[Eaglesfan27]

Since they are going big, I'm going to start Nelke at SF, but we'll see if his ankle slows him down too much.

19:01 - Zimmerman gets the first foul on Butch.

14:49 - Zimmerman just got a 2nd foul on Butch. Things just became much easier! We lead 7-6. They respond by going small and bringing in Filipovic at SF.

Nelke gets burnt badly by Filipovic who draws a foul on Zimmerman in the paint. I bring in Troy for Nelke.


9:49 - Zimmerman is exhausted, but he has been on such a hot streak that I hate to take him out. He has 15 points! We are up 20-16. I rest everyone except Troy. Nelke comes back in at PF.

4:46 - Vega gets a 2nd foul on Cassler, their backup C. They go even smaller. We lead 30-24.


2:44 - I bring back all of my starters (except I keep Troy at SF.) We lead 35-27.

1:44 - Zimmerman gets a 2nd foul on Diallo. He's picking up right where he left off.


Halftime: We lead 39-31.

Zimmerman is the player of the half with 18 points, 4 boards, and a block.


18:19 - Zimmerman gets a 3rd foul on Butch. They go small again.


17:33 - We just had a perfect fastbreak. 4 men touched it, it never touched the floor. Troy finishes with the dunk.

16:22 - Another play that I haven't seen before. A Galbreath pass was tipped away, up into the air, but as it bounced off the backboard Zimmerman jumped and caught it for the offensive putback dunk.

9:24 - Our offense is really clicking now. Mack is nailing his shots. When he is doing that, I think we are unbeatable. 66-48 lead as I rest my starters. They bring back Butch.


4:26 - Butch and Howel have brought them right back into it. 68-60 as I call a timeout and bring back my starters.

4:04 - Zimmerman gets a 4th foul on Butch. He misses the front end of the 1-and-1.

2:54 - Butch spins away from Zimmermanand has a huge dunk to get their crowd really going. 70-64.

59 seconds - Butch with a hook to make it a 4 point game.

25 seconds - Butch blocks a shot by Zimmerman. They miss a quick 3 and Mack gets the ball before they can foul Zimmerman. Mack hits the 1st FT.. and the 2nd. 72-66.

They miss a 3. Troy gets the board and is fouled.


We win the game 74-68.


Zimmerman is the player of the game with 20 points, 12 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 12 and 4 of 8 from the line. He held Butch to 14 points (most of them when Zimmerman was resting.)

Galbreath with 8 assists, 0 points, 0 steals, and 2 turnoers. He shot 0 of 3. Howel had 10 points and 7 assists (most of them also when Galbreath was out of the game.)

Mack with a game high 21 points. He also had 1 board and 1 assist. He shot 7 of 11, 4 of 8, and 3 of 3.

Nelke with 2 points, 2 boards, 5 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 1 of 7. His ankle should be better in a week or so.

Halsch with 4 points, 6 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 1 of 4. McCollum played him very tough. McCollum also had 10 points and 10 boards against him.

Troy led the bench with 11 points and 2 boards in 29 minutes. He shot 3 of 6 and 5 of 5 from the line.

Connolly with 11 points in just 12 minutes. He shot 4 of 8, 3 of 6 from the arc.

Vega with 5 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.