Great win for the Tigers! I had figured this was going to be a sure-loss with a few challenging games coming up on the road and I was worried that the season was about to spiral down the drain. But these guys rose to the challenge and proved me wrong. I've been ragging on this team's defense all season long and they held the nation's second best offense to 60 points on 66 possessions. That is incredible. Without a doubt, it was the defense in the second part of both halves that brought home the victory.
I am convinced that these guys CAN play good defense, they just appear to be lazy and disinterested most of the time. But the lineup of Oriakhi, Bowers, Bell, Brown and Pressey can play some pretty energetic defense if they commit to it. Ross has looked better the last two games as well, in this regard. If they can continue to show this type of energy and desire to shut down their opponents, there is no reason why they can't win the remaining games on the schedule.
Phil Pressey
Pressey had a great game I thought. 7 points, 6 rebounds (second on the team), 10 assists and 3 steals stuffed the stat sheet. He played good defense too. I thought he took over the game during the comeback with his drives (scoring and dishing), but then pulled another dumb stunt with the late 3 which looked like deja vu all over again. 7/10 (could have been higher but the dumb 3).
Laurence Bowers
Bowers finally came to play after a horrible outing in Fayetteville. His turnaround was falling and he was game high in rebounds with 10.
Got busy...and that's all I got.
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