Davidson 73, Mocs 59

Let's do good news, bad news again.

Let's start with the good news.

The Mocs fell behind by 19 points midway through the second half. This was a point where the Mocs have quit previously in the year and gone on and gotten blown out by 30. Instead tonight, they kept their heads nad kept on fighting and fighting and lost 14. Not a great loss- but at least respectable.

The Mocs finally held a team down shooting-wise. The Wildcats shot only 36.5% from the floor.

The Mocs forced 15 turnovers, which is pretty good.

Now, the bad news.

The Mocs were outrebounded for the second straight game- this time, by 16!

Keegan Bell had just two assists and two turnovers and two points.

The Mocs had just six assists, after a ton of games where they came up with a bunch of assists.

Only one Moc player made a three- Omar Wattad, who made six and scored 29.

Keegan Bell is obviously the head of this team. People say Wattad deserves a spot on the All SoCon team, but Bell does not. But if you look at this game, then it is obvious that Bell is the key. The Wildcats cut off Bell, and even though Wattad dominated, the Mocs could not win.

The Mocs were dominated on the boards. They can not win when they are not rebounding well against good teams.

Outside of Wattad, the Mocs shot 10 of 39 for 25.6% from the floor. The Mocs are going to struggle when they are shooting that poorly. This was a terrible offensive performance, and they just could not get a shot to fall.

The Mocs were shooting poorly, rebounding poorly, and Bell did not play well. That's a trifecta for how the Mocs get beat. Just can't win when they play like that.

Is this a problem on the road? Or is a problem that just happens from time to time?

The Mocs actually were up by six for a good chunk of the first half, before being tied at halftime. Then, the second half, things just fell apart. What do we make of the Mocs from this point forward?

The Mocs have four more road games. They have two huge games against Appalachian State and Western Carolina on this road trip. They have to play better than they played tonight.

The good news from tonight is that they showed up early, and they did not quit once they were down 19. If they bring THAT kind of focus, and bring the effort on the boards, then the Mocs could get one of these next two against Western Carolina or Appalachian State.

GO MOCS!