The Ballad Of Adam DeLana (NCAA 10)

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Let me start by saying that there will not a ton of time invested it the write-ups, and there will be no HTML (unless somebody wants to make one for me). I'm going to keep it short and to the point, player's key stats (which will be messy due to the lack of HTML.)

**I know the scores are low. It bugs me too**
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Adam DeLana was a Catholic High PG who took a scholarship to LSU. Turns out, he wrecked his knee badly, and it snowballed. LSU lost interest, Southeastern lost interest, even Tulane and ULM/L turned him down. So he ended going to McNeese, where he wrecked it even worse his freshman year. Fast forward 8 years, he's proved himself a decent Assistant coach, and he gets handed the keys when Simmons steps down.


General
Difficulty-All-Conference
Sliders-My Own
Half Length-10 Minutes
Team-McNeese State Cowboys (Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles, LA)

Style
Tempo-Up-Tempo
Motion-3 out/2 in

Half-Court-2-3 Zone
Full Court-Man

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2009-10 McNeese Roster
For Starters...
C-Elebryan Neal-6'9" 225-SR-78 OVR-Complete Post*
PF-PJ Alawoya-6'5" 192-JR-77 OVR-Complete Post
SF-Stephen Martin-JR-5'10" 160-71 OVR-Passer Scorer^
SF-Prestone Rurner-JR-6'6" 215-66 OVR-Passer Scorer
SG-Diego Kaplean-SR-6"2" 200-75 OVR-Passer Scorer
PG-CJ Collins-JR-6'4" 157157-77 OVR-Passer Scorer

*PF convert
^PG convert

The Best of the Rest..
7-Patrick Richard-SG-So-6'4" 190-69 OVR-Passer Scorer
8-Daniel Richard-PF-So-6'8" 174-69 OVR-Complete Post
9-Dontae Cannon-SG-Jr-6'2" 180-67 OVR-Passer Scorer
10-Will Morning-SF-Sr-6'7" 245-64 OVR-Pass First
11-Ataken Yurttas-PG-So-6'1" 185-64 OVR-Passer Scorer

The Supporting Cast...
JaMarcus Little-PF-Jr-6'8" 255-65 OVR-Complete Post
Jeremie Mitchell-SF-Fr.-6'5" 180-62 OVR-Pass First
Brandon Regis-PG-JR-5'11" 170-63 OVR-Passer Scorer

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2009-10 McNeese Schedule
November
7-UNO
10-La Tech
23-Arizona
27-Penn State
30-Fresno State

December
7-Murray State
9-Texas Tech
10-Dusquense
19-UCSB
20-NAU
26-Boise State

January (Conference Play)
3-Nicholls
4-Southeastern
7-Texas-Arlington
11-Sam Houston
17-Sam Houston
22-Nicholls
25-Northwestern
16-Lamar
29-Nothwestern
30-Lamar

February
5-Southeastern
7-Texas State
9-SFA
16-Texas-San Antonio
20-SFA
23-Texas A&M Corpus Christi
25-Texas State
28-Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Home Game
Conference Game
Rivalry Week Game

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Cowboys kick in clutch, edge Privateers
McNeese-52; UNO 49

Defense was scarce for the Cowboys, who relied on timely shots to keep the Privateers from pulling away. "We certainly weren't lucky, but it could have been worse." Said McNeese first timer head coach Adam DeLana post game. "We kept hitting....opportune....shots. After Collins got that 4-point play with about 3 minutes to go in the last half, they couldn't hit shots and we maximized."

McNeese was down 10 with 4:05 left in the 2nd when substitutions were made. After that, it was a shootout with both teams answering points for points. 3's were traded with 2's and vice versa for both teams. The Cowboys were slowly dwindling the Privateers lead. McNeese was able to get a layup with 7.1 left before half to narrow it down to just a 1 point lead. On the first play on the 2nd half, a Neal layup was blocked and returned for a quick 2, and the duel was on again, only to have McNeese swipe the lead away from UNO with 2:40 left with a Martin 4 point play.

Quotable: "I'm pretty damn excited that it's my 1st win, but we have a ton of work to do. There is no way we can hang with the big boys if we can't stop the dribble drive."-Adam DeLana, McN Head Coach

By the Numbers...
Martin-11 Pts., 3/3 Three, 1 BLK. 4 point play to put McNeese ahead.
Collins-10 Pts., 2/5 Three, 1 Steal.
Neal-10 Pts., 5/8, 2 OREB, 5 DREB,4 Assist.
Alawoya-9 Pts., 4/8, 1/1 Three, 4 DREB

[sixersrock18]

ill be followin this dynasty

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OH The Iron Kind
McNeese wins on desperation three.

CJ Collins did it again. With 4 seconds remaining, he watched his fadaway three bounce off the back of the iron and into the nets. In a nationally televised early-season ESPN2 matchup, McNeese (2-0) didn't exactly shock the world, but they did shock the Thomas Assembly Center. This time, McNeese seized the lead early in the first and fought to hold that ground. They stood there, taking everything Louisiana Tech could give.

"I'm really proud of our guys, especially CJ (Collins). They had a lot to proved on a TV audience, and they did just that. A lot of practice and hard work went into this week, and i'm glad to see that it paid off against a more talented Bulldog team." Commented McNeese head coach Adam DeLana.

With 2 minutes left to play, the Cowboys had a 9 point lead. Louisiana Tech chipped away at that lead for 116 seconds, climaxing with a Johnson layup to tie it up at 48. The inbounds went to Martin at halfcourt with 8 seconds left. Martin then passed it to the low post where Collins took a dribble drive, pulled back, and watched his fadeway three drop with 4 seconds left.

By the Numbers....
Collins-10 Pts, 1/1 3P, 5DReb. Go ahead 3 with :04 left
Neal-8 Pts, 2 DReb, 3 BLK.
Alawoya-14 Pts, 7/10, 1/1 3P, 3Dreb.
Martin-7 Pts.

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Bombs Away
3-0 McNeese Drops Arizona, 65-56.

There was a loud and vibrant student section for the "Biggest home game of the year" as boasted by head coach Adam DeLana. It was televised on CST and local sports stations. And the Cowboys showed up just like the students and cameras. McNeese climbed to a 10 point lead 3 minutes into the 1st, sputtered close to Halftime, rebuilt it, and never looked back.

"Huge." Said Cowboys coach DeLana. "This was huge for RPI. We need everthing we can get."

By the Numbers...
Collins-13 Pts, 4/7, 4/4 FT, 3 DReb, 2 BLK
Alawoya-12 Pts, 6/7, 3 DReb
Kaplean-10 Pts
Neal-10 Pts, 2/2 3P, 6 DReb. 4 Point play.

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McNeese picks up two
Hodge, Hale commit to Cowboys

Emil Hale-**-C-6'9" 244-Power Post-West Memphis, AK
Elihu Hodge-**-C-6'8" 236-Blue Collar Post-St. Charles, MO