D'Amico should not be starting. No points, no rebounds. If he isn't going to at least rebound, set him down please.
they may get in foul trouble
D'Amico guarding their big guy is not ideal - if I was SLU I'd be feeding the big guy every time
They shot 66% in the first half; doubt that continues after Mullins makes adjustments. Still a winnable game; this team has dealt with pressure on the road before.
Saint Louis 46
SIU 38
Halftime
Xavier Johnson with 17 points at the half. Saint Louis shoots 66.7% from the field but SIU has 7 3's which is somewhat keeping them in this
Mullins should consider playing rotations that include our best players. Crazy thought
Foster and Cade came in and gave us a huge spark when we looked dead. SLU will cool but so will Johnson. Keeping Collins out of the paint, rebounding and taking care of the damn ball will decide the second half.
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Saint Louis 46
SIU 38
Halftime
Xavier Johnson with 17 points at the half. Saint Louis shoots 66.7% from the field but SIU has 7 3's which is somewhat keeping them in this
somewhat? X man with five 3's! That probably won't continue but would sure be nice.
D'Amico should not be guarding their big man - rather see the C boys - Cade and Clarence - and they both can score inside!
Need Domask and Jones to start scoring - and more Foster please!
D'Amico should not be starting. No points, no rebounds. If he isn't going to at least rebound, set him down please.
To be fair, he only played 8 minutes, its not like he played the whole half and didn't score or rebound anything.... and he did have a rebound and an assist.
Yuri Collins has 10 assists at the half
Yuri Collins already with 10 assists. Impressive.
This is winnable. We started out like a deer in the headlights, but still in it. Our defense hasn't seen a guard like Collins. We gotta stop the points in the paint.
second half needs to be SIU 40 SLU 31
@quatroschallengesaluki and to be fair he should not be starting.
I don't disagree, i think Rupert should be. We may both be wrong though, because the +/- game after game consistently says D'Amico is one of our best players. No difference in this game, by that measure, he has been our best player in this game. Team is +4 in his 8 minutes and -12 in the 12 minutes he was on the bench.