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12/31 at Duquesne
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:44 pm
by FMBfan07
anyone going to the game 12/31 at Duquesne? I'll be there with a friend.
Hopefully for a win. Been to two away games so for and haven't seen a win. Hope that streak ends tomorrow.
Looks like it could be a tough one. But hopefully we are ready!
Re: 12/31 at Duquesne
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:47 am
by tiznow
FMBfan07 wrote:anyone going to the game 12/31 at Duquesne? I'll be there with a friend.
Hopefully for a win. Been to two away games so for and haven't seen a win. Hope that streak ends tomorrow.
Looks like it could be a tough one. But hopefully we are ready!
It should be a good game. The Palumbo Center is a nice areana to watch a game. Duquesne is a real athletic team.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:04 pm
by Hdog
This will be a good indicator of Coach Orr's ability to get his team to control the tempo and to take advantage of mis-matches. The Dukes are very young and very small. Their biggest contributor is 6'7" 210#. Offensively, we need our seniors and JAK to take care of the ball and pound the post and/or look for high % shots.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:34 pm
by Hdog
OP 9 first half points, BG up 24-17 6:45 remains in half
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:47 pm
by JWEIII
Happy New Year, y'all.
33-26 BG @ the half.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:50 pm
by Falconfreak90
JWEIII wrote:Happy New Year, y'all.
33-26 BG @ the half.
Happy New Year to all! Will be a lot better if BG can hang on to this lead and win!
GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:59 pm
by JWEIII
Hdog wrote:Offensively, we need our seniors and JAK to take care of the ball and pound the post and/or look for high % shots.
I love poundin' the post.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:02 pm
by ZuluWarrior
This is a big time indicator for us if we can hold the second half lead and win. We let them get on top quickly and my patience will run thin with how we break out during the second halves.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:27 pm
by JWEIII
10 point second half lead... and... well...
Trail 58-49 - 7:35 to play
Oy!
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:32 pm
by tiznow
ZuluWarrior wrote:This is a big time indicator for us if we can hold the second half lead and win. We let them get on top quickly and my patience will run thin with how we break out during the second halves.
Joel, how is your patience?
14 team fouls to 6 for Duquesne
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:50 pm
by JWEIII
74-65 w/ 20 seconds left and we are fouling? Let's get Fordham.
WARNING: I'll be there!!!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:27 pm
by BleedOrange
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No kidding? Well, there are certainly FAR better sites for that sort of thing than this one.
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:36 pm
by FMBfan07
back to Bowling green from the game.
Biggest problem i saw today was rebounding and turn overs. We couldn't rebound at all and for a while we were practically passing to their players.
Honestly I'm surprised that we were ahead in the first with as many mistakes as we had.
Well it was still fun to travel and see the team play. But would nice to see a road win. Been a while since i have!
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:22 am
by bgsufalcon24
FMBfan07 wrote:back to Bowling green from the game.
Biggest problem i saw today was rebounding and turn overs. We couldn't rebound at all and for a while we were practically passing to their players.
Honestly I'm surprised that we were ahead in the first with as many mistakes as we had.
Well it was still fun to travel and see the team play. But would nice to see a road win. Been a while since i have!
When it comes to the men's b-ball team, if we're playing away from AA, you can pretty much chalk it up as an L. Our one win in conference on the road last year came at then 3-19 Ball State. And even that one we struggled to win. This year we've pissed away leads left and right on the road, Savannah State, Central Arkansas, now Duquesne.
I'm starting to wonder if our guys are just too easily intimidated by opposing fans, or that they aren't mentally tough, because we commit more turnovers, shoot worse, don't defend as well (particularly in the 2nd half), and generally play much worse away from home. And don't even get me started on free throws.
There's still time for Orr and company to turn this into a very successful year, as the talent is better now than its been in years. But our ceiling is 9-7, maybe at best 10-6 in conference right now, and that's if we go 8-0 at home because we are so terrible on the road.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:35 am
by NYFalcon94
I was looking at the play-by-play and saw that Duquesne started the game with two technical free throws. What was the 'T' called for? Did we have something wrong with the book? Did someone dunk during warmups?