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Come out fast again and try to get CofC in a hole where they have to shoot more 3’s and they are off.  
I’m excited and nervous today..  be kind to us basketball gods!

On this day back in 2001 George Mason beat UNCW 35-33…  I don’t see it being a low scoring game however I’ll take it if we can get the win.

Get it done for us Big 3!

 

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Pressure is all on Charleston. This is the last hurdle that they need to clear, in their minds, to make the tourney. Use that against them. 
 

Scott is a great defender and won’t get burnt like he did last game by Nick. Their bigs have length and that’s gonna disrupt Charles.  The guys defending by Larson and more so smith, need to go at them. 
 

Can’t afford to pick up dumb fouled. Can’t afford to lose our cool. Cougars are going to make some big runs, we need to slow those. Last week once it got rolling down hill, it was over in a blink of an eye. They are that good going on runs and came at you in waves since they go 9 deep. 
 

Make the extra pass again,  and grab every rebound.  We did a great job of that last night.  Nick hicks and russell hitting the defensive boards last night was huge 

The league, media, Hofstra all want Charleston, carry a chip on our shoulders tonight and try and make history 

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3 minutes ago, Blounge said:

DraftKings has Charleston -4.5

Hofstra -7.5 against UNCW

8:30PM can’t get here soon enough!

I think Hofstra wins by 12+. And Charleston around 8/9

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We were right there with Charleston in both games.  It will probably come down to a combination of our foul shooting, bad pass turnovers and foul trouble.  We would have won both games I think but for those issues.    

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12 minutes ago, omniland said:

We were right there with Charleston in both games.  It will probably come down to a combination of our foul shooting, bad pass turnovers and foul trouble.  We would have won both games I think but for those issues.    

Started bad in the first game and ended bad the last game. The middle 30 minutes of each game we were the better team.

The focus and energy last night early, from everyone, including the end of the bench was phenomenal. Putting that together in back to back games is a rarity around here. Pressures on the cougars. Probably for the first time since their Hofstra game. I think cbssn had some stat that there like 12-2 or something absurd when trailing at thr half 

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11 minutes ago, omniland said:

We were right there with Charleston in both games.  It will probably come down to a combination of our foul shooting, bad pass turnovers and foul trouble.  We would have won both games I think but for those issues.    

Agreed. We almost won the first game despite 19 turnovers and an 8-27 shooting performance in the first half. Of course we were on fire in the second half shooting 16-29. One interesting thing from that first game is they were awfully sloppy with a season-high 24 turnovers (their next most was 18).

In the second game, they only turned it over 12 times, but only had nine assists on 25 field goals, which was by far their worst ratio of the year. Of course that was due in large part to the fact that they went to the line 35 times (which was legitimate because our defense was ineffective for most of the second half of the game). They outrebounded us by 7 in the first game and 4 in the second game.

We leaned a little too heavy on Timberlake in the second game, but in the first game Can took 12 shots while Timberlake, Russell and Thompson all took 11. That seems like more where we want it. We really need two of Russell, Hicks, May, Sylla and Conway to be effective support options tonight.

In the first game, May, Conway and Russell combined for 28 points (36 with Sylla and Hicks). In the second game, we got 21 points from Hicks, Conway and May (seven each, 29 overall if you add in what Biekeu, Sylla and Russell gave us). The other two brutal parts of that second game were 14-24 from the free throw line and 17 points from starters not named Timberlake.  

As we have said consistently, hit our free throws, limit our own fouls and defend well, distributed scoring and limiting turnovers are huge. This probably true almost all of the time, but much less margin for error.

We talk about program-defining wins to move Towson to more well-recognized and advanced level. This is a great shot to do it. This is honestly probably the highest quality and most high-profile CAA team since the VCU and George Mason days. Let's got out and make our mark today!

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6 minutes ago, Tiger93 said:

Agreed. We almost won the first game despite 19 turnovers and an 8-27 shooting performance in the first half. Of course we were on fire in the second half shooting 16-29. One interesting thing from that first game is they were awfully sloppy with a season-high 24 turnovers (their next most was 18).

In the second game, they only turned it over 12 times, but only had nine assists on 25 field goals, which was by far their worst ratio of the year. Of course that was due in large part to the fact that they went to the line 35 times (which was legitimate because our defense was ineffective for most of the second half of the game). They outrebounded us by 7 in the first game and 4 in the second game.

We leaned a little too heavy on Timberlake in the second game, but in the first game Can took 12 shots while Timberlake, Russell and Thompson all took 11. That seems like more where we want it. We really need two of Russell, Hicks, May, Sylla and Conway to be effective support options tonight.

In the first game, May, Conway and Russell combined for 28 points (36 with Sylla and Hicks). In the second game, we got 21 points from Hicks, Conway and May (seven each, 29 overall if you add in what Biekeu, Sylla and Russell gave us). The other two brutal parts of that second game were 14-24 from the free throw line and 17 points from starters not named Timberlake.  

As we have said consistently, hit our free throws, limit our own fouls and defend well, distributed scoring and limiting turnovers are huge. This probably true almost all of the time, but much less margin for error.

We talk about program-defining wins to move Towson to more well-recognized and advanced level. This is a great shot to do it. This is honestly probably the highest quality and most high-profile CAA team since the VCU and George Mason days. Let's got out and make our mark today!

It is. They will have a great crowd there tonight too. Top 4 teams in the league on national tv. Hopefully we get some good games!

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