Furman vs. Liberty Nov. 16th (MBI First Round)

[KingPaladin]

Being unable to stope dribble penetration and kickouts is not a good sign for pllaying guys like Honor Huff and Russell Jones

[Sad Din]

Foster having a career game. Congratulations to him.

yep and pegues scores 20 all in the 2nd H. crazy.

Lots of missed layups and bad passes inside. Dins should have been up by 10 after 1st H

Also, upper class not contributing

[Bootie]

Well that was not what anyone was expecting.

[jesse174]

no shooting depth at all...smith and other new guys a no show....if pegues and foster are the only 2 guys that can shoot..we wont win many games..not a good sign

[Paul C]

Well that was not what anyone was expecting.

I sorta did especially when I found out Hughey wasn’t playing. This is the toughest team on our schedule this year outside of Arkansas.

Not having Alex and Hughey, who are arguably our #3 and #4 scoring options really hurt tonite. Foster and JP can’t do it all.

Will need Hein and Whitt to step up tomorrow to beat Coastal. And maybe start seeing something from PJay. Bowser looked like a Fr tonite.

Learn from it. Grow from it. We will be fine.

But like I’ve said for months, the bandwagon will be a lot smaller on Dec 15th. This is a very difficult early schedule and we have a lot of growing to do.

[Paladin91]

We surely missed Bothwell and Slawson’s D tonight. Offensively some other guys need to get in the mix. I really saw little movement in our offense compared to Liberty. Hien, Vanderwal, and PJ not on the target. Trust that CBR will make adjustments. We also got very few O rebounds against a smaller team.

[apaladin]

Coach Johnson said Hughey may play tomorrow. Thought he was going to play tonight but decided to hold him out.

[FurmAlum]

I thought the effort was good tonight but Liberty exposed some weaknesses we have especially without Hughey and Williams in the lineup.

Our defense was not very good as Liberty wore us out on the dribble drive and kickout. They hit everything they shot in the second half partly because they were getting easy shots. The other part was blind luck.

On offense we didn't shoot the ball well except for Foster and Pegues and they can't do it all. PJ's shots weren't going in but give the guy a break, it's only his third game. I think he will be fine after he gets a few more games behind him.

These early season tournament games are important to learn from to get better. Remember we lost several early last year. Playing an early season cupcake schedule is a mistake.

I expected some bumps in the road but we will get better. I wouldn't mind a rematch with these guys in the NCAA Tournament. With Hughey and Williams.

[apaladin]

On a good note in Furman’s 2 major sports this was the first loss in over 2 months.

[FurmanFan23]

I need some FU Hoopla optimism right about now. Geez that was rough. Hopefully this team gets into tournament shape closer to March…..

[KingPaladin]

We will get blasted by another top midmajor Princeton if we play like this when we go up there

[apaladin]

We will get blasted by another top midmajor Princeton if we play like this when we go up there

Not to mention PC, UAB and Tulane.

[FurmanFan23]

As the eternal pessimist on this board….things are not looking good

[FurmanATT]

Flames knock off #Paladins -- MD
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[Paul C]

We will get blasted by another top midmajor Princeton if we play like this when we go up there

Not to mention PC, UAB and Tulane.

And there my prediction about the bandwagon shedding coming true