Spring Break
MBBALL: Judges just miss the Final Four
by Jeffrey Pickette
Senior writer
Sports | 3/18/08
Posted online at 2:35 AM EST on 3/18/08
Meehan took a risk with 12:28 left in the second half, returning Graves-Fulgham to the game even though he had four fouls from trying to stop all-American senior guard Anthony Williams. The plan worked, and while Williams scored 28 points during the game, he was neutralized down the stretch when the Judges switched to a zone defense.
"[Roberson] was playing a lot of minutes, and we felt at that time we needed a senior on the floor to handle the ball. At that point we were just hoping [Graves-Fulgham] would go in and settle it down and he did exactly that and stayed away from picking up a fifth foul," Meehan told reporters last Friday.
The loss to Amherst marked the end of the college careers of Coppens, Hill, Graves-Fulgham, Rexhepi and Saucier. DeLuca, the team's sixth senior, will return next season after applying for a medical redshirt.
"[We were] saying good-bye to a group of seniors that helped to recreate our program. That would have happened whether we had won or lost-at some point we were going to play our last game with these guys. and that's an emotional time," Meehan said last Saturday.
"[Roberson] was playing a lot of minutes, and we felt at that time we needed a senior on the floor to handle the ball. At that point we were just hoping [Graves-Fulgham] would go in and settle it down and he did exactly that and stayed away from picking up a fifth foul," Meehan told reporters last Friday.
The loss to Amherst marked the end of the college careers of Coppens, Hill, Graves-Fulgham, Rexhepi and Saucier. DeLuca, the team's sixth senior, will return next season after applying for a medical redshirt.
"[We were] saying good-bye to a group of seniors that helped to recreate our program. That would have happened whether we had won or lost-at some point we were going to play our last game with these guys. and that's an emotional time," Meehan said last Saturday.
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