RE: Hofstra
Mihalich's last season at Niagara was 2012-2013. Niagara won the regular season title by one game over Loyola (Maryland) and Rider. All three of them won their last game. Assuming the three-way tiebreaker would have been head-to-head, making Niagara's last game a loss would have given Rider the 1 seed. In 2011-2012, Niagara was tied for sixth. Even if Mihalich coached Niagara when they clinched a regular season title before their last game, it was long enough ago that I wouldn't use it to predict the future. This is the first time Hofstra clinched the CAA 1 seed before their last game.
For the second consecutive game, Hofstra's opponent attempted a three at the buzzer to tie it. Demir scored 24, but missed both threes including the one at the buzzer to let Hofstra win 80-77. Both teams had a largest lead of 8. Hofstra led for 24:59, you led for 12:25, and it was tied for 2:36. After a slow start, John scored 20. He made 6 of 13 threes.
With 0:50 left, he made a three to go down 3. After Jalen Ray made two free throws with 0:47 left, Drexel used most of the shot clock before Butler's layup made it 76-73. Buie made 2 free throws with 0:18 left, and John made a three with 0:09 left to go down 78-76. Wright-Foreman, who scored 32, made 2 free throws with 0:08 left to go up 80-76, but then he made a mistake. He fouled Wynter in the act of shooting a three with 0:02 left. It was his first career foul out, and he had 3,278 career minutes before today. Wynter made the first, missed the second, and down 80-77 Drexel called their last timeout. He intentionally missed the third, and Jacquil Taylor knocked it out of bounds to give you a final chance with 1.2 seconds left. Butler scored 18, Wynter scored 15, and you only had four players score. I wonder if this is the first time you ever didn't have anybody score from 1 to 14. Juric, Washington, Doles, and Perry combined to shoot 0-for-9. Wynter had 8 assists and surprisingly led you in rebounds with 7. It was the first time in 13 games that he led you in rebounds. It was his second game with at least 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. He had 22, 8, and 9 in the fifth game hosting Boston University. Demir shot field goals 9-for-13 and free throws 6-for-8. He had 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and was your best player IMO. Butler shot great also at 8-for-12, but had only 5 rebounds. Wright-Foreman scored 32, with 23 in the second half. He missed his first 5 field goals and starting 4-for-14. Starting with 15:58 left, he made 8 in a row before missing his last attempt to finish 12-for-23. He had only 3 rebounds and no assists. Desure Buie and Eli Pemberton scored 15 each. Buie had 2 of Hofstra's 4 assists. Hofstra had 23 fewer assists than their team record in Saturday's loss. I wonder if a team has ever lost and then won with at least 23 fewer assists in the win. Jalen Ray scored 10 and was Hofstra's only player other than Wright-Foreman to make a three. Wright-Foreman made 5 and Ray made 2. Jacquil Taylor had 6 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tareq Coburn scored 2, and Dan Dwyer and Stafford Trueheart went scoreless. Trueheart played as little as possible other than not playing as he played for 2 seconds after Wright-Foreman fouled out. Both teams made and attempted about the same amount of each type of shot. Both teams attempted 62 field goals, with Hofstra making 30 and you making 29. You had 5 more rebounds but 3 more turnovers. You had a much better assist/turnover of 17/8. Hofstra had only 5 turnovers. Starting with the game after Hofstra hosted you, Hofstra has had 5 or fewer turnovers 3 times in their last 15 games.
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