grizzlies are still struggling to put it together. Kendrick Nunn cracked the 30 point barrier again, but in a very inefficient way. He took a lot of shots to get there. Brock had 11 rebounds and six blocks for OU.
Wright State 60, IUPUI 52. The Raiders played a sloppy game with twenty turnovers, but managed to get the win against a bad IUPUI squad.
Northern Kentucky 86, UIC 51. What has happened to the Flames?
Titan Opponents: LaSalle 83, St. Louis 60. Billikens fall to 7-7. Seattle 95, UC Riverside 71. Seattle is 11-6. Fort Wayne 92, Concordia (MI) 59 Western Michigan 92, Chicago State 71 Michigan 76, Jacksonville 51 New Orleans 64, Houston Baptist 57 Murray State 87, SIU-Edwardsville 63
Other Games of Interest: Butler 101, #1 Villanova 93. That realization that maybe you hired the wrong Michigan assistant coach. #6 Xavier 77, DePaul 72. More hoop heartbreak for me. #12 Oklahoma 90, #10 TCU 89. Trae Young with 39 points and 14 assists. Minnesota 65, Harvard 55 Illinois 62, Grand Canyon 58 Duquesne 70, University of Dayton 62. The team whose logo we stole beat the team who goes by U of D. Marquette 74, Georgetown 65
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Jan 1, 2018 18:44:30 GMT -5
Scores from December 31, 2017. The HL took New Year's Eve off. I did, too, which is why this scoreboard update is relatively late.
Titan Opponents: East Tennessee State 74, Mercer 55 Syracuse 68, Virginia Tech 56 UCLA 74, Washington 53
Top Twenty Five and Other Games of Interest: #2 Michigan State 108, Savannah State 52. This was actually close for awhile. In the end, MSU had scored 100 points for the fourth straight game. Miles Bridges had 21 rebounds, the most by a Spartan since Greg Kelser grabbed 27. Michigan State moved to #1 in the nation with Villanova's loss to Butler.
#16 Kentucky 66, Georgia 61. Pontiac's Yante Maten had 17 and 12 for the Bulldogs, but it wasn't enough.
#21 Cincinnati 82, Memphis 48. Ouch. Hoop pain for me.
#23 Seton Hall 75, St. John's 70
#25 Creighton 83, Providence 64. Despite rumors of the death of the conference a few years ago, Big East basketball is alive and well.
Missouri State 67, Valpo 50. The Crusaders fall to 0-2 in the MVC.
Utah 66, Oregon State 64
SMU 79, South Florida 39
USC 89, Washington State 71
Oregon 77, Colorado 62
|
|
|
Post by motorcitysam on Jan 1, 2018 23:48:08 GMT -5
Happy New Year! Scores from January 1, 2018. (Yeah, I almost typed 2017.)
Only one HL game on the calendar. In fact, a very light schedule overall.
Youngstown State 80, Cleveland State 77. Flint's Cameron Morse hit a three pointer with .6 seconds left to win it. CSU's Bobby Word, who scored 24 today after scoring 26 against Michigan State, had tied the game with a late trey. It will be interesting to see which of these teams makes the most progress towards being a contender in the coming years.
Top Twenty Five and Other Games of Interest:
#6 West Virginia 77, Kansas State 79. Big road win for WVU. Any Big 12 win away from home is going to be an impressive one this season.
Texas 74, Iowa State 70. See above.
Quinnipiac 71, Siena 70. Just looking for an excuse to use Quinnipiac in a sentence that wasn't about polling.
Alabama A&M 71, Grambling 64. Crazy college basketball. Grambling beat Georgia Tech on the road and lost at home to a 0-13 Alabama A&M team.
Prairie View A&M 76, Alcorn State 64. Clubber Lang and BA Baracas's alma mater with the win!
Texas Southern 78, Southern 66. TSU got their first win of the season in their first home game of the season after 13 straight losses on the road. And that's also the Mid Major Win of the Day.
|
|