by PointGuard » Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:54 pm
Game #27; Feb. 16, 2015: #20 CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners (21-5, 10-3) at TX Pan American Broncos (11-15, 4-9)
I’m hoping we can rebound from the embarrassing loss we sustained in our last game.
Texas Pan-American has played well at home and terrible on the road. We beat them 94-80 on our gym, but I suspect tonight will be a tough game for us. SG Tim Daniels is scoring 15.2 ppg and has shot for a high percentage so we need to not let him get hot.
While we didn’t shine, we doggedly played throughout the half, slowly built and expanded a lead, and finished the half with a 39-31 lead. We hit 50% of our shots and worked hard on the boards pulling down 21 rebounds to 12 for the Broncos. Jerell Brown’s 12 points were high for us.
We shifted into high gear in the 2nd half, shooting well, defending well, rebounding like beasts, and playing great team basketball. Our lead continued to expand to the very end.
Final Score: CSU Bakersfield-85, TX Pan American-60. CSU Bakersfield season record: 22-5; Great West record: 11-3.
Scoring leaders: Jrl Brown-29, Saunders-15, Lyde-12, Durham-8.
Rebound leaders: Saunders-8, Lyde-7.
Assist leaders: Dunn-5, Durham-4, Curry-3.
Player of the Game: SG Jerell Brown-29 pts, 3 reb, 2 assists, 1 steal.
Coach’s Pat on the Back Award: C Mark Saunders-15 pts, 8 reb, 1 steal, 1 block.
Other notes: We knocked down 51% of our shots (and 50% of our 3’s). TX Pan American shot well at the beginning of the 2nd half, but we then squelched that so that they finished shooting 43% (22% of their 3’s). We completely dominated the boards, 41-24. We turned the ball over 10 times, TX Pan American had 13 turnovers. We scored a phenomenal 42 points in the paint. Mark Saunders had another dominating game inside.
New Jersey Tech won their final game to take the conference championship, but I was very happy with how we played in the final regular season game.
Even though we lost a game at home and played poorly, the strength we showed in the final game of the season kept us ranked. We just dropped one spot to #21 in the Media Poll and 2 spots in the Coaches Poll to #25. Our RPI dropped to 28th best in the nation.
We’re 29th and New Jersey Tech is 54th on the “Who’s In” Bubble Watch list.
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