PhoenixRising2 wrote:

NapaDuke wrote:

Nice win. Make foul shots, out rebound Delaware, drove the lane for points and Rozier alley-oop floaters to Barre for dunks were brilliant. A few transition baskets and timely 3's near the end to ice it. Beat the press late in the game and  if this team had this offensive effort every game we would be 7-2 instead of 2-7. 

The assists on Barre’s 2 alley-oops came from Dinkins. In between those, Rozier had a nice assist via an interior bounce pass to Barre for a layup.

Barre had a very strong 5 minutes to open the second half; provided some real energy and movement without the ball. He has good hands and good footwork; I’m happy that all of his hard work is paying off and I wish him continued good health.

Although we didn’t see much of Dixon (5 minutes total), he did a nice job in keeping the momentum going in his 2¼ minutes replacing Barre in the second half. 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 foul and 1 turnover- when Dave is right, he will fill up a stat sheet making something happen (some good and some not so good).

Coach Dru also called an effective time out before the 12 minute mark when Delave cut the 6 point Dukes lead to 2. They Dukes stretched their lead back out to 7 after that and started to close the game out.

Thanks for that correction on those alley-oop floaters. They happened so fast and for some reason they don't show replays on the big-screen for the fans in the stands, so it was hard to remember who started those plays.. Dinkins had a great game over all.

Nice Interview. It's a long season. No one really expects  total success. Just win down the  late streak  and the world will take notice. 

Rayrich wrote:

NapaDuke wrote:

Nice Interview. It's a long season. No one really expects  total success. Just win down the  late streak  and the world will take notice. 

Really liked the interview with coach as well. Going to be a long process, but this group has the experience and it sounds like they are all in. Think they'll be a really tough out come league play and A-10 tourney time, especially when they figure out some things which are definitely correctable.

I think it will come down to Jake’s health.  If he can play significant minutes during the conf schedule we can compete.  Not sure how we will do without him.

He was in a boot on Friday, assuming a foot or ankle injury.