[Eaglesfan27]

It's odd playing Washington for the 4th time this year.

19:42 - Galbreath beats his man off the dribble and gets a foul on Fray.

17:24 - Each of their guards has hit a 3 as has Atangana. They are up 9-4.

14:03 - Galbreath gets a 2nd foul on Fray. We are down 12-9. Time to bring in the Hammer.

13:01 - Nelke gets a 2nd foul on Snowden. We are down 14-11.

10:05 - Nelke just led a 10-0 run. 2 steals, 2 dunks, and a 3 on the run. We are up 21-17.

8:56 - Halsch picks up his 2nd foul. I bring back Troy and slide Nelke to PF. We lead 22-20.

3:29 - Mencio and Linebaugh are hitting 3's while my perimeter players are shooting bricks. We are tied at 31 as I rest everyone except Nelke and Troy.


Halftime: We lead 40-36. Nelke is the player of the half with 19 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 4 steals. He has shot 6 of 9.

Zimmerman with 11 points. Galbreath with 5 assists.

16:01 - They start off the half with a 12-0 run before Zimmerman finally makes a basket! Down 48-42. Time to bring back Nelke soon..

14:40 - Zimmerman with 3 straight quick baskets to make it a tie game at 48.

13:23 - Mack finally hits a 3. We are tied at 51 as I bring back Nelke.

12:49 - Nelke with a great spin move, dunk and the foul. That is the 3rd foul on Hornsby.

11:35 - Mack misses yet another open 3. I put Connolly in for him.

6:15 - Mencio hits a 14 footer to make it a 2 point game. We lead 64-62.

5:52 - Nelke answers with a 3.

5:15- They make it 67-64, we lead.

Fray blocks a shot by Zimmerman and Hornsby hits a 14 footer.

Nelke misses a 3, but so does Mencio.


3:58 - Nelke is fouled down low. He makes both FT's.

Atangana with a screen hits a 14 footer.

Nelke misses a 12 footer. Mencio hits a 15 footer to give them the lead. 70-69.

2:17 - I call a timeout. I overplayed my hand. My guys are all tired except for Nelke and Connolly. I'll bring in McDade and Troy. Our lineup will be McDade, Connolly, Troy, Nelke, and Zimmerman..

1:50 - McDade comes off a screen and drills a DEEP 3 from near the top of the circle!

1:25 - Snowden hits a 14 footer.

1:08 - Connolly fakes out his man and drives into the paint where he is fouled. He makes the first FT.. and the 2nd! We lead 74-72.

50 seconds - Linebaugh hits a 3.

22 seconds - McDade gets a screen from Nelke and hits a 3 from the top of the circle! We lead 77-75.

0.9 seconds left - I hold my breath as Atangana shoots a 3 over Nelke.. it misses.. but Fray with the putback dunk to tie it as the buzzer sounds.. We are going to OT!

Galbreath and Mack back into the game.


Nelke has it stolen down low and Mencio throws a beautiful alley-oop to Linebaugh.

4:06 - Nelke with a great move in the post to tie it at 79.

3:25 - Troy misses a 16 footer but Zimmerman gets the offensive board and we reset.

2:51 - Nelke draws a foul down low. He makes both FT's.

They call a timeout. I get Halsch back into the game with Troy taking a seat. Our best defensive unit is now on the floor.

Mencio with a 3 off a screen. He has 21.

Galbreath with a drive into the paint where he is fouled. He makes the 1st but misses the 2nd.

Nelke with a steal to get us the ball back!

Fray blocks a shot by Halsch.

Halsch blocks a shot by Hornsby. Tied at 82 with under a minute left.

Galbreath drives inside, gets help coming to him, and threads the pass to Halsch who dunks it! His first points of the night are huge! 33 seconds left.

1.5 seconds - Linebaugh comes off the screen, shoots the 3.. it hits the rim.. bounces.. hits the rim again.. and bounces off! Halsch with the board! He is fouled. He makes both FT's to seal it!!!


We win the game 86-82 in OT. Much too scary.

Nelke is the player of the game with 35 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 5 steals, and a block. He shot 10 of 18, 2 of 5, and 13 of 16.


Galbreath with 7 points, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers.

Mack with 4 points on 1 of 8 shooting.

Troy with 7 points on 3 of 8 shooting.

Halsch with 4 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 5.

Zimmerman with 21 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks, and an assist. He shot 7 of 16.

McDade with 6 points.

Connolly with 2 points. He shot 0 of 4.


Mencio did the most damage. He had 21 points and 11 assists against us. Linebaugh had 16 points on 7 of 14 shooting. Fray with 16 points on 8 of 15 shooting.

Who will we face in the Elite 8?