Whew, that was close.

Duquesne needs to come out ready to play from the opening tip.  Dukes win this one comfortably if they did that tonight. 

Going to get burned one of these days if we don't get that corrected.

Oh My - Great Job - way to pull it out!
Steele - 20 pts
Carry - 15 pts
Austin - 13 pts
Hughes - 1 point and fouled out

S.R.M. wrote:

Very nice win for the Dukes! We need to stop digging 10-15 point holes every game after 8 minutes.

Couldn't agree more.  We play even a marginally better team then tonight and spot them that kind of margin and the losses are going to mount up.

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

If you watched the game, you would have seen 3 of Hughes fouls were phantom. The last one, an offensive foul, was a no call and could have been called a flop on the defender. Credit to the rest of the team for grinding this one out. Lots of heroes in this W.

Yeah even the IS radio color announcer thought a couple of them were suspect.
 

After getting all the games on ESPN Plus I found I couldn't listen to the radio broadcast. I got too nervous. Just checked in every 5 minutes to see how it was going. I imagine if we were winning I wouldn't of had that problem.

Dukes led in the game 3:38 minutes  
Another mediocre shooting game-39%
Beat them on 3 shooting
Dukes made enough plays at the right time to win
Hopefully, the next two games won't be heart stoppers.

Noticeably absent was Mike hughes n marcus weathers. I think the ultimate success of the season depends on consistent performance from these 2 guys.

1111 Vickroy wrote:

Noticeably absent was Mike hughes n marcus weathers. I think the ultimate success of the season depends on consistent performance from these 2 guys.

Weathers struggled offensively, but he had 9 badly needed rebounds. TDM has regressed, and I think he may be playing too much. He's shooting an awful 25% from the floor. That's worse than Frankie shot last year, and we know how he struggled. What a great pickup Baylee looks like!! 9 boards for Maceo!!
 

1111 Vickroy wrote:

Hope about stats? Anybody finding that anywhere?

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401170138
 

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Also, the good news is that Mike Hughes will be fresh for the Air Force game. 

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

No complaint from me regarding the refs favoring one team or another.  They, particularly the tall ref, were whistle happy.  Dambrot was not happy, but he kept his composure; I'm guessing that there are 6 refs working the tourney and we will see these guys again later this weekend.

Dukes were 13-14 from the line in the last 5:32 of this game.  Sin 4-4; Maceo 6-6 and Ashton 3-4.  That's how you win tight basketball games.

Here are the official stats:
https://junkanoo.sidearmstats.com/sidearmstats/mbball/play-by-play
 

Thx.
Any idea what the calc for “Usage Percentage” means?

The site had -
TDM @ 23.71
Weathers @ 21.83
Carry @ 21.77
Steele @ 20.62

Box & One wrote:

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

No complaint from me regarding the refs favoring one team or another.  They, particularly the tall ref, were whistle happy.  Dambrot was not happy, but he kept his composure; I'm guessing that there are 6 refs working the tourney and we will see these guys again later this weekend.

Dukes were 13-14 from the line in the last 5:32 of this game.  Sin 4-4; Maceo 6-6 and Ashton 3-4.  That's how you win tight basketball games.

Here are the official stats:
https://junkanoo.sidearmstats.com/sidearmstats/mbball/play-by-play
 

Thx.
Any idea what the calc for “Usage Percentage” means?

The site had -
TDM @ 23.71
Weathers @ 21.83
Carry @ 21.77
Steele @ 20.62

It's the percentage of team plays used by a player.  Out of the total number of team possessions, what percentage of these possessions involved the player taking a shot (FGA), getting to the foul line (calculated number as FTA * 0,44) or turning the ball over.