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Great Defense or Terrible Shooting?
”Either way OSU wins, advances to championship game."
November 16, 2010

Scoreboard
Final	1	2	T
Operation Sports (2-0) «	25	38	63
Houston (1-2)	19	23	42

Operation Sports was much improved in this game. Their productiveness both offensively and defensively was much better. They dominated this one from start to finish, over a decent C-USA team in Houston. The Cougars only made 30% of their shots, and only hit 2 of 18 3-point attempts.

David Walls, the projected top scorer for the Hawks, had a terrible game shooting the ball. He was 0-6 at the half, including a terrible play where he got blocked from behind by Houston's point guard while only having the net in front of him. He did manage 4 points in the second half, and luckily for him the rest of the team, the bench in particular, picked up their game.

The terrible T.J.'s came off the bench and wrecked havoc on the Houston defense. Youngblood picked up where he left off, scoring 10 points this time after scoring 8 off the bench against Marist. Sizemore didn't get on the floor at all in OSU's opener, but showed up big in this one putting up 10 points in just 10 minutes of play.

Dalton Henry continues to be Mr. Reliable in the first half. He's 10-12 shooting on the year, and has scored the majority of his points early in the game to help the team get an early lead.

There haven't been any line-up changes yet, but both Sizemore and Youngblood are making their case for the starting spot. Despite putting up solid numbers on paper, Andre Harrell has really made some poor decisions, and could see less playing time if it continues.

The Hawks face their first big test in the championship game, going up against a very solid Arkansas team who knocked off a good Temple team in the other semi-final.


Operation Sports Hawks Player Stats
Andre Harrell - 1 pt, 7 ast, stl, 2 TO
David Walls - 4 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast (2-10 fg, 0-3 3pt)
Dalton Henry - 13 pts, ast, 2 stl
Hunter Wagner - 8 pts, 3 reb, ast, stl, 3 blk
Harlee Estepp - 5 pts, 12 reb, ast, stl, 2 blk (2-8 fg)

Brandon Crenshaw - 6 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, stl
T.J. Sizemore - 10 pts, 2 reb
T.J. Youngblood - 10 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl
David Sooner - 6 pts, 2 reb, 2 stl
Adam Rizzo - DNP
Gabriel Yu-Law - DNP
Adrian Marvell - 2 reb, ast



Houston Cougars Player Stats
Adam Brown - 5 pts, 2 reb, 3 stl, 2 blk (2-12)
Darian Thibodeaux - 3 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast, blk
Zamal Nixon - 13 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast
Kendrick Washington - 5 pts, 5 reb, ast
Maurice McNeil - 4 pts, 12 reb, blk

Alandise Harris - 5 pts, 2 reb, blk
Mikhail McLean - 2 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast



Record: 2-0
Up Next: vs Arkansas (3-0)