(17-5) Furman @ (8-14) Mercer Feb. 2nd

[DungeonRealm]

Mercer is a bit odd to me, they can pull 3,000 fans in for a Saturday game, have had some decent success in basketball in the last 8 years, yet they have virtually no online fan base/presence

Of course I meant other than FUBeAR

[furman88]

Love this team but I'm with Paul C in the screaming dept. My wife almost refuses to watch a game with me and I conside myself pretty laid back. I can't imagine how Coach RiIchey keeps it together. Prob why he is coaching and I'm watching.

[tya1]

You might not know it from the comments but this was Mercer's worst SoCon home loss of the season. It was their third biggest margin of defeat of the season. They lost to Georgia Southern by 15, at Furman by 13, and tonight. They are a tough team to get away from. Considering the foul trouble we faced that was one of the better performances of the season by the Paladins.

Rafferty was tough as usual. Lyons had one of his best overall games of the year. Mounce's three point shooting was key. Brown with a solid contribution off the bench - I thought he settled us down at times when we were playing shorthanded. Very good defensive effort from the whole team. Mercer's starters only hit 15 of 47 shots - less than 32%. The bench wasn't much better.

Mounce is an amazing shooter but shouldn’t be allowed to dribble outside the arc.

He often dribbles the ball too high and too loose. Much better to keep the dribble low and closer to the body - harder to steal and easier to draw fouls and easier to make change of direction moves on the attack. Certainly something that can improve with more experience.

[fufanatic]

After the tough game against Samford, I’m so impressed with how Lyons has responded the last two games. He’s a tough son of a gun. And clearly that game has motivated him to step it up. Really liked his three point attempts yesterday. Still not an amazing percentage, but the ones he hit were tough and huge. Nice job JL!

[apaladin]

Mounce is an amazing shooter but shouldn’t be allowed to dribble outside the arc.

He often dribbles the ball too high and too loose. Much better to keep the dribble low and closer to the body - harder to steal and easier to draw fouls and easier to make change of direction moves on the attack. Certainly something that can improve with more experience.
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Tre Clark is bad about this too. Have to keep the dribble low. This was the best conference road win ion the year.

[CharlieFU]

After the tough game against Samford, I’m so impressed with how Lyons has responded the last two games. He’s a tough son of a gun. And clearly that game has motivated him to step it up. Really liked his three point attempts yesterday. Still not an amazing percentage, but the ones he hit were tough and huge. Nice job JL!

He has hit some important shots for us throughout the season. At crucial times. And his confidence and energy is key to our success.

[apaladin]

After the tough game against Samford, I’m so impressed with how Lyons has responded the last two games. He’s a tough son of a gun. And clearly that game has motivated him to step it up. Really liked his three point attempts yesterday. Still not an amazing percentage, but the ones he hit were tough and huge. Nice job JL!

He has hit some important shots for us throughout the season. At crucial times. And his confidence and energy is key to our success.

Not only a key but could be the key.

[fufanatic]

After the tough game against Samford, I’m so impressed with how Lyons has responded the last two games. He’s a tough son of a gun. And clearly that game has motivated him to step it up. Really liked his three point attempts yesterday. Still not an amazing percentage, but the ones he hit were tough and huge. Nice job JL!

He has hit some important shots for us throughout the season. At crucial times. And his confidence and energy is key to our success.

Completely agree. I think we are going to have to live with the percentage, because he clearly has a green light, and he clearly can make a big shot.