“I thought for the fact that we played less than 24 hours completely differently today was a great sign of the aptitude of our team, the attitude of our team, and the desire of our team”, Hoosiers coach Tom Crean said.
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The Commodores came flying out of the locker room with 11 points in their first four minutes on the court. “Then we started committing turnovers and taking quick shots”.
It was, in the end, as bad as a trip to Maui could go.
Wake Forrest rallied to knock off No. 13 IN 82-78, breaking a tie with 3.2 seconds left on a driving layup by Bryant Crawford.
If Wake Forest and Kansas can secure victories on Tuesday – Wake Forest will play Vanderbilt – the Maui Invitational final on Wednesday night could become the Manning Bowl.
“We learned a hard lesson”, forward Max Bielfeldt said. He’ll have his team ready to play tonight. After Indiana turned the ball over on a long pass, John Collins made two free throws with.
“Once we got the ninepoint lead we stopped doing the things that got us that lead”, Crean said. “I’m disappointed. I’m disappointed we didn’t play the way we should have”.
Wake had a monster first half, shooting 57.9 percent, going 5-for-9 from 3-point range and scoring 28 points in the paint to hold a five-point advantage at halftime.
Braylon Rayson scored 13, on 5-of-20 shooting, and Austin Stewart added 10 points for Central Michigan, which was without injured guard Chris Fowler.
UF 99, SAVANNAH ST. 34: Ronni Williams and January Miller had 16 points each for the host Gators (2-1), who outscored the Tigers 22-0 in the second quarter.
Speaking to the same issue, Crean said the Hoosiers were “trying to make plays that weren’t there”.
“Teams can make runs, and when they make runs, you’ve got to find a way to stop the bleeding”, Ferrell said. The Demon Deacons had three of the offensive rebounds in the final 2:32. “But we wanted to limit minutes”. “We had a couple moments today where we did get it back, but we also some moments where the game was up for grabs and we didn’t do a great job”.
The Demon Deacons went on a 17-5 run to get within four at the 6:48 mark of the first half, but the Commodores responded by scoring 14 of the next 16 points to stretch the lead to 40-24 with 2:05 left in the first half.
This one isn’t expected to be close when IN, a heavy 11-point favorite, takes on Wake Forest. UCLA got a break when Wake Forest’s star of the tournament and freshman point guard could not play because of the flu, yet UCLA still struggled and got killed in transition.
But Johnson knocked down the two free throws and Josh Gray missed a three-pointer as time expired.
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The Red Storm shot a brutal 13 percent from downtown against Vandy and an overall percentage of 30, failing to move the ball like they did in the second half against Rutgers and against UMBC. Before Wednesday, nine other ranked teams had suffered losses this season, including five who were ranked in the top-10 at the time of the matchup.
