Sean Johnson's miracle buzzer beater

The video has emerged. Here is Sean Johnson's near-halfcourt buzzer beater yesterday vs Manchester...

What a big shot. Wow.

Good start

IWU 89
BU 79

Boxscore
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A nice "W" to start 2009-10 with. Benedictine was 19-6 last year, returned a bunch, and is picked to win the Northern Athletics Conference this season.

Opening game takeaways...

* Doug Sexauer is a load. IWU's 6-7 junior looks poised for a monster season. Nice to see the Titans get him the ball.

* Sean Johnson came out of the gates strong, which is great to see. After a huge freshman campaign, Sean's sophomore season was, well, so-so. Sean has a chance to be the best 2-guard in the CCIW this season...he gives IWU a tremendous outside presence to keep the defense honest.

* The Titans have great depth. When you can bring the likes of Ryan Connolly, Jordan Zimmer, Sean Dwyer, Matt Schick, and Duncan Lawson off the bench, you are a very deep basketball team.

* The Titans gave us nothing to get excited about yet on the defensive end. BU scored 49 points and shot 48% from the field. That's the side of the floor we all have to keep our eye on...if this team can defend, it could be a powerhouse.


At the end of the year, my guess is a win over Benedictine will be a nice thing to have in the pocket - they should go on to have a solid season. Not a bad start for the Titans.

Next game - Wednesday vs Webster, at home.

Green/White scrimmage set for Thursday @ 7:00pm

IWU will host the annual Green/White scrimmage tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:00pm. (The women play at 6:15.) Rosters will be…

Team 1*
G – Travis Rosenkranz, 6-0 (Jr)
G – Sean Johnson, 6-1 (Jr)
F – John Koschnitzky, 6-6 (So)
F – Doug Sexauer, 6-7 (Jr)
C – Edmond O’Callaghan, 6-6 (Jr)

Bench: Stephen Rudnicki, 6-3 (So), Dan Schouten, 6-5 (So), Bradley Ghere, 5-11 (Fr), Luke Radliff, 6-6 (Fr)


Team 2*
G – Sean Dwyer, 5-10 (Sr)
G – Jordan Zimmer, 6-5 (So)
F – Matt Schick, 6-4 (Jr)
F – Duncan Lawson, 6-7 (Jr)
C – Ryan Connolly, 6-9 (So)

Bench: Eliud Gonzalez, 5-9 (So), Dan Oswald, 6-2 (Fr), Sean Seibring, 6-2 (So), Kevin Reed, 6-7 (So), Tyler Bontemps, 6-4 (So)


Out due to injury: Eric McCullough, Dexter Walker


* not sure which will be called “Green” and which “White”


Just this scrimmage, one at Aurora, then it's time to lace 'em up for real on November 15.