Iup basketball

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Update:

Chucky has a broken finger and will be out 'several weeks'. He'll miss the Clarion and Seton Hill games for sure.


Now do you active a redshirt with 10 regular season games remaining in addition to the conference tournament and likely NCAA Tournament?

They survived Demo going down. This is starting to ask too much. They survived last night but how long is this sustainable?

Joe's dream of going all Norman Dale and playing with four guys is getting closer.

Activate the big fella, Ousmane Diop. I don't see how they have any other choice. KJ Rhodes is also available but another guard won't help a whole lot.

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Credit to Shawndale from playing about 15 minutes a game to 40. That's a big jump in minutes and he was solid. Defense still needs work...

Shawndale says it ain't easy being 6'3" and playing power forward ... covering John Paul Kromka all night. LOL. He was a warrior.

Luckily, Chucky looks to be OK. He wasn't on crutches ... no boot ... no casts, slings, etc. I'm guessing it was an illness. Perhaps the same that wiped out the women's team.

[IUPalum]

Credit to Shawndale from playing about 15 minutes a game to 40. That's a big jump in minutes and he was solid. Defense still needs work...

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Some stats:

Armoni 26 points (12-12 FT), 2 steals
Malik 22 points, 6 boards, 2 blocks, 6 assists
Morris 16 points, 4 assists
Shawndale 14 points, 8 boards, 4 assists
Porterfield 9 points, 7 boards, 4 blocks
Anthony 11 points
Ulrich 2 points, 3 boards

Team

56.4% FG
13-29 Treys (44.8%)
Won the glass 31-26
25-28 FT
19 assists

Ironman: Shawndale went the distance playing all 40 minutes in Chucky's absence.


Credit where credit is due: Josh Wise went for 26 points on 6 of 8 treys. He hit some incredibly contested shots.

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Final

IUP 100
UPJ 93


Incredible win without Chucky.

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I think it's 80-68 IUP with 6:44 left

[IUPalum]

I've got the feed now

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Last score I could get was 57-48 IUP with 16:11 left.

Wise picked up his third foul early second half.

[IUPalum]

Joe has more guys in warmup outfits than dressed

Stupid!!!

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IUP 45
UPJ 40

Half


I saw about two minutes of a non-spinning screen.

Malik 4 TOs first half.

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Joe has more guys in warmup outfits than dressed

[IUPalum]

Chucky is out. Injured.


That's gonna hurt.

WTF happened with Chuckie?

[IUP24]

Chucky is out. Injured.


That's gonna hurt.

Wish UPJ had a stream lol

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Chucky is out. Injured.


That's gonna hurt.

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A look at UPJ:

Record:

Overall: 9-2, 15-3
Home: 6-1
Away: 6-1
Neutral: 3-1


Season Stats

PPG	80.3
PPG ALLOWED	73.3
MARGIN	+7
FG %	.509
3-PT %	.341
3-PT MADE PER GAME	5.6
FT %	.751
FT MADE PER GAME	15.4
REBOUNDS PER GAME	36.8
REBOUNDS BY OPPONENT PER GAME	34
TURNOVERS PER GAME	15.3
POINTS FOR OFF TOs	17.6
STEALS PER GAME	7.2
BLOCKS PER GAME	4.1

Top Players:

John Paul Kromka (forward) - 15.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 48 blocks
Caiden Landis (forward) - 12.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Josh Wise (SG) - 9.9 ppg
Fred Mulbah (PG) - 9.5 ppg, 135 assists, 28 steals
Joe Batt (G) - 9.4 ppg
Drew Magestro (G) - 8.9 ppg



Losses: Concord (KCAC), @ Bloomsburg, Mercyhurst

Best wins: ESU, Kutztown, @ Shippensburg, @ California, Slippery Rock

Odd performances: 86-83 win at Edinboro, 67-64 win at Clarion, 96-92 win at Lock Haven (came back from being down 26 points).


Synopsis:

UPJ has escaped some dud performances this year. The recent performances at Edinboro and Clarion - albeit wins - are hard to comprehend. They had the miraculous comeback at Lock Haven and most recently hung on at home to defeat SRU. They were very out of sync in the home loss to Mercyhurst. That said, on other nights they've looked fantastic. UPJ won at Shippensburg and beat up East Stroudsburg.

For years, Coach Rukavina was famous for playing a very short rotation. This year they are playing 8 guys in double digit minutes and have a 9th guy just about there. Like IUP they spread the scoring around. UPJ is known for very hot starts -- particularly in Johnstown. Teams also see a style of offensive play from UPJ that is fairly rare in today's game. They love the back door pass, pick-n-rolls, etc.

From those I know close to the UPJ program, this game has been circled for a long time. They believe this is their year. IUP's weakness this year has been getting off to slow starts. That has to change. For the season, IUP is scoring a full 10 points more in the second half than in the first. They'll need to survive a likely surge tonight to start this game.