12/1: At 2-2 Nevada. They have a good inside game but they turn it over. Their only game against a ranked team was a 28 point loss.
Their starting PF is out with a pulled groin.
12/2: “Don't let them beat you inside.”
Slow start. Up 3 after 10. We're not hitting shots. Down 10 at the half. Their bench has 13 points; ours has none. -10 RBs. 9 TOs which is way too many. Shooting 28%.
“You took 11 threes in the first half. STOP SHOOTING THREES!”
Max and man. Down 1 with 10 left. They're beating us inside. OT!
80-78 in OT! 24, 4, 6, 5 steals for Sams. 13, 8 for both Tuck and Bowe. 11, 6, 3, 4 steals for Coll. Berr had 8 TOs- awful!
-6 RBs. 7 fewer TOs but 15 is too many.
I'll take the win.
“Greetings ship. You are in our territory. Explain your mission, please.”
Not what we expected. The Captain spoke, of course.
“Where are you located? We hear your voice but have no visual.”
“We will offer that information when we feel it is safe to do so.”
“Our mission is one of exploration. We are a peaceful race on a peaceful mission. We are exploring the galaxy to learn of it. We will not settle anywhere. We have no interest in
conquest.”
“How can our people know this?”
“Look at our crew. All onboard are of the same species, with the same basic structure and anatomy.”
“There are six children who appear to be different.”
“Ah, yes. One of the sentient races we encountered, the Tralmorians, wished to mate with us. There were 12 matings. Six of the children are being raised on their ship, or perhaps on their home planet, we don't know, and six are on our ship. The twelve children all stayed with their birth mothers.”
“This is unusual.”
“Yes. We were reluctant, but we discovered that many on board our ship favored doing this, so we eventually moved forward and did it.”
“We will not mate with you.”
“We did not expect that you would. We have mated with none of the other species that we've encountered.”
“Do you have weapons?”
“We have devices capable of redirecting or perhaps destroying an object in space that might collide with us and cause us harm. These devices have never been used for any other purpose.”
“But they could serve as weapons, could they not?”
“They could. It is not our intention to use them as such unless our lives or our ship are in jeopardy.”
“We will consider your responses. Please remain in orbit around Jarkooo while we decide whether you are welcome in our world. We are the Jarkaan.”
We did. No problem. They never said how long we'd need to wait.