Niko Rocak: 5 blocks, 8 rebounds and 2 steals. He is the MVP of this game, TY's last minute 3 notwithstanding.

Well, they're still turning it over too much but they're making up for it by hitting the boards really well. Pepper in a bit of a slump, drawing front iron a lot as if he's a bit worn out.

Where have I seen this before? Too many unforced turnovers and all the scoring by Pepper (9 of 11)

Just looking at the next three games, it strikes me that this stretch coming up is a crucial one: UCI, UCSB and UCSD.

It was interesting to me, never having been to 9 of the 11, but my question is, why bother? Seems to me that Big West schools, for the most part, have invested a better share of their infrastructure funding to academic purposes rather than spending billions of dollars on huge arena and stadiums.

Looks like UCSB has righted their ship, but Hawai`i fans are wondering what's wrong.

TY must have read m comment about him earlier, because he really got aggressive there just in time to help the AGs pull this one out. Another great UC Davis comeback win!

Personally, I do not like the way the play-by-play guy treated the broadcast as if only Fullerton fans were watching. He referred to Titan players by their initials, references campus events and mentions people of the campus who are totally unidentified as if we should know them (or care).

Yes, as in some games past, Pepper is carrying the team. TY is particularly absent. He has only 2 points on free throws. It seems to me like he no longer slashes to the hoop the way he used to do. Makes me wonder if he has been fighting some kind of foot or leg problem.

I think I see the problem tonight: The Aggies are missing too many shots. Seriously, though, the Titans are outplaying the Ags in every way. Pepper has over half the UCD points, but even he is 2 of 7 from 3.

Aggies favored by 1.5.

But only to one team?!

Thanks. PreToke69 too.

During the broadcast on Saturday, Bob Dunning took note of the 3x20 performance and said he asked Jim Les if that had been done before and the coach replied that it had not been done in his tenure at UCD. Maybe back in the Div. 2 days? I don't think there is a way to get that dat online.

See: Tyus Edney vs. Missouri in the NCAA tournament in 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS8QCoYfzW8

I agree that it would have been better to not call a timeout with 2.6 seconds left for the exact reasons you mentioned. I wonder what Coach Les told them about that situation? If you're going to call a time out, better to do it at the start of the play, not mid-court.

Not disagreeing, because I also saw some Ags get fouled with no calls (Pepper and Rocak for instance), just saying that Roadrunner fans are probably complaining.

Bob Dunning commented about how Rod Barnes, the CSUB coach subbed 5 for 5 and how Bob Hamilton used to do that. I think I was at the first game when Ham made that 5 for 5. The starters included 4 returning lettermen of whom two, John Frost and Al Budde, were all conference. About halfway through the first half, Al Steed, Tom Larkin, Bob Guild, Bob Johnson and Tom Wood all knelt by the scorers table and went in for the starters. We thought Ham had lost his mind, but the second five not only played well, but they extended the lead and wore the other team out (wish I could remember who is was, maybe Cal Sate Hayward?). He didn't do that a lot, but he did do it several times later that season, but I can't recall that the team had the same depth in later years, unless it was after I left Davis (in 1974).

I had to miss the second half, but I got to see the free throw contest, er, game, after I got back. It was a pretty exciting last half second when Pepper made that clutch 3 to tie, so I was hoping the momentum would carry them into OT. Those of you on ESPN know what happened next. I just went to the box score to see the final results and was a little happy, but not as happy as if I'd been able to see it. Why do people in the midwest continue to get it and not in the west?! At least we got the W. The officials called this game poorly and way too close, but CSU Bakersfield is the one who might complain seeing as how UC Davis got 20 more points from the charity stripe. The Ags did what I feared and fell into the trap game mode: poor shooting, too many turnovers, and defensive lapses.

So far it's been a game of runs, but the Aggie defense has clearly come around in the latter part of the half to fuel a huge run. Unusually balanced scoring, too. No Aggie with more than 7 at the half. Interesting that Leo DeBruhl leads the team in rebounding.