Lathen Scott with an oppurtunity of a lifetime (College Hoops 2k8)

[VandyRedskins21]

Good news. I cleaned the CHoops disk last night and it hasn't frozen at all since I will post the Gonzaga results in just a minute and play the Oregon State game

[JBate24]

Are you from Virginia if you don't mind me asking? Just thought that since you like the Redskins.

[VandyRedskins21]

Could Ryan Sypkens' shooting lift UC Davis over Gonzaga?




The UC Davis Aggies just came off of a big upset against the Stanford Cardinal and now look to do the same to the Bulldogs of Gonzaga. The Aggies started off strong but as the game went off Gonzaga came back from down as much as 14 and with 30 seconds left Mark Payne got in the paint and made game winning lay-up to lift UC Davis over Gonzaga 74-73. "I am really proud of my guys today. They showed a lot of heart and proved that we are just as good as anyone when we play the way we should" said an ecstatic Coach Scott, "If we play like this in conference we shouldn't lose to anyone in the Big West. We might even run the table, who knows."

Dec 7, 2010 - UCD at GU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
UC Davis Aggies (3-4)	44	30	74
Gonzaga Bulldogs (4-5)	33	40	73

UC Davis Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mark Payne	24	5-7	0-1	0-0	3	3	2	0	4	10
Todd Lowenthal	26	2-9	2-7	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	6
Eddie Miller	23	3-10	2-5	1-2	2	2	0	0	2	9
Joe Harden	26	4-13	2-6	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	10
Mike Furtz	19	3-4	0-1	2-2	10	0	1	1	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ryan Howley	15	2-5	1-3	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	6
Josh Ritchart	16	3-5	0-0	2-2	7	3	0	1	0	8
Ryan Sypkens	16	4-9	3-6	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	11
Alex Tiffin	23	3-6	0-0	0-1	14	1	2	1	3	6
Tyler Les	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Ryan Silva	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		29-69	10-29	6-9	46	15	7	3	16	74

Gonzaga Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Demetri Goodson	28	4-9	0-1	0-1	2	5	2	0	1	8
Steven Gray	31	6-20	2-8	3-4	2	2	1	0	0	17
Elias Harris	29	5-14	0-2	3-5	6	1	3	0	1	13
Kelly Olynyk	31	5-7	0-0	3-4	6	2	6	2	1	13
Robert Sacre	24	1-4	0-0	2-2	4	0	3	2	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mangisto Arop	17	3-6	0-1	0-0	5	2	1	0	3	6
Sam Dower	16	2-3	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	6
Mathis Monninghoff	16	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	4
TEAM TOTALS		29-69	2-13	13-18	31	14	16	4	8	73

The UC Davis Aggies improve to 3-4 and will have their home-opener against 4-2 Oregon State Beavers.

NOTES: I am moving up the rebounding sliders for the computer (was at 50 now 75 for both offensive and defensive) and I will just work from there. Rebounding stats are just too different so hopefully this will help make things more even.
Also, Kurtz got into foul trouble in the first half and was handicapped in minutes.

[VandyRedskins21]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBate24

Are you from Virginia if you don't mind me asking? Just thought that since you like the Redskins.

I actually grew up in Maryland. I lived their for about 10 years before moving down to Tennessee where I live now.

[VandyRedskins21]

Could UC Davis win their home-opener against Oregon State?




UC Davis faced off against Oregon St. in their first home game of the season. There were not many seats filled unfortunately as only 1,778 of the nearly 8,000 seats. "I was a little dissapointed at how many empty seats there were but the fans that did show up saw a helluva game." said Scott. He was right about how good the game was for the first 35 minutes. The game was always close and Oregon State only had a 5 point lead at halftime. The second half was more of the same until the last few minutes where they pulled away as much as about 15. Oregon State would win the game 92-82.


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Dec 7, 2010 - ORST at UCD
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Oregon State Beavers (5-2)	38	54	92
UC Davis Aggies (3-5)	33	49	82

Oregon State Beavers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Roberto Nelson	27	1-3	0-0	2-4	0	4	3	0	5	4
Jared Cunningham	28	10-14	0-2	1-2	3	6	1	1	3	21
Omari Johnson	27	6-13	3-6	0-0	6	2	1	0	1	15
Devan Collier	22	6-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	12
Joe Burton	25	3-5	0-0	3-4	7	4	2	0	5	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Lathen Wallace	11	4-4	2-2	1-2	2	0	0	0	1	11
Angus Brandt	17	3-6	0-0	2-3	4	1	1	1	0	8
Calvin Haynes	15	3-7	2-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	8
TEAM TOTALS		37-64	7-14	11-18	30	21	15	3	19	92

UC Davis Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mark Payne	29	4-12	1-3	2-2	3	3	7	0	5	11
Todd Lowenthal	25	2-11	2-8	2-2	0	2	2	0	1	8
Eddie Miller	22	3-9	3-7	0-0	3	0	0	1	1	9
Joe Harden	27	3-10	1-3	0-0	44	6	4	1	0	7
Mike Kurtz	22	10-14	0-0	4-4	6	2	0	1	1	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ryan Howley	18	1-4	1-2	2-2	2	0	0	0	3	5
Josh Ritchart	14	3-7	0-0	2-2	7	1	0	0	1	8
Ryan Sypkens	15	1-7	0-6	0-0	1	2	3	0	2	2
Alex Tiffin	16	4-4	0-0	0-2	9	2	1	0	1	8
Tyler Les	11	0-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	1	2	0
Ryan Silva	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-80	8-29	12-14	39	19	18	4	17	82

With the loss to the Beavers the Aggies will fall to 3-5 and will face a 8-1 Belmont team in a week.

[VandyRedskins21]

The In-Season Recruiting ends, and UC Davis loses another Point Guard to someone else.

With the end of the In-Season Recruiting Period come and gone, UC Davis does not sign with anyone but they lose not just one point guard during the signing period but two. They lost JUCO recruit Randolph Thompson to conference foe Cal Poly earlier in the week. UC Davis took that scholarship and offered it to Pat Krogh who turned around and signed with San Francisco. With all of that UC Davis' head coach Lathen Scott had homework to do. Who could he find at point guard to fit his system? To answer that he did not have to look too far. He found that in Seattle, Washington there was a 5'11 point guard by the name of Terry Holcomb who seemed interested in UCD. Scott went up to talk to him and watched some film from some of his games and found him to be a good match. To most teams he might not seem all that great, not too fast, short, but he can handle the ball well and is a smart player. Don't let the 2* rating fool you, he is a strong player and will get good minutes behind Eddie Miller (who will most likely start at point guard next year) and be very effective.

Here is a list of the recruits who Lathen Scott offered a scholarship to:

Akin Leonard: C 6'11 240 lbs. HS SR 3* #448 (#39) Interested in: Hawaii (no scholarship offered), UCD
Don Montague: SG 6'0 171 lbs. JC SO 3* Interested in: UCD
Gerard Page: C 6'10 213 lbs. JC FR 3* Interested in: UCD
Errick Archibald: SF 6'5 204 lbs. JC SO 3* Interested in: UCD
Terry Holcomb: PG 5'11 165 lbs. HS SR 2* #563 (#164) Interested in: UCD, MTST, MONT, PRST (UCD is the only school to offer a scholarship)

[VandyRedskins21]

Best game of the year for UC Davis?



"We just didn't seem to miss!" said an ecstatic Coach Scott, "We shot over 50% from the field and 45% from 3 and everyone scored. That is a first for this team this year. Everyone just did great but no one did better than Mike [Kurtz]." "I was just beasting it out there. No one on Belmont is as big as me and I just had my way with them especially on the boards." UC Davis jumped out early on the Bruins on never looked back and blew them out 96-64.

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Dec 13, 2010 - UCD at BEL
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
UC Davis Aggies (4-5)	42	54	96
Belmont Bruins (8-2)	29	35	64

UC Davis Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mark Payne	21	4-9	1-1	0-1	6	3	1	0	3	9
Todd Lowenthal	23	6-9	2-4	0-0	3	2	0	0	2	14
Eddie Miller	25	3-6	1-2	2-2	2	1	2	0	1	9
Joe Harden	23	9-11	0-2	2-2	10	1	1	1	1	20
Mike Furtz	22	5-10	0-0	0-0	18	4	2	0	2	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ryan Howley	17	5-8	2-4	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	13
Josh Ritchart	11	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	3
Ryan Sypkens	18	4-9	2-6	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	10
Alex Tiffin	21	1-3	0-0	1-2	8	3	1	1	1	3
Tyler Les	16	0-5	0-0	1-2	1	7	1	0	2	1
Ryan Silva	3	0-0	0-0	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		38-72	9-20	11-15	52	25	10	2	14	96

Belmont Bruins
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kerron Johnson	23	4-9	1-1	0-0	1	6	2	0	0	9
Ian Clark	24	3-13	2-10	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	8
Jordan Campbell	22	6-14	2-8	1-4	1	0	0	0	1	15
Mick Hedgepeth	29	0-3	0-0	0-0	8	2	2	3	1	0
Scott Saunders	27	5-12	0-3	2-3	5	0	3	0	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brandon Baker	9	3-8	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		26-73	6-25	6-11	28	14	13	4	10	64

UC Davis improves to 4-5 on the season and will face off against Boise State who is currently 5-3.


NOTES:

• I am pushing up the CPU rebounding sliders because I basically just doubled them in rebounds.
• Josh Ritchart has a sprained knee and is listed as day-to-day. He will be ready to go against Boise State most likely.

[VandyRedskins21]

CAN FRESHMAN MIKE KURTZ LEAD THE WAY FOR THE AGGIES AGAINST BOISE STATE?



The Aggies traveled up to the Taco Bell Arena to face off against the 6-3 Boise State Broncos. It was a close game throughout. Neither team could seem to pull away or just hit a basket period. The first points came 3 minutes into the game with a 3 by Eddie Miller. UC Davis shot 18 3s (which is relatively low for them) but did hit 7. It was the shots around the basket that they couldn't hit other than Mike Kurtz who was 7-8 from the field. At halftime the two west coast teams were all tied up at 29. The second half was more of the same as the first. UC Davis started hitting some shots but still not at a real high percentage. However, it was enough as UC Davis beat a legitimate Boise State team 65-59.

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Dec 21, 2010 - UCD at BOI
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
UC Davis Aggies (5-5)	29	36	65
Boise State Broncos (6-4)	29	30	59

UC Davis Aggies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mark Payne	25	3-6	0-1	1-2	5	3	2	0	1	7
Todd Lowenthal	26	2-6	1-4	0-1	1	3	0	0	0	5
Eddie Miller	26	4-10	3-6	1-2	2	1	0	0	3	12
Joe Harden	25	3-8	1-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	7
Mike Kurtz	25	7-8	0-0	1-4	15	2	3	1	5	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ryan Howley	13	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	0
Josh Ritchart	14	1-6	0-1	1-1	4	0	2	0	1	3
Ryan Sypkens	14	3-6	2-4	0-2	1	1	0	0	1	8
Alex Tiffin	18	3-4	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	1	1	6
Tyler Les	15	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	2
Ryan Silva	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-59	7-18	4-12	41	14	9	3	13	65

Boise State Broncos
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Lashard Anderson	36	1-8	0-1	7-8	4	9	1	0	5	9
Westley Perryman	35	3-8	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	6
Robert Arnold	32	8-16	1-4	1-1	3	0	2	1	0	18
Daequan Montreal	32	2-5	0-0	5-7	8	1	1	0	1	9
Sam Hicks	29	1-5	0-0	2-2	6	3	2	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Zack Moritz	15	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	1	6
TEAM TOTALS		21-55	2-10	15-18	28	14	12	1	9	59

UC Davis improves to an even 5-5 and will face off against #1 UCLA. Anyone think we can pull off the upset?????