MBB: @ Duquesne (Wed Nov 20th)

[McFan]

16 points in the first half. 16 points in 4 minutes. OK.

[DanesRGood]

Where was this energy and effort in the first half? Playing at a different speed than earlier.

[Dane96]

yep. fire. But the weak sauce foul call on Evans may derail us a bit.

[Dane96]

Lord. DJ goes out...with 4. Puk decides to dribble (WHY?!) in the paint. And Rowley commits his 3rd. Some of the young guys need to grow-up quickly. Haas, Odunisi and others need to help.

[Dane96]

Nicely done with the ball movement! Haas has made two great decisions...and Hooley's three was massive. Devlin keeping balls alive.

[McFan]

Like what I'm seeing but how do you even explain that first half?

[Dane96]

Too much reliance on Sam in the early part of the season. With DJ and he going out...have to find themselves. Still a work in progress, IMHO.

[Dane96]

The main Dukes t.v. guy is SOOOO annoying.

[McFan]

The main Dukes t.v. guy is SOOOO annoying.

I've just been laughing at him. I wonder if Wyland and co. sound this bad to other teams. This guy certainly fits the definition of a homer.

[DanesRGood]

I'm listening to Wyland. They are about 1 second behind the feed, which is perfect. Would be nice to win this one.

[Dane96]

Too much to come back from. DJ and Rowley never got into it...

[DanesRGood]

Will just put it best on the post game, "We lost that game in the first half by shooting 5-20. Also we NEEEED to get some production from our bench." I agree, bench has been rough. Shengalia, Haas and Odunsi have not been productive at all the past few games and that has really hurt the offense.

[Phoenix]

Quick thoughts:

 

Sounded like a great first 15 minutes of the second half..and a poor first 20 minutes and last 5 of the game. Great to see Hooley get on track with 21 points. Pretty surprised at the lack of production from the bench. Devlin..and a little Wiegmann..are the only bench guys who played DI ball last year..so hopefully it's just a matter of time. Seems like Rowley is going to need to figure out his move down low that's being flagged as a travel.. that's now 5 or 6 in the past 2 games? What's with Evans passing up so many threes in the past few games? Would love some consistency from Puk.. 12 & 6 against Quinnipiac.. followed up by 2 & 3 in 30 minutes tonight.

 

Hope the team can salvage this tough 3 game stretch with a win against Bucknell this weekend. Will be tough.

[Phoenix]

4 games is obviously a small sample..but this is the most production from our bench so far:

 

Wiegmann - 3.5ppg, 2.0rpg, 14.3mpg

Devlin - 3.5ppg, 1.8rpg, 12.0mpg

Haas - 3.7ppg, 1rpg, 9.3mpg (3 games)

[Dane Pound]

Didn't see the game, I was at the women's game. Sounds like a very poor first half. That's three of four game so far this year that we've had lousy starts - Siena, NJIT and now tonight.

 

They were talking on the post-game about Gary Johnson's ankle injury. Hopefully it doesn't keep him out long.