BG Takes Pirate Treasure

The Falcons kept the good times rolling yesterday, waking up from a mid-day slumber soon enough to beat the Hampton Pirates by 10, 75-65.  Our Falcons have been prone to long shooting slumps during games...like half the game...and that's what happened here.  For the first half, BG shot 20% from 2FG and 23% from 3FG and trailed 31-21.

The 2nd half did not start out better.  Four minutes in, HU had upped their lead to 14 points, 38-24. With 10 left, HU still led by 9.  BG went on a 10-1 run to tie the game with 7 left. With 5:28 left, it was tied at 58.

At this point, this is fairly anxiety-producing.  This is a team BG should beat, for sure.  And they did, scoring 17 points in the last 5 minutes and allowing only 7. It started with an Agee and-one and went from there.  He ended up with 6 of the 17 points.

BG shot 67% from 2FG and 50% on 8 3FGs.  They went heavy 2FG and it turned the game around.  BG led for only 8:50 in the game.

The game went at 73 possessions, which is pretty fast.  BG scored 1.03 points per possession for the game, which is OK but not anything great.  The Falcons had 1.5 points per possession in the second half.  BG shot OK (47% on 2FG and 33% on 3FG), lost the turnover battle, rebounded OK and had a huge advantage at the line.  BG made 20 of 26...FTs have really come around...and HU had 5-8.

BG made 80% inside the charging arc.  Way higher than BG's number in past years.  Check out their shot selection in the second half.  Black dots are made FGs.

HU had 18 fouls 18 to BG's 11. That can impact shooting percentage.  If every time you are lined up for a clean shot you get fouled, it takes away from the made shot portion of your FG%.

BG played excellent defense.  HU shot 47% and 22%, did well on turnovers but poorly on the boards and (as mentioned) did not get to the line.

Trey Thomas had a monster game. He was 1 of 6 from 2FG but 6-11 from 3FG, 4 Reb and 5-6 at the line. Rashaun Agee is a really improved player.  He scored 21 points on 7 of 10 shooting and 7 of 10 at the line (also improving big time) and 11 rebounds. Hill had 14 on 5 of 11 and 0 of 4 shooting, 5 rebounds and 4-4 at the FT line. Jason Spurgin scored 10 points on 3 of 5 and 1 of 2 shooting, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocked shots.

With Smith and Towns still out, BG played Agee, Thomas, Spurgin and Hill 33 minutes or more.  Humphrey started and played 28, Phillips 14 and Edwards 14.

That's it for D1 play pre-MAC.  Siena Heights is in Friday...they are in the NAIA.  For now, BG has been winning games they should win, which we will take all day.