Basketball Impressive in Opener, losing by 10 to Kansas State
Posted by TTHS on November 12th, 2006
The Tribe lost it’s first game of the season at Kansas State, but fought tough and hung with the big 12 team all game.
Midway into the first half the Tribe was up 18-7, but KSU went on a 20-2 run making the score 27-20. They were down 7 at the half and the Tribe stayed within striking distance all game. The game finished at 70-60, and the Tribe showed that even the bottom teams in the CAA can hang with top conference teams.
The player who impressed me most in practice has been doing it in the season, David Schneider. After putting up the best line in the Barton game, he did it again vs. KSU. He played 38 minutes, scored 18 points, got 7 assists, 4 steals, and 9 rebounds. He led the team in all of those stats, and has looked like the best player on the court so far this year.
Laimis Kisielius also had a good game, dropping 16 and in 35 minutes and hitting each of his 3 attempts from long distance.
They were the only 2 starters who did anything. Peter Stein played 20 minutes scoring 4 points and grabbing 6 boards. Nathan Mann only played 20 minutes and fouled out with only 5 points. Adam Payton only scored 5 after getting 20 in the scrimmage.
Stephen Hess was fairly effective, getting 3 points, 3 boards, and a block in 11 minutes, but 3 fouls is too many in that time.
No other players off the bench did much either. Alex Smith was okay, getting 2 points and 3 boards in little play time. Danny Sumner, Adam Trumbower, and Kyle Carrabine did next to nothing in their play time. Chris Darnell got 3 points and 3 boards in 9 minutes.
But my biggest issue is Corey Cofield. What is going on with him? 4 points and no rebounds in 14 minutes. Rebound was the emphasis coming into the game and he couldn’t even pull down one. The big men have done next to nothing down low, and Cofield and co. need to pick it up.
Matt McFadden is taking some time off from the team. Hopefully everything is alright with him and he can come back to the team soon.
All in all, we lost because Kansas State got 32 offensive boards. That was what Coach Shaver wanted to stop coming into the game, and we didn’t. Hopefully we can crash the boards a little bit better when Wagner comes to Kaplan on the 20th.
Go Tribe!