[Eaglesfan27]

We are expected to blow out the Youngstown State Penguins today. Today, we'll be trying out our 3-2 defense that we have been working on the last few weeks.

A slow start early and we are down 4-2 in the first 3 minutes.

At the 15 minute mark, we are down 9-6.

Up 15-14 at the 10 minute mark.

Down 25-21 at the 5 minute mark!

Down 33-31 at the half. They are shooting the 3 ball remarkably well, at least their SG is.

We are 0 of 9 from the arc as a team.

Feeney, their SG, is the player of the half with 12 points all on 3's. He is 4 of 8 from the arc.

Cornette leads our team in scoring with 7. Simon has 12 boards at the half.



Tied at 40 with 15 minutes to go. So much for our blowout.

Down 49-47 with 10 minutes to go.

We tie it at 52 with 7:20 to go, but Freeney hits a 3. A minute later we tie it at 55.

With 6:20 to go, a rested but hobbled Hannan and a rested Graves come back into the game to try to finish this off. They will play with our subs.

After a Hannan rebound, Waters comes off a pick and roll drives into the lane and finds an open Bogans for a 12 foot jumper which he makes! 57-55.

They score an interior basket, and then Graves responds with a driving layup. 59-57. Feeney with a 16 footer to tie it. A few misses. Tied at 59 with 2:40 to go and we get our starters back into the game.

After a miss by Graves, Feeney hits a 3 at the other end. 62-59. 2 minutes left.

Simon with a miss of an easy dunk and they get a layup at the other end.

Hannan has it stolen, but we steal it back and Graves hits a quick 3 in the corner. 64-62. 56 seconds left.

Feeney shoots a quick 3 and swishes it. 67-62.

Graves misses a 3. We have to foul.

They hit their 1st, miss the 2nd, but get the offensive board. They make the next 2 FT's to make it 70-62.

Everett misses a 3 and we foul, but I know it is over. Very disappointing loss.

We lose 71-62.


Feeney is the player of the game with 30 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. The 6'5 sophomore guard was highlighted as a player to watch, but he was a 63 overall and I didn't think he could do that kind of damage. He is a good 3 point shooter with a 75 rating and he killed us outside the arc tonight. He was 8 of 13 from the arc and 10 of 15 overall.

Graves led us with 17 points, 2 boards, and 1 steal. He felt the pressure of being the main scorer and only shot 6 of 18, 3 of 8, and 2 of 2.

Everett had 6 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 2 of 8.

Hannan had 4 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. He turned it over 3 times. He isn't the same player without his explosive first step and speed.

Cornette had 12 points, 10 boards, and 1 steal.

Simon had 3 points on 1 of 9 shooting. He also had 15 boards, 4 assists, and 2 blocks.


Our next game is at Princeton in what should be an easy win, but after this game, I'm not so sure. We are going to go back to a M2M defense and see if that works for mostly inferior opponents the rest of the way. Princeton is 1-2. I'll play that tomorrow.