March 15, 2018
NCAA Tournament- South Region First Round
(11) Sam Houston St. (25-7) vs. (6) Florida St. (23-9)
The one thing I haven't accomplished here yet is winning an NCAA Tournament game. I'm 0-2 so far, and this one certainly won't be easy. The Seminoles really only go about 7 deep, and all 5 of their starters average over 30 mins a game. The key is to get a couple of them in foul trouble and make them get into their bench. And we did, getting 2 of their starters and 1 of their bench players in foul trouble. We led by 3 at halftime, and quite frankly outplayed them, but 1 frikkin basket cost us, as we walked off 53-51 losers, ending our season with a 25-8 record. Heartbreaking loss.
Code:
Florida State 53, Sam Houston State 51
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Sam Houston State (25-8, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
George Travers C 34 5-12 3-5 2 8 1 1 13
Lonnie Tingley PF 31 2-4 0-0 0 9 2 3 4
Chris Edgar SF 28 4-13 1-3 0 1 2 3 11
Kevin Penland SG 24 1-5 0-0 0 2 1 5 2
Dudley Dillon PG 34 2-6 3-4 1 4 2 3 8
George Hazard SF 21 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 1 0
Cody Headley PF 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Wicker SG 21 4-7 3-4 2 4 2 3 13
Turnovers: 12 (G.Travers 1, L.Tingley 1, C.Edgar 3,
K.Penland 2, D.Dillon 3, G.Hazard 1, J.Wicker 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Hazard 1)
Steals: 8 (G.Travers 3, K.Penland 2, D.Dillon 3)
3P FGs: 5-19 (C.Edgar 2-10, K.Penland 0-3, D.Dillon
1-3, J.Wicker 2-3)
Florida State (24-9, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jonathon Gott C 34 4-5 2-2 3 19 2 2 10
Dennis Riddle PF 36 2-6 1-2 3 8 2 1 5
Thomas Catlett SF 29 3-6 0-1 0 1 1 4 7
Jose Ellis SG 31 4-7 4-4 1 4 2 4 14
Andrew Alton PG 31 4-14 2-4 2 3 2 2 10
Prince Calton PF 8 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2
Logan Crim SG 18 1-6 2-3 3 3 1 5 5
Lyle Hardy PG 11 0-4 0-1 0 1 0 0 0
Harold Keene SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Antone Gowan C 2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Turnovers: 15 (D.Riddle 3, T.Catlett 3, J.Ellis 4,
A.Alton 3, L.Crim 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (J.Gott 1, D.Riddle 4, J.Ellis 2)
Steals: 2 (J.Ellis 1, A.Alton 1)
3P FGs: 4-15 (T.Catlett 1-2, J.Ellis 2-4, A.Alton 0-4,
L.Crim 1-3, L.Hardy 0-2)
Player of Game: C Jonathon Gott (FLST)
The other Southland teams had about the same kind of results, as Texas St. lost 84-57 to Creighton in the NCAA Midwest Region First Round, SE Louisiana lost 90-82 to Wichita St. in the CIT First Round, and Texas A&M-CC actually beat Wright St. 52-51 before losing to 13th seeded San Diego 67-61, ending the Southland run in the postseason.
One huge upset in the NCAA Tournament, and I do mean huge! 16th seeded St. Francis-NY shocked the world by beating top seed Washington in the NCAA West Region First Round, then followed that up with a 65-54 win over 9th seeded San Diego St. in the Second Round before getting hammered by 4th seed Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen. If they can do it, we can too.