A trip to the Sweet Sixteen is at stake when these two Cinderella nominees meet at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
#13 Morehead State (25-9/ 13-5 OVC) vs. #12 Richmond (28-7/13-3 A10)
Introducing Kenneth Faried, Justin Harper and Kevin Anderson (to name a few) to the nation.
Playing board game key today for UR
Surprising matchup features Eagles against Spiders
Richmond’s Anderson keeps his foot on the pedal
PROBABLE STARTERS – Morehead State
G #22- Demonte Harper ( 6-4 185 Sr.)
G #11 – Terrance Hill (6-1 170 Jr.)
G #13- Ty Proffitt (6-4 200 Jr.)
F #00- Drew Kelly (6-7 235 R-Fr.)
F #35- Kenneth Faried (6-8 225 Sr.)
PROBABLE STARTERS – Richmond
G #14-Kevin Anderson (6-0, 175, Sr.)
G # 3-Darien Brothers (6-3, 200, So.)
F #12-Kevin Smith (6-5, 200, Sr.)
F #32-Justin Harper (6-10, 225, Sr.)
C #41-Dan Geriot (6-9, 230, Rs-Sr.)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT8a7iKKSek]
Team Statistics MOR UR
SCORING 2364 2455
Points per game 69. 5 70.1
FIELD GOALS-ATT 833-1826 874-1887
Field goal pct .456 .463
3 POINT FG-ATT 202-587 279-692
3-point FG pct .344 .403
3-pt FG made per game 5.9 8.0
FREE THROWS-ATT 496-736 428-624
Free throw pct .674 .686
F-Throws made per game 14.6 12.2
REBOUNDS 1277 1156
Rebounds per game 37.6 33.0
Rebounding margin +9.3 -1.9
ASSISTS 417 523
Assists per game 12.3 14.9
TURNOVERS 516 366
Turnovers per game 15.2 10.5
Turnover margin +0.0 +2.1
Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 1.4
STEALS 296 212
Steals per game 8.7 6.1
BLOLOCKS 107 149
Blocks per game 3.1 4.3
SCORE
BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total
Morehead State 1063 1271 30 2364
Richmond 1229 1291 42 2562
TEAM STATISTICS RICH OPP
SCORING 1132 1013
Points per game 70.8 63.3
Scoring margin +7.4 –
FIELD GOALS-ATT 395-862 375-904
Field goal pct . 4 5 8 . 4 1 5
3 POINT FG-ATT 129-323 86-279
3-point FG pct . 3 9 9 . 3 0 8
3-pt FG made per game 8.1 5.4
FREE THROWS-ATT 213-287 177-251
Free throw pct . 7 4 2 . 7 0 5
F-Throws made per game 13.3 11.1
REBOUNDS 504 568
Rebounds per game 31.5 35.5
Rebounding margin -4.0 –
ASSISTS 246 184
Assists per game 15.4 11.5
TURNOVERS 166 197
Turnovers per game 10.4 12.3
Turnover margin +1.9 –
Assist/turnover ratio 1.5 0.9
STEALS 96 77
Steals per game 6.0 4.8
BLOCKS 64 51
Blocks per game 4.0 3.2
Wow! Faried has 2,000 pts and over 1,600 rebounds.
Has anyone been 2,000/2,000 ??
Adrenalin seems to be getting the best of both teams. They are all long on their shots.
Answered my own question – Tom Gola from LaSalle with 2,462 points and 2,201 rebounds.
I’m kinda surprised at how Richmond is attacking the Morehead zone. The Eagles are extending their 2-3. The Spiders are basically matching up with it. Go 1-3-1. Get someone on the baseline going gray to gray.
Smitty – did you find the Gola answer in the A10 Media guide? 🙂
Casey, I should have but I didn’t know it would be A10 isolated. 🙂
This is a really tough match up for Justin Harper having to guard Faried.
Just picked up his second foul – will Mooney have to sit him for the rest of the half? Probably should since they have the lead.
Dan Geriot is doing a great job on Faried.. so far.
Is that Jack Sikma? No, it’s Dan Geriot. Great catch, pivot and jumper from the free throw line.
That’s the Justin Harper that I saw last weekend. Catch-pivot-BANG!
It’s about time the Spiders started to exploit the gaps in the zone – there is a lot of space at the foul line.
Agreed. They were getting good looks early – now they are finishing. The Spiders are putting on a clinic on how to break down the zone.
“A little touch-a-roo!”