Indiana Statesman

January 18th, 2007

Men’s basketball at Drake 1-18-07

The Sycamores lost their second game in a row 74-68.

I did not go to the game since I was putting my pages together for Wednesday, so check those out.

By looking at the box score, the first thing that grabs my attention is that junior guard Gabe Moore played in all 40 minutes of the game. This means head coach Royce Waltman did not have the faith the Sycamores could score or defend without him on the floor. Moore does not mind playing these kinds of minutes because he is such a leader, but this has to be wearing on his body. He is averaging over 30 minutes per game. That could wear down anybody. Moore scored nine points, recorded three rebounds and nine assists.

This was supposed to be a win the Sycamores could grab and get their confidence back after losing to Bradley Saturday. The win improves the Drake Bulldogs to 2-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference and puts them in ninth position in the conference standings.

It seems the Sycamores need to have the lead at half to win the game since they are 8-0 when leading at halftime and lost this game after trailing 35-32 at the break. The simple explanation for this is that the team is young and the players can get down on themselves if they do not do well early in the game.

The loss drops the Sycamores to 4-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference and third place in the standings.

This conference sure is exciting.

Be sure to drink your ovaltine,

Ben Corn

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