Pace: 0
Motion: 0
3P: 1
Focus: Outside
Defense: Man
Press: 0
Trap: 0
Yep, this is gonna be ugly.
vs Pepperdine (0-0)
It takes until 13:19 for us to score.
Surprisingly, thanks to great offensive rebounding and solid defense on our part, we're only down by 6 at the half.
But then their full court press takes over and they get hot. And that's all she wrote.
Code:
Pepperdine 58, Sacramento State 42
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Pepperdine (1-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Daniel Williams C 36 3-3 3-4 5 11 1 2 9
Jeffery Kepler PF 35 4-7 2-2 4 8 2 1 10
C. Stovall SF 30 4-10 0-0 2 5 2 4 9
Tony Little SG 17 3-8 0-0 2 2 1 4 9
Zhou Kun PG 26 3-9 2-3 0 2 2 4 8
David Thompson PG 23 4-6 0-0 2 3 0 1 8
Urs Mayerhofer SF 18 0-4 2-2 0 1 1 1 2
Andres Samuels PF 6 0-1 1-2 1 1 0 2 1
Dee Shackleford C 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Chris Rodgers SG 6 1-2 0-2 0 1 0 0 2
Turnovers: 14 (J.Kepler 3, C.Stovall 2, T.Little 1,
Z.Kun 4, D.Thompson 1, U.Mayerhofer 1, A.Samuels 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Stovall 1)
Steals: 10 (D.Williams 2, C.Stovall 1, T.Little 2,
Z.Kun 2, D.Thompson 2, U.Mayerhofer 1)
3P FGs: 4-16 (C.Stovall 1-2, T.Little 3-6, Z.Kun 0-6,
U.Mayerhofer 0-2)
Sacramento State (0-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dennis Hart C 35 1-1 1-2 2 7 0 2 3
Garret Thelen PF 35 1-2 0-0 3 4 3 1 2
Dominic Remy SF 35 4-11 1-5 1 4 1 1 11
Robert Roberto SG 21 3-10 0-0 2 5 0 2 6
James Sheppard PG 30 3-9 1-2 1 1 0 4 8
Michael Edwards PF 5 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0
Deangelo Reeve C 5 1-1 2-4 0 0 0 0 4
Ned Lebeau PG 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold Ross SF 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
George Izzo SG 19 3-5 2-2 0 1 1 5 8
Turnovers: 18 (D.Hart 3, G.Thelen 4, D.Remy 5,
J.Sheppard 1, N.Lebeau 2, G.Izzo 3)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 4 (D.Remy 1, R.Roberto 1, J.Sheppard 1,
M.Edwards 1)
3P FGs: 3-11 (D.Remy 2-6, R.Roberto 0-1, J.Sheppard 1-4)
Player of Game: PF Daniel Williams (PPRDN)
Go to scorer sure would be nice.
vs North Dakota (0-0)
If we can't beat a 0 prestige team at home in the first season, I may as well give up on this game completely. They're as bad as we are... if not worse.
How bad is it?
With 7:06 left in the 1st half, we're losing 10-8, due largely to our 7 to 1 turnover disadvantage. Shooting improves for both teams, but we're still down 17-20 at the break.
Two beautiful blocks on one possession by
Dennis Hart lead to a 3 pointer by
Dominic Remy on the other end to give us our first lead of the game at 3 with 16:37 on the clock.
Our lead grows to double digits, but by 1:14 on the clock,
Dominic Remy is injured, and we're staring down the barrel of a 2 point margin.
James Sheppard is fouled and converts both free throws, giving us a 4 point cushion and the ability to put in our free throw lineup.
They draw a foul and make both opportunities, so it's 2 points, and
George Izzo takes a shot way too early. They get it back with 45 seconds left, go for the 3 pointer, and miss.
Ned LeBeau gets the board with 13 ticks on the clock, and though he misses,
Hector Shears gets the offensive board and puts his free throws away to seal away the too fucking close for comfort win.
Code:
Sacramento State 45, North Dakota 41
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North Dakota (0-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Thomas Butler C 22 4-8 0-0 1 3 0 4 8
Mickey Stenson PF 32 2-8 3-5 5 7 1 1 7
Elvis Millett SF 35 1-10 4-6 0 1 1 4 6
Chris Yuan PF 35 0-4 2-2 0 4 3 3 2
Rufus Phillips PG 37 1-3 4-4 1 3 2 2 6
Joseph Auger SG 26 3-8 4-4 0 3 0 1 10
Henry Walker PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Lawrence SG 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Gil Bricker C 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Kenneth McDonald C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Turnovers: 6 (T.Butler 2, M.Stenson 1, C.Yuan 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Phillips 1)
Steals: 7 (T.Butler 3, M.Stenson 1, E.Millett 1,
R.Phillips 2)
3P FGs: 0-12 (M.Stenson 0-3, E.Millett 0-3, C.Yuan 0-2,
R.Phillips 0-1, J.Auger 0-3)
Sacramento State (1-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dennis Hart C 33 1-4 4-4 3 5 1 3 6
Garret Thelen PF 13 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 5 2
Dominic Remy SG 35 4-10 1-3 1 4 1 1 11
Robert Roberto SF 29 3-6 3-3 1 3 0 3 9
James Sheppard PG 39 2-7 2-3 1 7 3 3 7
Michael Edwards PF 25 3-6 0-0 4 9 1 1 6
Ned Lebeau PG 1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 1 0
George Izzo SG 18 1-4 0-0 1 4 0 2 2
Henry Riddick SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Damien Townsend C 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Hector Shears C 1 0-0 2-2 1 1 0 0 2
Turnovers: 16 (D.Hart 2, G.Thelen 2, D.Remy 4,
R.Roberto 1, J.Sheppard 5, M.Edwards 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (D.Hart 4, G.Thelen 2)
Steals: 1 (R.Roberto 1)
3P FGs: 3-10 (D.Remy 2-4, R.Roberto 0-1, J.Sheppard
1-4, G.Izzo 0-1)
Player of Game: C Dennis Hart (SACST)
Thankfully
Dominic Remy is only an 8 day injury, so he'll only miss one game. Nice to get my first career win out of the way early, at least.