Austin Peay 70, Chattanooga 67

Well, that was...tremendous...and painful.

Or tremendously painful.

Getting outrebounded by 12 (46-34) is how you lose a game like this one. We can all point at the last second three by Caleb Brown and say that is how we lost. To be honest, I don't really blame that. Bell had a hand in his face. The defense was solid, but just did not work out. Brown had made 1 of 7 shots so far.

Hard to complain about him hitting a shot with a hand in his face.

They also shot a much better percentage of their shots from the three point range. They shot just 25 of their 60 shots from three point range. Of course, they made only 32% of their three pointers. So that is not good.

The Mocs only made 7 of 12 from the free throw line, and the Governors made 14 of 24. All those extra trips to the free throw line really cost the Mocs. The Mocs turned the ball over just fourteen times, and forced sixteen turnovers. The Governors shot under forty percent from the field.

All the signs (other than rebounding and free throws) point to the Mocs winning this game.

But you can't give up fourteen offensive rebounds and get outrebounded by twelve and expect to win a close basketball game. That's the problem.

The offense looked much better- much more like they had a purpose and a plan when they were playing. The defense was aggressive and challenging.

People may say that Bell didn't play well, but he played much more like I would expect him to play. He came up with eight assists. He did have four turnovers and only three points, but he played like a point guard. He was not bad.

The biggest problem was that Omar Wattad shot sixteen shots- double the number of the next highest Moc. He only made 25 percent of those, including just 1 of 7 from three point range. That being said, the three he made was clutch at the end. It is beginning to look like he is the offensive weapon that the Mocs expect to use, and he just is in a shooting slump right now. He needs to heat up in a hurry to get the Mocs back on track.

Wattad in the postgame says that it is going to come. He says that he is going to eventually start making the shots. He needs to. The Mocs need him desperately to get going.

Wattad is also agreed that the rebounding was the biggest problem. Stating that the boxing out was not there.

Jefferson also needs to get hot. He scored just four points. The Mocs need his offense inside for sure. He did get some touches tonight. He just couldn't get the job done.

The Mocs looked a lot better. If Wattad starts shooting better, and the rebounding gets turned around, the Mocs will be a lot better very soon.

GO MOCS!