The Coaching Career of Marc Lewis (ch2k7-360)

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Southern (6-10, 9-18) @ Texas Southern (14-2, 18-6)

 
                  1st  2nd  OT  Total
Southern           21   45   -     66
Texas Southern     25   34   -     59
 
                 Jaguers       Tigers
FG Percentage      0.443        0.304
3 Pointers          2/14         4/17
Rebounds              37           43
Assists               16           15
Steals                 9            7
Blocks                 6            2

Houston, TX - On a day that should have been celebrated by the entire team, Coach Lewis was in no mood to party. The TSU Tigers have just dropped another conference game to Southern by the score of 66-59. Even worse was the steady decline in the Tigers' shooting percentage. Consider the following stats from recent games for TSU:

				FG %
10-Feb	at Jackson State	W	80-75	40.70%
12-Feb	at Grambling	L	71-80	39.70%
17-Feb	Ark - Pine Bluff	W	75-66	46.20%
19-Feb	Miss Valley State	W	76-66	42.90%
24-Feb	at Alabama A&M	W	81-67	40.60%
26-Feb	at Alabama State	W	79-69	35.20%
1-Mar	Southern	L	59-66	30.40%

Over the last five games, TSU has seen its shooting deteriorate steadily. Only C Matthew Bell has shown any improvement offensively. However, given Bell's fatigue problems, contributions from his Tiger teammates is needed.

"Clearly, if we can't snap out of this offensive funk soon, our dreams of playing in the NCAA tourney or reaching 20 victories are not going to happen." - Coach Lewis

Southern Jaguars
J. Ingram - 13 pts, 10 rebs, 0/5 3pt
S. Wiley - 11 pts, 3 ast

Texas Southern Tigers
C. Brown - 20 pts, 3 rebs, 7/22 fg, 2/10 3pt
C. Moore - 0 pts, 17 rebs, 7 ast, 2 stl
M. Bell - 15 pts, 4 rebs, 5/9 fg


Bracketology - With the loss, Texas Southern has dropped down to the projected #16 seed in the West regional, scheduled to face Tommy Amaker and the #1 seed Michigan Wolverines.

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SWAC Standings - 3/2/2007

1	Texas Southern		14	3	0.824		18	7	0.720
2	Alcorn State		12	5	0.706		14	10	0.583
	Miss Valley State		10	8	0.556		14	16	0.467
	Grambling		9	8	0.529		9	13	0.409
	Ark.-Pine Bluff		9	9	0.500		13	14	0.481
	Alabama A&M		7	10	0.412		10	16	0.385
	Southern		7	10	0.412		10	18	0.357
	Prairie View		7	10	0.412		8	18	0.308
	Alabama State		7	10	0.412		7	19	0.269
x	Jackson State		4	13	0.235		10	20	0.333

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Alcorn State (12-5, 14-10) @ Texas Southern (14-3, 18-7)

                  1st  2nd  OT  Total
Alcorn St          37   27   -     64
Texas Southern     52   17   -     69
 
                  Braves       Tigers
FG Percentage      0.407        0.316
3 Pointers          4/14         3/13
Rebounds              38           41
Assists               15           11
Steals                 8           17
Blocks                 3            2

Houston, TX - Courtenay Brown continued his struggles (0 pts, 0/9 fg, 0/7 3pt) in this game. Fortunately for the Tigers, Brown also drew two quick fouls within the first three minutes of the first half. This allowed Sollie Norwood into the game, who shot 100% for his first 6 shots (15 pts, 3/3 3pt). In all, Norwood had 21 first half points to pace TSU to a 15 point halftime lead.

The Tigers came out stone cold again in the second half as Alcorn State scored the first eight points unanswered. After three minutes elapsed, Norwood came off the bench and stole the ball on two consecutive plays, pushing TSU's lead back over double digits. Norwood would add four points to his total in the second half, giving him 25 points overall.

Alcorn State Braves
D. Thompson - 22 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl, 8/13 fg, 3/5 3pt
A. Jackson - 6 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast

Texas Southern Tigers
S. Norwood - 25 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 5 stl, 10/15 fg, 3/5 3pt
M. Bell - 10 pts, 5 reb, 1 stl

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This is good stuff Bubble! You've taken the jellies and incorporated into your legacy quite well.

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Quote: Originally Posted by NoleFan

This is good stuff Bubble! You've taken the jellies and incorporated into your legacy quite well.

Thanks, I appreciate it! I'm looking forward to seeing what the Winthrop jelly looks like

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SWAC Standings - Final (3/4/2007)

1	Texas Southern		15	3	0.833		19	7	0.731
2	Alcorn State		12	6	0.667		14	11	0.560
3	Miss Valley State		10	8	0.556		14	16	0.467
	Ark.-Pine Bluff		9	9	0.500		13	14	0.481
	Grambling		9	9	0.500		9	14	0.391
	Alabama A&M		8	10	0.444		11	16	0.407
	Prairie View		8	10	0.444		9	18	0.333
	Alabama State		8	10	0.444		8	19	0.296
x	Southern		7	11	0.389		10	19	0.345
x	Jackson State		4	14	0.222		10	21	0.323

Bracketology - The last victory by Texas Southern has vaulted their projection to a #14 seed in the west, facing Ohio State.

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SWAC Conference Tourney Scores - 3/7/2007

#6 Alabama A&M - 73, #3 Mississippi Valley State - 63

#7 Prairie View - 92, #2 Alcorn State - 75

#4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 80, #5 Grambling - 62

#8 Alabama State at #1 Texas Southern ...........

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Alabama State (8-10, 8-19) @ Texas Southern (15-3, 19-7)

 
                  1st  2nd  OT  Total
Alabama St         39   33   -     72
Texas Southern     28   37   -     65
 
                 Hornets       Tigers
FG Percentage      0.407        0.415
3 Pointers          6/16         6/22
Rebounds              40           31
Assists               16           17
Steals                 5           10
Blocks                 2            1

Birmingham, AL - Alabama State opened up the game with a 21-4 lead and never looked back, upsetting the conference champion Texas Southern Tigers in the first round of the SWAC conference tournament. The closest that TSU was able to whittle the lead down to was four points before the Hornets would pad the lead further.

Cold shooting and a lack of diverse offensive threats doomed the Tigers once again. Courtenay Brown did open the second half of the game on fire, but it would prove to be too little and too late to salvage any NCAA hopes for TSU. "In the end, we needed to be able to score in the post. All season long, we needed to be able to score in the post and haven't been able to. You can't rely on one or two perimeter shooters to carry your team for the entire season, as we learned tonight." - Coach Lewis

Alabama State Hornets
A. Hayles - 21 pts, 4 rebs, 6/17 fg, 3/10 3pt, 6/6 ft
D. Porchea - 13 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 9/10 ft

Texas Southern Tigers
C. Brown - 24 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 9/24 fg, 5/13 3pt
S. Latham - 6 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 3/6 fg