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Jan. 2015
We again went 1 for 2 in the recruiting wars. PF John Hemingway rejected our offer and decided to go to Wofford. However, SG Daniel Bibbs committed to play for us. He is a 3 star recruit and passed up offers from Syracuse and UConn, instead choosing to play for us. Not that he's not a solid player, but let's be honest, he will see a lot more PT here than he ever would at Syracuse or UConn.
Games
1/3 vs. High Point - W 74-64 (11-3, 2-0) -- As seems to be the standard for FBCB (not that I'm complaining, mind you) there was a huge discrepancy in free throws. We shot 39, they shot 10. Which worked well for us, because we needed them after committing 19 turnovers.
1/7 vs. Radford - L 70-62 (11-4, 2-1) -- Brian Ratcliffe left this game early and is DTD, but that didn't cause us to lose. Again the issue was free throws, as they only missed 2 all game. We missed 5, and we were outrebounded 37-29. Other than that it was a pretty even game.
1/10 vs. SIU Edwardsville - L 82-69 (11-5, 2-2) -- Again it comes down to shooting. No way can we let teams continue to shoot 53% and expect to win. Embarassing loss. There will be some changes in the starting lineup for next game.
1/14 at UNC Asheville - L 86-52 (11-6, 2-3) -- James Woodland was back in the starting lineup tonight, but it didn't make a difference. We were totally outclassed and embarrassed tonight. We trailed 50-17 at halftime and shot only 23.2% for the game. They, on the other hand, shot 61.2%. Jose Turner was the only guy in double figures for us, with 10.
1/17 at Charleston Southern - L 77-63 (11-7, 2-4) -- We actually led at halftime, and held them to just 38.8% shooting. The problem is we only shot 36% and committed 21 turnovers. Offensively, we are in a funk right now. A double double for Dennis Cowans who had 12 points and 10 boards.
1/24 vs. Liberty - L 73-63 (11-8, 2-5) -- We welcome back David Bemis to the starting lineup. Hopefully he will be the spark that gets us out of this funk. Unfortunately it was not to be. This time the free throw discrepancy went the other way. They were 25-34 from the line, we were 13-20. That was the difference. Another double double for Dennis Cowans with 11 points, 12 boards.
1/28 at Radford - L 71-63 (11-9, 2-6) -- Just can't seem to get anything going offensively, with another night of shooting below 40%. This is getting ridiculous. Cowans led us again with 16 points.
1/31 at Campbell - L 70-69 (11-10, 2-7) -- A heartbreaker tonight, as we wasted our best shooting effort in a long time, letting their backup point guard backdoor us for a layup at the buzzer. We won just 1 game in January. That's unacceptable. I know this team is better, and I've already got lots of eyes on me. We've got to have a good February. Oh yea, Cowans dominated again, 12 points, 14 boards.
Jan. 2015 Wrap-Up
Overall Record: 11-10
Conference Record: 2-7
Home Record: 6-5
Road Record: 5-5
Rank: NR
RPI: 297
Stat Leaders
PPG
SG David Bemis- 13.1
SF Bobbie Robertson- 9.4
C Elias Dykstra- 8.4
RPG
C Dennis Cowans- 8.8
PF Jose Turner- 7.1
C Elias Dykstra- 5.0
APG
PG James Woodland- 2.6
SG David Bemis- 1.8
SF Bobbie Robertson- 1.5
SG Jarrod Taggart- 1.5
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