MBB UC Davis (17-12, 10-8) at Long Beach State (9-21, 5-13), Thursday Mar. 5, 7 pm, on ESPN+
  • Toke69
    508
    Now is the time for all good fans to not give up hope. Considering that the Aggies easily beat Long Beach State down at the home, this should be a W at the Walter Pyramid to those who forgot our loss to Bakersfield. Speaking of Bakersfield, the Beach had lost 10 straight until they beat the Roadrunners on Saturday and can forget about Henderson. Since winning four of their first seen league games, the Beach has gone into a nose dive right into the sand. They can’t overlook the Beach just because they’ve been eliminated from the post-season. Like what happened with the Roadrunners, the Beach has a terrific scorer in Gavin Sykes who went for 18 points in the earlier game, just below his season average. They needed every one of his 39 points against Bakersfield as they only won 88-87. Aggies are favored by 1.5.
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  • DrMike
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    We are only 1.5 point favorites - I hope that’s not an indication about our health going into tonight. If we are down 3 guys (Cooper, Stokes and Omer), we’re not going to be on a roll heading to Henderson.

    the odds sites are really 'interesting'. several seem to have us as something like 53-55% chance of winning, but something called SportsGrid has a model with us as 79% chance of winning by 13!
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  • agalum
    557
    Sevilla in street clothes. Did he hurt his ankle during the last game? I remember he hobbled off the court.
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  • DrMike
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    thankfully Omer is playing; he's keeping us in the game. didn't recognize Chappell at first with the new do. Sevilla has been battling leg injuries all year. Maybe we are playing it safe since there's not much gain with wins this week.
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  • agalum
    557
    25-17 beach 8 left in the half.
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  • DrMike
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    down 25-17 with 8 to go, and its not looking good. 2-11 from 3, and getting beat up on the boards. recipe for disaster (and 8 seed).

    At least the announcers are decent.
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  • Toke69
    508
    At least the Beach is missing free throws.
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  • Jdur
    442
    Shots are really bad right now. Misses just so off. Unrelated but the Walter Pyramid might be the only place more echo-y than the U Center.
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  • DrMike
    1.2k
    this is hard to watch. if the beach were just below-average, we would be down 20 by now.
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  • DrMike
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    ↪Jdur
    nobody looks like they want to take a shot from outside the paint. i don't think ESPN has this in mind when they moved us to the ESPN2 game on Saturday!
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  • Jdur
    442
    Even the defense has been lackluster. They look tired.
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  • DrMike
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    why do we come out with 50 seconds left on offense with Rowlins and Franklin on the floor and Wilson sitting? Mind boggling. I can see sitting WIlson on defense (2 fouls) but offense?


    lucked out on the goal-tend after a horrible last possession for the beach....34-31 at the half.

    we can't possibly play worse; not sure they can play any better.
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  • Toke69
    508
    We're definitely lucky to be down only 3. D giving up too many points in the paint on lay-ups and dunks. At the other end, there's no one filling the gap made by Sevilla's absence. Daughtery is 1 for 6 from deep. Hope he finds the range in the second haf.
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  • agalum
    557
    Sad performance considering beach’s record. I’ll stick with it into the second half hoping that someone starts shining.
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  • DrMike
    1.2k
    I'm hoping we see more Omer (assuming his ankle is 100%). He was about the only one on offense with any confidence.
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  • DrMike
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    ↪agalum
    considering we are down 3 of our top 6 players, maybe its as good as we could expect? we have 5 guys with 2 fouls so i expect they will keep pushing inside. we can't afford any cheap fouls.
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  • Toke69
    508
    We're also lucky that Sykes isn't in there for Long Beach.
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  • Toke69
    508
    How did that held ball call get made? I thought the defender had to contact the ball form more than half a second.
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  • DrMike
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    starting the 2nd half much like the first half.....39-34 with 16 to go. 3 FT's in 4 minutes.

    Daugherty and Chappell a blistering 1-13, 1-9 from 3.
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  • agalum
    557
    I think we’ve trailed the entire game. Saving the best for last?
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  • Toke69
    508
    Wilson!
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  • Jdur
    442
    In the bonus with 13 left is wild.
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  • DrMike
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    ↪Jdur
    got to make the FT's! 48-46 with 11:30 to go after Chappell's first 3!
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  • Jdur
    442
    ↪DrMike
    Just saw! Glad we went for it! I like the broadcasters.
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  • Jdur
    442
    Tied up with 9 left!
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  • DrMike
    1.2k
    to make things more interesting....i was checking my flights to Vegas for next Wednesday. It is 8:40....PM!!!!!

    thankfully i was able to switch to the day at minimal cost of miles!

    losing my brain.
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  • Jdur
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    ↪DrMike
    :lol:
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  • Toke69
    508
    Ags take the lead!
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  • DrMike
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    I hate when we go 5-out and milk the clock with 5 minutes to go. never get a good shot.
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  • Jdur
    442
    ↪DrMike
    Its almost like les has not learned from our collapses this year.
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  • DrMike
    1.2k
    what can they discuss on the elbow into Omer's face? that was blatent. we're obviously not getting the flagrent 1 on them, and got a foul for a face to the elbow.
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