Southern Mississippi (1/9/14)

[Mean Green Matt]

38% on free throws. USM is at 100%.

[CMJ]

USM 31

NT 22

3:07 to go

We've had some chances to really make it interesting, but for the most part the lead has been 6-10 points since the opening minutes.

[Harry]

Score doesn't show it but UNT playing pretty well. USM is just a very good team. Free throws are killing us.

[Army of Dad]

I don't think Alzee misses those free throws if he just visualizes that it's the last two minutes of the game.

[UNTFan23]

Score doesn't show it but UNT playing pretty well. USM is just a very good team. Free throws are killing us.

Our shooting from the floor and from the free throw line says otherwise.

FG 38%

FT 50%

[CMJ]

USM 39

NT 25

Halftime

Not a good close to the opening twenty minutes.

[Harry]

Man is it just me or is Chris just not Chris? He just doesn't seem as sharp.

[Mean Green Matt]

NT could be in it but every time we had some momentum we threw the ball out if bounds it seemed.

[UNTFan23]

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Sounds like you think we should take a white flag with us... strange things sometimes happen even when you are a severe underdawg.... Ask OU how their Alabama game turned out. Plus some teams just run the score when they can... some just win and don't care by how much and give their bench time to play which works well for the future.

Have you followed this team at all? We've played way too many bottom rung teams close. As I sit here in the Super Pit at the half we're down 14 points. If we only lose by single digits I'll consider that a moral victory.

Edited January 10, 2014 by UNTFan23

[CMJ]

NT could be in it but every time we had some momentum we threw the ball out if bounds it seemed.

Or miss FT's. I am not usually one to bemoan it, but when you get in the bonus that early (11 minutes to go!), you have to take advantage of getting to the stripe.

[Greendylan]

This is going even worse than I thought it would. Why is that 90% of the time when one of our players drives inside he gets the ball stripped? Yet, the same rarely happens to our opponents.

[BillySee58]

Come on guys! The football team scored 55 against them! We can score more than that tonight, right?

[BillySee58]

TJ needs more shots. Sometimes I hope Benford would just let him try to take over the game.

[CMJ]

USM 41

NT 34

15:51 to go

Jordan Williams spearheading a run to get us back in striking distance.

[Harry]

Helluva nice comeback to cut it to 7! Keep it up!

[BillySee58]

I really have trouble seeing this team do any less than having a .500 record in conference.

[CMJ]

USM 42

NT 38

Golden Eagle Timeout

We are playing really well right now...clawing back in it.

[UNTFan23]

Only down 4. Best we've been since about 2 minutes into the game.

[CMJ]

USM 44

NT 38

11:31 to go

If you'd told me before the game, we'd be down six going into the under 12 media TO, I would have taken it.

[filmerj]

Haven't been able to listen consistently, what's lead to the turn around?

Edited January 10, 2014 by filmerj

[Harry]

the press has really taken USM out of their game. We've forced a lot of bad shots and turnovers. The 2-3 zone has been effective.

We may be up chit creek though because Coleman and Gaines both have 4 fouls...

[filmerj]

Thanks Harry.

[CMJ]

USM 49

NT 48

9:24 to go.....Golden Eagle TO

Is this real life?

[Harry]

I gotta say this -- Anefiok is a VERY good player... he has a really sweet form to his jumper -- that was an awesome 3-point shot he just made.

[Army of Dad]

the press has really taken USM out of their game. We've forced a lot of bad shots and turnovers. The 2-3 zone has been effective.

We may be up chit creek though because Coleman and Gaines both have 4 fouls...

And Gaines is still limping. I bet some of the fouls were because he just can't move like normal as he recovers from the broken foot.