Climbing the Ladder

[Wayne23]

Turned the corner!

[SouthernRebel]

Hooray! The news was just a little ahead of you. So, that proves it...there is no thing such a Fake News. Another hoax.

haha yep

[SouthernRebel]

Turned the corner!

seems like it

[SouthernRebel]

UMES Hawks 3-6 @ Robert Morris Colonials 5-4 Dec 27, 2019

The Colonials put an end to our win streak. We managed to led at halftime 42-38, but they took over in the second half and went on to a 95-79 win. The key here was rebounds. They outrebounded us 33-18.

Kevin Brittian, our PG led all scorers with 23 pts with 7 of 12 on 3pts. He also has 7 asts and 2 blks.

One more non conference game left against Troy at home.

[SouthernRebel]

Troy Trojans 5-5 @ UMES Hawks 3-7 Jan 3, 2020
A fairly tight game. We led 39-33 at hslf and went on to win 78-68. 3 pt shooting was the difference. They hit 7-20 while we hit 15-34. Kevin Brittian was our player of the game. He had 17 points 5 asts 3 rebs and 1 blk.

So going into conference play we are 4-7

[SouthernRebel]

Going into Conf play here is the Top 25:

1 Duke 13-0 A
2 Kansas 11-0 A
3 Gonzaga 13-0 A
4 Georgetown 13-0 B
5 Xavier 13-0 A
6 Illinois 12-1 B
7 Arizona 11-1 A
8 Louisville 12-2 A
9 West Virgina 12-1 B
10 Memphis 12-3 C
11 Villanova 11-2 A
12 Pittsburgh 12-1 B
13 Wisconsin 11-2 A
14 Maryland 11-2 A
15 Iowa 12-2 C
16 Ohio State 11-2 A
17 San Diego State 13-1 C
18 Florida 12-2 A
19 Texas Tech 12-1 D
20 Marquette 11-2 B
21 Wichita State 11-2 C
22 Oklahoma 11-2 B
23 Iowa State 9-2 D
24 North Carolina 9-2 A
25 Oregon 10-3 C

[SouthernRebel]

I decided to look back at the how this conference was picked to finish in preseason:
1 SUI Edwardsville
2 Mississippi Valley State
3 Houston Baptist
4 Central Arkansas
5 Longwood
6 Grambling
7 Alabama A&M
8 North Alabama
9 Presbyterian
10 Incarnate Word
11 Howard
12 Mass-Lowell
13 Chicago State
14 Maryland Eastern Shore
15 Alcorn
16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff

[SouthernRebel]

UMES Hawks 4-7 @ Presbyterian Blue Hose 4-7 Jan 10, 2020

We open up conference play and jump out to a big lead. They were never able to catch up. We led 42-29 at half and won it 81-71. Rebounds and free throws were the difference. We outrebounded them 38-24. We hit 22-29 fts compared to them getting 9-20. This was also our first road win

Lamont Butler C was named player of the game, 16 pts 11 rebs 2 asts 2 blks 1 stl

[SouthernRebel]

SIU Edwardsville Cougars 7-5 0-1 @ UMES Hawks 5-7 1-0 Jan 13, 2020

We stayed close but were never really able to catch them. They led 40-33 at half. They went on to a 79-67 victory.

[SouthernRebel]

UMES Hawks 5-8 1-1 @ Grambling Tigers 10-3 2-9 Jan 17, 2020
it wasnt pretty. Grambling dominated us in this one. They led 30-23 at half and won 74-53. They held us to 31% shooting. The Tigers had 42 rebs to our 27.

Clarence Roberts, their Freshman center scored 16 with 12 rebs. Our high scorer was Murray Mclean, back up point guard with 10 pts. I am very disappointed in the play of our center Lamont Butler in this one. He shot 0-9. Normally he shoots over 50%