(02-09-2018 11:26 AM)usm99 Wrote:  

(02-09-2018 11:00 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(02-08-2018 12:17 PM)odu09 Wrote:  Those are some tough home games remaining. USM has taken care of ODU more times than not in recent history so I won't suggest this is a lock. I will not be shocked at all if this is a tight game or if USM wins tonight.

My own horn = tooted.

To me it came down to ODU made the shots/plays when it counted so a tip of the hat to them...congrats. Here's a few stats that tell the story

FG % for USM (USM had a 39-30 halftime lead and we made our first shot in 2nd half to go up 41-30)
1st half - 72% (16 of 22)
2nd half - 31% (9 of 29)

Fouls committed by USM
1st half - 2
2nd half - 9 (USM had 2 fouls less than 70 seconds into 2nd half)

Free throws by ODU
1st half - 1 of 4
2nd half - 11 of 13

Free throws by USM (entire game)
7 of 13

Yeah, we have no way of drawing fouls without Stith and Porter (who combined for 5 fouls in the first half)