Second Chances

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High-Scoring.

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Feb 7, 1963: Bethune-Cookman (8-15, 6-8) @ Delaware St (12-9, 7-5)

• Last Meeting: (Away) Won 86-80; we scored 40 pts in the paint

1st Half
[INDENT]We're losing out on rebounding, -6. Down 12-14, 11:53. Only our bench players are consistent on offense. Down 20-25, 3:49. SF Greg Lee and C Ray Williams scored 10 in our 12-0 run to end the 1st half
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Halftime, Up 32-25

• Key stat: Pts in paint - BETH 8, DELST 18
• Top performer(s): DELST's SF Greg Lee 12 pts
• SG Gareth Clark a non-factor so far, 2 pts, 4 fouls

2nd Half
[INDENT]Explosive start at the 2nd half; SF Greg Lee scoring 7 more pts. Up 49-32, 15:36. BETH cut their deficit to 7. BETH got into penalty, and we've rebuilt our lead partly due to FTs. Up 64-46, 4:55
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Final Score: Bethune-Cookman - 53, Delaware St - 73

Box Scores
[INDENT]Lee 21, 3, 3 (*)
Campbell 12, 5, 1
Carlisle 12, 3, 0
Long 12, 2, 2
Clark 7, 3, 0
Williams 6, 9, 0
Marquis 3, 4, 9
Florence 0, 0, 1
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 52-36%
REB: -2
TO: -2
Pts in paint: +16
2nd chance: -4
Fast break: -4
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Notes

• Big game for SF Greg Lee who stepped up when SG Gareth Clark went into foul trouble. With Lee's versatility to play multiple positions, I'm beginning to rely more on a reduced 7-man rotation (barring any foul troubles); 4 players to rotate on 1-2-3 slots, and 3 players to rotate on 4-5 slots.

MEAC Conference Standings

1. South Carolina St 12-2 (W3)
2. Florida A&M 10-3 (W5)
3. Delaware St 8-5 (W2)
4. Howard 8-5 (W2)
5. Hampton 7-6 (L3)
6. Norfolk St 6-7 (W1)
7. Coppin St 6-8 (W1)
8. Bethune Cookman 6-9 (L2)
9. MD Eastern Shore 4-8 (L1)
10. North Carolina A&T 3-9 (W1)
11. Morgan St 3-11 (L6)

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Feb 10, 1963: Delaware St (13-9, 8-5) @ Morgan St (9-14, 3-11)

• Last Meeting: (Home) Won 76-68; we forced 22 turn overs on MORG

1st Half
[INDENT]We had 3 turn overs in our own back court. MORG led by as high as 12. Down 10-18, 11:43. 9 turn overs and allowing MORG to shoot 58% FG means we're getting blown away. Down 14-31, 5:21. We're starting to shoot better, but 3 more turn overs, all resulting in easy baskets for MORG curtailed our rally
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Halftime, Down 29-38

• Key stat: Fast break pts - DELST 8, MORG 20
• Top performer(s): DELST's SG Gareth Clark 11 pts; MORG's SG Maurice Lewis 10 pts

2nd Half
[INDENT]We had some mini-runs, but also moments of scoring drought; and our deficit has not gone down below 8. Down 40-50, 11:42. We cut the lead to 5; still some hope

Down 54-59, 2:33

MORG: Block. But they recover. They shoot. Missed but foul called. 2 FTs. Miss both. Timeout

Down 54-59, 2:02

DELST: Foul. 7th team. 1-and-1 for PF James Long. Split. Down 4, 1:35
MORG: We go 2-3. They still go the post, and scored. Timeout

Down 55-61, 0:56

Small lineup (4 outside shooters) Go for 3s. Press all the time. Increase pace.

DELST: SG Gareth Clark hits a 3!. Down 3, 0:48.
MORG: Their C Matt Luton gets the ball from way outside. Luton still puts up a shot in traffic. It goes in. Tough shot. Tough luck for us. Timeout

Down 58-63, 0:31

We'll foul intentionally on defense

DELST: SF Greg Lee with a 3. We're not giving up without a fight. Down 2, 0:24.
MORG: Foul. Double bonus. Miss the 1st. Gets the 2nd. Last timeout

Down 61-64, 0:21

Anyone who is free for the triple can shoot it

DELST: We turn it over and MORG gets a fast break layup. In a way, that last play was a macrocosm of our entire game today. Game over
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Final Score: Delaware St - 61, Morgan St - 66

Box Scores
[INDENT]Clark 25, 5, 2
Long 9, 5, 0
Lee 9, 2, 3
Carlisle 8, 6, 0
Campbell 6, 7, 2
Marquis 4, 1, 5
Williams 0, 3, 4, fouled out
Howard 0, 1, 0
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 44-50%
REB: +4
TO: +2
Pts in paint: -18
2nd chance: +5
Fast break: -12
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Notes

• We gave up 24 fast break pts on a low scoring game like this was a significant blow to us
• Another wasted opportunity to win a game, this time against the last-placed in the conference on a 6-game losing streak

MEAC Conference Standings

1. South Carolina St 12-2 (W3)
2. Florida A&M 11-3 (W6)
3. Howard 9-5 (W3)
4. Delaware St 8-6 (L1)
5. Hampton 7-7 (L4)
6. Norfolk St 7-7 (W2)
7. Bethune Cookman 7-9 (W1)
8. Coppin St 6-9 (L1)
9. MD Eastern Shore 4-9 (L2)
10. Morgan St 4-11 (W1)
11. North Carolina A&T 3-10 (L1)

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With an RPI of 140, we need to win all our remaining 4 games (3 at home) to have any slim hope of playing in a post season tournament

Feb 14, 1963: MD Easter Shore (8-15, 4-10) @ Delaware St (13-10, 8-6)

• Last Meeting: (Away) Won 77-69; we scored 46 pts in the paint

1st Half
[INDENT]Both teams shooting below 30% FG. Up 8-5, 10:47. MDES 23% FG, 9 turn overs. Up 19-9, 5:41. Except for converting 3 triples, MDES offense is out of synch; but we haven't pulled away completely from this game
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Halftime, Up 29-17

• Key stat: FG shooting - MDES 27%, DELST 45%
• Top performer(s): DELST's SF Caleb Carlisle 8 pts
• Go m2m exclusively
  

2nd Half
[INDENT]MDES continue to get pts on long shots, and offensive rebound put backs, but their 17 turn overs has slowed them down further. Up 46-31, 10:40. MDES' 7 3pt shots put them within reasonable distance, but they eventually succumb to a shooting drought in the end
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Final Score: MD Eastern Shore - 49, Delaware St - 72

Box Scores
[INDENT]Williams 16, 5, 1 (*)
Clark 15, 3, 0
Carlisle 14, 5, 3
Campbell 12, 5, 3
Marquis 7, 0, 4
Lee 4, 5, 3
Long 4, 3, 1
Howard 0, 4, 0
Fanning 0, 0, 0
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 54-32%
REB: -3
TO: -13
Pts in paint: +30
2nd chance: +1
Fast break: +8
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Notes

• SG Gareth Clark is still by far our best player, but we are a better team when our big men dominate and score inside. Whenever we get 40 pts in the paint like today, we can beat anyone in the conference, even if we are not winning the rebounding battle
• I am also pleased that we only committed 7 turn overs today

MEAC Conference Standings

1. South Carolina St 13-2 (W4)
2. Florida A&M 12-3 (W7)
3. Delaware St 9-6 (W1)
4. Howard 9-6 (L1)
5. Norfolk St 9-7 (W4)
6. Hampton 8-8 (L1)
7. Bethune-Cookman 8-9 (W2)
8. Coppin St 6-9 (L1)
9. MD Eastern Shore 4-11 (L4)
10. Morgan St 4-12 (L1)
11. North Carolina A&T 3-12 (L3)

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Feb 17, 1963: Delaware St (14-10, 9-6) @ North Carolina A&T (6-18, 3-12)

• Last Meeting: (Home) Won 68-56; rebounding differential was +17

1st Half
[INDENT]SG Gareth Clark already with 11 pts. Up 19-16, 10:55. Shooting has been superb for both teams, DELST 67% FG, NCAT 56% FG. Up 37-32, 4:32. NCAT with a strong finish at the half
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Halftime, Down 41-47

• Key stat: Fast break pts - DELST 2, NCAT 10
• Top performer(s): DELST's SG Gareth Clark 13 pts, NCAT's Neil Leach 15 pts, 6 rebs
• We'll go to m2m exclusively

2nd Half
[INDENT]We need to play with more urgency now; increasing pace and def intensity to 7. Down 47-53, 15:12. We looked helpless on defense and rebounding; our deficit went up to 11. SG Gareth Clark with 4 fouls. The team woke up, and came up with successive stops to trim our deficit to 1. James Long superb game off the bench with 21 pts. Down 67-68, 5:51. NCAT came back to increased their lead to 6, their last FG was on transition off our turn over. Timeout

Down 68-74, 2:19

DELST: Traveling
NCAT: We get a steal
DELST. Scored on the break. Down 4, 1:40
NCAT: We get another steal
DELST: But we turned the ball over. 1:08

We'll quicken up the pace and press

NCAT: Foul called. 1-and-1. They miss the front end. Timeout

Down 70-74, 0:44

We go for a 3 if available

DELST: We miss a 3

We'll foul the rest of the way. Came up short again
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Final Score: Delaware St - 73, North Carolina A&T - 78

Box Scores
[INDENT]Long 22, 4, 2
Clark 19, 3, 1
Carlisle 15, 3, 2
Campbell 10, 7, 0
Lee 7, 2, 4
Williams 0, 3, 1
Marquis 0, 1, 10
Florence 0, 0, 0
Howard 0, 1, 1
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 52-48%
REB: -9
TO: -2
Pts in paint: +6
2nd chance: -10
Fast break: -2
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Notes

• NCAT returned the favor to us today, dominating the glass and grabbing 13 off rebounds en route to 16 2nd chance pts
• We lost our last 2 road games, against the 2 worst teams in the conference. If we want to win the conference next season, we need to consistently win all our "winnable" games

MEAC Conference Standings

1. South Carolina St 13-3 (L1)
2. Florida A&M 12-4 (L1)
3. Norfolk St 10-7 (W5)
4. Delaware St 9-7 (L1)
5. Howard 9-7 (L2)
6. Hampton 9-8 (W1)
7. Coppin St 7-9 (W1)
8. Bethune-Cookman 8-10 (L1)
9. MD Eastern Shore 5-11 (W1)
10. Morgan St 4-12 (L1)
11. North Carolina A&T 4-12 (W1)

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Feb 21, 1963: Coppin St (11-14, 7-9) @ Delaware St (14-11, 9-7)

• Last Meeting: (Away) Won 77-76; 3 lead changes in the last 30 secs

1st Half
[INDENT]We trailed for the most part, and got the lead for the 1st time mid way in the 1st half. Up 16-14, 11:18. We slowly increased the lead the rest of the half
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Halftime, Up 41-25

• Key stat: Pts in the paint - CSC 6, DELST 22
• Top performer(s): DELST's PF Marcus Campbell 11 pts, 8 rebs
• We'll go to m2m exclusively

2nd Half
[INDENT]CSC reduce dthe lead to 10 with about 5 mins left, but they never got closer
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Final Score: Coppin St - 67, Delaware St - 77

Box Scores
[INDENT]Campbell 16, 11, 1 (*)
Lee 16, 1, 3
Clark 11, 3, 2
Long 10, 5, 1
Marquis 10, 2, 1
Williams 8, 5, 1
Carlisle 6, 1, 3
Howard 0, 1, 0
Fanning 0, 0, 0
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 45-44%
REB: -1
TO: -8
Pts in paint: +10
2nd chance: -2
Fast break: +8
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Notes

• Basketball is simple. Less turn overs (7 for the game) means we can run our plays, dump the ball to our big men inside (34 pts in the paint) or we get fouled (21-26 FT)

MEAC Conference Standings

1. South Carolina St 13-4 (L2)
2. Florida A&M 13-4 (W1)
3. Delaware St 10-7 (W1)
4. Howard 10-7 (W1)
5. Norfolk St 10-7 (W5)
6. Hampton 9-8 (W1)
7. Bethune-Cookman 8-10 (L1)
8. Coppin St 7-10 (L1)
9. Morgan St 5-12 (W1)
10. MD Eastern Shore 5-12 (L1)
11. North Carolina A&T 4-13 (L1)

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Today is the last home game of our seniors:

1. PF Marcus Campbell (5 yrs with the program, including a redshirt season)
2. PF James Long
3. C William Paben

Feb 24, 1963: Hampton (16-10, 9-8) @ Delaware St (15-11, 10-7)

• Last Meeting: (Away) Lost 64-68; we turned the ball over 20 times

1st Half
[INDENT]Cold start, missing our 1st 5 shots. Down 2-7 at one point in the game, but came up with 12-0 run. Never looked since then
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Halftime, Up 35-29

• Key stat: Turn overs - HAMP 9, DELST 3
• Top performer(s): DELST's SF Caleb Carlisle 12
• We'll go to m2m exclusively

2nd Half
[INDENT]HAMP continued to shoot below 40% FG
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Final Score: Hampton - 58, Delaware St - 71

Box Scores
[INDENT]Clark 23, 10, 3 (*)
Carlisle 16, 5, 1
Campbell 12, 5, 1
Marquis 6, 7, 5
Williams 6, 3, 1
Long 4, 1, 0
Lee 2, 6, 3
Fanning 2, 1, 0
Howard 0, 0, 0
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Stats Comparison
[INDENT]FG: 43-35%
REB: +2
TO: -4
Pts in paint: +8
2nd chance: -2
Fast break: Even
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Notes

• We've made quite an improvement since that slump we had at the start of conference play. We're not turning the ball over that much, and not being man handled anymore in rebounding. Too bad we may not get a post season invite .... still hoping though

MEAC Conference Standings

1. Florida A&M 14-4 (W2)
2. South Carolina St 13-5 (L3)
3. Delaware St 11-7 (W2)
4. Howard 11-7 (W2)
5. Norfolk St 10-8 (L1)
6. Hampton 9-9 (L1)
7. Coppin St 8-10 (W1)
8. Bethune-Cookman 8-10 (L1)
9. Morgan St 5-13 (L1)
10. North Carolina A&T 5-13 (W1)
11. MD Eastern Shore 5-13 (L2)

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Our RPI is 144, and as expected, we didn't get a post season invite.

The following teams from MEAC will be playing in the post season:

1. NCAA
   
   • (11) Florida A&M (conference champions, RPI 42)
2. NIT
   
   • (1) South Carolina St (RPI 24)
   • (7) Howard (RPI 75)
3. CBI
   
   • (4) Hampton (RPI 98)

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Points

1. SG Gareth Clark, 16.7 (#3)
2. SF Caleb Carlisle, 12.0 (#13)
3. PF Marcus Campbell, 11.1 (#16)
4. SF Greg Lee, 7.4
5. C Ray Williams, 6.1
6. PF James Long, 6.1
7. PG Russell Marquis, 4.7
8. SF Cory Florence, 2.8

Rebounds

1. PF Marcus Campbell, 5.6 (#10)
2. SG Gareth Clark, 4.4
3. C Ray Williams, 3.7
4. SF Caleb Carlisle, 3.5

Assists

1. PF Russell Marquis, 5.4 (#1, #10 Nat'l)
2. SF Greg Lee, 2.1

Steals

1. SG Gareth Clark, 1.4 (#2)
2. C Ray Williams, 1.0 (#8)

Turn overs

1. PG Russell Marquis, 2.7 (#9)
2. SG Gareth Clark, 2.3

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Offense

• Points, 70.7 (#2)
• Assists, 15.1 (#3)
• FG%, 47.6 (#1, #12 Nat'l)
• 3P%, 32.4 (#8)
• eFG%, 47.7 (#1, #14 Nat'l)
• FT%, 77.2 (#2)
• FTRate, 32.1 (#2)
• Turn Overs, 12.3 (#1, #12 Nat'l)

Rebounding

• Rebounds, 29.4 (#8)
• OR%, 28.3 (#6)
• DR%, 69.2 (#10)

Defense

• Opp Pts, 66.6 (#6)
• Opp FG%, 44.1 (#4)
• Opp 3P%, 30.5 (#1)
• Opp eFG%, 44.5 (#8)
• Opp TO, 15.4 (#2)
• Steals, 6.1 (#4)
• Blocks, 1.3 (#11)