[Sly Fox]

Jesse knocks down a pair of FTs to close the gap to 3.

[Sly Fox]

Evan at the line for two with 1:45 to go and trailing by 3

[Sly Fox]

Evan misses front end but hits the 2nd (16).\

Down by 2

[Sly Fox]

Evan continues to miss FTs ... he hits 1 of 2.

71-67 RU

[Sly Fox]

Big Art going to line up by 4 with :26 to go as Burrus fouls out.

[Sly Fox]

Art hits both FTs ... Radford up by 6.

[Sly Fox]

We had every opportunity to do something in closing minutes and couldn't get it done.

Disappointing loss tonight, 74-69.

[LUconn]

To me it is ridiculous for a guard to shoot under 75% at the free throw line. 50% is embarrassing. Freshman or not.

[grm]

On the right night, the Flames can beat anybody.

[4everfsu]

Playing at home is not our friend this year.

[thepostman]

To me it is ridiculous for a guard to shoot under 75% at the free throw line. 50% is embarrassing. Freshman or not.

I agree completely...unacceptable...with that said even with those struggles we were still in this game and that is encouraging

[Rooster Cogburn]

Great first half tough second, YOUNG TEAM!

[Stevev]

I can't believe all of the empty seats. We are playing our rival and only draw about 2000. I thought that we drew 7K plus when we played these guys last year. Something is not right with that.

[Sly Fox]

Coach Layer

"We didn't make enough free throws or open looks. But we fought and never gave up. We were right there and couldn't hit enough free throws to make it a one possession game at the end. We went toe to toe with them for most of the night."

"We've got the defense, the work ethic and the intangibles. We just need to hit a few more shots."

[LibertyJoe]

Why did we take out the hot hands?

[olldflame]

Why did we take out the hot hands?

Do you really want to know, or just second guess the coach?

The only really hot hand we had was Konan. He played 26 minutes. That's about all he can go right now with the high intensity level he plays at. Layer mentioned in the postgame that he was tired in the second half. Carter hitting those 2 3's was great, but he wasn't going to get any more looks like that. The next posession after he hit the second one Big Art picked him up at half court.

[#10]

1. We may play better bb teams but in basketball Radford remains our number one rivalry. Regardless of either teams record these games are a tossup every year.
2. Art Parakhouski is a class act. He plays hard, clean and cool. He does get a lot of calls in his favor but regardless he takes a beating every game and does little complaining.
3. Ffs/Lunatics are increasingly showing ugly and mean spirited chants. Our goal is to show that christian athletes can play with excellence and for the student body to have a positive testimony. I used to be so proud of the imaginativeness of the Lunatics. Even the opposing coaches would give them a thumbs up. Super John needs to give the new gang a primer. Mad or sad - surely you can do better.

[jcmanson]

What were their "ugly and mean spirited chants"

I know they were giving Amir a hard time, but he deserves that.

[SuperJon]

Super John needs to give the new gang a primer.

My only role with them is administratively. If you have any problem with what they say in the stands, you'll have to take it up with them. I have absolutely zero input into that type of stuff.

[ATrain]

http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/ ... ent/24193/

According to this article, apparently the student section was chanting "USA! USA!"
Maybe inappropriate, however there was no mention of cussing in the article and definitely far below the level of taunting they would've gotten had it been Duke v. UNC or another major rivalry.

[olldflame]

I wonder if the guys chanting USA even knew that our most effective player last night is a citizen of the Ivory Coast.

[Cider Jim]

And there was a chant of "convict" when Amir had the ball.

[LUconn]

ha. "USA" was a funny chant.

[Th3rd]

USA was the only chant that got in Art's head... Art actually talked back to us when we started chanting USA, so if its not classy then i apologize but it was effective....

also what else was said that was wrong?? please tell me so it can be corrected

we chanted convict, wheres my laptop, and other things along that line at Amir

we sang the russian national anthem at Art

other then that the only thing i can see that was rude is the fact that we yelled at the refs a lot

[flamesfilmguy]

you guys didn't break out the deportation chant? sad day. I kid. USA might have been over the top since we do have someone from the ivory coast. but for all they know you could have been cheering on the USA hockey team who beat the swiss cheese last night. Some people need to grow a thicker skin and get off their high horse.