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Postby ponyboy » Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:45 pm

Something's not clicking with this team. Maybe it's integrating Emelogu, Martin. Maybe Markus is just that important. Maybe something else. Here's hoping we can get back our mojo and real quick.

But I saw two things tonight I've really been waiting for:

1. Nic Moore is almost totally back. Don't know where he's been, but he looked lost, even a bit scared in the last two games. Not tonight. I saw that "me against the world" look in his eye again. Glad to have you back, Nic.

2. Is Keith starting to get it? He looks a tic or two away from being a really nice player, the guy we thought we signed originally. I see the hesitation going away and the fog clearing. It does seem like LB tore Frazier down and is building him back into a nice player.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:46 pm

Ben Moore is always the top silver lining.

I agree Nic looked better tonight than he did against Gonzaga and Indiana, but to be fair we were playing EWU.

Hopefully, he will look good Tuesday because we are going to need him!
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Re: silver linings?

Postby ponyboy » Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:56 pm

Yeah, Ben's definitely been a silver lining this year.
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Postby ponyscott » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:12 pm

ponyboy...good observations.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby SMU 86 » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:18 pm

Frazier looked good tonight. Best game he has had as an SMU Mustang. 7 of 8 from the field.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:20 pm

KF only missed one shot from the field tonight (7/8 including 3/4 on three point shots). He was exactly what we expected tonight.

Has he turned the corner? Who knows. But tonight he was solid and was never a liability on the court. I'll take that every night.
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Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:22 pm

Another silver lining is SMU 15-16 on free pitches.

One of our major weaknesses last season seems to be better this year so far.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:23 pm

Also, we did a fantastic job of staying out of foul trouble tonight!
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silver linings?

Postby skyscraper » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:24 pm

Best KF has looked at SMU. Normally he looks very skittish, but he played like he had the green light all night. I want that Keith every night.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby SMUstangs22 » Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:01 pm

Do you realize this former 3-0 EWU team beat Texas Southern by 5 more than IU did?
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Re: silver linings?

Postby The Falcon » Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:22 am

We beat a very solid team tonight. There were a great number of silver linings as listed
in the forgoing posts.

We will get an even better feel for EWU when they play Indiana in a couple of days.

Did you notice Sterling Brown playing center on defense tonight. He grabbed eleven
rebounds and played great defense.

Not a silver lining - why did Cunningham play only 4 minutes - was he injured?
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Postby PonySnob » Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:01 am

The Falcon wrote:We beat a very solid team tonight. There were a great number of silver linings as listed
in the forgoing posts.

We will get an even better feel for EWU when they play Indiana in a couple of days.

Did you notice Sterling Brown playing center on defense tonight. He grabbed eleven
rebounds and played great defense.

Not a silver lining - why did Cunningham play only 4 minutes - was he injured?


Larry indicated in his press conference that Cannen had a lack of energy/being lazy out on the court against EWU.


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Re: silver linings?

Postby GiddyUp » Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:53 pm

Ben E needs more minutes and i think he will find his grove soon. Might take a month or so but saw glimpses of what he can do.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby ponyboy » Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:57 pm

There's two more. Thanks Falcon and GiddyUp. Sterling Brown's been mostly missing until last night. After a first half in which we couldn't get a defensive board to save our lives, his multiple second half defensive rebounds were so key. And it's nice to finally meet Mr. Emelogu.
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Re: silver linings?

Postby GiddyUp » Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:09 pm

ponyboy wrote:There's two more. Thanks Falcon and GiddyUp. Sterling Brown's been mostly missing until last night. After a first half in which we couldn't get a defensive board to save our lives, his multiple second half defensive rebounds were so key. And it's nice to finally meet Mr. Emelogu.
i thought Sterling was decent against IU.
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