Gordon Tonight!

Gordon Tonight!


Tonight the Men's and Women's Basketball Teams will be tipping off against the Fighting Scots of Gordon College. This TCCC match up will be a tough one for the Men's team, as Gordon sits in fourth place (17-6 overall, 7-4 TCCC). The Women should have an easier time as the Lady Scots are currently on a five game losing streak and are at the bottom of the totem pole in the conference (4-19, 3-8 TCCC).
The Men's team will once again be severely outsized as the Gordon rotation features four players above 6'7.'' Despite UNE overcoming this problem time and time again, Gordon plays one of the stingiest defenses in the league giving up a mere 62.8 points per game. The Nor'easters will have to play lock-down D themselves, as the Fighting Scots have shown that they have some sharpshooters on their roster as well. As a team, Gordon leads The Commonwealth Coast Conference in field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage. Additionally, this is the only team that could possibly keep up with UNE's 11-man rotation; GC has shown that they have great depth, consistently playing with a 9 to 10 man rotation themselves. UNE will have control the play of junior Aaron Trigg. This guard from Kansas has been the motor for the Fighting Scots, averaging a team-high 18.5 points per game and shooting lights-out from the field. Trigg has shown that he is one of the premiere players in the league since he arrived at Gordon, starting every game and averaging in double figures during his three-year tenure.
This could show to be a trap game for the Nor'easters because they have already locked up first place and home-court advantage throughout TCCC tournament. However, it is doubtful that Coach Mulligan will let his team play unfocused and sloppy basketball, and it is important to stay hot going into tournament play.
The Lady Scots have just played awful basketball all year long. Holding only four wins all year, these Women are averaging just 42.8 points per game, while shooting an anemic 28.4% from the field. The Nor'easters will look to build on their last-second win over Colby-Sawyer on Saturday. The next two games of the season are extremely important as UNE is fighting for a second place seed in TCCC tournament. UNE will have to win out the rest of their games, and Endicott will have to be upset in one of their next two in order for the Nor'easters to claim the spot.
The Nor'easter Nasties will once again be traveling with the squads to watch, as they play out their final away game in the regular season.