Tonight, I’ll be live-tweeting the #HofstraWBB game against Northeastern University.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
#HofstraWBB warming up pre-game. pic.twitter.com/KusUdTnhB7
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
It’s senior night at Davis S. Mack Arena, this being Hofstra’s final home game of the season.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
The Pride are currently ranked seventh in the CAA, with a conference record of 5-10. Northeastern is ranked fifth at 8-7.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
The Pride won their last matchup Sunday against Towson 83-72. Senior guard Aleana Leon led the way with 19 points.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
Heading into tonight’s game, junior guard Boogie Brozoski leads the Pride in scoring, averaging 12.3 points-per-game. Brozoski was a McDonald’s all-american in 2015 and played two seasons at the University of Michigan.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
#HofstraWBB seniors Ashunae Durant, Aleana Leon and Olivia Askin honored before the game. pic.twitter.com/tXA8Rgt1ci
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 23, 2018
Hofstra's starting lineup tonight:
Mikiyah Croskey
Marianne Kalin
Boogie Brozoski
Olivia Askin
Aleana Leon— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Hofstra off to a hot start. 7-0 Pride with 7:38 left in the first quarter.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Gabby Giacone with back-to-back layups. 7-4 Pride.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Olivia Askin responds with her own three-pointer. 10-7 Pride.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Marianne Kalin with a nice block on Loren Lassiter. 13-12 Pride with 0:36 left in the first.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Senior guard Loren Ortiz hits a deep three-pointer to end the quarter. 16-14 Huskies through one quarter.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Shooting foul on Kalin. Giacone misses both free-throws. 19-14 Huskies with 5:48 left in the second quarter.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Hofstra guard Sandra Karsten goes to the line to shoot two. 5:47 left in the second.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Karsten is no being attended to by Hofstra trainers. She appeared to have a cut on her right wrist.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Karsten is no being attended to by Hofstra trainers. She appeared to have a cut on her right wrist.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
After getting a bandage, Karsten hits both free-throws.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Aleana Leon with the steal and layup. 19-18 Huskies with 4:17 left in the second.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Brozoski hits a tough layup to put the Pride up one, 20-19.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Northeastern guard Jasmin Watson nudges Karsten into the lane during Ortiz's free-throw. Hofstra basketball with 2:21 left in the second.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon commits a foul on the offensive rebound attempt. That's Hofstra's third foul in the last 45-seconds. Northeastern is in the bonus.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Another Hofstra foul on Northeastern. This time guard Stella Clark will shoot.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Emphatic block by Leon on the layup attempt. 25-20 Northeastern.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Brozoski misses the half-court attempt to end the half. Northeastern leads 27-20.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Northeastern guard Claudia Ortiz has a game-high 11 points thus far. Brozoski leads the pride with seven points.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
The Pride struggled in the second quarter, only shooting 17 percent from the floor.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
The second-half is underway at the Mack, 27-20 Huskies.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Giacone starts off the half with a layup. 29-20 Huskies.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
After two quick scores for Northeastern, Hofstra head-coach Kristen Kilburn-Stevesky calls a timeout. Huskies lead 31-20 with 9:05 left in the third-quarter.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Kalin grabs the offensive rebound and makes the layup despite a shooting foul. 31-22 Huskies with 7:56 left in the third.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Clark hits a rainbow three for Northeastern. 38-22 with 5:45 left in the third.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon rips the offensive rebound away and puts it back up for two. 38-26, timeout Huskies with 4:42 left in the quarter.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Brozoski hits a tough layup for the Pride. Hofstra still down 40-28 with 2:48 left in the third.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Brozoski goes to line and hits both shots, Hofstra down 10.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Hofstra now starting to trap Northeastern full-court.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
After several good defensive possessions, Kalin knocks down the mid-range shot. 40-32 Northeastern with 55.5 seconds left in the third.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
The Pride finish off the quarter with a strong defensive possession. Huskies still lead 42-32.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Hofstra guard E'Lexus Davis starts off the fourth quarter scoring with a layup. 42-34 Huskies.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon hits the transition lay-up and a foul. Pride only down six with 7:44 left.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Northeastern turnover on the inbound pass. Hofstra starting to gain momentum.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon goes to the line and knocks down both shots. 42-38 Huskies with 7:09 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
After an offensive rebound from Croskey, Leon hits the back-door layup. Pride down two with 6:04 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Davis hits the transition layup! Crowd explodes as the Pride have now tied the game on a 10-0 run.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
After shaking her defender, Davis takes it to the rim and draws the foul. Tie game with 4:12 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Davis misses both shots, still tied.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Lassiter converts the and-one for the Huskies. Northeastern up three with 3:30 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Northeastern forward Maureen Taggart hits the open three. 48-42 Huskies.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon answers with a three. Pride down three with 2:01 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon draws the foul on the lay-up attempt and goes 1/2 from the line. Pride down two with 1:38 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Giacone hits the lefty layup, 50-46 Huskies with 1:28 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Kalin goes to the line and knocks down both free-throws, Pride down two with 1:08 left.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Taggart grabs the offensive board and lays it back in to go up four, Brozoski the charges down hits a mid-range shot to cut the lead back to two. 52-50 Huskies with 39.2 seconds left.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
then*
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Hofstra intentionally fouls on the inbound, Clark to the line for the Huskies.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Clark goes 1-2 from the line, Leon grabs the rebound and calls a quick timeout.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon air-balls a step-back three, Ortiz fouled after grabbing the rebound.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Ortiz hits both free-throws. 55-50 Huskies with 14.4 remaining.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Hofstra misses a three, as Northeastern grabs the rebound and runs out the clock.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
FINAL: Northeastern 55 Hofstra 50.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
The Pride now move to 5-11 on the season in the CAA, 11-16 Overall.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Leon had a game high for the Pride scoring 15 points on 5-15 shooting.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
Ortiz led the way for the Huskies, scoring 13 points.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
“There’s been a lot of stingers this year,” said coach Kilburn postgame.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
“I’m just appreciative of all the opportunities and all the people i’ve met,” said senior guard Olivia Askin. This is her last game at Mack Arena.
— Joe Pantaleo (@JoePantaleo_) February 24, 2018
FEEDBACK
1. Solid job with the pregame tweets.
2. I like the video and images as well.
3. Could have given me Northeastern’s starters, too.
4. You went 5 minutes between the lineup tweet and the 7-0 start. That’s a little too long. Shoot for every 2, 2.5 minutes.
5. In general, use more hastags and tag twitter handles of the teams you’re covering.
6. Hofstra was down 13-12, not up 13-12. Be careful.
7. Between your 8:22 tweet and your 8:32 tweet, that’s a decent gap. Nothing tweet-worthy happened? You could have thrown in a pregame stat or something off the game notes, if need be.
8. Example tweet where you can give me a little more: Hofstra guard Sandra Karsten goes to the line to shoot two. 5:47 left in the second. í was she fouled shooting, on a layup, etc? hard foul? Ticky-tack?
9. Should be “now” in this tweet: Karsten is no being attended to by Hofstra trainers. She appeared to have a cut on her right wrist.
10. Should be “Pride” í Northeastern guard Claudia Ortiz has a game-high 11 points thus far. Brozoski leads the pride with seven points.
11. 13 minutes between tweets, not good. Could have given me halftime stats, observations, what the galftime performance/show was. Whether you got a hotdog from the press room.
12. No hyphens needed for “head coach” or “third quarter.” You would use a hypen if you were writing “third-quarter lead.” í After two quick scores for Northeastern, Hofstra head-coach Kristen Kilburn-Stevesky calls a timeout. Huskies lead 31-20 with 9:05 left in the third-quarter.
13. As an example, with this tweet, you could have added that this was the largest lead of the game for either team. Additionally, if Hofstra was up 7-0 to start, then that mean’s they’ve really been outscored since — > Clark hits a rainbow three for Northeastern. 38-22 with 5:45 left in the third.
14. I would also clean up the scoring conventions. Say “Northeastern leads, 38-22.” “Northeastern up, 38-22.”
15. When it got to 42 all, that means that Hofstra went on an 18-4 run. If you’re going to say they’re on a 10-0 run, which they technically were, thrown in a time reference.
16. What’s the score here? í Clark goes 1-2 from the line, Leon grabs the rebound and calls a quick timeout.
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SUMMARY:
Good start. You can do more. Minor mistake here and there, nothing I will hammer you for, but keep them in mind. When you have down time, make use of it. Maybe pre-write some tweets that can go out at any time that are evergreen.
GRADE: 86
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