Gotta defend these backdoor baseline screens... we've given up at least three bunnies like that.
45-44 Drake at the under 12 TO. Just keep the pressure on, boys.
Win or lose, battling Drake like this is amazing after the Evansville/Illinois State disasters
Coach is yelling “swing”! “Pass the ball”!
-was yelling the same thing just before halftime.
Mayo is struggling with Stirtz
Drake 56-52 at the 8 min TO. Not quite danger time yet... but you can't fall behind 8 or 10 here and expect to come back like the last two games.
Feels like danger time for SIU right now
Sharp is hurting this team right now.
61-52 Drake, 6:45 to now... NOW it's danger time.
Too many bad possessions
Well, we had 31 great minutes... but these last 4 minutes have been about about as bad as it could get, and a Drake 10-0 run makes this really dire now.
63-54 Drake, 4:33 to go. Not impossible by any means, but you need to play perfect for at least the next three minutes.
Hensley fouls out in 9 minutes
No excuse for the results but these refs have been pretty bad. Gut check time.
Hensley fouls out in 9 minutes
Between this and Steffe not providing any shooting … Southern becomes pretty easy to defend. Just clog the paint.
How many times today has it been just a simple clear-out play with Sturtz on the outside, where he just drives by our defender to the hoop? Sure, I know you want to try and avoid doubling him up, when he'd then pass out to a man open at the arc... but it's happened a LOT in this game, where he's simply driving right on by.
