The Tribe Has Spoken

Quite possibly the worst game of the season. Jay Colley laid out the excuses pre-game, that Stein, Kisielius, and  Mann had the flu, that we had a long trip, didn’t have time to shootaround. But either way, if you don’t come to play anybody can hang an L on you.

2 players came to play, Peter Stein and Adam Payton. Payton scored 16 points to go along with 4 rebounds. Stein scored 10 in 21 minutes, but had 4 fouls and only one rebound.

Then we had a fall off. Mann had 5 with 4 rebounds. Sumner and Darnell had 4 each(Sumner’s were actually very nice). Trumbower, Kisielius, and Smith had 2. There’s the scoring summary.

Sumner was the only other bright spot, and had a very nice mid-range jumper and blocked a Fairfield shot and took it coast-to-coast for a lay-up off a spin move. We need to develop him this year through increased game time, and by mid-season next year he will be great.

A couple other nice stats: 2/16 from 3. 7 assists, 15 turnovers. The Tribe shot 41% from the field, but in the end it didn’t matter. Our first half offense was ghastly, scoring 13 points, and in the second half we could get a stop. Fairfield was lights out from 3 in the second half, and that was the one thing the Tribe couldn’t overcome.

The only good news is that this game means very little to the Tribe. W&M has 1 more loss on the schedule, and a win would have locked up a winning season, but the Tribe is still where they were in the CAA after the Drexel win. We are tied for 5th, and have a very solid shot at holding that spot, or at least ending the season with the 6th seed.

Go Tribe!