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Close, he came in at 12:38.

The announcers said that Dawson wanted a rebound more. So there’s that.

Also, watching from home it didn’t look like Ali said anything on that technical. He was doing the zipper motion across his mouth. Does that merit a technical? I agree with Groce, just be consistent.

All of those post up skills Ali learned 2 years ago came in handy with Freeman on the bench. Very effective in the paint.

Dawson came to play tonight.

Bonnies lost by 5.

Bonnies are playing (21) Dayton close on the road.

So are we thinking this lead is safe? I don't know anymore. Ha!!

You might be right, but I am keeping faith that it will happen one day.

I too have concerns with Dawson's play. Not sure what the answer is. He seems uncomfortable, stressed or frustrated. Something is just off for him this year. Tavari is slowly progressing, but I'm not sure he should be back as a starter either.

That Anderson Mirambeaux is mind boggling. He looks like a Center in football, not basketball. And a french fry away from a heart attack. But he has skills and is effective. I know we had interest in him at one point. It will be interesting to see what Groce has to say about him.

Damn!! That sucks. We need to learn from this one. Miami did some things very good against us. Just couldn't get over the hump today. And such a promising start too.

Need to hit our free throws.

Tavari got away with a walk.

Me too.

Oy vey!!

We need to figure out both sides of the ball fast or this could get away from us.

We are slow to recover on defense.

Let's have a game guys. Keep them raining!!

I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I don’t see a run away win. There were times in both the NIU and Kent road games when the Zips were poised to run the score up to a 30 point advantage only to get their momentum stymied by the refs. Now there are 2 ways to make the refs less relevant, hit a very high percentage of your perimeter shots or be so strong and dominant in the paint that you can still score with guys draped all over. Just don’t expect an And One. Past Zips teams had moments where they were completely on fire from deep. I hoping to see that from this team at some point, but I will take the win anyway we get it.

I agree that Dawson should drive the paint more. But as to his shooting percentages, I believe I have heard something about water finding it's level. I just hope it happens soon.

I thought Scott showed some fight tonight. We needed that energy.

Freeman with the mop. He's unbelievable.

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