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Date Posted: 08:32:32am 01/18/06 Wed,
Author: JoeStag
Subject: Some Quick Thoughts from Iona
In reply to: joguesguy 's message, "disaster" on 02:04:23am 01/18/06 Wed,

- Iona was more physical and quick than us at the guard. They were not going to let us beat them from the arc.

- They forced us to drive to the hoop, and only Todd was successful doing that. He played a great game offensively.

- Herbie was effective creating in the 2nd half, but MVS was shut down and Han was not effective offensively, but did make some nice passes

- They beat us on the 50-50 loose balls all night, either off rebounds or off the floor.

- Key part part of the game was letting them get up by double digits at teh end of the half. Giving a good team like Iona a lead like that on their home court was a killer. Both Todd and Max were out of heh game with 2 fouls at that point.

- We somewaht controlled Burtt and Soliver, but Wachsman and Bruin killed us.

- Max got 2 quick fouls in the first 2 minutes of the game, and with their defensive pressure on our guard, they took us right out of our game. We needed Max tonight, but even when he was in their he was not as effective as usual. Middleton did some good things, but was not as physical as he was against St Peters. Mamadou had some nice inside hoops, but struggled when he had to shoot with a hand in his face...... 3 air balls. Carter played good, and thats what we need from him off the bench.

- MVS was bottled up by Iona's quickness, and when he was open he looked like he rushed his shot, and was bothered by Ion's "D". We need MVS to score.

- We missed a few layups and FT's, and to beat or stay close to Iona we could not make those kind of mistakes.

- Bell played hard, and him and Burtt exchanged words after both pushed each other falling to the floor and had to be separated.

- Most of our offesne was Todd or Allen dribbling around picks and creating shots for themselves or others. Iona did the same thing with Burtt and Soliver, excpet they did a nice job passing it into Wachsmann and Burrt for easy hoops.

- We would need our frontcourt of Max- Mamadou-Middleton to play better and MVS to have his normal game to stay with Iona.

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[> Re: disaster -- Stag-72, 09:55:23am 01/18/06 Wed, [1]

When Max went out with his 2nd, an already difficult task became impossible. Iona is a very good team, our never give up attitude stopped what could have been a 30 point rout. The better team won last night, a team with several strong 6'7" and 6'8" players who can make layups. Todd is very talented but while his numbers may go up, without help and an inside game, this team will be hard pressed to finish in the top 5 spots in the conference.

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