Arizona vs. Arizona State Quick React
by joenewby4040 on Feb 22, 2009 9:08 PM PST
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Arizona State was 10-16 from beyond the arc at the end of the first half to lead the Cats 44-34. The Sun Devils got big time minutes from Jamelle McMillan who came in and went 3-4 from the field, hitting 3 three pointers. Also Rihard Kuksiks hit 3 three pointers in one minute.
Nic Wise had 10 points, Budinger had 9, and Jordan had 8 at the half.
Jordan Hill did not have a rebound in the first half. Unbelievable.
(AP Photo/Aaron J. Latham)
Arizona started out the 2nd half going 1-8 and quickly fell behind 48-37. They went on another one of their classic runs with a 20-4 gem over 8:00. At one point, the Cats were up by 2 with a little over 3:00 left to play. The game teetered back and forth with a couple of lead changes under 3:00. Nic Wise drove to the hoop with 1:00 to try and tie, missed the layup, only to have Jordan Hill clean it up and tie the game at 68 with 55 seconds on the clock.
With 22 seconds left in the game, Arizona ran a high screen for Budinger, set by Hill. Wise was at the top of the key to the right, delivered to Budinger, who had a beautiful pass to Hill down low. Jordan shot a running layup, which missed. The rebound fell right in front of the rim, right into Zane Johnson's hands as he was elevating, and all he had to do was drop the ball in the hoop. He didn't. He shorted it, and the rebound went to ASU. Arizona fouled Glasser, who went to the line for a 1-1. He missed the first basket, Hill comes away with the rebound, outlet to Nic Wise, who couldn't handle it at half court and turned it over.
Arizona had four guys (Wise, Budinger, Hill, Fogg) in double figures tonight and couldn't pull out the win. They are now 9-2 when four or more players are in double digits.
Great game tonight. We had our chances to tie it up a couple of times, but I thought it was a tremendous effort by the Cats. For the most part, I was happy with Pennell's game plan. We'll dive more into it tonight.
Great effort by the Cats tonight.
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Weak Sauce Inside
We simply didnt show up under the boards and despite double digits from Hill, he missed the bread with his butter down low more times than I would like to mention. An 8 game winning streak would have been alot to ask and quite frankly impossible if you asked anyone following the Pac-10 this year, but we played with heart, we came back after trailing by 17 and had an opportunity to pull off the win, and at the end of the day Arizona fans love this team more than they have loved any Arizona team in the last 4 years, some would even go as far to say the last 4 years combined. What I love most about our guys is they man up when bullets start to fly. Our boys grab theirs guns and a little bit of food and water and start marching south towards the river until they find a gun fight and then they start peppering led on target in a series of runs, last nights 20-4 run in the second half tells me the CAAAAAAATS are just getting ready for the tournament and upgrading to .60 caliber bullets, get the hell out of the way, cause the Cats are on a mother$u*%*! boat, dont you ever forget!
last nights 20-4 run in the second half tells me the CAAAAAAATS are just getting ready for the tournament and upgrading to .60 caliber bullets, get the hell out of the way, cause the Cats are on a mother$u*%*! boat, dont you ever forget!
Assuming, of course, that they make the tournament.
It can’t hurt that we’ve lost 4 games by 5 pts combined, and 5 games by 11 pts combined.
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
Assuming we make the tournament?
Thats talk reserved for losers. A 7 game winning streak is not reserved for losers! Assume tournament? Arizona expects tournament! We were just 3 pts against ASU away from landing ourselves in the top 25 with only 4 games to play. We got a split in Washington and a Bay Area sweep in Tucson coming and a Pac-10 tournament to win. 2 wins are needed, 4+ are expected. Not much can withstand a .60 caliber bullet, and the NCAA tournament is the bi-product. Get on the boat and bring your flippy floppies, this isnt sea world, this is as real as it gets!
THEY OR WE
Your refernce to assuming the Cats show up in the tourney this year called for a full on subject, soft rhetoric like that should be kept to ones self as to not rock the boat and put any doubt in anyones mind. I use adirect association when I speak about my Wildcats. I make it a priority to watch every game and when god blesses me with the opportunity to view the Cats live, I do it! I use the term We, as in we win and we lose together (fans & players) and when Selection Sunday comes around, We make the tournament together. I suspect your use of They make the tournament might have something to do with where you went to school? Dbacks are in Phoenix, isnt that near ASU?
Hold your horses. Calm down.
I’m a UofA fan. I hate ASU. Heck, I’m actually an author for this blog.
You’ll also notice that I also subsequently used “we”:
It can’t hurt that we’ve lost 4 games by 5 pts combined, and 5 games by 11 pts combined.
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
Yeah, I'm good.
Hung out a little with Blake Kerley on Saturday night, incidentally…
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
ZANE JOHNSON is the only guy that could have missed that shot
I noticed earlier in the game, he got a pass underneath the basket and he almost missed that layup. That guy can’t play inside at all. I cannot believe he missed that easy shot. This loss is all on his shoulders…we had the game and Zane couldnt pull through. Zane Johnson, please stay outside and MAKE three point shots or go back to the bench!
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