The team travels up to the Northeast corner of the country this Friday to take on Maine. I haven't really looked much into Maine, but they are 3-4 with some close losses and wins (other than getting blown out at Syracuse). This is probably a pretty evenly matched game, with Maine having the slight advantage by being at home. Should be a great road test for our team. Making that flight up there and playing can't be easy, but hopefully our guys will come out and play a great game on both ends of the court.

Our guys still have not played a complete game on both sides of the court, so I am anxious to seeing all the pieces start to fit together. We have seen flashes of brilliance on offense and defense in different games, but never quite at the same time. I guess that is part of the learning process when many of our top contributors are new to the system.

Maine Roster:

NO NAME Class Pos. Ht Wt Hometown/Last School
1 Jon McAllian RS FR Guard 6-6 195 Bangor, Maine/Bangor
4 Jerrell Boswell JR Guard 6-0 175 Covington, Ga./Snead State Community College
5 Ryan Martin SO Guard 5-9 165 Wayne, Maine/Maranacook
11 Andrew Rogers SO Guard 5-9 160 Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan
12 Junior Bernal SR Guard 6-5 200 Manhattan, N.Y./Hyde/Maine Central Institute
13 Travon Wilcher SO Forward 6-7 230 Springfield, Mass./UMass
14 Terrance Mitchell JR Guard 6-3 197 Milton, Fla./Faulkner State Community College
15 Troy Barnies JR Forward 6-7 210 Auburn, Maine/Edward Little
21 Sean McNally JR Forward 6-7 255 Gardiner, Maine/Gardiner
25 Murphy Burnatowski FR Forward 6-7 230 Waterloo, Ontario/National Elite Development Academy
32 Gerald McLemore SO Guard 6-3 190 San Diego, California/Scripps Ranch HS
42 Malachi Peay JR Guard 6-6 213 Brooklyn, N.Y./Campus Magnet
44 Mike Allison FR Forward/Center 6-9 205 Lynen, Ontario/National Elite Development Academy
55 Svetoslav Chetinov SO Forward/Center 6-9 265 Plovdiv, Bulgaria/Maine Central Institute

Stats:

## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
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32 McLemore, Gerald... 7-7 264 37.7 34-88 .386 23-58 .397 14-17 .824 2 15 17 2.4 13 0 10 8 0 5 105 15.0
21 McNally, Sean...... 7-7 224 32.0 36-82 .439 3-10 .300 13-21 .619 21 37 58 8.3 20 1 5 16 9 5 88 12.6
14 Mitchell, Terrance. 7-6 187 26.7 19-54 .352 14-36 .389 27-34 .794 4 8 12 1.7 23 3 15 20 2 3 79 11.3
12 Bernal, Junior..... 7-7 207 29.6 25-60 .417 1-2 .500 12-23 .522 17 25 42 6.0 14 0 20 23 1 7 63 9.0
15 Barnies, Troy...... 7-5 172 24.6 15-42 .357 1-12 .083 8-11 .727 10 26 36 5.1 19 1 8 13 1 5 39 5.6
25 Burnatowski, Murphy 7-2 101 14.4 8-18 .444 3-7 .429 2-5 .400 10 6 16 2.3 7 0 4 4 3 4 21 3.0
01 McAllian, Jon...... 1-0 9 9.0 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3.0
11 Rogers, Andrew..... 7-0 104 14.9 4-16 .250 2-10 .200 7-12 .583 4 6 10 1.4 6 0 13 7 0 5 17 2.4
44 Allison, Mike...... 7-1 81 11.6 5-18 .278 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 9 10 19 2.7 11 0 2 3 4 2 15 2.1
04 Boswell, Jerrell... 5-0 10 2.0 3-9 .333 1-7 .143 1-1 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.6
55 Chetinov, Svetoslav 6-0 41 6.8 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 1 5 6 1.0 1 0 3 6 1 2 7 1.2

Here is a link to their stats that is easier to read:

http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/m-ba...mcume.html

(12-08-2009 11:14 AM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Stats:

## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
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32 McLemore, Gerald... 7-7 264 37.7 34-88 .386 23-58 .397 14-17 .824 2 15 17 2.4 13 0 10 8 0 5 105 15.0
21 McNally, Sean...... 7-7 224 32.0 36-82 .439 3-10 .300 13-21 .619 21 37 58 8.3 20 1 5 16 9 5 88 12.6
14 Mitchell, Terrance. 7-6 187 26.7 19-54 .352 14-36 .389 27-34 .794 4 8 12 1.7 23 3 15 20 2 3 79 11.3
12 Bernal, Junior..... 7-7 207 29.6 25-60 .417 1-2 .500 12-23 .522 17 25 42 6.0 14 0 20 23 1 7 63 9.0
15 Barnies, Troy...... 7-5 172 24.6 15-42 .357 1-12 .083 8-11 .727 10 26 36 5.1 19 1 8 13 1 5 39 5.6
25 Burnatowski, Murphy 7-2 101 14.4 8-18 .444 3-7 .429 2-5 .400 10 6 16 2.3 7 0 4 4 3 4 21 3.0
01 McAllian, Jon...... 1-0 9 9.0 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3.0
11 Rogers, Andrew..... 7-0 104 14.9 4-16 .250 2-10 .200 7-12 .583 4 6 10 1.4 6 0 13 7 0 5 17 2.4
44 Allison, Mike...... 7-1 81 11.6 5-18 .278 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 9 10 19 2.7 11 0 2 3 4 2 15 2.1
04 Boswell, Jerrell... 5-0 10 2.0 3-9 .333 1-7 .143 1-1 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.6
55 Chetinov, Svetoslav 6-0 41 6.8 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 1 5 6 1.0 1 0 3 6 1 2 7 1.2

Here is a link to their stats that is easier to read:

http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/m-ba...mcume.html

If they lost to Brown, I don't think there will be much of an issue (just kidding!).

Maine was here last year for our Club 100 tournament and beat us in the championship game. They have a good coach, but not as good as Belmont's coach. We didn't have a strong inside game at that time and they played a 3-2 zone with good results. KB you are right about them having the homecourt and us having to overcome that -- but it can be done. We just need to continue our unselfish play and get stronger scoring inside (?).

Anybody ever find out what happened to Jay Mitchell?

GFWO - All I know is that it is personal stuff, and to be honest, I don't want to know any more than that. Some things need to stay in the locker room. From what I know his absence is not because he committed some sort of trasngression (cheated, drugs, alcohol, etc...). I doubt we will see him this year. I think we should probably just let that sleeping dog lie.

I know he made All-Conference Academic Team last year, which if nothing else shows that he is smart enough to get his education. Even if he doesn't play another game for us, hopefully he will be a good friend, a good student, and a good teammate. Leaving with his degree in tact despite not playing this year would be a tribute to our coaching staff and program. I think it shows that we are not just about basketball, but about doing what is right for the players who attend Kennesaw.

(12-08-2009 11:48 AM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  GFWO - All I know is that it is personal stuff, and to be honest, I don't want to know any more than that. Some things need to stay in the locker room. From what I know his absence is not because he committed some sort of trasngression (cheated, drugs, alcohol, etc...). I doubt we will see him this year. I think we should probably just let that sleeping dog lie.

I know he made All-Conference Academic Team last year, which if nothing else shows that he is smart enough to get his education. Even if he doesn't play another game for us, hopefully he will be a good friend, a good student, and a good teammate. Leaving with his degree in tact despite not playing this year would be a tribute to our coaching staff and program. I think it shows that we are not just about basketball, but about doing what is right for the players who attend Kennesaw.

Extremely well said! I hope he does well too.