Maine men BB tied 28 up half, LOSE IN OT 63-59!

[bcbc55]

Maine men shooting much better then their season percentages coming into this game so far are tied with St. Peters at the half 28 all. Ilija Stojilkovic with 10 points (2-2 fioor 3's) leads the Bears scoring with 10 points.

Maine shooting 11-21 for 52.4% from the floor, 3-8 for 3's for 37.5% AND 3-6 From the line for 60%. All of these shooting percentages are higher then their season percentage averages coming into this game as they were shooting 41% from the floor, 25.6% from the 3 point line and only 54.5% from the foul line in their first 7 games.

St. Peter's shooting 40% from the floor 55.5% for 3's and 70% from the line from the first half.

Second Half:

Maine shot better from the 3 point line 35.7% and better from the foul line 68.8% compared to what they were shooting coming into the game for 3's at 25.6% and from the foul line 55%. They shot 41% from the floor which is what the were shooting coming in to today's game. They also took less 3ttempts to 33.3% compared to 41% coming in.

Maine also kept the game in the 50's for regulation time at 51-51, but then gave up 12 points in overtime's 5
minutes.

Maine's 2-3 zone was exploited early in the first half as they lead by their biggest lead of the game at 7 points. Maine when they went man defense they defended a little better as they only gave up 63 points for an overtime game where they were giving up 74 ppg coming in.

Fleming lead Maine with 14 points, Larsson had 13 and was 3 for 3 for 3's and hit two clutch threes late in the game and in OT.

Idowu lead St. Peter's with 22 and Jones added 16.

Game Stats:..FGA...FGM...FG%...3A...3M...3%.....FSA...FGM...FS%...Reb...Asst...TO...PF...% FGA's as 3's
Maine...........51.....21....41.2%..17...6...35.3%...16.....11...68.8%..32......13....17...19.......33.3%
St. Peters......52.....20....38.5%..18...7...38.9%...25.....16...64%.....35......10....17...22.......34.6%

Maine falls to 0-8 and St. Peter's gets their 2nd win against 7 losses.

Maine's next game is a home game on Tuesday, December 4th when Maine hosts Fordham.

[aechamps]

Hope your still happy about the sloppy passing and the poor perimeter defense.... but most think they are making progress..... 0-8 losing streak...glad we scheduled UM Machais!! Remember we played a few games and started practice late this summer?? Just expecting the overall product to be a little bit better at this point in time.

[bcbc55]

Hope your still happy about the sloppy passing and the poor perimeter defense.... but most think they are making progress..... 0-8 losing streak...glad we scheduled UM Machais!! Remember we played a few games and started practice late this summer?? Just expecting the overall product to be a little bit better at this point in time.

"aechamps": You bring up a good point that Maine had 10 practices and 3 games in Costa Rica in August.

Maine football team scored more points today in 55 then Maine did in regulation time of 51 and ended up with 59 points in overtime.

Maine has got to hold opponents to in the 50's like they did today in regulation in order to be able to win games, especially against non-conference teams.

Looking at the AE Conference teams I think Maine can compete with the lower 3rd teams like 1-5 Binghamton, 2-5 UNH, aand Albany 1-5. Don't know if they can compete with SB 5-1, Vermont 3-3, and UMBC 3-4,. Maybe can compete with Hartford 3-5 or UMass-Lowell 3-5. Maine only AE team without a win so far.

There are only 9 centers in America East 6'10" or better. Stonybrook has 3 - 7 footers and 1 6'11", Albany has 1 6'11" and 1 6'10", UMBC 1 6'10", UML 1 6'10", and Vermont has 1 6'11". Binghamton, Maine, UNH and Hartford have none.

So other than SB Maine matches up size with at least Bing, Hart and UNH come conference games.

[basketball_guy]

Hope they can some improvement over the next few games.