Falcons Fall Short Against UWGB
In what sounded like an ugly and nasty encounter in Green Bay, the Falcons lost 65-62. I've been urging the Falcon Nation to keep a careful eye on our early season success due to a schedule of very winnable games. UWGB is a MAC caliber team, so this was a nice test.
And you might be expecting me to say that we lost, so we're in trouble.
Actually, I think the game does bear out my point, but there's another point beneath that.
The mere fact we were even in this game is significant. We were down 1 with :28 left before UWGB drained a big three to put it to rest. We get a stop there, and we are that close to pulling it out:
This despite:
- A 30-13 foul discrepancy that led to UWGB hitting 27 fts to our nine.
- More on fouls...
- Lefeld fouled out in ten minutes.
- Five players finished with four or five fouls in the game.
- A four minute period in the second half where we did not score...and an even longer period without a FG.
- Giving up 15 (are you shitting me?) offensive boards.
- Making 16 turnovers, most in the first half.
- We made only 56% of our FTs.
So, you can see, it was ugly. But, we were there near the end, and we're 9-4 heading into the league. You can check here to see what a computer thinks of our pre-season.
Even so, its been a good December. Better than last season. Brian Moten continues to come on--he was our leading scorer against UWGB--and he is a real addition if he shows the ability that had him on scholarship at Virginia. Marschall is rumored to be back for the Buffalo game, and if he is healthy, I think we are competitive with this rotation:
Starting
Samarco
Hamblet
Dusan
Miller
Marschall
Primary bench players: Moten, Lefeld, Sims.
Final note: Darryl Clements has nearly fallen off the radar. Hopefully, he will rally and earn more playing time.
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