They are up 9-8 at the 15 minute mark. Andres hasn't scored yet. Schaen with good defense on him.
At the 10 minute mark, they are up 14-12. I've rested Andres for the last 3 minutes and he is about to come back at near full strength. My other starters are tiring and will rest.
Andres is struggling to score, but other guys are stepping up and the defense has been solid. Down 20-18 at the 5 minute mark.
Andres gets it going a bit in the last 5 minutes, but we can never take the lead. Down 26-24 at the half.
Schaen is the player of the half. He had 2 big dunks which got their crowd fired up and a midrange jumper. He has 6 points and 2 steals at the half.
Andres has 10 points, 2 assists, 1 board, and 2 turnovers. He has shot 5 of 8.
Covering Schaen is exhausting Andres, he leaves the game to rest with 16 minutes left..
At the 15 minute mark, we are tied at 34. Everett is starting to beat his man with some regularity.
At the 10 minute mark, we are up 45-39 thanks to a nice run that Everett got us going on. He is breaking into the lane frequently. However, he is now exhausted and will sit for a few.
We are up 50-45 with 7 mintues to go when I get Andres back into the game. His first touch they foul him on a 3 point attempt. He makes all 3 of the FT's.
Next possession, Andres gets a 4th foul on Schaen who leaves the game.
We had a 57-47 lead with 4:30 to go, but they hit 2 3's to get their crowd into it and get us nervous. However, Andres quiets the crowd down some by spinning off his man and driving to the hoop and finishing with a double pump jam. 59-53. Just under 3 minutes left.
Andres with a partial block of their next 3 point attempt
Everett drives into the lane and draws a foul. He hits the first but misses the 2nd.. Andres with the offensive board and he puts it up and in! 62-53.
Defense is the key the last 2 minutes. We win 62-56.
Andres is the player of the game. 21 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, a block, and 2 turnovers. He shot 9 of 17, 0 of 4, and 3 of 3.
Everett had 15 points, 4 assists, 3 steals. and 1 turnover.
Hodari had 8 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.
Santos had 7 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal.
Pait had 2 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals.
Snow had 11 points and 2 boards.
Andres also held their star, Schaen, to 4 of 14 shooting for 8 points as he did a much better job on him in the 2nd half.
Next up is Fairfield. They are 11-13 and their overall talent is 77. They have a big freshman center, Varney Aladi, who is talented and is a good inside scorer already, although he is only scoring 6 ppg. Other than that, they don't have any worrisome matchups for us. Their PG is slow. Their shooters aren't that good. We should be able to beat them comfortably, particularly at home.
We beat them at their place earlier this year, 69-53.