Yeah, it was set up well. That building is very nice, especially for a D-II program.Flying Dutchmen wrote:Just got back, ugh, heartbreaker.
Should we lose that game? Absolutely not. But it was just such a strange game. We could not shoot the ball, 32%. We frankly outplayed them everywhere else. I've never seen us lack confidence from the perimeter the way we did tonight. The shooting was horrible from all over the court.
The reason I can't be too mad is because we just didn't give up, and we had a really good chance to win, with possession, down 1 with 29 seconds left. We just could not hit a shot. Kudos to Manhattan for gutting it out, but I'm just bewildered, the Jaspers played solid defensively, but we had good looks all night.
Also, props to our athletic department for doing a real nice job with the lounge today, and thanks to Adelphi for hosting us, it was a really nice environment for a one-off game, just a bummer of an ending.
I don't know what that next to last HU possession was. They get a HUGE break with Manhattan missing two FTs alone at the line and HU making two FTs in the same situation to get within one, and they completely waste it. Down two, out of a timeout with :28.7 left, and the best they do is a rushed, contested JWF 3 with :14 left??? Take your time, move the ball, get a good shot, maybe attack and get to the basket, maybe draw a foul to tie the game or take a lead on a FT or two.
They also wasted another big gift... Manhattan going 12/24 at the line in the second half after going 10/12 from there in the first half.