Last night we had our game vs. Dartmouth. Early on in the game we went up 18-13, forcing them to call a timeout. They then went on a 17-2 run. I think at halftime we were down by 10. We had something like 4 turnovers in a row in the beginning of the second half. Despite that, the most we were down in the second half was 12 points. We went on some big runs down the stretch and I hit a three to cut their lead to 1 with like 7 minutes left and a 3 with 40 seconds left to cut their lead to 2. At the end of their game, their best player had the ball in the middle of the floor around half court. I was guarding him. There was a 5 second differential between the shot clock and the game clock and with about 25 seconds he made a move and I let him get by me going to his right and he made a layup. A couple of my teammates told me they were late in giving help and that it was their fault. I haven’t seen the film but bottom line, I shouldn’t have let him get by me at all, much less with his strong hand.
It was a disappointing loss because we are a better team than the way we are playing. This was definitely a winnable game for our team.
If you are a college basketball fan you are probably watching the Notre Dame - UNC game that’s going on as I type this. I’m watching it too but I’m probably looking at different things than you. This is because our next game is against Notre Dame. I’ll probably be guarding Ryan Ayers. I have a strange connection with Ayers actually. I’ve never met him but it turns out that (stick with me here) one of my best friends from high school’s brother was a good friend of Ayers in middle school somewhere in PA I think in Elementary school in Ohio. Notre Dame is a great team and we are aware that they might be slightly favored in this game.
We are practicing tomorrow morning and coach is having the team over for Thanksgiving dinner. Last year the whole team went and we had a great time. The food was great and it was nice to just hang out. We had a game the day after Thanksgiving last year so it didn’t make sense for any of us to go home. This year we don’t play until Sunday so coach is letting those of us that live within a couple hours go home and come back for an evening practice on Friday. I haven’t been home in a while so I’m really looking forward to seeing my family.
I’ll be back later with more on our preparation for the ND game. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Get your facts straight son, they were in elementary school at that time and it was Gahanna, Ohio (Just outside of Columbus). Ayers’ dad was the head coach for the Buckeyes basketball team at that time.
Good job Connor. Hey, you guys win as a team and lose as a team. Its like when a kicker misses the extra point on a touchdown at the end of a game to lose the game. Nobody remembers the fumbles or interceptions or penalties before then! If it were not for your thre’s it would not have been close. Good job on the blog. You are better giving details than the papers. You guys will win your fair share of games just learn from every outing and play hard.
Fred, thanks for the kind words. I’m glad that there are actually people reading this. I’ll try to keep you posted.
Robert, thanks for keeping me on my toes. I guess I shoulda done some fact checking huh? I thought it was in PA because I remember hearing about Anthony shooting around with Allen Iverson when Ayers dad was coaching at Philly. See you in South Bend.
All of you just need to keep your chins up and go out there and play the way you (we) know you can. You’re all going into the ND game with your eyes wide open, so just play your hearts out and leave it all on the floor! Thanks so much for inviting Noah home, for Thanksgiving, with you. That was really nice of you and I know it meant alot to him…and it did to us, too! Good Luck on Sunday!
Watched you guys on TV today. You may want to mention to parents, if they dont know already, that many Furman away games are broadcast on http://www.channelsurfing.net for free.
There were alot of positives. ND is a top ten team! Keep working together and play hard.