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JB scores on a floater! 60-58!

[Cider Jim]

Overtime!

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They tie it with :3 to play. 60 all going into overtime.

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JB has 14 points and 15 boards.

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Minaya gets us off to a good start with a layup, then draws a charge. That's at least 3 he has drawn tonight. Antwan scores! 64-60!

[Cider Jim]

Burrus fouls out with 14 points.

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They cut it 2 1 with a FT, then get the rebound and are fouled again. They tie it. They lead 65-64.

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Jesse misses. They rebound. 2:00. They miss but get the offensive board and call time.

[olldflame]

Boy, do we need a stop.

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They miss at the shot clock buzzer, but get it out of bounds with a new 35.

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They miss and Minaya rebounds. No timeout. Minaya drives and is fouled. He makes the first to tie it. He misses the second, but JVP rebounds and we call time!

[olldflame]

:16 to play. Who takes the shot?

[olldflame]

JB is fouled with 3.6 seconds to play. Double bonus. He makes 1 misses the second and we get it out of bounds. JB fouled again with :01 to play!!

[jbock13]

Is it just me or does anyone here that obnoxious lady screaming at the top of her lungs on the radio broadcast?

[olldflame]

JB makes the first. He misses the second and they call tiome with .27. They can only legally score on a tip. NO FOULS!!!

[Cider Jim]

LU WINS!

[olldflame]

FLAMES WIN!!!!!!!

LU 67
Chicago State 65

We win the trophy for the "Laguna Madre Division"

[olldflame]

Very balanced scoring from our starters. Only 2 points off the bench is troubling.

[Sly Fox]

The men head home from Texas with a 4-4 record ...

[TIMSCAR20]

Very balanced scoring from our starters. Only 2 points off the bench is troubling.

I don't find that too troubling Oldie. I know what you are saying though. The bench will have to start to show that they are more reliable and get more minutes or the starters will get worn out. The reason I don't find it troubling is that the bench didn't log big minutes. I do find the large shooting droughts collectively something that needs to be overcome. at one point in the second half Liberty was 4 for 18. I think this home stand is going to be tough too with 2 of the better conference teams coming to town and 2 CAA teams.

[vtechhokies20]

Congratulations on two wins for Coach Layer and the team.

[ALAFlamesFan]

Very balanced scoring from our starters. Only 2 points off the bench is troubling.

I don't find that too troubling Oldie. I know what you are saying though. The bench will have to start to show that they are more reliable and get more minutes or the starters will get worn out. The reason I don't find it troubling is that the bench didn't log big minutes. I do find the large shooting droughts collectively something that needs to be overcome. at one point in the second half Liberty was 4 for 18. I think this home stand is going to be tough too with 2 of the better conference teams coming to town and 2 CAA teams.

Shooting droughts and FREE THROW shooting. That is going to bite us in conference play. I still say most of that is mental and focus related. Great to see us gut one out though. This team has heart.

[olldflame]

We may have missed a few down the stretch yesterday (probably due to fatigue) but to date this year we are the best free throw shooting team in our conference. We are shooting over 70% as a team on the year. I will be very happy if we can maintain that as an overall average. Hopefully our bench will earn more confidence from Layer and our starters will have fresher legs when they have to make those big ones at crunch time in conference play.

Yesterday our shooting was fine. It was turnovers that kept the game close; something we had problems with last year, but it looked like we had improved on til the last couple of games.