| @ Tiverton |
W 85-49 |
Nice way to start. Good Defensive intensity and unselfish play. Had to
many turnovers initially (10 in first 20 possessions). Keep up the
good work!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Seneca Yearwood
TOWNIE
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roland Walker |
| BARRINGTON |
W 72-58 |
Got the Barrington Monkey off our back! Good aggresive win in front of
a decent crowd for 1st home game. Crowd will build as we play better and
win more. Still too many fouls! We need to work on seeing ball at ALL
TIMES help and recover defense (recover to block passing lanes) and
get loose balls. We missed a lot of offensive opportunities--missed layups
and fouls shots! Offensive execution could have been better--play uptempo
defense and make smart decisions offensively! Time to defend as
Cranston Tournament Champion!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Derek
LaCroix
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Zack Stedman |
| @ Cranston West |
W 61-46 |
Great Team Defense especially in the second half. Seneca
Yearwood plays outstanding (hitting 2 huge three pointers in the second
half to help extend the lead). Nick Andrade harasses people on the
defensive end and scores two big lay-ups in traffic!! Another great team
win! Keep it up!Great Team Defense especially in the second half.
Seneca Yearwood plays outstanding (hitting 2 huge three pointers in the
second half to help extend the lead). Nick Andrade harasses people
on the defensive end and scores two big lay-ups in traffic!! Another great
team win! Keep it up!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Nick Andrade
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Marcus Maddox |
| @ Cranston East |
W 83-73 |
REPEAT as Lou Sinyei Tournament Champions! Great weekend. Allowed too
many points (althought CE shot extremely well) but we were able to
outscore them. The best start of a game I have seen this team have. I
think it was 15 to 4 or something like that - we scored on 6 of 7
possessions. Jay Horta (MVP with 32 points) and Derek Lacroix (All
Tournament). Outstanding team weekend. We look very impressive
passing the ball always looking for the open man---don't lose that! It is
very special! 4-0 an off we go!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Tshombe Lambert
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roland Walker |
| @ Chariho |
W 84-60 |
Way to take care of business. Long bus ride to play a physical team in
a tough gym... but you took the starch right out of them. Lots of
defensive pressure unselfish playo n the fast break and in the
normal offense. We were actually up 32 at one point.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Derek LaCroix
TWNIE PLAYER OF THE
GAME: Tshombe Lambert |
| WESTERLY |
W 80-75 |
Good enough to win on an afternoon where we played poorly. They
outhustled us, were more physical, more aggressive and more intense!
The WORST defense we have played to date! 44 points in the second
half! We didn't execute things well- especially our press
break. FUNDAMENTAL TOWNIE BASKETBALL was one of the keys to the
game...and that is NOT what we did. Derek Lacroix and Jason Horta
were superb (29 and 25 each). Marcus Maddox and Tshombe round out
four players with double figures again. We continue to be a very
unselfish and very good passing team (which is excellent) ..... but WE
didn't do the little things well enough today. In our league that
game is a 10 to 20 point loss!!! Time to refocus on the defensive
side of the ball and make sure we know and understand that we were lucky
to get away with one today! By the way ... GREAT DUNK MARCUS!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: NONE
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE
GAME: Derek Lacroix & Jason Horta |
| SOUTH KINGSTOWN |
W 69-38 |
Great team Win! Absolutely the best defense we have played to
date. Very unselfish offensively and tenacious tough and aggressive
defensively. We locked them UP! 7-0 and still getting better.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Seneca Yearwood
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE
GAME: Derek Lacroix |
| PONAGANSETT |
W 86-61 |
A big win to end the pre-season against a very good team. Ponaganset
will be in the top of their league and they had already beaten two teams
from our league. We started slow...then took it to them. Great
defensive intensity (lead by Yearwood Maddox and Walker) and
continued unselfish team play. Maddox and Yearwood did a great job
on Pezzullo- a very nice player! Four players in double figures again
(Lacroix-21 Lambert-20 Yearwood-18 and Horta-10) Nice article in the Times
and a great picture of Roland! Sent a nice message tonight! GREAT
Pre-Season....now for the real games!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Seneca Yearwood, Marcus Maddox and Roland Walker
TOWNIE PLAYER
OF THE GAME: Derek LaCroix |
WOONSOCKET |
W 74-58 |
Good way to start league play! Stated slow and
although we had a lead at half time..I did not think we were playing hard
or smart. Second half intensity much better!! We got loose balls and
rebounds that we didn't get in the first half and that directly lead to
points! Four in double figures agian (Lambert-23
Yearwood-14 Stedman-13 and LaCroix-11). Nick Andrade
played very intense in first half to help us through! Well done Nick. On
to Mt. Pleasant!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Seneca Yearwood and
Derek Lacroix
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Zack Stedman and Nick
Andrade |
| @ Mt. Pleasant |
L 65-60 |
Difficult game. 65 Points!!! We can't do this and expect to win
in this league! We didn't finish this one out. Up twelve in the
second half before we went really stagnant on offense. We let momentum
slip away and Mt. Pleasant took it to us in the second half. We
needed to rebound more talk less and take care of things. Learn from this
lesson!! The season is a marathon not a sprint!
It is one game in a
long season and just a loss...not a tragedy! We have had our share of
tragedies in EP this week (Police Officer killed 4 year old
dies in fire ).
Get back on course. Hope on Thurs! No rest for the
weary! In this league..anything can happen. We need to be completely
ready EVERYNIGHT EVERY POSSESSION!!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: None
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Nick Andrade |
| @ Hope |
66-54 |
OUCH! I think we were overlooking this game. We
turned the ball over way too many times and didn't execute as a team when
we needed to. We need to trat the ball as precious--not something we
haphazzardly throw around. This is a good team--BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO
GIVE THE BALL TO OUR OPPONENTS 20+ TIMES!!!
We lost defensive
assignments threw the ball away in key situations didn't
slide over to help defense or to take a charge and YOU WERE
PHYSICALLY DOMINATED! Don't let this happen again.
This is a
repeat from a previous game note:
We need to be completely ready
EVERYNIGHT EVERY POSSESSION!!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: None
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Tshombe Lambert |
| LASALLE |
W 72-68 |
Great Win. Played pretty good defense most of the way.
We turned it over way too much and took some rushed shots late in the
game. However we lost the lead only to get it back late! We made FT down
the stretch as well.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Seneca Yearwood and
Tshombe Lambert
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Derek LaCroix |
| @ Classical |
64-51 |
Tough game! We start out OK but Classical gets in our face and we
didn't respond. Turnovers are killing us right now. We really need
to treat the ball as a precious gift and not give it away or let anyone
take it from us!! Turnovers and second shots are directly leading to
points!
There were some good signs last night: good start, good
intensity 2nd half, came back to challenge three times in a tough
environment. We could have easily folded up..but we had to four
twice and five once!! These are signs that we can muster up some guts when
needed. We also need to muster up whatever it takes to prevent us
from going down!!
We need to be tougher in moments of stress and
adversity. It is still January and it is still a marathon.
We play in the toughest league in the toughest gyms against the
toughest teams...everything is not always easy. We just need to batten
down the hatches ...set Zebra and prepare for the long battle ahead!
(These are some Navy terms!!)
Trust yourselves trust you
teamates and trust is what we do! Work through challenging
times!!
Busy two weeks ahead. 5 game (4 on the road!)
DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Marcus Maddox
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Nick
Andrade, Jason Horta |
| @ Hendricken |
62-48 |
Great Team Win! 48 points allowed--thats Much Much Better!!
We
started out slow (actually down 15-4) but started to play some DEFENSE.
Finsihed the half with a lead. Opened the 2nd half on a 17-4 run. Superior
interior passing and execution combined with great defense. Hendricken was
one shot and done most of the night!
Derek Marcus and Sene
handle the point while Zack and Tshombe controlled the defensive
boards. Nick Andrade shuts Baron out and causes hate and discontent
the entire way! Derek you took a lot on your shoulders last night
and really handled the show! Well done!
First road win--and not
the last. Make sure of Friday so we can build momentum! You should
be very proud of your effort and the way you conducted yourselves!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Marcus Maddox & Nick Andrade
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Zack Stedman & Tshombe Lambert |
| @ Central |
82-60 |
Nice Win! This was one where we needed to take care of business...and
we did just that! Derek and Sene were bombing away and Zack and Be
controlling the boards. Roland did an excellent job when Zack got into
foul trouble. A nice two win week!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Roland Walker
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Derek LaCroix &
Seneca Yearwood |
| ST. RAY'S |
66-41 |
This one hurt. Physically and emotionally. I know exactly how everyone
was feeling.
However..we start the second half of the league schedule
at 4-4. We play 5 of the next 8 at home. Let's keep things in
perspective. Stay focused and stay together. Our strength is in our
team not in our individual stuff.
Five fingers make the
fist!!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE
GAME:
Roland Walker
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roland Walker
& Jason Horta |
| @ Woonsocket |
66-55 |
Back on Track! Good solid effort start to finish. Things are still a
little rough offensively but we need to grind it out until we find the
flow. Roland plays a big game along with Zack and Be. A
few more people rotated in to get some guys with some nagging injuries
some much needed rest. Big week ahead...two teams who have the same
records as we do..both who beat us previously. Challenging week
ahead--so rise to the challenge! Five
fingers make the fist!!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Zack
Stedman
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Roland Walker |
| MT. PLEASANT |
72-62 |
Great second half. We played hard (minus about 3
minutes before the half) the whole night. MP is a very very quick team who
we are likely to see again in the playoffs! It was nice to see the
ball going back in for Derek! Take a look at the FG% --- quality
possessions usually mean we have a great chance to score! Great 4 minute
stretch defensively where we stole the ball or gave them one shot and
converted on offense. They went man to Man for about 3 minutes and
we got a couple nice backdoor looks and a post up. Well done. 17-20
from the line is a season high percentage! The first win of "Payback
Week"
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Jim Leca Seneca
Yearwood Nick ndrade
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Jason
Horta Zack Stedman |
| HOPE |
66-43 |
Great win! Hope HAD won 5 league games in a row. We played very good
defense and controlled the defensive boards. Our ball movement on
offense was as good as it has been in weeks (Derek with 10 assists and
Zack and JayHo with 6 each). Threee in a row for the Townies!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Marcus Maddox Nick
Andrade
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Marcus Maddox |
| CLASSICAL |
51-50 |
Great game!! Full of great efforts. Just
disappointing to come up short. We really gave them a go--and they
were lucky to get out with a win. This is the type of game you will
remeber when you careers are over. Every possesion crucial
loud crowd PLAYOFF INTENSITY
Roland really played
excellent. Nick and Marcus also. That is why they call this a team.
YOU CAN BEAT ANY TEAM WE FACE especially with efforts like last night!
Look ahead for Wed.....a huge game against LaSalle!
DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Seneca Yearwood
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE
GAME:
Tshombe Lambert Derek LaCroix |
| @ LaSalle |
70-68 |
Good teams win ugly..and we did. We allowed a layup of an opening tap
(it was a defensive tap!!) awful defense first half (40 points!!)
turned the ball over way too much (unforced) and didn't move
offensively. We stood around waiting for something to happen.
This is another lesson that should have learned. You were lucky to get out
with a win. Lets not sit around and learn a lesson in the
playoffs. Move the ball play defense and execute offensively!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
None
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE
GAME:
Jimmy Leca |
| ROGERS |
67-61 |
Nice win against a tough team. We really locked
things down in the second half. First half defense was questionable
but much better in the second. Nick Andrade plays the game of his
life! And Derek gets to the 1000 point mark. Congratulations Derek
and everyone else who helped you get there!
Hendricken--Central--Saints. One at a time!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE
GAME:
Nick Andrade Jason Horta
TOWNIE PLAYER OF
THE GAME:
Derek LaCroix Tshombe Lambert |
| HENDRICKEN |
62-42 |
Good solid win! We came in and did exactly what we needed to do:
defense rebound and execute! Everyone got some decent minutes and Danny
Cabral had two big blocks! Two more league games to go--then the
tournament!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Zack Stedman
Marcus Maddox
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Roland Walker
Jason Horta |
| CENTRAL |
76-56 |
SENIOR NIGHT! I think we got caught up in the
emotion of the night. Started very flat and played poor defense (33 points
1st half??). We were down 18-4! We settled in and started to score
(Thanks to great effort from Jimmy Leca and Nick Andrade). We played
much better defense in the second half. Turned into the great night we
wanted. Everyone that played scored (including everyone working hard
to get Eric his points!! It was fun to watch). Thanks for a great
night. Onto to Saint Ray's!!!!!
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE
GAME:
Nick Andrade
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Jimmy Leca |
| @ St. Ray's |
78-75 |
Exciting Ballgame! A great High School Game!
Gave them someting to
think about so hopefully when we get them again---we can get them!
You
need to do some thinking as well. The most telling stat here is 29
Turnovers!!! Can't beat a great team doing that. We change that next
time and it is a different game.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Zack Stedman Marcus Maddox
TOWNIE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Derek LaCroix Tshombe Lambert |
| LASALLE @ CCRI |
71-67 (OT) |
A great season. A great three years with the caliber and quality of
kid that I may not see in a long long time. This program and school have
been blessed for the last three years. Thank You for everything you have
done for this program. You guys have put it back in the right
direction. Everyone who follows you will have tough shoes to fill.
MARCUS and DWAYNE ... lets build on this for next year. It has been
my pleasure to coach you. Thanks for everything |
