Game Thread : v. Saint Louis -- 2 / 8 , 5 pm, ESPN2

[gymrat67]

GO EXPLORERS ! May the force be with you.

[a10champion15]

maybe Tom Gola will take over Steve Zack.....

[fvp47]

Maybe I missed it but Philahoops does not have a preview on this game.

[bredsdaman]

Expecting to have a hard time scoring today. Hoping to somehow keep it close and pull out a 60-58 win but I doubt it.

[ltrain38]

Legler calling the game again. Seems like ESPN wants to send him for all La Salle games.

[ltrain38]

Two fouls on Loe early. It's not clear to me how we would guard him, because of his size and outside shooting, so this is a positive.

[victoriouslasalle]

Lets see if Jerrell can hit his fouls

[Kovy]

Layup drill for St Louis. Looks like its going to be a long day

[victoriouslasalle]

Our ball movement has been crisp. the little bit i have seen

[ltrain38]

Basically from the opening tip, the only crowd noise I've heard (on tv) has been from SLU fans. Pretty embarrassing showing from our side.

[theneumann64]

Sorry, just up and running now.

Down 17-8 with about 14 to go in the half. Timeout La Salle.

[victoriouslasalle]

St L is good not missing anything

but our defense is a sieve sure wish we could get the open shots they see

[heftyexpl]

Team looks like they don't care.

[victoriouslasalle]

Feb 8, 2014 17:12:36 GMT -5 victoriouslasalle said:

Lets see if Jerrell can hit his fouls

alright 2/2 now settle down and hit the layups.

[victoriouslasalle]

Stay with in 5 and make that let game run

[theneumann64]

11:21 to go. Down 19-12.

[ltrain38]

Think that's two on Manning now.

[ltrain38]

Looking a lot tougher on defense right now. On an unrelated note, I don't think we've attempted a three yet, have we?

[victoriouslasalle]

St L just plays every minute of the game we don't

[ltrain38]

I take it back. Why did he take Zack out of the game?

[theneumann64]

6:34 to play in the 1st. SLU up 29-20. Had it to 1, they've scored 8 in a row on 4 straight posessions.

[theneumann64]

3:56 to go. 31-26 SLU. Did a decent job getting 2 quick buckets to get it back from 9.

I think we're all glossing over a bit that St. Louis is 13 in the country. Being within striking distance at the moment is certainly acceptable.

[victoriouslasalle]

these official sure give the edge to the front runner.

[broderickpresident]

missed a clear walk out in the open by McBroom

[theneumann64]

33-31 SLU. 18.2 left in the half. SLU takes a time out they have the ball.

[ltrain38]

There were about 10 seconds between Sam's three and the inbound underneath. Can a team stall to pick up the ball like that just to get the last shot?

[ltrain38]

Great end of the half

[theneumann64]

Half. 33-...............33! Tie Game! 13-4 run to finish the Half. Duren goes cost to cost in less than 5 seconds after a Billiken turnover.


Screw, let's get excited:

[victoriouslasalle]

Very nice! disguising the D and getting a shot off and hitting it within 4 sec. I can't remember the last timne this has happened

[coqui900]

St. Louis is really, really good. We are, too. Just need to keep taking good shots and hope they fall. I love our defense today when Zack and Khalid are on the floor. TD3 is my man.