(01-25-2019 06:20 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 01:00 PM)dancingNMSUaggie Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 01:06 AM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(01-25-2019 12:06 AM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote:  I watched Bakersfield vs. CBU. Came down to the last possession. Bake wins by 4 points: 88 - 84. Bake was stronger in the paint and had a guard Joiner go off for 34 points, announcers said it was his career high.

For a team in its 1st year of transition to d1, CBU impressed me. I know they were a very good d2 team. They don't have far to go to be a good d1.
CBU looks to be a great pickup for the WAC.

I just got back from the game and it was entertaining. CBU played a four guard lineup and got killed on the boards and inside. It did help with the full-court pressure defense that CSUB likes to play. It was 87-84 with less than 30 seconds and they got a couple of shots from three to tie it but missed. Milan Acquaah had another good game with 27 points, six assists and five steals. Joiner took advantage of the small lineup and just took it to the basket. CBU needs more depth and a little more size.

I respectfully disagree. CBU has bigs and when they were in there they were dominating. I thought Croy screwed up by taking them out. I know he was worried cause Bakos bigs were hot from the 3 point line but Bako had no answer for the inside bigs of CBU. As an Aggie fan really was pulling for CBU. Mildly disappointed with CBU. Since beating the Aggies they have blown two home games that they should have won. Really pulling for them now vs. GCU this weekend.

In the CSUB/CBU game, the runners out rebounded the Lancers 45-30. More so, the Roadrunners dominated the offensive boards 23-10. Croy decided to play a small line up but that cost him late in the game. With 1:04 in the game and CBU down 84-87, the Lancers fouled James Suber. Suber missed both free throws but CSUB managed to get the ball back off a deflection out of bounds by Rowell. Rather than play his small line up, if Croy had brought in a second big man with the sole purpose off getting the rebound, CBU might have had a good chance of getting the ball with at the 1:04 mark rather than allow CSUB run clock down another 30-plus seconds.

Keep in mind, NMSU also out rebounded CBU 46-35. And, dominated the offensive glass 26-6. But that night, the Aggies couldn't buy a basket; shooting 31.1% for the game.

Good points. I think Croy was probably surprised that Suber missed both free throws and Rowell has to grab the rebound. CBU also had no timeouts left, so he could not substitute for the big man.

CBU had the ball with two minutes left with the score 87-84 and missed four three pointers that could have tied the game, two in the last 30 seconds. They rushed the shots a bit. The Runners were guarding the three point line well, the lane was open and I think they could have gotten a layup or two foul shots if they just took the ball to the basket. 87-86 is better than 87-84 at that point in the game. Force them to make their free throws.