Castro still has the Cougars (19-13) as consistent tournament team. They made their 4th straight appearance in the tournament this season (1976-77) and again as a 16-seed (they had to win the Summit League to get into the tourney at all) they faced a very good Texas A&M (28-7) team who made the Final Four last year, were ranked 2nd in the nation in the last poll.
Anyway, none of that mattered when they beat them handily 77-66. I can't imagine Castro will be able to stick around another year, having successfully turned himself into one of the hottest coaches in the country, even after their 2nd round loss to Tulsa.
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Chicago State 77, Texas A&M 66
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Chicago State (19-12, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Thomas Naughton C 37 5-10 0-0 3 14 5 2 10
Fredrick Wiseman PF 36 3-8 0-0 5 10 2 4 6
Pete Armstrong SF 32 5-14 0-0 0 6 2 0 12
Bo Puentes SG 32 10-15 2-4 4 8 3 2 25
David Smart PG 36 5-11 1-2 0 1 5 2 15
Tommy Broyles PG 10 3-4 1-2 0 0 1 2 8
Moses Freeman SF 7 0-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 0
Brant Ball C 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
G. Gutierrez SG 2 0-1 1-2 0 2 0 1 1
Craig Cobb PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0
Turnovers: 19 (T.Naughton 5, P.Armstrong 4, B.Puentes
4, D.Smart 1, T.Broyles 3, M.Freeman 1, B.Ball 1)
Blocked Shots: 10 (T.Naughton 8, F.Wiseman 2)
Steals: 6 (T.Naughton 1, P.Armstrong 2, B.Puentes 1,
D.Smart 1, T.Broyles 1)
3P FGs: 10-21 (P.Armstrong 2-5, B.Puentes 3-6, D.Smart
4-8, T.Broyles 1-1, G.Gutierrez 0-1)
Texas A&M (28-7, 15-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Chas Brooke C 24 6-17 2-2 2 5 1 2 14
Maurice Aquilar PF 36 7-17 5-7 1 6 2 1 19
Eloy Bauman SF 30 1-8 0-0 2 5 4 1 3
Michael Williams SG 34 2-4 1-2 2 4 6 2 6
Andrew Mefford PG 33 2-6 3-4 0 3 2 1 9
Robert Scales C 12 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 3 2
Jacob Cox SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Deandre Guess SG 12 2-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 4
Leo Little SF 9 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 3 3
Charles Leathers PF 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Randal Deaver C 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 4
Turnovers: 11 (E.Bauman 1, M.Williams 5, A.Mefford 2,
R.Scales 1, C.Leathers 1, R.Deaver 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (C.Brooke 2, M.Aquilar 2, E.Bauman 2,
R.Scales 2)
Steals: 7 (C.Brooke 2, M.Aquilar 1, M.Williams 2,
A.Mefford 1, R.Deaver 1)
3P FGs: 5-12 (C.Brooke 0-1, E.Bauman 1-1, M.Williams
1-3, A.Mefford 2-5, L.Little 1-2)
Player of Game: SG Bo Puentes (CH ST)
It was their first Top 50 win of the year and they sure picked a good time for it. Super wild.
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 1-3 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 19-13 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0 RPI Rank: #129
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 1-5
Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 17-5
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 69.1 4 194 Points 67.8 9 159 Points 1.3 3 149
O.Reb 11.9 2 82 O.Reb 10.4 7 148 O.Reb 1.5 5 86
D.Reb 25.9 2 139 D.Reb 24.6 7 152 D.Reb 1.3 3 94
Rebounds 37.8 2 93 Rebounds 35.0 8 127 Rebounds 2.8 4 70
Assists 13.9 3 135 Assists 13.8 11 281 Assists 0.1 5 170
Steals 4.7 9 307 Steals 6.5 11 358 Steals -1.8 11 369
Blocks 4.3 3 89 Blocks 2.7 7 61 Blocks 1.6 3 57
Turnovers 14.5 10 309 Turnovers 12.9 9 280 Turnovers 1.7 10 318
Fouls 19.9 8 233 Fouls 19.0 5 271 Fouls 0.8 6 274
FG% .423 7 255 FG% .432 6 201 FG% -.009 6 249
FT% .696 3 117 FT% .653 1 52 FT% .043 1 51
3P% .357 1 114 3P% .346 7 241 3P% .011 5 159
PPS 1.23 5 223 PPS 1.22 5 147 PPS .008 5 183
Adj. FG% .487 3 188 Adj. FG% .481 6 130 Adj. FG% .007 4 160