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Oldfox
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Date Posted: 09:22:00 01/19/09 Mon
The game....Let me use an analogy. Siena brought their "A" Game, Marist brought their "C-" Game and Marist still won. It is uncanny how Sunday was in many ways a mirror image of Thursday in Poughkeepsie.
As it turned out, I was sitting opposite you about 5 rows behind the Marist bench. If the negative flow of the game was getting to the players, you could never tell. The biggest reaction they had was after an unbelievable 3 pointer by Lindemann, a couple of the kids just looked at each other and shook their heads. They are supremely confident, and why shouldn't they be. That was, what, the 35 league victory in a row. These kids embrace pressure.
There was reason to be somewhat disappointed with Marist's execution, and a bit exasperated with the way Siena couldn't miss for 35 minutes, but when you realized that Marist was playing way below par, and the best the Saints could do was a 6 point lead, there was no reason to believe that Marist was out of the game. Remember Depaul, and Siena is no DePaul. Us fans just kept turning around to one another and asking, "How is Marist still in this game?".
Allenspach, Johnson and Yarde were yesterdays hero's. Yarde is going to be a great MAAC player. She plays with smarts and hustle and is not intimidated at all. She had that great block on the perimeter and can she ever rebound for a guard. I think she has seen enough of the league to realize her skills are as good as most already. I hope Gang is OK. She hit the floor hard and never returned.
Despite what Giorgis said in the TU this morning the team did deserve to win the game. They were magnificent in the last 5 minutes running their offensive sets, and utterly denying Siena's offense down the stretch. Another mirror image of Thursday.
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