2008 Woodie Awards
Marist seeks redemption vs. Loyola Saturday at McCann
Joseph Ferrary
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Sports
"We had way too many open looks from three [point land] that we missed," Brady said. "We simply were not ready for Loyola. Gerald Brown made some difficult shots that I thought were not going to go in."
Pressure of Being #1
In the beginning of the season, the Red Foxes were chosen by the coaches of the MAAC as the preseason number one team. Being the number one team in any conference means there is always a "bull's-eye" on your back.
Coach Brady talked about the pressure of being number one and what his team has to do in order to live up to their status.
"We just have to be more ready for the bull's-eye on our back," Brady said. "Once the MAAC schedule came out, every other team circled us on their schedule because we are their championship game. In order for us to live up to our name, we need to get better offensively. We need more consistent lane scoring from our front line and we need to work the shot clock more instead of shooting the ball so early."
Plan for Loyola
In all three of the Marist's MAAC losses, there has been one main scoring that has caught Coach Brady and his team by surprise.
Frank Turner of Canisius scored a career high 24 points in a 84-74 win in Buffalo. Niagara's Charron Fisher hit all five of his three point shots on his way to scoring 33 points in a 83-75 Niagara win at the McCann Center. Finally there was Gerald Brown who scored 33 in a Loyola.
For the Red Foxes to win this Saturday, they will have to find a way to stop Brown.
Head Coach Brady says that he has some things in store for Brown.
"In order to stop Gerald Brown we are going to do a couple of things," Brady said. "First we are going to limit their offensive rebounds and we are going to use more than one defense on him."
Pressure of Being #1
In the beginning of the season, the Red Foxes were chosen by the coaches of the MAAC as the preseason number one team. Being the number one team in any conference means there is always a "bull's-eye" on your back.
Coach Brady talked about the pressure of being number one and what his team has to do in order to live up to their status.
"We just have to be more ready for the bull's-eye on our back," Brady said. "Once the MAAC schedule came out, every other team circled us on their schedule because we are their championship game. In order for us to live up to our name, we need to get better offensively. We need more consistent lane scoring from our front line and we need to work the shot clock more instead of shooting the ball so early."
Plan for Loyola
In all three of the Marist's MAAC losses, there has been one main scoring that has caught Coach Brady and his team by surprise.
Frank Turner of Canisius scored a career high 24 points in a 84-74 win in Buffalo. Niagara's Charron Fisher hit all five of his three point shots on his way to scoring 33 points in a 83-75 Niagara win at the McCann Center. Finally there was Gerald Brown who scored 33 in a Loyola.
For the Red Foxes to win this Saturday, they will have to find a way to stop Brown.
Head Coach Brady says that he has some things in store for Brown.
"In order to stop Gerald Brown we are going to do a couple of things," Brady said. "First we are going to limit their offensive rebounds and we are going to use more than one defense on him."
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