RSEQ Week #7

Thursday at McGill

BU          19    26    19    16   -   80

MU         18    17    29    20   -   84

As we seem to do each week, we went from one extreme to another in a statistical category...last game we were 1-24 from the 3 pt line, this game we were 15-34. Along with shooting the ball well we were strong defensively in the first half. However, we continue to hurt ourselves with unforced turnovers and McGill did a good job of making us pay. The scored 21 points off our 16 turnovers that was the major difference in the game.

Midway through the 3rd Q we were up 15 points. McGill switched to a zone that took us out of our rhythm. McGill went on a run and made it a game heading into the 4th. The game remained tight throughout the 4th before we took a 6 point lead with less than 90 seconds to go. McGill came down and hit a tough 3 point shot to cut the lead to 3. They promptly pressed us full court which we attacked well. At the end of it we had our best finisher go to the rim for a layup before a McGill defender sprinted back and slid under him resulting in a game changing call. Obvious block on the video, but that was not the call on the floor. A quick technical was called on our player as he reacted to the missed call. McGill made the free throw and knocked down another contested 3 on the next possession to take the lead for good. We have let some games slip away over the last 3 weeks.

Nervens Demosthene led us in scoring with 17 points. Joany Castor Thadal scored 14 while Kevin Davis & Abdul Kamane added 13 & 12 respectively.

Saturday vs. McGill

     

BU          19      8    13    18   -   58

MU         15    14    12    25   -   66

We got off to a good start before McGill knocked down some 3 point shots to get back into the game. Overall defensively we were pretty good. We are at a point where we are starting to guard the ball much better as a team and definitely have significantly more excellent defensive possessions than poor ones. We led by as much as 6 in the first half, but missed opportunities to increase our lead. The 2^nd quarter was abysmal offensively as we were 2-17 from the floor which included going 0-9 in the paint. We did not rebound particularly well the first night vs. McGill, but were much better this game. Turnovers were again an issue even though they were even with McGill. They just managed to turn our miscues into 13 points in the first half.

In the 3rd Q McGill made a bit of a run to go up 7, but we managed to reel that back in by early in the 4th and had a small lead before we had a lapse of about 3 or 4 possessions defensively that allowed McGill to push their lead to 7 or 8 points. During that stretch we had some good looks that did not go down. We were 8-31 from the 3 pt line which included 8 misses that literally seemed half way down before they popped out. For some reason we have shot the ball better on the road than at home this year. That bodes well if we can manage to get ourselves into the playoffs as we won't be hosting any playoff games! 

Nervens had 13 pts to lead us. Yassin Naji had 10 & 7 rebounds. Yas has played very well in the last couple of weeks. Abdul also had 10 points.

We have a bye this week before we head into our final 4 games of the regular season. So far it is an understatement to say our record does not match our goals. Regardless, we are still not out of the playoff hunt and once you are in the playoffs anyone can win. This could not be truer in our league this year.