Seton Hall #2 ThoughtZ™

[RichZ]

1. Reed asserting himself early, but SH doing a better job against him than St J did.
2. Same strategy the Hall used last time around - "foul at will... they can't call 'em all".
3. Around 8 and a half mintues left in the 1st half, 2 possessions in a row we got a man all alone under the rim for a layup. Great setup. Ross, then Alex.
4. Down by one at the half.
5. Alex is stroking the threes -- hope it carries to the 2nd half
6. Alex has 15 of our 32 first half points. Without him, we'd be dead in the water.
7. Mullins hasn't made a three, Demary has zero points & Ball hasn't scored from the field.
8. Seton hall leads in all the shooting percentage columns 50/60/86% to our mediocre 44,/36/75%.
9. We have slim leads in rebounding and dimes but trail in TOs, steals and blocks. UConn 14/8/8/3/2 to Seton Hall's 13/6/7/5/5.
10. As horrid as the stats are, we're only a point behind. If we play anything resembling our normal game in the 2nd half, and we should be OK. But that's a big IF.
11. Solo finally hit a three.
12. And another!
13. Demary got his only point of the game with 13:18 left in the 2nd half.
14. In an 8 point hole with 8:13 left, but we go ahead at 5:20 off Mullins' first made 3 of the game.
15. Foul shots brought us back again. 3 point lead with 18 seconds left.
16. Down by three, Hall tried to draw a foul on an awkward 3 point heave. No foul. On the inbounds Solo earns a trip to the line, making it 70 to 65
17. 70 to 67 with 4.7 left.
18. Solo back to the line.
19. 71 to 67 final.
20. Alex's final home game ends with 23 points on 8 for 11, including 5 for 6 from deep. Also 3 boards, a couple dimes, 2 steals and 2 blocks. We can forgive his 4 fouls on his celebratory last home game.
21. Tarris seemed to work his way out of his first half funk and ended the game with another double double.
22. Seton Hall's 'foul at will' approach didn't work out so well in the 2nd half.
23. Solo was only 2 for 9 from the field, but saved our butts from the foul line late.
24. I'll admit I was losing hope around the 8 minute mark, when we went down by 8. But as soon as we cut it to 4, I felt much better about our chances.
25. I find it hard to comprehend that they had 9 blocks to our 3.