4 turnovers to start the half, up 9 cuz the beach is sloppy too

Good first half up 39-29

they’re very physical with pepper away from the ball. Not letting getting around on that low screen along baseline.

And hits from the logo

it’s just starting now…..too late to get up there before 1:30 at best!

I have to miss; opening day of baseball and softball for grandkids and the rain isn’t coming fast enough to get a cancellation,

neither did either of the two players! They were looking at each other with puzzled looks trying to explain themselves. I wonder if the refs were on high alert after the fight and overreacted

Love to see TY get a few buckets early to get himself going. Since the ejection, he’s scored 8, 0, 12 (8 FTs) and 13 (7 FTs). He had 6 assists last night. He had some nice drives last night that rolled out.

was that okay off the held ball with 2 on the shot clock? That was a killer

what was challanging for us at the end was the Gauchos had 5 guys on the court who had scored at least 12 points during the game and at least 4 of them were threats to take it to the hole. they continually set up in a 5-out (all players outside the key) and drove one-on-one when they had the matchup they liked, like Mitchell on Milling.

i was listening to Les on the post-game; he was really lamenting letting that 12-point lead slip away so fast and so easy in front of a home crowd. offense was rushed which led to 2 or 3 travel calls. went from 12 to 2 in a blink of an eye. that hurt.

nice seeing Beasley out there (hit two big 3's). let Pepper sit for more than a minute like he had been. Not much of Leo in the 2nd half, and he's been solid -> maybe Les felt he didn't match up defensively with their athletic wings.

was an exciting atmosphere. Darius had the crowd going (even had a time-out wave going!). The other kid who does the Aggie pack was there and he was leading in-game chants. just would have been nice to cap the night with a win.

it felt like the ref anticipated us fouling and blew the whistle despite another ref right on the play. That guy had 2 or 3 others that were bad (Adabeyo block and Beasley strip come to mind). But, losing focus with the 12 point lead was the key.

2110 in attendance. Loud crowd. Need that Saturday

We got up 12 and quickly let them back in with turnovers. We still had a chance at the end. I thought we got screwed on the foul call in the backcourt with about 20 seconds left down 2; the guy slipped, ref from across the court and behind the play called a push. That hurt.

37-36 us at the half. Good crowd

I thought it was celebrating international night theme

i saw us as a 1/2 point favorite; that, of course, will be greatly influenced by who is healthy and ready to play. crowd size will also play a part -> i saw they players where out yesterday trying to drum up interest in 'International Night'. tee-shirts for the first 1000 fans. everybody likes free stuff.

wouldn't be surprised to see Angiwe out until the must-win (if you want the 6 seed) vs Long Beach.

According to article on website, the week’s game are last home game for Anigwe and Lampley.

Looking ahead….if we beat the Beach, we’re 6 no matter what happens Thursday. And if Bako can’t help us, we’d be 7 if we lose to the beach. Correct?

about the calls : I had a similar conversation with a friend who coaches HS basketball. They were down 2 with seconds to go in section semifinal. Get the ball to their 7 footer down low, defense collapses on the ball when he brought it down, players struggle. Whistle, then ball goes in. Jump ball, possession opponent. He complained ‘ref shouldn’t affect game like that at the end, players should’. I countered the players DID affect the outcome by making a great defensive play, and a no whistle would have been the ref affecting the game. Like Irvine wasn’t rewarded for doing what they had to do.

Hawaii over Irvine 72-67. Anteaters could have helped us there.

I wish our travel schedule was more like the rainbows!

Borra made some BIG plays at the end (I’ll overlook the two missed FTs). A block and a couple key rebounds. Poly seems to bring out the ugly in most teams especially us. Ty struggled from the floor but had big FTs and he’s protecting the ball better. Glad to get out with a win. Good to see Beasley dressed as an emergency player.

Announcers, who again i thought were outstanding, said Angiwe was dealing with turf toe?