Yeah, I know we're all tired of moral victories, but c'mon, playing a top 5 team on the road after a bad loss, letting them go up 9-0 and then holy shit, did we play tough after that. Relentless, relentless, relentless defense and hustle. Did I say relentless. Nothing came easy for MSU. If not for the foul disparity (26-19 in fouls before we started fouling at the end - 29-19 overall) and losing friggin' 4 guys to DQ on fouls, we maybe win this game.
Corey (22/6/4 and only 1 TO), Omoruyi (6/4 and stifling defense), and Freeman (15 points) were unbelievable tonight. Warriors, especially Freeman, who was playing with the flu. And Williams with 9/8 off the bench - 8 boards for a guard in less than 20 minutes? Geo had an off-game, but he still played hard, while Thiam had 8/3 and played some great D also. And the bigs were at least not destroyed inside - Doucoure didn't do much but Shaq had a nice 4/7 and Sa had 4 boards and that amazing trey at the end.
If only Corey hit that last shot - still think he should've driven to the basket in hopes of making a circus shot of getting a foul, although for some reason he rarely draws fouls even when clearly fouled. But what an effort. Proud of this team and Pike is really building something, starting with an incredible foundation, just like Schiano did - defense and hustle go a long way and once he gets some more talent in here, watch out.
And @FrankZ with the funniest post of the night in the OT, after our 4th player fouled out: "We may have to put BK in."
Corey (22/6/4 and only 1 TO), Omoruyi (6/4 and stifling defense), and Freeman (15 points) were unbelievable tonight. Warriors, especially Freeman, who was playing with the flu. And Williams with 9/8 off the bench - 8 boards for a guard in less than 20 minutes? Geo had an off-game, but he still played hard, while Thiam had 8/3 and played some great D also. And the bigs were at least not destroyed inside - Doucoure didn't do much but Shaq had a nice 4/7 and Sa had 4 boards and that amazing trey at the end.
If only Corey hit that last shot - still think he should've driven to the basket in hopes of making a circus shot of getting a foul, although for some reason he rarely draws fouls even when clearly fouled. But what an effort. Proud of this team and Pike is really building something, starting with an incredible foundation, just like Schiano did - defense and hustle go a long way and once he gets some more talent in here, watch out.
And @FrankZ with the funniest post of the night in the OT, after our 4th player fouled out: "We may have to put BK in."
