(01-05-2019 07:37 PM)Flippmb Wrote: (01-05-2019 04:01 PM)posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Wrote: Western knocks off Sammie in Culhowee by 7.
This might be a case of Samford getting beat by ETSU twice. On Thursday, the Bulldogs, with little depth on the bench, went maximum effort against the Bucs and came up just short. Apparently they didn't have anything left for WCU.
Ruben Guerrero, who battled N’Guessan and Armus for 38 minutes, did very little in the 1st half against the Catamounts, playing 10 minutes and picking up 2 fouls – with 0 rebounds and 5 points to 8 rebounds and 8 points for Western’s Carlos Dotson. Guerrero got 16 minutes in the second half and was still outplayed by Dotson: 4 rebounds, 4 points and 3 turnovers to 7 rebounds, 5 points and 0 turnovers for Dotson.
Josh Sharkey played 44 minutes against ETSU getting 13 points, 3 steals, 5 rebounds and a stunning 14 assists, but looking gassed in overtime. Against Western he only lasted 30 minutes, getting 10 points, 1 steal, 2 rebounds and only 5 assists with 3 turnovers.
Brandon Austin went 38 minutes against ETSU with 16 points on 5-10 shooting with 5 rebounds. Against Samford he went 36 minutes, but got only 7 points on 2-9 shooting.
The Samford bench was AWOL in both games: 5 points versus ETSU and 6 points against Western.
There may well have been some problems recovering from the overtime against the Bucs.
But Western also took Furman to double overtime. They are definitely capable of hurting you if you don’t bring your "A" game.