Ballsy play by Boals. Huge pass by Rod.

In my head - and probably everyone else’s - screen and a prayer by AJ or Jaylin.

Even thought maybe it’d be an alley oop and hopefully a foul.

Entry pass and let DW3 bully in it? Awesome. Grown man shit.

Sitting a few rows behind the bench, and hearing how unhappy Boals was with the possession on that last 3, I’d be willing to bet he wanted to foul.

TV said it was the start of a home/home so expect YSU to return the game next season.

Except if you’re up 3 with around 5 seconds like when Cohill crossed half court, and you foul, they have to make one miss one and get the rebound then make the shot off the round just to tie. I’ll take my chances with that vs a pull up 3. Not exactly a FT battle

Yes, but it is still not a sure thing.

Recall a four point Bobcat lead vs NC in Nashville.

First free throw made; second missed; giant Tyler Zeller bats the rebound out to the top of the circle and BANG, a three is made and a somewhat comfortable lead is gone just that quick!

Does it change anything that they were in double bonus? Single bonus - foul and only one shot is guaranteed and a good chance at the rebound, but does two guaranteed shots change the strategy?

I agree. I've said that for years. But for some reason most coaches seem not to agree with this and don't respect the brilliance of our line of thinking. Over the years, I've seen very few coaches that have their teams tour in situations like this.

Glad to see both Hunter and Baker have good scoring nights. points and %.






GO BOBCATS

Watch a lot of MAC games on ESPN+ and thought the YSU announcers were as good as I've heard. Their impartiality was one reason and their knowledge of the visiting team another. The impartiality really stuck out after watching some of the Kent game Saturday at Cleveland St. Listening to that crew reminded me how much of a homer those two announcers were last year when Ohio played at Cleveland St. Almost unbearable.

This is a good win. Honestly I was a little annoyed to be considered a 6 point underdog against YSU. If you look at their results, they've had a pretty good season scoring a bunch of points...but I still think we're better so if I were a gambling man I would have taken those points all day. Glad I was proven right.

YSU had 3 desperation threes that all fell, a late shot clock in each half plus the one at the end which was well defended and a very tough shot. Those 9 points were huge for YSU.

This was Jaylin Hunter's game all the way. Very much a Mark Sears like game, some mind bending drives to the hoop and all around great ball skills dishing 7 assists, grabbing 3 steals and being very efficient with well selected shots behind the arc to go 3 for 4. He was absolutely outstanding. I don't expect his shooting to be that good very often but he has GREAT ball skills.

Baker also had a much better night of shooting than he has so far. Much better shot selection.

I again say Clayton has clearly improved 500% in rebounding, both his committing to doing it and his execution. It's been huge lately and will be huge come MAC play.

AJ Brown needs 25+ minutes a game, if that comes in the form of a 6th man like it did in this game that is fine with me...but he needs to be in there. He is already a well above average player in the MAC. Keep him happy and growing this year and he can come back and be our leading scorer next year.

I'm still not sure an 11 man rotation is sustainable (and that is counting Adelodun out). I like the other 3 freshmen a lot but barring injuries they may ultimately have to wait until next year to get much of a chance to prove their worth.

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— Russ Eisenstein (@RussEisenstein) December 12, 2022

Just got a chance to watch this one and that was a great win!

AJ Brown does indeed have the goods, as others have stated here. I think he might already be the best off ball guard we've had here since I started following around the beginning of the Saul era. He's our best on ball defender, makes tough shots created by himself, and knocks down open threes. The shot he made with 50 seconds left in the first half in the paint after a drive and 2 pivots over a defender was a prime example. We haven't had anyone who could take or make those shots in the years I have seen. The guy needs to be starting and playing 30 minutes.

At this point I'd say he should be playing over Baker if everyone is fully healthy, and let Baker come off the bench for Miles and Hunter for 20 minutes a game. If he gets hot, play him 25 minutes. But Hunter, Miles and AJ Brown are the most consistent at this point. I think Sheldon will fall out of the rotation come MAC play, evidenced by Elmore James subbing in for Hunter for a possession towards the end of the game and letting Baker play PG for a possession instead of trusting Sheldon with it at this point. He'll get there, just don't think he's ready for a big role yet. Roderick can spell AJ Brown and AJ Clayton against certain teams, and Wiz for Wilson. Those are the top 8 clearly at this point, and Hadaway possibly for Clayton if we need more size instead of playing Roderick there.

Also, I love watching Dwight Wilson spin blindly into double teams, but not caring and bullying his way into two points anyway. That guy is an animal.