March 2nd, 2007

halftime men’s basketball vs. Creighton 3-2

At halftime, the score is Creighton 32 and Indiana State 20.
The Sycamores owned the lead for much of the first ten minutes of the half.
The Sycamores kept letting Creighton find their shot from three-point range it came back to bite them when Creighton freshman guard Isacc Miles hit a three to tie it at 15 with about 8:20 left. The Sycamores did not let them get that down as junior center Mick Yelovich came down and hit a lay-up in the lane to go up 17-15.
The Bluejays started the half in a zone defense and switched to man-to-man about halfway through after the Sycamores showed they could drain the threes. The Sycamores are still getting open for three-point attempts, but they just aren’t hitting right now. I imagine the ‘Jays will stick with the man-to-man in the second half unless the Sycamores can go inside, which they have not been able to do.
The Sycamores have gone cold, but I have faith they can get out of it. Every team goes through shooting slumps.
The full-court press by Creighton is putting a wrench in the Sycamores’ offense, it even forced a 10-second violation by freshman guard Cole Holmstrom.
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see if the Sycamores can overcome a double-digit deficit again tonight as they did last night.

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