Dartmouth Game and Thanksgiving
Last night we had our game vs. Dartmouth. Early on in the game we went up 18-13, forcing them to call a timeout. They then went on a 17-2 run. I think at halftime we were down by 10. We had something like 4 turnovers in a row in the beginning of the second half. Despite that, the most we were down in the second half was 12 points. We went on some big runs down the stretch and I hit a three to cut their lead to 1 with like 7 minutes left and a 3 with 40 seconds left to cut their lead to 2. At the end of their game, their best player had the ball in the middle of the floor around half court. I was guarding him. There was a 5 second differential between the shot clock and the game clock and with about 25 seconds he made a move and I let him get by me going to his right and he made a layup. A couple of my teammates told me they were late in giving help and that it was their fault. I haven't seen the film but bottom line, I shouldn't have let him get by me at all, much less with his strong hand. It was a disappointing loss because we are a better team than the way we are playing. This was definitely a winnable game for our team. If you are a college basketball fan you are probably watching the Notre Dame - UNC game that's going on as I type this. I'm watching it too but I'm probably looking at different things than you. This is because our next game is against Notre Dame. I'll probably be guarding Ryan Ayers. I have a strange connection with Ayers actually. I've never met him but it turns out that (stick with me here) one of my best friends from high school's brother was a good friend of Ayers in middle school somewhere in PA I think. Notre Dame is a great team and we are aware that they might be slightly favored in this game (wink wink). We are practicing tomorrow morning and coach is having the team over for Thanksgiving dinner. Last year the whole team went and we had a great time. The food was great and it was nice to just hang out. We had a game the day after Thanksgiving last year so it didn't make sense for any of us to go home. This year we don't play until Sunday so coach is letting those of us that live within a couple hours go home and come back for an evening practice on Friday. I haven't been home in a while so I'm really looking forward to seeing my family. I'll be back later with more on our preparation for the ND game. Happy Thanksgiving.
