Georgia Southern 75, Mocs 72

FOUR FACTORS (plus two)

eFG%
Mocs- 51.7%
Georgia Southern- 50.8%
Advantage- Mocs

TO%
Mocs- 23.9%
Georgia Southern- 18.3%
Advantage- Georgia Southern

OR%
Mocs- 32.4%
Georgia Southern- 23.7%
Advantage- Mocs

FTRate
Mocs- 25.4%
Georgia Southern- 30.0%
Advantage- Georgia Southern

FT%
Mocs- 73.3%
Georgia Southern- 77.8%
Advantage- Georgia Southern

3PtRate
Mocs- 37.3%
Georgia Southern- 40.0%

PLAYER RATER

Overall
1) Drazen Zlovaric 31.0
2) Keegan Bell 24.8
3) Omar Wattad 16.9
4) Dontay Hampton 12.0
5) Rico White 11.8
6) Ricky Taylor 9.5
7) Jared Bryant 7.7
8) Drew Baker 7.5
9) Lance Stokes 6.4

Per 40
1) Jared Bryant 43.7
2) Drazen Zlovaric 37.6
3) Rico White 36.3
4) Keegan Bell 34.2
5) Dontay Hampton 23.9
6) Drew Baker 21.4
7) Omar Wattad 19.9
8) Lance Stokes 18.1
9) Ricky Taylor 11.5

ANALYSIS

And the hits just keep on coming. This was one of the most painful losses of the year...in a year with plenty of very painful ones.

The Mocs played without Jahmal Burroughs and Z Mason. Is that what contributed to this loss? They could not play either of their best fours. Yes, Lance Stokes was still available and he played adequately. But Stokes is more like a three than a four, in my opinion. Drew Baker played fine, but he is not a scholarship athlete. That put a giant hole in the Mocs lineup.

All that being said, there is no excuse for blowing a sixteen point lead in the final ten minutes. The Mocs lost focus, they lost intensity, and they lost the game. They were up two with a minute left, and gave up five unanswered points. This is unacceptable.

The problem the Mocs have this year is losing close games. In their last three games, the Mocs have lost by a combined total of five points. Three of those were on the last second three pointer in this one. There is still plenty of time for a miracle turnaround this year, but it is looking less and less likely by the  game. With a week of road games against Western Carolina and Davidson on the horizon, the Mocs are going to struggle to get going now.

Drazen Zlovaric continued to play very well. He had another double-double. Ricky Taylor played well at the end, but scored just 9, while Omar Wattad scored just 5. That's the two leading scorers coming up with 14 combined points. Keegan Bell seemed to snap out of his slump, though  he scored just three points in the second half.

I still firmly believe that the Mocs can go far in the SoCon Tournament. They have to get this turned around, though. I'm not really sure that they can win the tournament without a bye, and it is really difficult to find a path to the bye at this point. There was still a chance heading into today. After today, it's hard to find that path.

GO MOCS!