Water Boy
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Game #1 Take 2: Pittsburgh
I see Drexel as being 10 point underdogs in this one. The ESPN match predictor shows us as having a 18.5% chance of winning. Probably a fair assessment since the Dragons haven't exactly been road warriors. That being said this could be a chance to get things started right. Pitt lost their opener by 10 to St. Francis, a team that lost their two top scorers from a year ago and were playing with a roster made up of nine guys that didn't play on the team a year ago.
Pitt is a bottom tier team in the ACC but they are still an ACC team so I would imagine they will have the edge athletically against us. One familiar face though is Ithiel Horton who transferred there from Delaware.
Hopefully Drexel will make a good showing. With Sam Green gone, the last tie to the Bruiser Flint era is gone (while he never played for Bru, he was recruited and signed under him).
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11-28-2020 12:27 PM |
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Water Boy
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RE: Game #1 Take 2: Pittsburgh
No surprises in the starting lineup
Butler, Bickerstaff, Walton, Okros, Wynter
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11-28-2020 12:59 PM |
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EvanJ
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RE: Game #1 Take 2: Pittsburgh
You trailed by 12 at halftime and lost 83-74. Your problem was that Pittsburgh shot twos 26-31 (.839). Xavier Johnson had 27 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds. He made 3 of 7 threes. Everyone else on both teams combined to shoot threes 5-31 (.161). You shot twos 27-43 (.628) and threes 3-19 (.158). Wynter scored 24 by making 9 of 11 twos, 1 of 5 threes, and all 3 free throws. He had 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals. Bickerstaff scored 19. Walton scored 13. Butler scored 12 and had only 8 rebounds. You didn't block any shots. Juric scored 1 but led you with 5 assists and tied with Wynter with 3 steals. Pittsburgh got 66 of 83 points from three players who combined to shoot 23-35 (.657).
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11-28-2020 03:23 PM |
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dan10
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RE: Game #1 Take 2: Pittsburgh
It was a promising game, though our defense clearly lacked. I am hopeful this game is what we will see form Bickerstaff this season, and not just a first game hoorah like last year. He looked real good. I know we have been saying for 4 years now but clean up the defense and this team looks solid. Being a road game, this one gives me even more hope, in that we never gave up and fought the entire game.
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