Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I think ESU fully believed they could win that game. IUP to its credit did find a way, and Porterfield's three-point bank shot at the end didn't hurt, either. Even Lombardi admitted that was a little fortunate. It turned out to be a good game, although sloppy at times. IUP is a great team and has obviously dominated the PSAC, but they've been playing with fire a little recently. They'll need to get their offense more in flow for the regional and beyond.

Celebrate tonight for sure ... But they have some house cleaning to do this week. They had several ... and I mean, several, chances to bust that game open today and failed to do it.

They got it to 7 at least 4-5 times in the second half with the ball and chance to extend it and couldn't -- several due to self-inflicted mistakes. They had some really ugly turnovers today - most ended with Lang draining a wide-open trey on the other end.

I haven't looked at the box yet but I don't think IUP scored in the final 4 minutes of the game.

Defensively they put on a show. Holding that team to 53 is incredible.

Incredible weekend. They went 2-0. Agreed on the flow comment.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Cheyney won it 5 straight times from 1976-1980.

Incredibly difficult. The odds of winning 4 or 5 in a row have to be astronomical.

[IUPNation]

Has that ever been done before by anyone else in the conference?

Cheyney won it 5 straight times from 1976-1980.

[IUP24]

An amazing run ... Four in a row is an incredible achievement.

Has that ever been done before by anyone else in the conference?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

An amazing run ... Four in a row is an incredible achievement.

[Ship69]

I thought the right two teams made the final, and they showed it with a great final. Congrats to IUP.

Just got back from it. Nice defensive battle, and I thought one of the better-officiated PSAC games I've seen this year. Yeah, they missed a call here and there, but mostly just let 'em play so the teams decided the outcome. And they were consistent with it in the second half, which has been unusual this season. I think IUP and Mercyhurst will represent the conference well. Porterfield was a load and one of the keys for IUP. They'd be unreal if he was working on two good legs.

[IUPalum]

Meat grinder!

[jrshooter]

I thought the right two teams made the final, and they showed it with a great final. Congrats to IUP.

[IUPNation]

HAIL TO THE INDIANS!! GO IUP!!

DIXON TROPHY! We won Foosball and Basketball!

[Chuck Norris]

Just your typical IUP-Mercyhurst post season battle.

[Scrub]

Congrats to IUP. That was an instant classic. Great game.

And there is simply no one in the region who matches up with Sulaiman. That kid is a unicorn.

[Ship69]

Both teams came out shaky and that’s the nice way to put it. I was starting to think the final was going to be in the 40’s for a while!

Sometimes the champ gets knocked down and you have to make sure he doesn’t get back up. Unfortunately for ESU the champ got back up off the mat just before halftime and at that point you just knew IUP was going to find a way. Great teams have moments like this and it’s part of what makes them great. Other teams start to believe they can’t win so they find a way to lose. Mercyhurst won’t be one of those teams. They’ve been the one team to consistently prove they can beat IUP and they’ll come into today’s game expecting to win. I think ESU came in hoping to win, which is a very different thing.

I think ESU fully believed they could win that game. IUP to its credit did find a way, and Porterfield's three-point bank shot at the end didn't hurt, either. Even Lombardi admitted that was a little fortunate. It turned out to be a good game, although sloppy at times. IUP is a great team and has obviously dominated the PSAC, but they've been playing with fire a little recently. They'll need to get their offense more in flow for the regional and beyond.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Both teams came out shaky and that’s the nice way to put it. I was starting to think the final was going to be in the 40’s for a while!

Sometimes the champ gets knocked down and you have to make sure he doesn’t get back up. Unfortunately for ESU the champ got back up off the mat just before halftime and at that point you just knew IUP was going to find a way. Great teams have moments like this and it’s part of what makes them great. Other teams start to believe they can’t win so they find a way to lose. Mercyhurst won’t be one of those teams. They’ve been the one team to consistently prove they can beat IUP and they’ll come into today’s game expecting to win. I think ESU came in hoping to win, which is a very different thing.

I'd love to see IUP pass better today (get more people involved).

[EyeoftheHawk]

Yeah, IUP had a bad half, but as you allude to, ESU could have done a lot better as well. I think it was six minutes into the game before they scored, and they were throwing the ball all over the place the first half — 13 turnovers at halftime I believe. IUP certainly forced some of them, but several of them were basically unforced poor passes. The Warriors basically had the game there for the taking and couldn't pull it in.

Both teams came out shaky and that’s the nice way to put it. I was starting to think the final was going to be in the 40’s for a while!

Sometimes the champ gets knocked down and you have to make sure he doesn’t get back up. Unfortunately for ESU the champ got back up off the mat just before halftime and at that point you just knew IUP was going to find a way. Great teams have moments like this and it’s part of what makes them great. Other teams start to believe they can’t win so they find a way to lose. Mercyhurst won’t be one of those teams. They’ve been the one team to consistently prove they can beat IUP and they’ll come into today’s game expecting to win. I think ESU came in hoping to win, which is a very different thing.

[Ship69]

Shawndale said in the post game that was the worst half he's ever seen by an IUP team.

I'd agree with him.

However, getting it to 5 (amazingly) at half was massive. ESU probably should have been up 12-14 at halftime.

IUP literally couldn't make a shot in the first half and had open looks. They also must have missed 5-6 layups in the first 20 minutes. What was sickening was they forced a ton of turnovers and didn't cash them in.

I suspect they'll shoot it much better tomorrow. That court takes some adjustment with the sight-lines, etc.

Yeah, IUP had a bad half, but as you allude to, ESU could have done a lot better as well. I think it was six minutes into the game before they scored, and they were throwing the ball all over the place the first half — 13 turnovers at halftime I believe. IUP certainly forced some of them, but several of them were basically unforced poor passes. The Warriors basically had the game there for the taking and couldn't pull it in.