by Wayne23 » Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:31 pm
2/9: 66-65. Back and forth. Down 4 after 10. We need to up our game. Up 3 at the half. Up3 with 10 left. Whew! Too close. Their C and SG almost did us in.
Our bench saved us, 31, 15, 6 to 10, 8, 1. Unusual. 11, 9 for Bank, 12, 1, 3 for John, who is now our #1 guard off the bench. He took that from Euf Miki.
10 TOs to 18. -9 at the line. But we took 14 more shots and made 5. 10-0 on the fast break, which isn't usually a strength of ours, but it made a huge difference.
Now in a 3 way tie for 1st with 3 others 1 back. 5 to play, 3 on the road. Every game is going to be big from here on.
At 10-13, 5-5 Stony Brook next. Beat them by 13 at home. We should easily control the paint. We should be able to turn them over. But given the way we play on the road... And we need to stop their SF; he lit us up for 29 last time.
Lacy and I got permission to move into new quarters together and we did so yesterday.
The BU season ended. We got to the NCAA tourney by winning our conference, and lost by only 7 to the #3 seed. Great season, and that concludes my assistant coaching, so no more "historical" hoops posts.
I should mention that I am playing a lot of piano, mostly jazz and pop, but I practice classical pieces nearly every day. Gotta keep my skills sharp and I love the challenge. Oh, that musical that I was playing for went up a few weeks ago. Completely forgot to mention it. There were 4 performances and all 4 audiences really seemed to like the show. If asked, I'll do that again!