Great showing of Aggie Pride by the entire team. We just ran out of gas against their overwhelming size in the 4th quarter. Trpcic was fantastic with 13 assists and 8 rebounds. Turner hit 5 of 10 from 3 and had 19 points. TO's hurt us in the 4th but nothing for this team to hang their heads about.
Ags gain a split 75-63. CSUN came roaring back in the second half and cut the lead to 7 with a chance to cut it to 5 or 4. Then Manjon stepped up with back-to-back buckets to take the lead back up to 11. Great job on the boards 43-31 against a very athletic team. Nice win for the Ags on the road.
Ags play their best 1st half of the season and lead 36 - 19 at the half. Got a bit ragged in the last 5 minutes though. We need to keep the pedal to the metal in the second half and play with poise.
CSUN 80 Ags 77 Final. Close but no cigar. Fuller with 30 and Manjon had 19. The Ags only hit 3 of 1sts 6al from beyond the arc. 51 fouls were called in the game.
We will have to have great ball movement to get the outside shooters open long enough to be able to get off a decent shot over the length of their defenders. Dribble penetration and kicking the ball back out and around might work a bit too. Hopefully, our smaller size will give us a quickness advantage. I don't see us getting much inside with their size and ability to make us alter our shots in the paint. Blocking out will be a key also otherwise we will get killed on their second and third chance points.
This will be a David vs Goliath contest. The Ducks have size galore: 6'7, 6'6, 6'5, 2 at 6'4 and 2 at 6'2. Their average winning margin is 21 points: 77 to 56.