by Wayne23 » Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:35 pm
2/26: 11-16, 4-13 Rutgers, there. This is a road game we need because our last two are both going to be challenging.
They have trouble scoring and give up 5 more a game than they score. They're 0-4 vs. ranked teams, all of them blowouts, and 3 of them at home. They do not rebound well.
2/27: Big lead. Up 12 after 10. Up 42-18 at the break. 15, 7 for Bowe, 13, 9 for Tuck; we're killing them inside! Shooting 20% more than their 22.6%. +10 RBs, NO TOs! Mack has 3 fouls but it doesn't matter, at least so far. Up 18 with 10 remaining.
84-74. They got it to 6 a couple of times.
“Damn it! You canNOT relax until it's over!”
22, 1, 4 for Berr, 17, 26 for Tuck, who's been at the top of his game lately. 17, 10 for Bowe, 11, 7, 3 for Sams, 12, 5 for Mack. 4 TOs for the game!
In a 3 way tie for 2nd with 2 tough games left. I'd LOVE 1-1!
We hit what is roughly equivalent to an “air pocket” while June and I were hiking. She was hurt, badly. So was I, but not as badly. She fractured a shoulder and an ankle, and was severely cut up and bruised all over her body. I got the abrasions and contusions as well, but no broken bones. This happened in the holo, of course, but there's no protection from the “air pockets” when they hit.
I cancelled the program and called for help. June was in a lot of pain, of course. All of us on the ship have first aid and more in depth training, so I did what I could before professional help arrived but the pain was severe until they gave her a shot, which they couldn't do until they did testing to be certain there wasn't a brain injury. Fortunately, there wasn't.
She'll spend a day or two in the ship's sick bay and then come home. I plan to take a short leave to be with her for the first few days, which she will both love and find annoying. I actually need the time to heal as well; I don't like to take pain meds and I'm really hurting.
No one knows what these so called “air pockets” really are, or why they are out here in space, but fortunately, given how incredibly vast space is, the odds of intersecting with one are miniscule. Sadly, we beat those odds.
17 people were killed, and nearly everyone was injured, more than 100 seriously so. June was fortunate in getting professional help as quickly as she did given how overwhelmed the staff were. The ship is on a “work only as absolutely needed” basis until people heal.