Griz fall to .500 after losing to that team that beat Kansas
The Montana Grizzlies lost third straight road game as they fell to Oral Roberts, whose season will likely be highlighted by their victory over then #2 Kansas in the second game of the year.
This comes after three straight wins, all at home, over teams that my high school (led by Gonzaga commit and sister's ex-boyfriend Steven Gray) could contend with.
The Griz beat the Golden Eagles by 15 last year at home as part of the Bracket Buster series so they had to return the favor. I don't think they know that they just had to play them at home, not return the favor of supplying a double-digit victory.
The Griz ended up losing 69-58 in a game that felt a lot like the loss to Western Kentucky. The Griz went into the half trailing by 5 but ORU went on a run to start the half (we used to do that) and the Griz never really got all the way back into the game.
Somewhere towards the middle of the second half -- well somewhere between 5 or 10 minutes in -- Bryan Ellis went to bench with four fouls. The Griz were down by 12 and it seemed like it was only going to get worse. But in came Cameron Rundles.
Shortly after that the Griz went on a 7-0 run with Cam scoring at least four and dropping a dime during that period. The lead was down to 6 before ORU scored and then Tinks inexplicably pulls Cam for BE and the lead blows up faster than a tennis ball filled with match-heads. This didn't make sense to me. You're on a run so you pull the player that triggered it.
I mean go ahead and put in BE, a good on-ball defender, but don't kill the run. I don't think I've ever seen a game swing so dramatically on a couple of poor substitutions.
Cameron Rundle's play has been convincing enough to me; this will be his team for the next three seasons so why not hand it to him now? Cam should start on Friday at Portland and throughout conference play, which starts after Portland with three games on the road.
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The Montana Grizzlies lost third straight road game as they fell to Oral Roberts, whose season will likely be highlighted by their victory over then #2 Kansas in the second game of the year.
This comes after three straight wins, all at home, over teams that my high school (led by Gonzaga commit and sister's ex-boyfriend Steven Gray) could contend with.
The Griz beat the Golden Eagles by 15 last year at home as part of the Bracket Buster series so they had to return the favor. I don't think they know that they just had to play them at home, not return the favor of supplying a double-digit victory.
The Griz ended up losing 69-58 in a game that felt a lot like the loss to Western Kentucky. The Griz went into the half trailing by 5 but ORU went on a run to start the half (we used to do that) and the Griz never really got all the way back into the game.
Somewhere towards the middle of the second half -- well somewhere between 5 or 10 minutes in -- Bryan Ellis went to bench with four fouls. The Griz were down by 12 and it seemed like it was only going to get worse. But in came Cameron Rundles.
Shortly after that the Griz went on a 7-0 run with Cam scoring at least four and dropping a dime during that period. The lead was down to 6 before ORU scored and then Tinks inexplicably pulls Cam for BE and the lead blows up faster than a tennis ball filled with match-heads. This didn't make sense to me. You're on a run so you pull the player that triggered it.
I mean go ahead and put in BE, a good on-ball defender, but don't kill the run. I don't think I've ever seen a game swing so dramatically on a couple of poor substitutions.
Cameron Rundle's play has been convincing enough to me; this will be his team for the next three seasons so why not hand it to him now? Cam should start on Friday at Portland and throughout conference play, which starts after Portland with three games on the road.
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Who are you kidding? Brian Ellis is the complete and total downfall of this team...He may be able to dribble fast but he doesn't do anything with it. He penetrates and bongs it off the backboard. He takes the offense completely out of their rthyum as he dribbles around and holds the ball for most tof the clock. Then finally finds the open man for a one pass assist occasionally. He is no leader. Anyone can post the "little engine"up. We have picked leaders that aren't leaders and tried to destroy players who are. We need some real coahes to step in soon!
Not gonna lie... I kind of agree, but I'm still holding out some hope. People who have been in Missoula longer than I point to BE as a good leader and a solid player but I really only see the a little bit of the former and not really any of the latter. This is why the younger Martin gets more playing time and reps in practice. BE does try to get people going, motiviationally speaking, but not any more than the Cam.