Just a terrific finish for the guys. Right off the bat in the second half, you could see us making a point of feeding Akwasi the ball. Without any inside presence, we attacked the goal and Akwasi was able to do damage with his array of post moves. Soak this in, boys. Who knows what next year brings.
I was remarking to a friend that it's really a coup to have a freshman come in looking to score like Latimer does. I like that his game is so multi-dimensional – stroke the three, midrange, dribble penetration. What a good get for the coaching staff. He's going to have a hard time winning AE Rookie of the Year the way Sessoms is going for Binghamton, but I'm guessing Latimer is the better player pound for pound.
Agosto is some talent for LIU. He is an absolute wizard as a ballhandler and got into the key at will against us. When he wasn't converting himself, he found open shooters over and over, but we were fortunate that LIU came back to earth in the second half, particularly the last few minutes. However, when we brought the press, instead of cutting us up like I thought he would, we got the ball out of his hands and sped the others up. The kid Flowers has such a smooth stroke, but he did us a favor by firing up threes early in the shot clock when they were up double digits. Yes, one banked in, but it like the second (a miss) was still inexcusable.
LIU was 55 percent from the field and 50 percent from three, yet we still won. There are those free throws again – 10 for 12 in the first half, 4 for 12 in the second. Brutal. For us, I'll take 67% most nights.
I lost track of Yeboah's pursuit of 1,000. The trail three was a total "no no no, yes yes yes" shot for me. Glad it went in. If we're fortunate enough to have him for another 50-60 games, can't he reach 2,000?
Maybe the best news of the night was how Elijah looked. Very aggressive going to the rack, active defensively, it was great.
I know the attendance was announced at 2,475, but there couldn't have been 1,000 people actually in the seats. P.S. I'm not that good at estimating crowds, but it was pretty weak. I thought the people who did show did a nice job of bringing us home. Good environment in the last 10 minutes.
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