Iup basketball

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Big Game Dave Morris ... it's his building ... Hammermill, Highmark, whatever. Morris went for 19 points and 16 rebounds along with 5 assists.

Trivia: Name the last IUP guard with 16 rebounds?

Ethan 17 & 7

Armoni 11 points and 8 assists


KJ chipped in 7 points and Diop got 6. Nice to see.

Radford went 0-7 from the floor but it's good to see him back on the floor. The shots will fall the next game.

Suliaman 6 & 6 and a great defensive game.

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Please. Take. Armoni. Out.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

OK, Joe. Start emptying the bench.

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Prayers to GU PG Olsen. That looked bad. Hope he's OK.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP 49-27


13:37 left

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Knights need a spark ... unraveling.


IUP 42
GU 25

15:54 second half

[IUPbigINDIANS]

What's the deal with that giant GU has? He only played about 5 mins at the KCAC. That dude is enormous. I think they list him at 7'0, 270 lbs.

GU is wracking up fouls. He may get a long stretch these next 20 minutes. He looks decent in short spurts.

[Golden89]

IUP 35
Gannon 21

Half

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe had a lineup in the first half featuring Radford, Diop and KJ. In November, those were players 8, 9 and 10. Add to it Dillard started, and he was a redshirt for the first 7 games.

Quite a season.

Gannon also has at least (3) out today.

This is like half JV and half Varsity.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP 35
Gannon 21

Half

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe up 27-15 and heading for a 1-and-1. Timeout.

3:40 left first half.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Best part of broadcast is GU doesn't realize they have a live mic on breaks.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

No Polce or Demo today. That won't help.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Nice 'Hawk Talk' show last night with Joe and Jack over at the Hilton. Armoni was the guest. It's nice they have players occasionally. Armoni is very well-spoken and humble.

Jack asked about Demo near the end. No timetable was provided although Joe seemed to at least hint that his return was nearing (in a small capacity).

Great story about how they found Tomiwa. Long story short he wasn't the one they were there to watch. Funny how that works out sometimes.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Last night was IUP's third dramatic comeback this year.

In the Angelo Dome, IUP trailed by 18 in the first half. Won by 13.

At Slippery Rock, IUP trailed by 15 in the first half. Won by 5

Last night, California raced off to a 15 point lead. IUP won by 8.

In all three of those games, it appeared IUP was going to get run out of the building 10 minutes in to each.

What do you experts think the snag has been with IUP getting in to these deep holes? The comebacks are exciting, sure, but they don't last forever. Sooner or later, it's not going to happen.

My observations:

* The game at SRU, the Rock just couldn't miss a shot for the first 7 minutes. There was no way they were going to stay that hot, and, sure enough, they went through a cold stretch.

* Both Cal games, the Vulcans looked like a P5 D1 team for the first 9-10 minutes. I mean, incredible play. IUP eventually really ramped up the defense, and in both games, Cal seemed to change their style a bit once they got the big lead. I knew when IUP cut it to four at halftime last night they had them. IUP has been an incredible second half team. Just wondering about the first half (of the first half) in some of these games ... reminds me of a boxer who doesn't get fired up until he's been hit a few times. I know Joe's mentioned the need to start games with more fire and intensity many times this year on the radio and on his show at the Hilton.