by Wayne23 » Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:29 pm
2/25: 77-55 over Miami (OH) here. We were up 9 at the half and we extended that lead early in the 2nd. 18, 13, 3 for Morr, 13, 17 for Nels. +13 RBs, 12 TOs.
3/1: 69-58 over a tough Akron team here. We led all the way, by as many as 17. Great rebounding (+19), but 19 TOs. 18, 5, 9 for Howe, 14, 13 for Nels, 12, 10 for Stry, 10, 12 for Morr.
It all comes down to the last game, on the road vs. 11-17, 7-10 Buffalo. We should beat them but the road is never easy. A loss coupled with a Kent ST win will drop us to #2 in conf., but Kent ST has a tough road game.
The predators and the insects are becoming real problems. It's doubtful we'll stop the insects although great progress was made on Earth by breeding insects without a sting and making that a dominant trait. That genetic engineering eventually really helped although it never solved the problem completely. Our human and robotic scientists have begun work on that.
As to the predators, they are clearly clever, and probably highly intelligent. They continue to thwart our efforts to keep them out of our settlements, getting around, over, and/or under the walls and fences we erect. We're working on that as well. Once they get in they attack. We need heavy escorts whenever we set foot outdoors and even then people are injured and sometimes killed. It makes the idea of expanding our base impossible for now.