I was wrong. Sorry everyone. My analysis was wrong.
I predicted at the end of my preview that the winner of this game would be leading the North division at the end of the night and that winner would be UNCG.
So I was right about the Spartans, but the Elon upset of Western Carolina on the road made it so that the Spartans are not in first. They'll have to settle for second all by themselves.
I think the Spartans will take it.
Derrell Armstrong continued his red hot play. He scored 27 points- which means he lowered his average over the last three games to 27.7 points per game. He also collected eight rebounds. He did turn the ball over six times. Trevis Simpson scored 24 points, and was a dominant force.
The interesting player in this game was Taylor Hoffer. He scored ten points for the Spartans and collected ten rebounds, including five huge offensive rebounds.
The Mountaineers did not start Ike Butts or Omar Carter again. Butts scored eight points but came up with just one rebound. I really have no idea what's going on with him. Carter on the other hand, scored 19 points and had seven rebounds. They turned the ball over twenty times.
The Mountaineers are considered one of the major favorites in the North. They are clearly struggling to find themselves right now. Carter and Butts don't look right. Obviously, they aren't right, which is why they continue to not start.
The Spartans on the other hand may just be the favorite in the North at this point. Can they carry this momentum over to Saturday? They have failed to do that the last two weekends. Yes, they came up with two wins, but nailbiters over The Citadel and Samford are not what the Spartans have in mind. They will need to play a solid game at home against Western Carolina on Saturday to continue their five game winning streak and stay right in the hunt in the North.
G will be better off w/o a few "bonehead" mistakes like they made tonight. Giving up a 5 point trip while up 7 and having 6 players on the court while up 3 with under a minute to play qualify as really bad plays.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great game. Obviously, didn't get to pay as much attention to it as I would have liked. But UNCG is a real threat to win the SoCon North at this point. What do you think the chances are of that?
ReplyDeleteI'll let you know after next Saturday. But right now I thinkwe've got as good of a shot as anyone. I also think we can take a major swoon and finish last. However,this is how I envisioned this team playing form the begining. They almost don't seem to know how to lose at the moment.
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