Anyhow, the favored home team once again suffered a beating at the hands of a tough Berkshire squad. Things started well enough with the Hampshire boys taking a 15-9 lead early in the second quarter; however, then the flood gates opened for the Drury Blue Devils. A 19-2 run gave them a 28-17 lead before settling for a nine-point halftime edge. More importantly for the trailing Red Raiders, their star scorer was struck with three quick fouls and would pick up his fourth early in the third quarter.
Drury opened the second-half strong, building the lead to 19 at 45-26 before Hampshire mounted a comeback to climb within 12 with several chances to cut deeper into the lead. But it was not to be. That is the problem with falling behind in basketball. As in the game from the other night, comebacks require lots of energy and nearly everything to go right. Meanwhile, the team with the lead can weather a down patch and still have a chance to recover. The final was 57-48 according to the paper, as Hampshire closed the game with a 9-4 run.
I'll have intermittent reports and previews of the games as the week progresses, dear readers, just so you know where I at. Thanks for coming.
That is, of course, if some of you can come:
"Storm-battered region begins repairs; Power still out in some areas" by Andrew Ryan and Jeannie Nuss, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent | March 1, 2010
GLOUCESTER - In Massachusetts, Cape Ann and the northern coast faced the fiercest winds. National Grid reported that about 700 customers were still without electricity last night.
The largest swath of outages was in New Hampshire, where the Associated Press reported more than 83,000 people were still without power late yesterday....
Yeah, and I heard on the RADIO that a LARGE SWATH of Maine is out, too!!
Nothing in the Glob about it.
The response to the outages has been coordinated and swift, especially compared with the 2008 ice storm that paralyzed much of the state, the Governor Deval Patrick said. That was a significantly larger event, Patrick said, but National Grid performed “very well then’’ as well....
Then why did your administration make such a stink and investigate the mess at the time, guv? Gee whiz, can't you guys ever tell the truth?
Another storm was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches of snow to Eastern Massachusetts this morning....
Dumping on global warming again, 'eh, Glob?
Related: Flooding concerns as storm pelts region
D.C. digging Boston’s plowmen
Of course, the agenda-pushing web Glob wouldn't want you web viewers seeing or knowing this:
WINTER WONDERLAND -- Snow-covered trees framed strollers in New York City's Central Park yesterday as the region was hit with a second snowstorm this week. Forecasters said that the city could get as much as a foot of snow. Areas outside the city were predicted to get as much as 14 inches, according to the National Weather Service (Boston Globe February 26 2010).
ROUGH RIDING -- A man biked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan yesterday as the storm that began Thursday morning continued in the city, leaving about 21 inches of snow. By last night, Central Park had received 36.9 inches in February, a new record for monthly snowfall. The previous mark was set in 1896 (Boston Globe February 27 2010).
I used to bike in snow and snowstorms years ago when I wholeheartedly believed in that global-warming lie.
Of course, I was a MUCH YOUNGER MAN then and would not -- and could not -- think of doing that again. Am still able to ply my wares on the ball court, however, and hope to continue my strong play from the last time out tonight.
