Another road game another learning experience. I am hoping as a team we can figure out how to come out better on the road as for the second game we started out slow and got down big early. This time it was at NDSCS, starting out down 12-0, and going 0-10 from the field. We did finally hit a shot but by six minutes in only had 8 points, and for a team averaging over 100 that is alarming. By halftime we were down 54-25, in what looked like a game that could be even uglier in the second half.
In the second half however we came out quick and cut seven points off within the first 3:30. At this point things took a turn for the worse, starting with a Technical foul on my part. I felt that we weren't getting the same calls that our opponents were and voiced this earning the T. This would start a run for the Wildcats that we would not recover from. They would expand the lead to as much as 44 before the final 39 point tally was done at 115-76.
It was a learning experience for us as we learned that if you come out cold shooting you have to work even harder on defense to make it up. This is something from this point on I am confident we will fix. We also learned that on the road things are even harder to come by and you have to be even more ready for adversity. I do think this is still a team that could not only when a wild Mon-Dak Conference but could perhaps gain the biggest prize a birth in the national tournament. The reason for these thoughts, this team has grown up a ton over the last month.
Leading the Jacks was Brian Egejuru with 19 points and four assists, the only other double digit scorer was Kenric Twine with 12 points.
We are now 17-6 overall and 3-2 in conference play. We will host Lake Region State on Monday night.
Current Standings
NDSCS: 4-1
Williston: 3-2
DCB: 3-2
Dawson: 3-2
Lake Region: 2-2
Bismarck State: 1-3
United Tribes: 0-4
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