They are a good team. No real weaknesses. They made more plays than we did. 2nd half execution down the stretch was the difference. These were the huge plays.
- We play great D for a full shot clock, Gillespie finds Samuel on a roll with only a second or two and he has both the presence of mind to do a scoop/finger roll layup to get it out quick, but also the skill to make it.
- Sanogo falls down on a shot/rebound attempt. They get a transition opportunity. Nobody finds Samuels (I believe was Sanogo's man at that time) and he gets one of the few dunks in the game.
- We play great D for a full shot clock. Freshman Longino backs down Cole and hits a turnaround fadeaway from 10 feet out.
- Polley loses the ball, there's a scramble, Jackson ends up with it. INSTANTLY (seriously unbelievable vision and insanely fast processing) finds Martin for a wide open dunk. Slater reacts and blocks it off the backboard.
- We get a stop and a rebound. Adama gets fouled. Misses the front end of the 1 and 1.
- We get a rare steal from Gillespie down 5. Whaley misses a jumper. Sanogo rebound, misses a layup. Sanogo gets a rebound, misses a layup, jump ball... their ball.
- The Adama rebound. We all saw it. We all think it was a foul. There were 2 other guys there, somebody has to come up with the ball.