College Of Charleston @ Furman Dec. 3rd

[fu77fan]

A great win !

Pros
- We never quit . Great effort.
-Slawson had a great game.
-Hunter - a good 2nd half
- Bothwell - clutch
-Anderson- brought great energy
- A great crowd.

Cons
- Need to be more consistent on O and D
-Missed too many free throws
- Hein needs to be more physical and needs to get more rebounds.

[FurmAlum]

Refs let a lot go in the first half and then changed up and called it real tight in the second half. This happens a lot. If they hadn't done that I bet there would have been a fight.

Probably second half calls helped us because Chas was really hand checking and bumping us every time we touched the ball and especially when we drove the lane.

I agree, the strategy to drive the lane and let Slaw do his low post game in half 2 worked great. Slaw made some great decisions when he had a few open looks to fake and then drive.

Shoot 3's in the first half if they are there, but take it to the basket in the second half, esp last 8 minutes= VICTORY!

[furpop16]

And Joe Anderson has earned some PT!

I love how CBR tracks & emphasizes his own stats. "Input factors", like "deflections", "plus-minus" (whether our score goes up or down with which players in the game), and "kills" (three stops in a row) that set the team up for resulting stats and a win on the scoreboard.

Now looking just at the stat line, Joe Anderson's 17 minutes are ambiguous. Seventeen minutes, 2pts, 1 for 3 FG, 0 for 2 from the line, 1 assist, 1 TO. He did have five steals; otherwise, meh.

But CBR comes on the post-game show and points to his own stats: in all the game while Anderson was on the bench we had just one kill. Anderson comes in and we get five. Even more amazing - in his seventeen minutes, his plus/minus was a plus eighteen. That's just unreal.

Good for Joe Anderson, and good for Coach to manage his own stat line and share it with us. Congrats on a big win!

[tya1]

BTW, did we ever recruit College of Charleston's Reyne Smith? If not, why not? The boy can shoot the lights out - what a pure shot and he's only a freshman.

Smith is from Australia. I think Alex Opacic is the only player we ever signed from there. As far as I know Pat Kelsey is the only coach to recruit him. Smith had an earlier offer from Winthrop.

[DungeonRealm]

[DungeonRealm]

[Roundball]

An outstanding win against "The Saviors of the SoCon"...

Wouldn’t it be great if they were in the SoCon? I would love to play them twice a year. Good competition. Great game. That was the loudest I've heard Timmons since the game against Wichita State. The students were outstanding. For a change, the music led to their loudness, much more than having a pep band.

[Roundball]

“Furman’s miracle shot boosts Paladins past College of Charleston.” https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/c ... 37303.html

[Fuonetime]

What a great win. Congrats to CBR, his staff and the whole team. FU basketball has come so far. One of the best ways to honor our coach and teams is make a contribution to the FU Athletic Fund and designate Men’s Basketball. Go Paladins!

[tim]

BTW, did we ever recruit College of Charleston's Reyne Smith? If not, why not? The boy can shoot the lights out - what a pure shot and he's only a freshman.

Meeks looks like a grad transfer from Bucknell. He would have been a nice addition too. From Burlington NC.

[furpop16]

Apparently KenPom doesn’t appreciate our high-wire act, the team’s grit & determination notwithstanding. FU drops eight places to #117.

[Sad Din]

“You’ve got to tip your cap to Furman,” said Cougars coach Pat Kelsey, whose team won at Chattanooga on a buzzer-beating tip-in by Dimitrius Underwood. “That’s an old, veteran team. Jalen Slawson was amazing tonight, we had no answer for him.”

[Paul C]

Apparently KenPom doesn’t appreciate our high-wire act, the team’s grit & determination notwithstanding. FU drops eight places to #117.

KenPom has Coll of Chas vastly underrated…..the flaw w these rankings is they start w a human baseline and it takes time for the algos to catch up. This was a very good team we beat tonite, not the #198 team in the country

[The Jackal]

Apparently KenPom doesn’t appreciate our high-wire act, the team’s grit & determination notwithstanding. FU drops eight places to #117.

KenPom has Coll of Chas vastly underrated…..the flaw w these rankings is they start w a human baseline and it takes time for the algos to catch up. This was a very good team we beat tonite, not the #198 team in the country

Wait. I thought I was supposed to disregard everything this team does this season because a computer says I should.

[Roundball]

Coach Richey at the end of his press conference, thanking the students. The students deserved the praise. They were loud and rowdy. In fact, so rowdy, the security folks had to stand in front of them. Of course, one of the referees kept complaining about the fans sitting on the court. He was a sensitive little man.