Monday, December 01, 2003
Ridiculous Dickinson Loss
AU lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a school that is generally comprised of soccer players, petty criminals, and Rutgers rejects. The PL Blog's three scouts at the game say that the refereeing was awful, with A-Rod picking up two quick questionable charges. Regardless, this sucks for your faithful PL Blogger. Here's the article, with a funny part and a sad part bolded.
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
November 30, 2003 Sunday All Editions
SPORTS; Pg. S07
Trent's clutch trey saves day for FDU
GREG MATTURA, STAFF WRITER
HACKENSACK - Tamien Trent is confident, maybe even cocky, and so the junior transfer had no fear of taking the shot that would decide Fairleigh Dickinson's home opener.
Coach Tom Green had no qualms about drawing up a play for Trent to shoot a jumper, even though his backup point guard had missed his previous three crunch-time shots Saturday night against American.
So Trent calmly stepped back behind the three-point line and turned a potential game-tying two-pointer into a game-winning trey with 6.4 seconds remaining to lift FDU to a 55-54 victory at the Rothman Center.
"I knew when it counted, when my team needed me, I would step up," Trent said matter-of-factly. "That's what type of player I am." (Yeah, I see the NBA in the future for this guy - editor)
What Trent is, exactly, is a 6-foot combination guard from Long Island who came to FDU (1-2) after spending last season at Suffolk Community College. His role, as he understands it, is to back up senior point guard Marcus Whitaker.
Trent was on the floor with Whitaker, who made the pass to Trent after his new teammate cut around a double screen set by the two Knights' forwards, sophomore Gordon Klaiber and senior Brandon Edwards. Trent caught the pass on the left wing, took a step back, and swished the jumper.
"He's a gamer. He definitely has a lot of confidence," Green said of Trent, who hit three of five three-pointers and 5-for-11 overall and scored 13 points in 18 minutes. "He's been through a lot of wars in junior college. He earned his scholarship tonight."
Trent, who scored four points in each of the Knights' losses to Nebraska and Morgan State, helped FDU overcome an often queasy offensive performance and avoid the agony of an 0-3 start. The Knights played good defense and survived despite being outrebounded, 44-29, shooting a subpar 38 percent (22-for-58), and missing six of nine free throws.
For the first 25 minutes, FDU treated the burgundy-colored lane as if it were quicksand. The Knights were content to hoist three-pointers - they finished 8-for-24 - and did not consistently attack the paint until the second half.
Klaiber (game-high 14 points, seven rebounds) led a second-half comeback that saw FDU erase a 33-28 deficit. Klaiber scored eight points during a 26-15 run that gave the Knights a 52-48 lead over American (0-3) with just over three minutes left.
During their run, the Knights scored 21 of their 26 points in the paint. Along the way, sophomore guard Chad Timberlake registered the Knights' first fast-break points on a dunk, and Klaiber capped it with a driving banker.
"We had [the lane open] all the time, but we were taking quick shots," Klaiber said. "But Coach told us if we went inside, they didn't have any shot blockers, and we could get some easy shots."
@ 11:26 AM
AU lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, a school that is generally comprised of soccer players, petty criminals, and Rutgers rejects. The PL Blog's three scouts at the game say that the refereeing was awful, with A-Rod picking up two quick questionable charges. Regardless, this sucks for your faithful PL Blogger. Here's the article, with a funny part and a sad part bolded.
*****
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
November 30, 2003 Sunday All Editions
SPORTS; Pg. S07
Trent's clutch trey saves day for FDU
GREG MATTURA, STAFF WRITER
HACKENSACK - Tamien Trent is confident, maybe even cocky, and so the junior transfer had no fear of taking the shot that would decide Fairleigh Dickinson's home opener.
Coach Tom Green had no qualms about drawing up a play for Trent to shoot a jumper, even though his backup point guard had missed his previous three crunch-time shots Saturday night against American.
So Trent calmly stepped back behind the three-point line and turned a potential game-tying two-pointer into a game-winning trey with 6.4 seconds remaining to lift FDU to a 55-54 victory at the Rothman Center.
"I knew when it counted, when my team needed me, I would step up," Trent said matter-of-factly. "That's what type of player I am." (Yeah, I see the NBA in the future for this guy - editor)
What Trent is, exactly, is a 6-foot combination guard from Long Island who came to FDU (1-2) after spending last season at Suffolk Community College. His role, as he understands it, is to back up senior point guard Marcus Whitaker.
Trent was on the floor with Whitaker, who made the pass to Trent after his new teammate cut around a double screen set by the two Knights' forwards, sophomore Gordon Klaiber and senior Brandon Edwards. Trent caught the pass on the left wing, took a step back, and swished the jumper.
"He's a gamer. He definitely has a lot of confidence," Green said of Trent, who hit three of five three-pointers and 5-for-11 overall and scored 13 points in 18 minutes. "He's been through a lot of wars in junior college. He earned his scholarship tonight."
Trent, who scored four points in each of the Knights' losses to Nebraska and Morgan State, helped FDU overcome an often queasy offensive performance and avoid the agony of an 0-3 start. The Knights played good defense and survived despite being outrebounded, 44-29, shooting a subpar 38 percent (22-for-58), and missing six of nine free throws.
For the first 25 minutes, FDU treated the burgundy-colored lane as if it were quicksand. The Knights were content to hoist three-pointers - they finished 8-for-24 - and did not consistently attack the paint until the second half.
Klaiber (game-high 14 points, seven rebounds) led a second-half comeback that saw FDU erase a 33-28 deficit. Klaiber scored eight points during a 26-15 run that gave the Knights a 52-48 lead over American (0-3) with just over three minutes left.
During their run, the Knights scored 21 of their 26 points in the paint. Along the way, sophomore guard Chad Timberlake registered the Knights' first fast-break points on a dunk, and Klaiber capped it with a driving banker.
"We had [the lane open] all the time, but we were taking quick shots," Klaiber said. "But Coach told us if we went inside, they didn't have any shot blockers, and we could get some easy shots."
@ 11:26 AM
