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COACH WALLS GETS FIRST CAREER WIN
COACH WALLS GETS FIRST CAREER WIN
11/6/11 - Martin, TN: After being down by 8 in the first half to Richmond, the Skyhawks stepped up to win down the stretch 73-70.
"Minor got that clutch steal and lay-up to take the lead with about 25 seconds left and we played great defense to stop them" commented Walls, "It feels really good to get our first win of the year."
Coach Walls had to pull a few tricks out of the bag in order to win this game.
"In practice, we have mainly stuck to a man defense and some 2-3 zone. But the Richmond backcourt was getting to the hoop with no trouble at all. I ended up switching to a 1-3-1 zone which we have practiced but not very much. We were willing to sacrifice the baseline since they were breaking down our defense from the top of the key. That switch on defense turned out to be the turning point."
It also cannot be ignored that David Walls and company beat the team that knocked out the coach's last team out of the NCAA tournament.
"There was definitely a little bit of revenge on my mind" laughed Walls, "But I really respect coach Anderson of Richmond and he will do great things wherever he goes."
"Minor got that clutch steal and lay-up to take the lead with about 25 seconds left and we played great defense to stop them" commented Walls, "It feels really good to get our first win of the year."
Coach Walls had to pull a few tricks out of the bag in order to win this game.
"In practice, we have mainly stuck to a man defense and some 2-3 zone. But the Richmond backcourt was getting to the hoop with no trouble at all. I ended up switching to a 1-3-1 zone which we have practiced but not very much. We were willing to sacrifice the baseline since they were breaking down our defense from the top of the key. That switch on defense turned out to be the turning point."
It also cannot be ignored that David Walls and company beat the team that knocked out the coach's last team out of the NCAA tournament.
"There was definitely a little bit of revenge on my mind" laughed Walls, "But I really respect coach Anderson of Richmond and he will do great things wherever he goes."
| Richmond Spiders at Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||
| Nov 6, 2011 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
| Richmond (0-2) | 45 | 25 | 70 |
| Tennessee-Martin (1-1) | 37 | 36 | 73 |
| Richmond Spiders | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Cedrick Lindsey (So) | 23 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Kendall Anthony (Fr) | 22 | 8-14 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| Francis Cedric-Martel (Sr) | 19 | 5-14 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Derrick Williams (So) | 22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Darrius Garrett (Sr) | 23 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 27-54 | 7-21 | 9-10 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 70 | |
| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
| Omari Minor (Fr) | 23 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Reuben Clayton (Sr) | 21 | 8-20 | 5-15 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Troy King (Fr) | 21 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| Ron Spencer (So) | 22 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Andres Irarrazabal (Sr) | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
| (F) Mike Liabo (Fr) | 11 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| (G) Tre Edwards (So) | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (F) Daron Hood (Sr) | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| (F) Mopo Pierre (Fr) | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| (G) Chris Richardson (Fr) | 11 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| (G) Dane Smith (Jr) | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 24-64 | 9-27 | 16-17 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 73 | ||
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