Kent just put a plain, old-school style whupping on the Falcons last night. Even worse, the game was tied at halftime, but I think all Falcon fans were in a wait-and-see mode on that one.
Kent burst out of the gates in the second half. We scored with about 16:00 left and were still down only 2, and then did not score at all for the next eight freaking minutes. Over that same period of time, Kent scored 19 points, and I would love to see the stats on teams that give up a 19-0 run and win a game. It has to be really, really rare, and even rarer in the second half.
We shot 23% in the second half and only scored 15 points, missed 10 3s (2-20 for the game). I could go on, but what would that accomplish?
I haven't listened to the post-game with Coach Orr, so I don't know what he said. It certainly didn't sound like we were getting the kind of offensive opportunities we want to get. Also, without seeing the game, I don't know if we were getting good looks and just not hitting them or if they were playing especially good defense.
Here is what their coach said, though....
"We weren't locking them down at the tune of blowing them out," Flashes coach Gino Ford said. "They missed some good looks by some guys who are 40-percent 3-point shooters. Moten, Clements and Jakubowski are all 40-percent shooters and they shot [1-for-13]. We can take a small amount of credit for that, but they just had a tough night shooting it and that's not going to happen often to them."
Kent also shot 56% in the second half, which is not in our game plan, and made free throws at 90%, which is about 30% better than normal.
You knew this would be tough--maybe not this tough--but tough.
Some individual points:
- Otis had 10 boards in 25 minutes.
- Chris Knight had 15 points and 6 boards in 24 minutes.
- I think Scott Thomas is going to be a player. He had 9 points and 5 boards in 20 minutes of play. He is fearless, and I think when he develops he is going to be a very solid MAC player.
- Despite foul trouble for our big men, Erik Marschall only played 7 minute.
It doesn't get easier. Akron is next, but at home. The nice thing is that in basketball you always get a quick second chance.
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