[Eaglesfan27]

15:19 - Both teams come out tight offensively and with some good defense. We are tied at 2 as Vega draws a 2nd foul on Delgado. They bring in Giddens.

12:00 - I can't believe this. We are down 4-2. Never seen this bad of offense or this good of defense... I rest Farrell and put in Annen.

8:33 - Dawson and Vega are tired and both defenses are breaking down more now. We are down 12-9 as I bring in Badu and Abdur-Rahim.

6:00 - Annen with a strong drive gets a 2nd foul on Garrity. He hits a FT to end their run. We are down 18-10.

3:21 - We are down 22-12. I go with Dawson, Farrell, Annen, Abdur-Rahim, and Vega to finish the half.

Some great defense from my team and we get a few transition baskets off it.


Halftime: We are down 24-20.

We are shooting 25% from the field. They are shooting 34%.


Thomasson is the player of the half with 5 points and 3 assists off the bench.

Kabba and Annen lead us with 5 points. Abdur-Rahim with 4 points and 7 boards. Vega with 4 points and 4 boards.


17:21 - Farrell fouls Hoskin on a 3 point attempt. Dawson is doing a better job of getting the ball into the paint to Vega. We are down 28-24 after he makes 2 of the 3 FT's.

16:29 - Dawson gets a 3rd foul on Garrity. We are down 28-26.

16:01 - Dawson with a steal and breakaway dunk to tie it at 28.

12:57 - McCurry with a pair of 3's to give them a 38-31 lead.

10:12 - We are down 42-33 as I bring in Badu and Annen for Dawson and Kabba.

6:56 - We need offense now. I put in Badu, Annen, Kabba, Fuller, and Abdur-Rahim. We are down 46-39.

Starks hits a 3 over Kabba.

Abdur-Rahim with a tough interior basket and the foul. Giddens goes down from the collision and appears to be hurt. Abdur-Rahim completes the 3 point play.

Kabba with a block that starts our fastbreak.. Badu is fouled from behind. He makes the pair of FT's. 49-44.

5:03 - Annen with a drive gets a 4th foul on Parham. We are down 51-46.

Annen hits a 3, but gets beat badly by Hoskin who hits a 3 at the other end.

3:36 - We are down 56-51. I bring back Dawson. Vega and Stevens will be back in a minute.

Parham with a hook shot for 2.

Kabba has it stolen and Hoskin hits a pull-up 3. Down 61-51.

Abdur-Rahim draws a foul and makes a pair of FT's. 2:15 left.


2:11 - They call time. We bring back Vega and Stevens. Down 61-53.

We get a defensive stop. Kabba with a wild out of control layup attempt on the secondary fastbreak.. he misses it.

Starks draws a foul on Kabba.

Vega with a quick 2. We are down 62-55. We try to trap.. we have them.. they call time.

Thomasson with a beautiful pass to Parham on the backdoor cut. That should finish us off. So ends our winning streak..


We lose the game 66-57.


Hoskin is the palyer of the game with 10 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 11. Parham also had 10 points for them on 5 of 10 shooting.


Dawson with 5 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 2 of 7.

Farrell with 0 points, 1 board, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 0 of 9.

Kabba with 7 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 8.

Stevens with 4 points, 7 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 1 of 6.

Vega with 10 points, 8 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 9.

Annen with 18 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal in 22 minutes. He shot 4 of 9, 2 of 4, and 8 of 10.

Abdur-Rahim with 9 points, 7 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 3 of 5.

Badu with 4 points, 3 assist, and 1 turnover in 12 minutes.



Time for the tourney selection show. I imagine that loss cost us our #1 seed..