Saturday, February 14, 2015

Georgia Southern postgame - what a tough way to lose!

We come from nine down at half to take the 2nd place team in the league (by a half game) into overtime, only to lose by two points. What a tough way to go! I feel for the team and the staff.

Once again our lack of perimeter defense jumped up and bit us. When you let the other guys shoot 40% from the arc, you have dug a hole for yourself that is hard to get out of. Add to that the fact that they shot 50% overall, and you have to play awfully well to overcome it. But we tried. We won the turnover battle. We won the rebounding battle. We won the free throws battle. We just couldn't win the Battle of the Bottom Line.

Obviously the game ball goes to James Reid. 23 point on 4 of 8 shooting from the arc. Give honorable mentions to Maurius Hill with 8 rebounds, four of them offensive. J. T. Thomas had 4 assists against only one turnover and was 2 of 5 from the arc. Ben Dillard was 2 of 5 from the arc. So, there was a lot of good effort to pass around.

The main thing is that we did not give up. We came back. Tough, tough loss.

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