Heh. Simon was the featured player before this game against Iona. He has 3 inches and 60 pounds on his guy.
We are up 10-6 at the 15 minute mark.
At the 14 minute mark, Everett picks up his 2nd foul on a cheap reach in.
A minute later, he picks up a 3rd, and I bring in Waters for him.
At the 10 minute mark, we are up 18-12.
With 8 minutes to go, we are up 21-15. All of our starters are out of he game to get a rest.
Our bench had built a 10 point lead, but they tire. 28-23 with 3:40 to go when I get my starters back into the game including Everett with his 3 fouls.
At the half, we are up 32-24.
Hannan is the player of the half. 8 points, 2 boards, and a steal. He is finishing on the break which has been the source of all of his points.
With 15 minutes to go in the game, Hannan gets his 3rd foul.
A 8-0 run by them to close it to 44-40 is ended by a Hannan drive to the hoop that draws a foul. He makes 1 of 2 FT's.
45-40 with 11 minutes to go.
With 8 minutes to go, Simon gets his 4th foul.
49-44 as he sits. All of my other starters were already resting.
Our bench with a huge run including 2 3's by Collins. We get a 58-44 lead, before they hit a 3 to end the run.
Snow also with some big points down the stretch. I have so many bench players who can do different things that he has become a forgotten man, and he doesn't like that. I need to keep him happy as he can be a dangerous scorer at times..
61-47 with 4:40 left when I get my starters back into the game to finish it off.
With 2:12 to go, Simon fouls out, but we have the game in hand as Hannan is playing great down the stretch.
We win 79-56.
Hannan is the player of the game. He finishes with 28 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 11 of 15, 2 of 5, and 4 of 8.
Everett had 0 points (0 of 6 shooting), 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers.
Graves had 13 points, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 1 turnover. He shot 5 of 14.
Cornette had 9 points, 17 boards, 1 assist, and a steal. He shot 4 of 8.
Simon had 6 points, 13 boards, and a block. He shot 1 of 8 and 4 of 7 from the line.
Collins had 8 points in 12 minutes.
Snow had 9 points in 12 minutes.
Waters had 6 points and 3 assists in 15 minutes.
Adams had 4 boards in 14 minutes at center.
We are now 17-6. Our next opponent is 10-13 Faifield. Our RPI thanks to that early pre-season tourney is 21. We are 3rd in the Mid-Major Poll behind #1 Cal Poly who are 18-2 and #2 Boise State who are 15-6.