I got my EVO newsletter which lists fall grads. On the list are Rodrigues and Carson Crawford. I wonder either or both will return?

despite the fact that i have never wagers on a sporting event, i do check the daily lines. we are six point underdogs tonight - seems right based on recent results. If Anigwe is out, we'll really be hard pressed to keep up. Our depth is thin enough to begin with.

I think with the portal and extra COVID year, many programs didn’t add as many seniors as normal. Recently they had the all area team for Mercury news. They had profiles on something like 26 Srs and around half had commitments. That seemed low

speaking of the center, I drove by Thursday before basketball game - it’s really looking like a real facility now!

another contributor or two off the bench would help. Borra is progressing but there’s not many points off the bench. Adebayo and Murphy play with energy but neither score much. DeBruhl and McGill aren’t there yet

Les sees the silver lining on the game:

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/

The hire seemed a little odd from the get go, maybe a bit desperate. There were rumblings last season about his work ethic and the playing of his son. I guess that was the tip of the iceberg

there was an article dated Jan 21 that said 12 players. This says 28 MOST leaving in the past week! How do you replace 28 unexpected losses?

i was following via live stats (3 grandkids running around) and noticed he didn't have many minutes in the 1st half -> assumed it was foul trouble. that hurts; he's a pretty reliable scorer, even if it often takes two tries to get a layup (and brick and the tip in).

exactly; in contrast, at UOP, you could see that guys couldn’t wait to get their hands on the ball do they could put up a shot! Free throw shooting is contagious, both good and bad

biggest difference was start of second half. Thursday we got off to good start and let the 7 point lead slip away. Today we were ice cold after the break, 15-4 in the first 8 minutes. Couldn’t overcome that. Again, a DECENT percentage from the arc and line, and we win. Shooters seem to have lost their confidence.

70-63 loss. 3-18 from beyond the arc. Hit 3 more and shoot average, and we have a shot. Frustrating homestand

Down 10 at the 4:00. Not looking promising

2:30 drought and we’re down 8 with 5:30 to go

55-49 at the 8:00 media; back in it but fouls are gonna be an issue. Next foul puts them in double bonus

48-38 13:00 to go; slipping away quickly. Sloppy with the ball and can’t hit our shots especially 3’s

Tied at the half.

Defense (5 steals) and rebounding (21-12) are the keys so far, offsetting cold 3 point shooting.

See what the second half has to offer

1-8 from 3’s to start but still a lead. We’re rebounding well

they were 3-7 in the preseason with some lopsided losses to okay teams, so the early conference success is surprising. Oddly enough the paper shows us as 2 point favorites!

I thought the bench in the second half hurt, even though they didn’t play much. Early on when we had a lead, went with a lineup of (from memory) McGill, DeBruhl, Milling, Murphy and I believe Pepper and Fullerton’s defense went into attack mode. We were out of whack and they took the lead.

Milling has really improved, but he needs help weapons around him to free up space.