The Aggies (6-6) travel to Colorado Springs for a Thursday afternoon game with the Falcons (6-6). The all-time series record between the two schools is tied at 2-2. Both teams started the season strong but have had struggled of late but the Falcons have played a more challenging schedule than the Ags.
On paper the game appears to be pretty even but the game will be played at altitude and the Falcons will have the home court advantage.
I hate it when the refs feel like they should be the center of attention. As usual, the zebras are calling blocks when the offensive player clearly jumps into the defender and initiates contact. And, what a cheap foul on Henn in the scramble for a jump ball...horrible call!
Air Force knocks down a buzzer beater to take the lead. 18 fouls on the Aggies in the first half. Refs are making this game their own, sure some calls are legit but for the most part this has been a horrendously officiated game.
both teams are shooting less than 40%, and we're 1-9 from 3's. and only down 2 points at the half. the fact that we have 14 points off turnovers is a big reason for keeping it close, considering our foul problems. hopefully we weathered that storm and come out playing well in the 2nd.
stats make it look like the style of a 7th place game of a high school tournament in a mostly empty gym.
Ags trail by two 30-28 in a ragged game totally taken over by the refs. We have 4 players with 3 fouls each in the first 20 minutes. These guys called 28 fouls total against both teams which means they blew their whistles every 42 seconds on average and have just destroyed the flow of the game. Unbelievable what this officiating crew has done to ruin this game!
Quite honestly, I've never seen such one sided officiating ever...it's that bad! That last foul on White was terrible...he just stood there with his hands straight up and the offensive player bumped into him and the ref calls an +1. (N)
Ags claw there way back to within 6 and Henning gets knocked to the floor on a 3 attempt and gets no call and Les gets a T. Surprised it took this long for Les to get teed up with these incompetent bozos officiating this game!
Yep, we shot a blistering 4-23 from 3 for 17%. I thought the Ags did a pretty good job to get the lead down to 4 at 64-60 given the fact that the refs had handcuffed them with a ton of fouls in the first half.
Right now this team is slumping. With league about to start and playing the way we are, I think we are one of the bottom 3 teams if not right at the bottom. If we finish under .500 for the season I think that Blue needs to take a serious look at the job Coach Les is doing.
Rough game for the Ags. I do like the way they fought back, but they go through these droughts were they can't buy a basket. With all the foul troubles, we were forced to play some very un-conventional lineups, which can account for some lapses. But I can't argue with you BGA, the way they are playing right now overall, BW will be tough.