Down 5, 3:30 to go

[heresjohnny88]

Crowd going nuts. And we still made enough plays to win. That 3 minute stretch showed me a lot about this team. I don't care if we shot 1 for 100 from outside the paint. I don't care if the officiating was awful (both ways). We found a way to win. This reminded me of the Butler game a bit, and in the final minutes of that game we did not make the defensive stops necessary to win. This game, we did. Proud of our guys tonight.

 

[StopCoolio]

A little piece of BlueCurtain died while reading your post.

 

[edowd26]

i dont think we went down 5... believe it was 3.

 

[Ragman2000]

i dont think we went down 5... believe it was 3.

Nope, it was definitely five. Triche hit a tough runner in the paint to cut it to 3.

 

[heresjohnny88]

i dont think we went down 5... believe it was 3.

Behanan tipped it in to make it 51-46 with 3:39 left (Off that KJo turnover)

 

[edowd26]

Nope, it was definitely five. Triche hit a tough runner in the paint to cut it to 3.

good grief... i'm lucky to be alive right now.

 

[Jake]

That shot by Triche was the biggest of the game. Kept us from flatlining.

 

[310Pigpen]

Fabs free throws were huge late in the game.

 

[edowd26]

That shot by Triche was the biggest of the game. Kept us from flatlining.

he had two big shots towards the end.. he was anti-dion in the closing.

 

[orangefan13]

Excellent Job by the Defense tonight!!!!
While it is true Ville shot poor from outside and Deng can't hit a foul line jumper this year
We did a great job taking away the slow ball moving and passing around. We took spots of the floor away from Ville!

So happy to see that. Especially in a road game tough enviroment like at Ville!! That is a huge help.
I got to give it to coach and the players . I imagine them working hard on Defense and scouting Villes offense hard the last few days!!

 

[pearl31]

Superb composure and toughness down the stretch tonight. Ugly but still a W, and that's all that matters.

 

[Orangezoo]

that reminded me of msu in 03 .. when we really started to believe

 

[kirbivore]

that reminded me of msu in 03 .. when we really started to believe

I was thinking the same thing.