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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Only 352 in attendance today and no football game ... yikes.

[IUPalum]

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Final

WBU 52
Gannon 44

(Not halftime score ... Final score)

Can't win if you don't score!

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Halftime score was 20-17 west chester. Zay Jackson zero points.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Final

WCU 52
Gannon 44

(Not halftime score ... Final score)

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Final

Ship 90
Rock 87

Cal 89
Kutztown 87

UPJ by 30 over Bloom

[IUPalum]

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Good win ....
Way too close.

The team made that game to close with hot shot plays instead of safe plays once they ht the 80 mark.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Good win ....
Way too close.

[IUPalum]

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That stat sheet has Daunte with 2 turnovers... I have him at 5. Wonder what these stat guys are watching?

[IUPalum]

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Not one of Dante's better halves.

You're putting that nicely. If Daunte even has an average half, they are up 20+

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Not one of Dante's better halves.

[IUPalum]

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Jalen Vaughns is good!!!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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I'm guessing due to the Beach Boys concert Thursday night. Not sure why it would take 2 days to put the floor back.

[IUPalum]

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Why the heck are these two Lock Haven games at the Field House? It makes no sense!!!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Tom got a big recriluit at the early signing period ... MiKayla Lovelace from Leechburg. Small school but a baller.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The next three games ... very strange to say it but at this point it's a massive stretch.

Saturday - Lock Haven (Memorial Field House)

LH is 1-2 ... lost by 3 to Virginia Union and close to Shaw (both teams gave Shippensburg great games). The win came against D3 Carlow. LH isn't a big outside thread (15-50) but rather the damage comes all in a fast-paced transition game. Amir Hinton (33 ppg) is the catalyst ... likely in the Top 2 players in the PSAC. He's going to be a match-up nightmare for a slower IUP team. Defensively LH is giving up 72 ppg and is averaging almost 10 steals per game. This is going to be a battle.

Sunday - Bloomsburg (KCAC)

Bloom is 2-0 with wins over Penn State-Hazelton and Georgian Court ... firing up about 30 treys a game (hitting 40% so far). Led by senior Christian Mortellite (25.5 ppg) -- arguably the best pure shooter in the PSAC. He went for 28 against IUP last season. The Huskies play UPJ on Saturday prior to heading to Indiana. Bloom typically plays a slower pace which should benefit IUP.

Wednesday - (at) Bowie State

Bowie is 1-2 with losses to Wheeling Jesuit and Bloomfield. The win came at Shepherd. Big team ... lot of size. Opened the season at Duke. The big break is no students will be there ... Bowie is probably the loudest gym in D2 when its students are on campus. IUP has won 2 of the past 3 in the series -- all close games. Bowie also has a history of improving as the season moves along and is already battle-tested.


From what we've seen, IUP could go 0-3 in this stretch. Or, it could go 3-0. I don't think either would totally surprise me as of today. It's early but the margin for error is shrinking. Much like Norfleet's senior year, you can't get this early games back later on down the road -- regardless how the second half goes.

Looking a little further ahead, the next game IUP hosts U-Sciences. Typically an easy one but they gave Kutztown all it could handle last night.