And maybe of the year - holding IU scoreless for 9:19 on a 22-0 run. That just doesn't happen, especially for RU against a storied program. Wow! Just wow! Such incredible defense tonight after we went down 29-19 - we simply smothered them, even though they were more athletic than us. We used positioning, help and our very good length to defend so well, contesting every shot and getting a little luck too. Phenomenal run and then we closed it out, despite getting a little shaky at the end.
Geo and Eugene were serious leaders out there and Harper played a strong game especially on D against Langford (Coach P called out how well he played in the post-game interview), while everyone else contributed, at least on defense. Mathis didn't have his best offensive game, but he was strong on D - same for Myles. And Kiss and Carter provided some much needed offense off the bench.
We also rebounded well, outrebounding them 32-24. Another key stat was only committing 1 TO in the last 13 minutes of the first half, after committing 7 in the first 7 minutes - much easier game when you take care of the ball, defend, rebound and make at least some shots - and get to the line. And we didn't chuck up a bunch of treys and did well on the ones we did hoist (5-12, keeping under Pike's goal of max 13 per game). Love how we're playing and there are more wins to come if we keep playing like this. I'm so happy right now after so many years of just pure dreck around here. Nice turnout by the fans too and it got loud a bunch of times. 11-9/4-6 - not bad.
Geo and Eugene were serious leaders out there and Harper played a strong game especially on D against Langford (Coach P called out how well he played in the post-game interview), while everyone else contributed, at least on defense. Mathis didn't have his best offensive game, but he was strong on D - same for Myles. And Kiss and Carter provided some much needed offense off the bench.
We also rebounded well, outrebounding them 32-24. Another key stat was only committing 1 TO in the last 13 minutes of the first half, after committing 7 in the first 7 minutes - much easier game when you take care of the ball, defend, rebound and make at least some shots - and get to the line. And we didn't chuck up a bunch of treys and did well on the ones we did hoist (5-12, keeping under Pike's goal of max 13 per game). Love how we're playing and there are more wins to come if we keep playing like this. I'm so happy right now after so many years of just pure dreck around here. Nice turnout by the fans too and it got loud a bunch of times. 11-9/4-6 - not bad.
