MBB: USA South Conference

[captj]

Great effort and execution by the Captains in the 2nd half.  Balanced scoring; Selden 15, Romeo 15, Lewis 13, Claxton 9, Blasingame 8, Riley 8.  Not a good day for Barton, but I'm not worried about him.  Good free throw shooting; 76% for the team (including Coleman's airball).  I feel good about the game at Averett tomorrow.

[captj]

GC 88 NCW 39

Wow!  I'm impressed.  Maybe this Hanes gym is pretty tough to play in after all.  Check the box score to make sure GC didn't use a guy named Jordan (in his Hanes, get it?).

This might turn out to be one of those years when home court is more important than ever.  I hope that it is since we host the tourney this year.

[cnu85]

Wow GC took it to NCW!

CNU still has me nervous....I hate to use the cliche, but I can't think of a better phrase......which team will show up? The one that played against Lincoln, NCW, the first or second half of tonight's game?

I'm not as confident as Captj about tomorrow. It's tough to steal 2 away games in 2 days when you are inconsistent!

Narch - one word....ouch! What happened?

[cnufan]

Cougars keep it going, remaining undefeated in the conference with a big W today over Shenandoah, 69-50. Capts need to play solid for 40 mins Sunday. Huge game for the Capts and an even bigger game for the ever improving Cougars.

Still in shock over the spanking NCW took today, WOW.

[narch]

Narch - one word....ouch! What happened?

m'ville shot lights out...50+% from the field and 3 and just dominated mc - it's embarrassing, but not as bad as what happened to ncwc - i mean, m'ville REALLY IS a tough place to play and the scots are pretty darn good - monday should be an interesting matchup of two hurting teams

[ISoar]

Mville is just a tough team for MC. This is where D. Smith needs to earn his COTY award.  Speaking of COTY, too early to start talking POTY?  ROTY, GOTY, (Gym of the year) (Game of the year maybe?).

monday should be an interesting matchup of two hurting teams

...Interesting...I hope its interesting. 

[captj]

Captains lead by 1 at the half and Blasingame opens the second half with a two-hand dunk and 2 more blocked shots.

[captj]

Right now the GOTY is in Danville.  46-46 midway through the 2nd half.

[captj]

Timeout with 3 minutes to go... Captains by 4.

[captj]

Captains win!  CNU 73, Averett 65.  Captains win two games on the road trip.  Great game by the Captains.  Against a very hostile crowd, the Captains put together a tremendous TEAM effort. 

[captj]

The Liz Moore and Associates Team Player of the game is Davon Barton.  19 points on his 19th birthday.  Happy birthday, Davon!

I'm guessing that BEFORE the game this afternoon most of you USASAC guys on this board were (for the first time ever) pulling for CNU to win and keep the Cougars within reach.  I'm wondering... now that it's over are you glad that we won?

[cnu85]

Goose...can you say "rushed shot"  really fast three times in a row? Heck, can you say it once really slow?

Just kidding...my way of letting you know I listened to you guys on the radio....very nice job! Actually, I listened to the second half. The first half I had the football game on the tube and was napping in my new recliner!!

The caps stole2 on the road....nice going....it stays tough next weekend..bring on Narch!!

[captj]

Random observations from the CNU vs. Averett box score –

FGs
CNU 25/48 (52%)
AU 18/64 (28%) Cougars miss 46 shots; great defense by the Captains

3PTFGs
CNU 2/8 (25%) are we no longer a perimeter team?
AU 7/26 (27%)

REBs
CNU 8+30=38
AU 18+19=37

TO's
CNU 22 Way too many!
AU 16

FTs
CNU 21/28 (75%)
AU 22/25 (88%)
This one makes me feel so good.  This demonstrates how important those little 1-point opportunities really are.  Had we shot today like we did in the old days, we lose this game.  It's as simple as that.  Lots of our MADE free throws were on the front end of 1-and-1 opportunities.  When those rim out it's as good as a turnover.

Great game Captains!

[captj]

By the way, "The New World" is a great movie.  Go see it.  Christopher Newport was a pretty interesting guy.  My favorite line from the movie... "Cut off his ears".

[narch]

I'm guessing that BEFORE the game this afternoon most of you USASAC guys on this board were (for the first time ever) pulling for CNU to win and keep the Cougars within reach.  I'm wondering... now that it's over are you glad that we won?

yes, and here is why...every team now has at least 1 loss, meaning nobody has run away...plus, au has now played 5 conference games and being 5-0 would have meant a 2.5 game or better lead on every team...gotta keep everybody bunched up as long as possible

here is my pre-analysis of the game tonight...if the monarchs don't win, they will NOT win the usasac (or a share of the usasac) for the 4th straight year...i just don't think a team with 2 home conference losses will win the title