Blue Chips II: The Return and Coaching Legacy of Pete Bell

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Game 10 @ Florida

Texas State Keeps It Tight But Falls to #10 Florida 87-76
Alex Tyus had 28 points and the #10 Florida Gators shot 67% from the floor and beat the Texas State Bobcats Saturday night. The Gators held a 48-33 advantage at half and the lead ballooned as high as 23 early in the second half. The Gators coasted to an 11-point game from there. Patric Young added 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists for the Gators.

The Bobcats saw much improved play in the second half compared to the first half. “I think some of the young guys wet themselves a bit in the first half.” Coach Bell said after the game. “Playing at a top ten team in the nation with a raucous crowd, some guys were dazed to start the game. But we fought back and competed in the second half.” Eddie Rios had 21 points and 8 assists and Matt Staff had 26 points on 11-14 shooting.

NEXT: The Bobcats travel to Jacksonville to compete this 2 game Florida Road Trip.


Game Ten Box Score

Texas State Bobcats at Florida Gators
Dec 29, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Texas State (7-2)	33	43	76
#10 Florida (10-1)	48	39	87

Texas State Bobcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Rios	20	7-17	1-6	6-6	0	8	2	0	3	21
J. Bowman	18	0-4	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
M. Horner	18	3-6	0-2	1-1	4	0	2	0	0	7
M. Parham	16	5-5	0-0	0-0	3	1	3	2	1	10
M. Staff	19	11-14	0-0	4-5	5	0	1	1	0	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
B. Brown	12	2-4	1-2	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	5
M. Torres	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
S. Rogers	11	0-6	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	3	0
N. Hinton	10	2-2	0-0	3-3	1	0	1	1	0	7
TEAM TOTALS		30-60	2-12	14-15	22	13	10	4	8	76

Florida Gators
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Slattery	20	3-5	0-1	1-2	0	11	5	0	0	7
K. Boynton	24	5-8	0-1	0-0	1	6	0	0	0	10
C. Prather	24	5-10	3-6	0-0	6	3	0	2	5	13
P. Young	16	7-9	0-0	0-0	4	5	0	2	0	14
A. Tyus	21	12-16	0-0	4-7	3	1	1	0	2	28
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Rosario	9	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	4
E. Walker	2	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	3
E. Murphy	3	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	6
C. Larson	12	1-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		39-58	4-9	5-10	22	30	7	5	10	87

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Game 11 @ Jacksonville

Bobcats grind out victory over Dolphins, 73-66
The Texas State Bobcats were able to bounce back after their loss against Florida with a 73-66 win over the Jacksonville Dolphins. Texas State took a 2-point lead at halftime but the Dolphins jumped out to a 41-33 lead with a 10-0 run right after halftime. The Bobcats were able to regain the lead for the first time with 2:18 left in the second and never looked back. “This was one of those games were you see how your responds after getting punched.” Coach Bell said after the win. “It was a back and forth battle all night and am really proud of the guys for pulling it out.”

Matt Staff had another big game for the Bobcats. Staff had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the “Cats. “Scooter (Delgado) had my number in the first half.” Staff said after the game. “I was really able to get the ball deep on the block and convert some easy looks.” Staff had 14 of his 24 points in the second half. Eddie Rios had 17 points including a huge jumper from the top of the key with 34 seconds left. The lead was extended to 5 and the Bobcats were able to hit their free throws after.

NEXT: Conference play starts up with Texas State hosting Northwestern St.


Game Eleven Box Score

Texas State Bobcats at Jacksonville Dolphins
Dec 31, 2011	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Texas State (7-3)	33	40	73
Jacksonville (3-7)	31	35	66

Texas State Bobcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Rios	22	5-13	1-6	6-7	0	3	0	0	0	17
J. Bowman	16	0-4	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
M. Horner	20	3-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	4	6
M. Parham	18	4-5	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	0	0	8
M. Staff	19	9-16	0-0	6-8	14	1	0	1	1	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
B. Brown	10	4-5	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	9
M. Torres	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	2
S. Rogers	10	0-1	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	1	1	3
N. Hinton	8	2-6	0-0	0-1	1	0	1	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		28-56	2-7	15-20	33	8	3	2	7	73

Jacksonville Dolphins
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Powell	23	5-8	2-4	0-0	0	6	1	0	0	12
M. Adler	21	6-12	2-5	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	14
T. Galvin	19	3-4	0-0	2-2	3	1	2	0	0	8
G. Powell	21	1-6	0-0	0-0	10	2	1	0	1	2
S. Delgado	18	9-17	0-1	2-3	6	1	2	2	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Rozier	9	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	0	2	1
S. Jeffers	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
D. Graham	10	4-11	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	8
K. Palmer	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. Davis	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	1
TEAM TOTALS		28-61	4-10	6-9	30	14	7	2	4	66

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UPDATED SCHEDULE

Texas State Bobcats 2010-11 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 4	at 2K Sports College Hoops Classic -- Vanderbilt	Lost, 78-58
Nov 5	at 2K Sports College Hoops Classic -- Texas Southern/SC Upstate	Won, 74-65
Nov 12	vs Texas Southern	Won, 74-65
Nov 19	at Colorado St.	Lost, 69-62
Nov 22	vs Samford	Won, 88-59
Nov 29	at Long Beach State	Won, 75-69
Dec 2	at San Diego	Won, 91-83
Dec 7	vs Pacific	Won, 78-62
Dec 16	vs CSU Bakersfield	Won, 82-58
Dec 27	at Florida	Lost, 87-76
Dec 29	at Jacksonville	Won, 73-66
Jan 8	vs Northwestern State
Jan 10	vs SE Louisiana
Jan 15	at Central Arkansas
Jan 17	at UT-San Antonio
Jan 22	vs McNeese State
Jan 24	vs Sam Houston State
Jan 29	at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Jan 31	at Stephen F. Austin
Feb 7	vs Lamar
Feb 12	at Nicholls State
Feb 14	vs UT-Arlington
Feb 19	at McNeese State
Feb 21	at Sam Houston State
Feb 26	vs Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Feb 28	vs Stephen F. Austin
Mar 7	at Lamar

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	MPG
M.Staff	20.0	9.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	62.1%	--	80%	18.5
E.Rios	18.1	0.6	6.2	0.8	0.0	44.5%	33.8%	89.7%	20.9
M.Horner	8.9	3.0	1.6	2.2	0.2	47.8%	29.1%	86.2%	18.4
M.Parham	6.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	0.5	55.7%	0%	75%	17.6
B.Brown	4.9	1.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	43.7%	37%	100%	11.5
N.Hinton	4.9	1.6	0.3	1.8	0.4	61.7%	--	80%	10.0
S.Rogers	4.6	0.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	39.3%	25%	78.5%	11.5
M.Torres	4.0	5.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	65.5%	--	50%	8.3
J.Bowman	2.7	1.1	1.8	0.8	0.0	32.4%	33%	71.4%	17,6

TEAM STATISTICS

PPG: 74.8	FG%: 51.2%	RPI: N/A
RPG: 26.4	3P%: 32.8%	RPI 1-50: N/A
APG: 15.7	FT%: 81.9%	RPI 51-100: N/A
SPG: 9.0	TOPG: 7,8	RPI 101-200: N/A
BPG: 2.2	Point Diff: +6.8	RPI 201+: N/A

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CONFERENCE STANDINGS

Southland Conference Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 5, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Lamar	4-8	.333	2-0
Nicholls St.	6-4	.600	1-0
UT-Arlington	5-5	.500	1-0
Northwestern St.	3-6	.333	0-1
Texas A&M CC	3-7	.300	0-1
Stephen F. Austin	3-12	.200	0-1
SE Louisiana	2-9	.181	0-1
Texas State	8-3	.727	0-0
UT-San Antonio	6-7	.461	0-0
Sam Houston St.	4-6	.400	0-0
McNeese State	3-6	.333	0-0
Central Arkansas	1-7	.125	0-0

CONFERENCE LEADERS

Points Per Game	Rebounds Per Game
Fred Hunter, Nicholls St. – 20.3	Matt Staff, Texas St. – 9.5
Matt Staff, Texas St. – 20.0	William Mosley, Northwestern St. – 9.2
Eddie Rios, Texas St. – 18.1	Josh Lockett, SE Louisiana – 9.0
Dwayne Watkins, Northwestern St.– 14.4	Orlando Brazier, Lamar – 8.3
Hollis Hill, Texas A&M CC – 13.7	Alvin Lalugba, Texas A&M CC – 6.4
Assists Per Game	Steals Per Game
Eddie Rios, Texas St. – 6.2	Manny Horner, Texas St. – 2.2
Dewan Clayborn, C. Arkansas – 4.6	Marcus Parham, Texas St. – 2.0
Todor Stephenson, UTSA – 4.6	Nic Hinton, Texas St. – 1.8
Steve Rogers, Texas St. – 3.6	Dewan Clayborn, C. Arkansas – 1.6
Ben Martin, Nicholls St. – 3.6	Todor Stephenson, UTSA – 1.5
Blocks Per Game	Field Goal Percentage
Mike White, UTSA – 2.0	Maury Torres, Texas St. – 65.6%
Rudy Turner, McNeese St. – 1.9	Matt Staff, Texas St. – 62.1%
William Mosley, Northwestern St. – 1.7	Nic Hinton, Texas St. – 61.7%
Josh Lockett, SE Louisiana – 1.6	Jeremy Smith, Nicholls St. – 61.1%
Alvin Lalugba, Texas A&M CC – 1.5	DJ Evans, Northwestern St. – 56.6%

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UPDATED AP TOP 25

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 5, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	2	Gonzaga	14-0
2	4	Indiana	14-2
3	5	Georgia Tech	12-1
4	6	Louisville	13-2
5	1	Kansas	11-2
6	3	UCLA	10-3
7	7	Alabama	14-1
8	8	Florida	13-1
9	11	Pittsburgh	11-2
10	10	Duke	8-4
11	16	Maryland	11-0
12	21	Ohio State	12-4
13	20	Mississippi State	11-3
14	14	Saint Mary's	14-2
15	12	Washington State	12-3
16	22	Arkansas	11-1
17	15	North Carolina	9-4
18	9	West Virginia	10-5
19	13	Wisconsin	10-3
20	19	Connecticut	10-4
21	18	Villanova	10-4
22	--	Xavier	11-3
23	17	New Mexico	11-3
24	--	Syracuse	9-6
25	25	Washington	12-2

MID MAJOR TOP 15
1. Gonzaga 14-0
2. Saint Mary's 14-2
3. Fairfield 11-2
4. Florida Atlantic 9-3
5. UC Riverside 10-2
6. Fresno St. 10-4
7. VCU 10-4
8. Siena 11-2
9. Portland 10-5
10. S. Illinois 12-3
11. Belmont 8-4
12. Murray State 10-6
13. Bradley 8-5
14. Butler 8-7
15. Utah State 9-7

STAT LEADERS

Points Per Game	Rebounds Per Game
C.J. McCollum, Lehigh – 26.8	Mike Glover, Iona – 14.1
Julian Simmons, Army -- 24.0	Julian Boyd, Long Island – 11.2
Lorne Merthie, Campbell – 23.6	Shane Walker, Loyola-MD – 9.9
Greg Smith, Fresno St. – 23.5	Ryan Olander, Fairfield – 9.8
Alex Tyus, Florida – 23.4	Trey Thompkins, Georgia – 9.7
Assists Per Game	Steals Per Game
Rod Singleton, Montana St. – 6.9	Lorne Merthie, Campbell – 3.2
Peyton Siva, Louisville – 6.9	Glenn Dean, Eastern Washington – 2.7
Rodney Glasgow, VMI – 6.7	Velton Jones, Robert Morris – 2.7
B.J. Miller, Jacksonville St. – 6.5	Will Brew, UC Santa Barbara – 2.7
Clayton Brothers, Hartford – 6.5	Jheryl Wilson, NJIT – 2.5
Blocks Per Game	Field Goal Percentage
Dwight Howard, Pittsburgh – 3.1	Youssoupha Mboa, Marshall – 66.6%
Neill Brand, UAB – 2.8	Maury Torres, Texas St. – 65.6%
JP Olukemi, Oklahoma St. 2.6	Richard Pack, FIU – 64.4%
Ryan Rossiter, Siena – 2.5	Matt Staff, Texas State – 62.1%
Deangelo Castro, Washington St. – 2.4	Nic Hinton, Texas State – 61.7%

CREATED PLAYER UPDATE

#12 Al Harrington: #21 Villanova (10-4)
- Season Highs: 21 Points, 12 Rebounds, 5 Blocks
-Pro Buzz: First Round

Season	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
’11-‘12	9.8	7.3	0.5	1.3	1.4	48.5%	41.1%	63.3%

#20 J.R Smith: #9 Pittsburgh (11-2)
-Season Highs: 25 Points, 7 Rebounds, 5 Threes
-Pro Buzz: Top Pick

Season	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
’11-‘12	13.0	4.0	2.4	2.1	0.2	44.9%	43.9%	80.9%

#54 Dwight Howard: #9 Pittsburgh (11-2)
-Season highs: 15 Points, 17 Rebounds, 7 Blocks
-Pro Buzz: Top Pick

Season	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
’11-‘12	8.9	9.2	0.4	0.8	3.1	41.3%	--	63.4%

#20 Monta Ellis: #12 Ohio State (12-4)
-Season Highs: 35 Points, 7 Assists, 6 Threes
-Pro Buzz: Top Pick

Season	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
’11-‘12	20.3	3.2	2.6	1.3	0.1	44.8%	42.1%	83%

#11 Ricky Rubio: Kentucky (9-7)
-Season Highs: 19 Points, 11 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 6 Steals
-Pro Buzz: Top Pick

Season	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
’11-‘12	9.5	5.0	3.8	1.6	0.1	48.5%	29.4%	70%

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I would love to hear some feedback so far.

comments, likes, dislikes, suggestions anything would be appreciated.

[mpejkrm]

I'm enjoying this a lot (but I really like any CHoops dynasty haha). I like the created players idea a lot. You've been on a nice stretch lately. Maybe a mid-major or at least larger small conference school will offer you after the season.

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Game 12 vs. Northwestern State

Texas State opens up Conference Play with Win, Routs Northwestern St. 80-52

Eddie Rios hit 5 threes in the first half to help the Bobcats race out to a 25 point halftime advantage over the Demons. The Bobcats had all nine players play double figure minutes and hit a season high 11 three pointers. “Our offense efficiency was phenomenal tonight.” Coach Bell said after the game. “Even when out second unit played that second half, they executed just as well as the first unit.”

Eddie Rios tallied 17 points, 5 assists and provided the outside attack for the Bobcats while Matt Staff provided the inside attack to the tune of 20 points and 15 rebounds. Basil Brown had a season high 15 points on 4 three pointers. “The second unit got extended minutes today and I was really able to get in a groove today.” Brown said after the game, “I needed this game to get some confidence back in my shot going forward for the season.”

NEXT: The Bobcats host the Lions of SE Louisiana Saturday night.

Game Twelve Box Score

Northwestern State Demons at Texas State Bobcats
Jan 8, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Northwestern State (3-6)	23	29	52
Texas State (8-3)	48	32	80

Northwestern State Demons
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Washington	23	4-15	0-5	0-0	0	6	1	0	3	8
D. Watkins	20	3-10	0-2	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	6
L. Ellis	23	8-16	4-9	0-0	5	4	0	0	3	20
J. Hulbin	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
W. Mosley	13	3-4	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	2	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Clark	13	2-6	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	0	0	4
D. Evans	17	3-5	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	6
P. Robinson	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
S. Davis	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	5	2	0	0	0
L. McConathy	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		23-58	4-17	2-4	26	18	4	3	8	52
TEAM TOTALS		23-58	4-17	2-4	26	18	4	3	8	52

Texas State Bobcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Rios	17	6-9	5-5	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	17
J. Bowman	19	0-1	0-0	2-4	0	0	0	0	0	2
M. Horner	13	4-11	1-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	9
M. Parham	12	1-5	0-0	0-2	3	1	3	0	0	2
M. Staff	16	6=11	0-0	8-8	15	1	0	0	1	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
B. Brown	16	5-7	4-6	1-2	2	0	2	0	1	15
M. Torres	10	2-2	0-0	1-1	9	1	0	1	0	5
S. Rogers	14	2-6	1-2	1-2	1	7	2	0	1	6
N. Hinton	14	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	3	0	1	1	4
TEAM TOTALS		28-56	11-15	13-19	34	19	8	2	4	80