Dakota Wesleyan Game Thread

[JackJD]

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Callahan missed. Pileup on the floor for the rebound and Jacks get it. Sargent comes out with it and is fouled.

[JackJD]

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Sargent has 21 points...now 22
74-70 Jacks with 31 seconds.

Sargent hits the second
75-70 Jacks

[State_fan]

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How about that? We hit some FTs.

[RowdyRabbit]

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Not to mention the absolutely HORRENDOUS free throw shooting...if we shot only 60% we'd be up by 20 almost.

[JackJD]

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With 20 seconds left, DWU emptying the bench. Jacks substituting also.

Sargent misses his free throw.

[rabbit_boy]

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Glad we won and dont question the guys effort. We need a lot of work though.

[JackJD]

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DWU shooting free throws now.
Hits the first.
75-71 Jacks.
Hits the second.
75-72 Jacks.
Timeout DWU. 9 seconds left in the game.

[JackJD]

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We have five guards on the floor according to Imming.

Callahan grabbed...going to the line with 8 seconds left. Callahan is 0-1 from the stripe. Has 2 pts for the night.

Hits it.
Second shot: good.

77-72 Jacks

[JackJD]

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FINAL:
SDSU 77, DWU 72

Its an exhibition win.

Whew.

[JackJD]

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SDSU shot 41% from the field.
Post game interview: Nagy and Clint Sargent, the freshman (23 pt effort!)

Sargent:
6/9 from field; 5/7 from free throw line

[JackJD]

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Sargent says "we'll learn a lot from this...it's a win...we'll watch tape and learn some things from this game...we have plenty of guys who can shoot...

[joeboo22]

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Bassett 4 (0-0)
Berte 2 (2-2)
Loney 0 (0-0)
Palarca 2 (0-0)
Engen 2 (0-2)
Williams 16 (0-1)
Beran 16 (2-4)
Callahan 4 (2-3)
Moss 6 (2-6)
Cordova 2 (0-2)
Sergent 23 (6-9)
team ft's (14-29)
()= ft's


Overall I think it is hard to judge a game against a team like DWU.... The problems I saw though were we were sub 50% from the charity stripe thats pathetic no other way to describe it. Too many offensive fouls I understand that they were playing a NAIA team and it seems that the refs were officiating was at the NAIA level but you shouldn't be in a situation to foul when you are playing against 6-4 post.... DWU is a great NAIA team but they were missing Broughton (anybody know what the deal was there?) and they were still a NAIA team The zone killed SDSU the shooters needed to shoot and other then Sergent nobody did.... Its a pre-season game though and there were bright spots Kai played well Sergent showed he is for real..... Some of the guys looked trigger shy at times.

[JackJD]

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Nagy Post-game:

I said I wasn't going to be result-oriented this game. If I was, we would have played zone. We've been working on man-to-man stuff...most teams we'll see will play man-to-man.

Sargent...real pleased with him.

We have to be more physical inside, should've outrebounded these guys more...didn't run plays...good for our kids in a tight game, didn't want to lose, kids benefitted from this.

Palarca: He'll cause some problems (his speed). Some turnovers he forced (due to his pressure) that you didn't see

Williams: Zone neutralizes a lot of size and athletic ability. WE did that last year when overmatched, we played zone. Teams undersigned have advantage cuz can neutralize with zone.

Beran and Berte: Ben had sore ankle. Berte very nervous--he had happy feet and nervous hands. Had a knee injury and will have MRI tomorrow...concerned they'll find something in there and may need surgery and we may miss him for a month.

NEXT: U OF MARY. Have to get better on our man-to-man defense. We have to get prepared for zone because we'll see that with Mary.

Free throws: Nagy "I don't worry about that too much right now. We had jitters tonight. We are a good shooting team...shown that in practice so not going to worry about that (in the first game).

Redshirting: Saw McKenzie didn't play tonight...he's playing great in practice...but thinking about redshirting him. Before done here, will probably have one or two others (redshirts).

[RowdyRabbit]

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Who might have to have surgery on his ankle? I missed it....caught the tail end coming out of little boys room.

Edit: nevermind, I see in JackJD's post it's Berte's knee.

[jackmd]

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Umm, squeak out an exhibition win over an NAIA team and its okay. I don't like that attitude. I don't care what kind of defense you're playing or who is in the rotation you don't let a team with players that shouldn't be carrying your athletic supporter around take you down to the wire.

I'm thinking a 30 point win and we barely pull it off, that makes me wonder. I'm just saying you gotta ask for more than what we got tonight. I don't need reminders about the status of the game or excuses about the results, I just expected a blowout plain and simple. Clearly that wasn't the case. I'll say it again, I didn't have great expectations for this team and tonight they didn't meet even those. I'm concerned.

Let me rephrase a bit, I have my concerns about this team and tonight did nothing to alleviate any of them. I understand the ability of each individual player we have and I understand that there are some players returning who have some on court DI experience. However, everyone else needs to understand that none of that necessarily translates to a great or even a competitive TEAM on the court.

If someone thinks its alright for THE DI program in the state to nearly lose to an NAIA DII program, then I don't see things the way that person does. Can we recover from this miserable showing? Absolutely. Will we? Time will tell.