The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

January 5, 2011
Humphrey Coliseum
at
Lafayette (6-8)   Mississippi St (10-3)


On the Road Again, Lafayette Falls to Mississippi State in Non-Conference Finale



Coach's Corner

"No words can describe the up and down season that we are having. Coming off such a high against Pittsburgh, then we can't get a stop here in the 2nd half. It just is really mind-boggling.
We didn't take care of the ball. We had 10 turnovers to their 5. They made shot after shot after shot. I think we are just tired of playing on the road. This trip as been really tough and we haven't been as successful as we wanted to be.
Their back-court had 57 points combined. Bost made so many big shots and then he was dishing the ball all over the court. Almost had a double-double.
We needed Kreuser to have another big game against a talented big-man in Sidney and that just didn't happen. Wheeler struggled to score and Benbow really couldn't get going. He couldn't even get to the line, which is one of his biggest strengths.
We have to get it going now. We have a few days off and then we start conference play. Should be interesting to see how we can react. Our non-conference schedule was really tough, so hopefully it got us ready for the battles of Patriot League play."

Team	1	2	OT	Total
	29	21	-	50
	31	40	-	71

Lafayette
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Johnson	16	1/2	1/1	0/0	1	5	0	0	3	3
B. Wheeler	15	3/6	3/6	2/5	2	1	1	0	0	11
J. Mower	17	3/8	0/4	0/0	1	1	0	0	2	6
D. Benbow	18	5/10	1/2	0/0	4	3	1	1	2	11
J. Kreuser	16	6/13	0/0	1/2	7	1	1	1	1	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Delaney	DNP
L. Smith	4	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	2
N. Petkovich	3	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. Giese	4	2/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	2	4
J. Mintz	5	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	0	0
R. Willen	2	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0
M. Gruner	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		21/43	5/13	3/7	16	14	4	2	10

Mississippi State
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Bost	20	11/18	2/7	0/0	1	9	2	0	1	24
R. Johnson	20	9/20	5/12	0/0	4	1	4	1	1	23
K. Augustus	20	6/8	0/1	2/5	3	4	0	0	1	14
E. Bailey	9	1/1	0/0	0/0	3	0	0	2	0	2
R. Sidney	20	3/4	0/0	0/1	8	3	4	2	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Riek	11	1/2	0/0	0/0	3	1	1	0	0	2
R. Benock	DNP
B. Bryant	DNP
J. Steele	DNP
S. Smith	DNP
W. Lewis	DNP
T. Beckham	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		31/53	7/20	2/6	22	18	11	5	5

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

January 7, 2011

1. Lehigh 10-3 (0-0)
2. Army 7-5 (0-0)
3. American 8-7 (0-0)
4. Lafayette 6-9 (0-0)
5. Bucknell 4-9 (0-0)
6. Holy Cross 3-8 (0-0)
7. Colgate 3-10 (0-0)
8. Navy 3-12 (0-0)



1. North Carolina (12-3)
2. West Virginia (11-2)
3. Florida (12-2)
4. Texas (12-2)
5. UConn (8-3)
6. Memphis (9-4)
7. Kansas (9-3)
8. Indiana (10-2)
9. Georgetown (9-3)
10. Georgia Tech (10-2)
11. Tennessee (10-2)
12. Ohio State (7-4)
13. Florida State (11-5)
14. Arizona (8-5)
15. DePaul (12-2)
16. Villanova (9-3)
17. Dayton (10-2)
18. Michigan (11-3)
19. Mississippi State (11-3)
20. Saint Louis (9-4)
21. Purdue (11-3)
22. Syracuse (9-4)
23. Bradley (12-3)
24. Duke (6-5)
25. Alabama (11-4)




1. Bradley (12-3)
2. Nevada (10-3)
3. Gonzaga (10-5)
4. Akron (10-3)
5. Drexel (10-5)
6. Southern Illinois (8-5)
7. Oral Roberts (8-4)
8. Missouri State (8-6)
9. George Mason (9-4)
10. Kent State (8-6)
11. Old Dominion (8-7)
12. Creighton (5-6)
13. Indiana State (9-3)
14. Long Beach State (9-4)
15. Belmont (10-5)
16. La Tech (9-2)
17. Hawaii (9-5)
18. Utah State (8-8)
19. Wichita State (9-6)
20. New Mexico State (8-8)
21. Austin Peay (10-6)
22. Hofstra (7-5)
23. Columbia (11-4)
24. Central Michigan (10-3)
25. Davidson (5-5)


Conference Leaders

American East - New Hampshire (9-3, 2-0)
ACC - North Carolina (12-3, 1-0)
Atlantic Sun - Belmont (10-5, 2-0)
Atlantic 10 - Dayton (10-2)
Big East - Cincinnati (12-2, 2-0)
Big Sky - Sacramento State (6-5, 2-1)
Big South - Liberty (9-4)
Big Ten - Ohio State (7-4, 2-0)
Big 12 - Texas (12-2)
Big West - Cal Poly (6-6, 2-0)
CAA - Delaware (9-3, 3-0)
C-USA - SMU (9-2)
Horizon - Butler (7-8, 4-0)
Independents - NJIT (7-10)
Ivy League - Harvard (7-9, 1-0)
Metro Atlantic - Manhattan (7-7, 3-1)
MAC - Central Michigan (10-3, 1-0)
Mid-Eastern - Morgan State (8-5, 1-0)
Missouri Valley - Indiana State (9-3, 3-0)
Mountain West - New Mexico (12-3, 1-0)
Northeast - Fairleigh Dickinson (7-5, 3-0)
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay (10-6, 5-1)
Pac 10 - Stanford (10-4, 2-0)
Patriot - Lehigh (10-3)
SEC - Florida (12-2)
Southern - Elon (8-4, 5-1)
Southland - Texas at Arlington (2-7, 1-0)
Southwestern - Grambling (4-5, 2-0)
Summit - South Dakota State (6-8, 3-1)
Sun Belt - Arkansas State (8-4, 4-0)
West Coast - Gonzaga (10-5)
WAC - San Jose State (9-4, 2-0)

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Stat Leaders


Points
1. JR - C - Travele Jones (Texas Southern) - 31.9
2. SR - PG - Mike Scott (Fairleigh Dickinson) - 31.8
3. SO - SG - LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) - 30.6
4. FR - C - Aundra Williams (Marshall) - 30.0
5. SR - SG - Jimmer Fredette (BYU) - 27.9

Rebounds
1. SO - C - Aaron Thompson (Sam Houston State) - 11.6
2. FR - C - Darius Leonard (Kent State) - 11.3
3. SO - PF - Russell Wilkinson (Idaho State) - 11.3
4. FR - C - Keion Palmer (Jacksonville) - 11.2
5. SR - PF - Jared Cole (Iowa) - 11.1

Assists
1. SO - PG - Reggie Moore (Washington State) - 6.9
2. FR - PG - Isaiah Umipig (Cal State Fullerton) - 6.8
3. FR - SG - Anthony D'orazio (Lehigh) - 6.5
4. SO - PG - Rayner Moquete (Fordham) - 6.0
5. SO - SG - Chase Tapley (San Diego State) - 6.0


Blocks
1. SO - PF - Rakeem Buckles (Louisville) - 2.7
2. JR - PF - Laurence Bowers (Missouri) - 2.7
3. SR - C - Eli Holman (Detroit) - 2.6
4. JR - C - Mike Morrison (George Mason) - 2.6
5. FR - PF - Shawn Jones (Middle Tennessee State) - 2.6




Points
1. FR - C - Alex Newsom (Navy) - 22.3
2. SR - C - Vlad Moldoveanu (American) - 20.3
3. JR - PF - Yaw Gyawu (Colgate) - 19.0

Rebounds
1. SR - C - Vlad Moldoveanu (American) - 7.1
2. JR - PF - Yaw Gyawu (Colgate) - 6.5
3. SO - PF - Holden Greiner (Lehigh) - 6.5

Assists
1. FR - SG - Anthony D'orazio (Lehigh) - 6.5
2. SO - PG - Tony Johnson (Lafayette) - 4.4
3. SO - SF - Jordan Springer (Army) - 4.0

Blocks
1. SO - C - Justin Maneri (Lehigh) - 1.9
2. SO - PF - Colin Klebon (Bucknell) - 1.5
3. SO - PF - Brian Fitzpatrick (Bucknell) - 1.1

[HarkTheSound]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Great upset win against Pitt! Hopefully that'll carry you the rest of the season.

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Great win against Pitt! You were just lights out haha.

[Getty51]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Having a crazy season, beat Pitt pretty solidly and then give that one to Mississippi State. Just crazy

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Great win against Pitt! You were just lights out haha.

Great upset win against Pitt! Hopefully that'll carry you the rest of the season.

Having a crazy season, beat Pitt pretty solidly and then give that one to Mississippi State. Just crazy

Thanks guys. It was definitely a great win. Almost program building, but then I follow it up and lay an egg. Just frustrating to be so hot and playing well one game and then off the next, but that is what it is like at a smaller program when you are starting. Thanks for following guys.

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Have started conference play and I am a couple games deep. Recaps coming ASAP.

[Deuce2223]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Still loving the layout and game video's..

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Still loving the layout and game video's..

Thanks. Really liking the format I have right now. Although I am upgrading to a 15" Macbook Pro tomorrow, which will make it easier than using my fiance's dad's old about 2004 Macbook. I am editing the video as we speak so updates on the beginning of the conference slate coming soon.

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Congrats of the upset over Pitt. Gonna need some good wins in the conference schedule to go along with that, so best of luck to you

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

Congrats of the upset over Pitt. Gonna need some good wins in the conference schedule to go along with that, so best of luck to you

Thanks. Got some games played. Updates coming tonight. I need to start updating more regularly.

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

January 12, 2011
Kirby Sports Center
at
Lafayette (6-9)   Holy Cross (3-9)


Conference Slate Begins With Lafayette Blowing a Huge Lead, Losing to Holy Cross



Coach's Corner

"This was the start of conference play, yet it was so similar to how the rest of this season has gone. We were up and down and then up and then down. I thought Benbow had won it at the buzzer, but he got the shot off a few tenths of a second late and it wasn't allowed. Really disappointing for our guys.
We had such a big lead in the 1st half I think our guys relaxed. Definitely a tale of two halves. In the 1st half everything was going right. We had a 17 point lead going into the break and I was happy with what we were doing. We were playing with a lot of intensity on the offensive and defensive end. However, after the break we weren't taking things as seriously as we had in the 1st half. Plus we weren't making shots.
They hit a few shots after halftime and then it all went downhill. They finally took the lead with about 4 minutes left and we responded well. We didn't let them run away with it, but then again we couldn't grab control of the game or momentum. Then we have the lead with just a few seconds left and give up that 3-pointer. Our guys were deflated.
We need to get our aggressiveness back. We didn't drive to the basket nearly enough. We only had a few layups and settled for a lot of jump shots in the 2nd half. Just 1 free-throw attempt for the entire game makes it very difficult. You need those easy, free points that can end a draught.
We just need to respond and get back on track for Colgate."

Team	1	2	OT	Total
	33	22	-	55
	16	41	-	57

Lafayette
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Johnson	18	2/4	1/3	0/0	0	6	2	0	5	5
B. Wheeler	18	6/17	4/12	0/0	0	3	1	0	0	16
J. Mower	18	2/2	1/1	0/0	2	3	1	0	2	5
D. Benbow	18	7/9	1/1	0/0	6	3	1	1	2	15
J. Kreuser	18	6/9	0/0	0/1	5	1	2	4	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Delaney	DNP
L. Smith	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N. Petkovich	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. Giese	3	0/1	0/0	0/0	3	0	0	0	1	0
J. Mintz	2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	2
R. Willen	DNP
M. Gruner	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		24/43	7/17	0/1	16	16	7	5	11

Holy Cross
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Brown	15	7/11	3/4	2/2	0	5	1	0	4	19
R. Evans	17	5/7	1/2	2/2	3	5	0	0	0	13
J. Stevens	18	8/11	2/2	2/2	4	2	2	0	1	20
E. Obeysekere	16	0/4	0/0	0/0	2	2	0	1	0	0
P. Beans	5	0/4	0/1	0/0	3	0	1	0	0	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. O'Shea	5	1/3	1/1	0/0	1	1	3	0	2	3
M. Cavataio	DNP
D. Goens	6	0/1	0/1	0/0	1	0	1	0	1	0
A. Beinert	DNP
S. Carver	5	1/1	0/0	0/0	4	0	0	0	0	2
D. Dudzinski	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0
J. Jones	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		22/42	7/11	6/6	18	16	8	1	8

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

January 16, 2011
Cotterell Court
at
Lafayette (6-10)   Colgate (5-10)


Another Tough Loss Puts Lafayette in 0-2 Patriot League Hole



Coach's Corner

"We are really close. Close to making a run. I can feel it. We really came out here on the road and performed well. I know it wasn't a great performance and we didn't get the win, but I think we are really close. We didn't rely on one person today and we were in it until the end. Couldn't pull it out.
I think that our team is coming together. In the locker-room there are a lot of guys that are determined to get this season turned around. The focus is great and I think that we are going to get it going.
Difficult shooting night, but we were still in it. Time to move on to Navy."

Team	1	2	OT	Total
	22	29	-	51
	21	35	-	56

Lafayette
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Johnson	14	0/1	0/0	1/2	0	5	3	0	0	1
B. Wheeler	14	7/18	5/15	0/0	2	3	1	0	2	19
J. Mower	17	4/6	1/2	0/0	2	1	1	0	3	9
D. Benbow	17	5/7	0/0	2/2	2	1	0	0	3	12
J. Kreuser	15	3/4	0/0	0/0	1	1	2	2	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Delaney	DNP
L. Smith	9	0/1	0/0	0/0	1	2	0	0	0	0
N. Petkovich	3	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0
L. Giese	9	1/4	0/0	0/0	8	1	1	1	3	2
J. Mintz	2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	2
R. Willen	DNP
M. Gruner	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		21/42	6/17	3/4	17	14	8	3	12

Colgate
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Venezia	16	11/19	1/6	2/2	2	5	0	0	8	25
C. Johnson	18	3/5	0/1	0/0	0	5	1	0	0	6
B. James	16	4/5	0/0	0/0	2	1	2	0	0	8
Y. Gyawu	20	4/5	0/0	3/3	5	1	3	0	0	11
L. Bodganovic	18	1/3	0/0	1/3	11	0	2	0	2	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
P. Moore	6	0/6	0/3	0/0	1	0	1	0	0	0
M. Rolls	4	1/1	0/0	1/2	0	2	0	0	0	3
S. Melville	DNP
P. Liengueu	DNP
J. Brandenburg	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0
J. Hoban	DNP
N. Pascale	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		24/44	1/10	7/10	22	14	9	0	10

[bucky3]

Re: The Journey of Shea Mengel (CH2k8)

January 19, 2011
Alumni Hall
at
Lafayette (6-11)   Navy (3-14)


Leopards Cough Up Another Huge Lead, Hold-on for First Patriot League Win



Coach's Corner

"Finally we held on. So many games this year we get a big lead and then give it up. We fight back and then we just can't close the door. Today was different. We had a big lead, but then Navy came storming back. I think their center hit about 4 3-pointers from NBA range. Not sure where that came from. He didn't do that on film, but he did it against us and they were in it at the end. However, we made the plays we needed to make to get the win. So proud of our guys fight.
Like I said last week. We really are coming together as a team and I think that we are going to do much better the rest of the way. The seniors had a moment in the locker-room. They realize their season was slipping away. They wanted more than what they were getting and this is the result. Now we just need to ride this momentum to another win in our next game. I think we have Bucknell at home.
Definitely got a good game from everybody out there today. We were on fire from 3-point range. 12-of-21 is definitely lighting it up. Good road win in conference. We are going to have to steal some of these on the road to make up the game we gave away at home to Holy Cross."

Team	1	2	OT	Total
	30	34	-	64
	22	34	-	56

Lafayette
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Johnson	17	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	7	3	1	1	0
B. Wheeler	15	10/17	8/14	0/0	0	0	1	0	1	28
J. Mower	17	2/4	0/1	0/0	3	1	0	0	0	4
D. Benbow	17	8/12	3/4	6/8	3	1	0	0	2	25
J. Kreuser	18	1/3	0/0	2/2	11	2	0	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Delaney	DNP
L. Smith	3	1/1	1/1	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	3
N. Petkovich	3	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	1	0
L. Giese	6	0/0	0/0	0/0	3	1	0	0	1	0
J. Mintz	4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R. Willen	DNP
M. Gruner	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		22/38	12/21	8/10	20	16	5	2	6

Navy
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
O. Avworo	18	3/4	0/0	1/1	0	5	2	0	1	7
I. Roberts	17	1/3	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	2	2
R. Garcia	11	1/4	0/2	0/0	2	1	0	0	0	2
M. Veazey	19	3/4	0/0	1/1	8	1	0	0	1	7
J. Loupos	17	2/10	2/5	0/0	2	0	2	1	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Sugars	8	5/7	4/5	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	14
J. Liebert	3	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	0
T. Connelly	DNP
A. Newsom	7	7/9	4/5	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	18
J. Avila	DNP
G. Brown	DNP
T. Wyatt	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		22/42	10/17	2/2	12	11	5	1	5