Friday @ Nipissing
BU 15 15 18 22 - 70
NU 17 23 28 15 - 83
The stat sheet said we had 12 turnovers, but it also said we had 0 defensive rebounds! Neither one of those stats were even close to accurate. We shot ourselves in the foot for the first 2 1/2 games we played this weekend with turnovers. The reality is that 9 of our top 12 players are freshmen and it is early October. We are learning to play together and it is not going happen overnight.
This game, like the whole weekend was a learning experience. We had some good possessions and some bad possessions as we struggled with consistency. In this game when things went poorly we did not have the resolve to turn the tide and our young group quickly realized it was not going to be easy. Definitely a bit of a wake up call and you can put up a tally mark on the board for a lesson learned by a young team.
3rd year transfer Pete Weston was a bright spot with 22 points in his 1st game as a Gaiter. Freshmen Abdul Kamane and Nick Harvey each chipped in with 12 points.
Saturday vs. Humber College
BU 10 8 15 15 - 48
HC 8 18 25 15 - 66
Humber is the defending Canadian College champions and are a mature group who play very much like a good CIS team. So, this was going to be a tough game especially since Humber had got whacked by 50 the day before vs. Western. You knew their pride had taken a hit and they were going to bounce back.
Despite that we hung very tough for the first 17 minutes before the stat of the game caught up with us...33 turnovers! We had a several turnovers in the first quarter, but many of those were of the deadball variety where we could set our defense. The 2nd quarter was not like that. Humber quickly capitalized on our turnovers & scored quickly.
The 2nd half was better than the first and this game was better than the day before. Yet I could not say we played much good basketball. Dave Belanger and Pete Weston led us in scoring with 14 & 13 points respectively.
Sunday vs. Western
BU 8 11 19 15 - 53
WU 19 26 11 17 - 73
Despite the score this was a great game for us. We played against a mature team where every guy plays hard on every possession. They execute well at both ends of the floor and it was exactly what our guys needed to see and play against.
Being down 26 at the half was a product of our 18 first half turnovers and not our compete level. We had 7 turnovers in the 2nd half as shared & moved the ball better. Our guys started to buy into how valuable it is to pass the ball without dribbling it first. A simple thing, but so underrated and hard for young guys to understand! So, what could have turned into a terrible 50 point loss was a 20 point loss where we really got better in the 2nd half. We just have to make sure we build on that last 20 minutes of the weekend.
Abdul led us with 13 points and did a great job rebounding at both ends as small forward. Nick had 12 points and Jona Bermillo got back on track adding 11 points while doing a real nice job of running the point guard spot for us.
We have Thanksgiving Weekend off, but head to Carleton the following weekend to play in the House-Laughton Tournament:
Friday October 16th v. Toronto @ 6 pm
Saturday October 17th v. Acadia @ 6 pm
Sunday October 18th v. Carleton @ 2 pm
We hope to see you there!
Rod
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