2008 Woodie Awards
Ramapo Hands MSU Its First Loss of the Year
The Road Runners Edge Out the Red Hawks at Home in an Overtime Thriller
Jose Ortiz
Issue date: 12/11/03 Section: Sports
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Down by two with under 10 seconds remaining, junior point guard Lamont Newell gets the ball, after a missed free throw by Ramapo's Antoine Pryor. Newell drove the ball from coast to coast, cutting through Road Runner defenders like paper, and made a lay up as time expired to send the game into overtime.
With the game knotted up at 79, it was all downhill for the Red Hawks. Charles Ransom went to the line six times in overtime and was perfect. His six points would be all that the visiting Ramapo team would need as the Hawks were ice cold in the OT period making only one of seven shot attempts.
This was the first loss of the season for the Red Hawks who are now 2-1 on the season. It was a highly competitive game that saw the Red Hawks trailing for most of it. Duquan Everett had a game breaking performance with 26 points, with 18 rebounds. He refused to lose, and carried the team throughout the second half with a relentless attack at the basket. But after receiving his fourth foul with five minutes remaining, Duquan became a non-factor for fear of fouling out, making only one shot for the rest of the game.
In the second half, Ramapo exposed a leaky Red Hawk zone defense with backdoor cuts and passes right through the zone holes. The Road Runners poured in 10 lay ups in the second half alone accounting for 20 points while the Red Hawks only managed 14. Six points are critical when you lose a game by only two.
The teams matched up pretty evenly, the difference was that Ramapo was lights out from beyond the arc. The Road Runners made 11 three pointers, as opposed to five by the Red Hawks. To go even further, Ramapo shot over 39 percent from three-point range, while MSU shot just below 28 percent. Neither team could hit free throws consistently, and the Red Hawks forced 25 turnovers but only converted those into six points.
Ramapo had four players in double figures, including a 15-point night from Jared Milligan, who was three of seven from behind the three point line to go along with 10 rebounds. Milligan played 40 minutes and presented many match up problems for Ted Fiore's team. Red Hawk, Lamont Newell, scored 19 and dished out a game high six assists, but turned the ball over seven times. Gian Paul Gonzalez added eight rebounds, and 14 points on 6-11 shooting from the floor.
Fiore and his team kept the game close throughout but weren't able to put together any substantial runs to jump ahead of the Road Runners. Every time they had a lead they immediately gave it up via a missed shot, or by turnover. One of the biggest problems with the MSU men's basketball team was a lack of ball movement. At certain times during the game players would force a lot of shots, or dribble for a few seconds too long instead of passing the ball.
With no seniors on the team, these are just a few of the growing pains that a young team with one freshman, and six sophomores will encounter in the early goings of a season. The team hasn't found its chemistry yet, but the talent is there, and a leader may have been born Wednesday night in Duquan Everett. The defending NJAC champions had an off night, but they will be fine.
With the game knotted up at 79, it was all downhill for the Red Hawks. Charles Ransom went to the line six times in overtime and was perfect. His six points would be all that the visiting Ramapo team would need as the Hawks were ice cold in the OT period making only one of seven shot attempts.
This was the first loss of the season for the Red Hawks who are now 2-1 on the season. It was a highly competitive game that saw the Red Hawks trailing for most of it. Duquan Everett had a game breaking performance with 26 points, with 18 rebounds. He refused to lose, and carried the team throughout the second half with a relentless attack at the basket. But after receiving his fourth foul with five minutes remaining, Duquan became a non-factor for fear of fouling out, making only one shot for the rest of the game.
In the second half, Ramapo exposed a leaky Red Hawk zone defense with backdoor cuts and passes right through the zone holes. The Road Runners poured in 10 lay ups in the second half alone accounting for 20 points while the Red Hawks only managed 14. Six points are critical when you lose a game by only two.
The teams matched up pretty evenly, the difference was that Ramapo was lights out from beyond the arc. The Road Runners made 11 three pointers, as opposed to five by the Red Hawks. To go even further, Ramapo shot over 39 percent from three-point range, while MSU shot just below 28 percent. Neither team could hit free throws consistently, and the Red Hawks forced 25 turnovers but only converted those into six points.
Ramapo had four players in double figures, including a 15-point night from Jared Milligan, who was three of seven from behind the three point line to go along with 10 rebounds. Milligan played 40 minutes and presented many match up problems for Ted Fiore's team. Red Hawk, Lamont Newell, scored 19 and dished out a game high six assists, but turned the ball over seven times. Gian Paul Gonzalez added eight rebounds, and 14 points on 6-11 shooting from the floor.
Fiore and his team kept the game close throughout but weren't able to put together any substantial runs to jump ahead of the Road Runners. Every time they had a lead they immediately gave it up via a missed shot, or by turnover. One of the biggest problems with the MSU men's basketball team was a lack of ball movement. At certain times during the game players would force a lot of shots, or dribble for a few seconds too long instead of passing the ball.
With no seniors on the team, these are just a few of the growing pains that a young team with one freshman, and six sophomores will encounter in the early goings of a season. The team hasn't found its chemistry yet, but the talent is there, and a leader may have been born Wednesday night in Duquan Everett. The defending NJAC champions had an off night, but they will be fine.