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200px-Alaska_Anchorage_Seawolves_logo.svg.png @ LOU.png
Freedom Hall
Louisville, KY
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Louisville Cardinals Nov 12, 2012 1ST 2ND SCORE Alaska-Anchorage (3-1) 48 48 96 #2 Louisville (0-2) 42 45 87 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Hale 21 2-3 0-1 0-0 1 5 3 0 2 4 Pippen 21 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 6 1 0 2 6 Crandle 21 6-10 2-4 0-0 0 3 2 0 0 14 Riley 21 7-12 0-0 6-6 5 1 6 0 2 20 Fleming 18 14-16 0-0 1-2 7 2 1 1 0 29 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Carbaugh 7 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 1 4 Len Bullicer 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Barber 7 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 3 Freeman 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 Grady 10 7-10 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 14 Dillard -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 41-61 5-11 9-10 14 23 18 3 7 96 Louisville Cardinals STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Stewart 22 5-9 1-3 1-2 1 8 1 0 3 12 Allen 23 7-11 3-6 0-0 0 4 2 0 1 17 Doumbouya 23 8-12 5-6 0-0 3 4 1 0 3 21 Francois 23 7-7 22 0-0 8 0 0 0 6 16 Fernandez 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 2 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Holden 7 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 1 0 0 2 5 Devonish 16 2-4 0-1 1-1 1 4 0 0 0 5 Cochran 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Edwin 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 2 2 Kummer 7 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 1 0 1 3 Howell -- DID NOT PLAY -- McGrath -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 36-53 11-18 4-6 17 25 7 1 18 87
Tovarich: I'd like to have seen what would have happened if their 7 foot center didn't get injured early in the game. That may have gone better for us. Their jumpshooting was Hawaii and New Hampshire-esque. Luckily they were sloppy with the passes. We kind of were too as 7 turnovers for us is pretty high, but since we had such a crazy height advantage, we were able to deflect a ton of passes that were going inside the arc. I don't know why they'd bother passing down in the post or in the paint at all, especially the way they were shooting. All 5 of their guys should have just stood outside the arc and shot it.
Reporter: So what did you learn about your team today?
Tovarich: Not much. It's easy basketball to dump the ball down to the big guys and score on a roster where everyone is 6'7" or shorter. That said, we still managed to miss some. Maybe shooting 100% is too much but when you have 4 guys 6'10" or taller and they defend you with guys 6'6' and 6'7", I actually think it should have been better than the 29/40 the bigs shot. Our perimiter defense must have at least something to do with some of the crazy shooting against us, I just don't know what else to do. I tell the defense to stay tight on guys and they just don't do it. That's probably the main problem.
Reporter: How about rebounding?
Tovarich: Yeah, pitiful as always lol. 14 rebounds for a game? Is that a record low? And we get outrebounded by the shortest team you'll ever see? It's embarrassing.
Reporter: Do you feel like you beat the #2 team in the country?
Tovarich: They barely rate higher than us with their 7 footer. They probably don't without him. They almost beat us shooting 65%. But obviously Bucknell beat them in their opener too. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with such a short roster until their C comes back in 3 weeks. They have a pretty light schedule with a weak Maui Invitational field and FIU before they get him back. I need them to help out my SOS.
Reporter: What do you expect from the tournament in Puerto Rico?
Tovarich: Looks like we got a cupcake opener there. There's a decent possible semifinal and then maybe a big school in the championship. If it turns out to be a lame group of opponents, I'll be upset because I could've gone to Fairbanks if I wanted that.
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200px-Alaska_Anchorage_Seawolves_logo.svg.png vs. CCSU.png
"Palm Tree Shootout" aka Puerto RIco Tip-off Quarterfinal
Jose Miguel Agrilot Coliseum
Bayamon, PR
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Central Connecticut State Blue Devils Nov 15, 2012 1ST 2ND SCORE Alaska-Anchorage (4-1) 49 55 104 Central Connecticut State (0-2) 35 41 76 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Hale 24 2-5 0-2 0-0 1 12 3 0 3 4 Pippen 24 11-22 9-20 0-0 3 4 3 0 0 31 Crandle 24 11-17 9-13 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 31 Riley 24 4-4 1-1 2-4 8 3 2 0 0 11 Fleming 18 9-11 0-0 2-2 8 2 1 1 0 20 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Carbaugh 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Len Bullicer 4 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Barber 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Freeman 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grady 10 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 0 0 4 Dillard -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 40-71 19-40 5-8 27 23 12 1 3 104 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS O'Brien 21 2-6 1-4 2-4 1 6 0 0 4 7 Leonard 24 9-18 3-9 3-5 2 3 0 0 0 24 Lopez 18 3-11 0-4 0-0 7 1 0 0 2 6 Halsell 24 6-7 1-2 2-2 9 2 0 0 1 15 Carlson 24 6-9 0-0 4-6 11 0 1 0 0 16 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Diener 16 2-5 0-2 0-0 0 4 1 0 3 4 Hamilton 9 2-2 0-0 0-1 2 2 0 1 1 4 Downey 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Capel -- DID NOT PLAY -- Brock -- DID NOT PLAY -- McGrain -- DID NOT PLAY -- Sikes -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 30-58 5-21 11-18 32 18 3 1 12 76
Tovarich: The score looks nice in the end, but I didn't care for much. Rebounding was its usual level of inept. I thank them for taking way too long to get out of their zone and giving us all those open 3's. They scored way too easily on, especially the big guys. We are usually better on interior defense than that. It's usually the 3-point line we can't guard. Some variety is nice I guess.
Reporter: Why so few minutes for the bench?
Tovarich: Partly, I didn't care for what I saw from them. They were 3/12 overall and 0/4 from 3. They'd come in with a lead and the other team would go on a run immediately. Then partly just bad luck. I tried to sub them in the end of the first half with a little over 3 minutes left and there was never a stoppage until halftime. Then there was 5:48? to go in the game and I subbed out Fleming who was tired and next stoppage I was going to send them and we didn't have one. They just stood there are the scorer's table for the rest of the game. Dillard was pretty lonely down at the other end of the bench from me and the assistants. If I had cared for anything they'd done to that point, I'd have called a timeout to get them in, but their performance left me unmotivated to do it.
Reporter: Will you try to get them going tomorrow?
Tovarich: We'll see how it goes. Whether it's Belmont or Charlotte, they both look like solid teams. We'll need to play better. They'll need to play better to earn more minutes. I'd like someone to get a rebound for once in their life. I don't think anyone's going to be dumb enough to play zone tomorrow, so we won't have so many open 3's to make it look this easy.Comment
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200px-Alaska_Anchorage_Seawolves_logo.svg.png vs. BEL.png
"Palm Tree Shootout" aka Puerto RIco Tip-off Semifinal
Jose Miguel Agrilot Coliseum
Bayamon, PR
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves at Belmont Bruins Nov 16, 2012 1ST 2ND SCORE Alaska-Anchorage (5-1) 38 38 76 Belmont (2-1) 35 36 71 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Hale 21 2-3 2-3 0-0 4 3 1 0 1 6 Pippen 20 3-6 3-6 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 9 Crandle 21 4-8 3-6 2-2 0 4 2 1 0 13 Riley 18 5-12 0-0 6-8 6 1 3 1 0 16 Feming 17 5-12 0-0 0-0 6 1 0 0 2 10 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Carbaugh 10 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 6 Len Bullicer 7 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 2 Barber 8 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Freeman 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Grady 11 6-10 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 0 1 12 Dillard -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 30-61 8-18 8-12 24 18 12 2 5 76 Belmont Bruins STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jack, K 25 2-9 2-6 3-4 4 6 0 0 2 9 Collum 23 8-18 1-4 1-4 3 2 1 0 5 18 Fleming 25 7-13 3-9 3-4 6 3 0 0 3 20 Jack, V 23 3-3 0-0 4-4 7 1 1 2 0 10 Gourde 23 3-7 0-1 0-0 13 3 1 1 1 6 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Joiner 5 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 2 Walsh 5 3-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Shiloh 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Danelius 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Webster -- DID NOT PLAY -- Ballard -- DID NOT PLAY -- Garlepp -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 27-57 6-23 11-16 36 18 3 3 12 71
Tovarich: I don't know how we won. There was nothing we did well. The finishing in the paint was one of the worst things I've ever seen us do. The rebounding was embarrassing, not that that's anything new. There was nothing we did better than them except force some turnovers.
Reporter: Was it worth it to waste a timeout at the end of the first half just to throw a half court shot at the buzzer?
Tovarich: I never use all my timeouts, so it is. If we miss, we miss. There isn't really a down side to it. It's not like we lined up for a 66 yard FG and had it run back for a touchdown to end the half.
Reporter: Did you bench Fleming and Riley at the end?
Tovarich: Pretty much. It was difficult to watch. 10/24, goaltending on our own shots, Fleming got a ridiculous charging call. Point blank misses galore. If they didn't dunk it, they didn't make much. I don't know how the scorekeeper only gave them 3 blocks. It was probably 9. Grady and Carbaugh, though frustrating at times, did finish a little better. Last I had checked rebounds we were only down 28-23, so they got 8 of the last 9 rebounds to finish the game. It's a miracle we won that.
Reporter: How about your FT shooting at the end?
Tovarich: Yeah, if not for a bunch of intentional fouls there at the end, the FT's would've been about 16-6. In case we didn't have enough going against us, it felt like the refs were against us too, just like last game when CCSU was +10 in FT attempts. Hale missed his as usual, but we couldn't get the ball out of his hands fast enough. Pippen got a rebound, so he was stuck at the line too which is always a disaster. Both of them, I'd like to go meet whoever taught them these herky jerky motions on their FT attempts and hand them a basketball and see if they recognize what it is. It's baffling anyone taught them this. Riley might be the choice. Crandle is probably safe. Fleming is usually solid from there too.
Reporter: Who would you like to see in the championship?
Tovarich: Wake or Kentucky is fine. It'll be a great experience either way. Those are the kinds of teams we came to this tournament to play.
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