We've had a week off, so Flores is back to 100% and Ramage will be back in 3 weeks. As mentioned in the last post, we'll start off in man defense and see how it goes.
First media time out is at 14:47 and we trail 2-5. We're a cool 1-7 from the field and have 2 turnovers to boot. Bartell has our only basket on a tip in. McLoughlin picked up his 2nd foul and will sit for a while.
With 7:04 left, we trail 6-11. Bass has 4 points and now you're all caught up on the scoring. We are 3-17 from the field. Luckily our opponent has been nearly as incompetent as us offensively.
Serrano and Nason finally get the lid off a bit and each hit a three for a 6-0 run that makes The Citadel call timeout and gets us within 13-14 with 3:42 left.
They hit a three at half time, but we have a great stretch to end the 1st half and thanks to Serrano (8 points), Bass (8 points, 5 rebounds) and Nason (7 points, 4 rebounds), we have the lead at half time with the score of Appalachian State 25 - The Citadel 19. No great shakes to be sure, but after the horrific offensive start it's nice to see some life. We're up to 37% from the field. The Citadel is at 25%%, and Bishop only has 5 points. Bartell picked up a 2nd foul with about 7 minutes left in the 1st half, but I think we did better without him.
First media timeout at 15:39 and we now lead 35-25. Nason has 13 points, and Serrano is in double figures with him, with 10.
Nason has blown up, and given us even more separation. He has 21 points and we lead 43-27 with 10:09 left. We're above 40% from the field finally after such a horrible start. The Citadel is at 28%. We switched to zone right before half and it has worked very well.
Flores goes down with another injury and won't return with 8:40 left, our lead 45-31.
3:22 left and we've got it all under control. We lead 54-39. Sanders who has done basically nothing in his 57 minutes of playing time up to this point, went on a nice spurt and had all of his 4 points and 3 boards in about 45 seconds.
Considering we had 6 points total with 6:23 left in the 1st half, we had a pretty successful game, it even looks aesthetically pleasing: Appalachian State 60 - The Citadel 42. Nason had an insanely hot stretch early in the 2nd half, and finishes with 21 and 6. McLoughlin didn't take a shot but grabbed 10 boards. Serrano and Bartell combined for 21. Flores' injury is a pretty major one, two months, and it means his season is pretty well done barring a deep tournament run somewhere. The freshman is averaging 4 points and 2 boards in 18 minutes a game.
Appalachian State 60, The Citadel 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appalachian State (9-8, 3-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Chris McLoughlin C 24 0-0 0-0 1 10 0 2 0 Dave Bass PF 28 5-9 0-0 1 6 1 1 10 Kevin Nason SF 35 7-17 2-4 1 6 0 4 21 Milford Bartell SG 30 3-8 4-4 1 1 2 2 11 Michael Serrano PG 36 4-10 0-0 1 5 1 0 10 David Flores SG 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Matthew Woodworth C 15 0-1 0-0 2 6 0 1 0 Marion Bracey SG 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Joe Sanders PF 13 2-5 4-5 0 3 0 0 8 Turnovers: 12 (C.McLoughlin 2, D.Bass 1, K.Nason 2, M.Bartell 3, M.Serrano 3, D.Flores 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (M.Woodworth 2) Steals: 7 (D.Bass 3, K.Nason 2, M.Bartell 1, M.Woodworth 1) 3P FGs: 8-26 (D.Bass 0-2, K.Nason 5-12, M.Bartell 1-5, M.Serrano 2-5, D.Flores 0-1, J.Sanders 0-1) The Citadel (3-13, 1-4): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Charles Bishop C 33 2-12 3-5 2 6 2 3 7 John Fluker PF 30 2-6 0-0 4 10 2 2 4 Clark Seng SF 33 6-9 4-4 0 6 1 4 16 Maximo Barr SG 30 1-8 0-0 0 1 0 2 3 Pedro Greenhaw PG 33 2-6 0-0 1 5 2 1 5 Joseph Robertson PG 18 1-5 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Albert Reed SG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Leigh Elliott SF 4 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Michael Carrier C 13 1-3 0-0 0 4 2 1 2 Romeo Quade PF 4 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 3 Turnovers: 13 (C.Bishop 4, J.Fluker 1, C.Seng 3, M.Barr 1, P.Greenhaw 1, L.Elliott 1, M.Carrier 2) Blocked Shots: 1 (P.Greenhaw 1) Steals: 7 (C.Bishop 1, C.Seng 2, P.Greenhaw 2, J.Robertson 1, L.Elliott 1) 3P FGs: 3-16 (C.Seng 0-1, M.Barr 1-5, P.Greenhaw 1-3, J.Robertson 0-4, A.Reed 0-1, L.Elliott 0-1, R.Quade 1-1) Player of Game: SF Kevin Nason (APP)
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