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6'2" junior guard Anthony Pritchard, leads the Chipps at 14.6 ppg. 6'6" grad student guard Brian Taylor leads rebounding at 7.5 rpg while also being the team's second leading scorer at 12.5 ppg. They are 10th in MAC offense at 68 ppg and 5th defense surrendering 71.7 ppg.

CMU/BG in their second OT!

After Ali got his tech he walked down towards the Toledo bench and appeared to be saying something or motioning towards them and Kowalczyk was whining at the refs to T him up again. It was a pathetic display by old Tod.

...and I had them at +7.5!

Takes me back to the days of Zeke Marshall. That guy really cleaned up for guys getting beaten to the basket. He had 122 blocks his senior year for the Zips!

This team has had issues facing pressure this season. There are spots on the floor that you teach grade school kids not to get trapped in and this team seems to somehow fall prey into getting pressured into those areas. Also, the perimeter defense lacks lateral quickness, maybe with the exception of Tavari and Thornton (who can get pushed around) to slow down the penetration. Tribble bodies up to make up for it but others have issues. The good news is these issues are fixable to some extent by better technique or adjustments I'm confident Groce and staff can make. I did like the switches to the 1-3-1 at times last night, though Toledo did a good job of combatting it a couple of times.

The Chippewas come to the JAR Tuesday night to face the first place Zips. The Chips are 12-9/7-2 headed into today's contest at Bowling Green. After that game I'll update the thread.

3151... and the winner is...@Head coach Huell Jackson with a guess of 3135.

I too thought bringing in a guard, Tavari, to handle the pressure late was a good idea, until it wasn't. I'd have switched him out for Thornton quickly given his experience and assist to turnover ratio over his career. I'll give Toledo credit. They are scrappy as hell and their speed and dribble penetration can kill you. The Zips just need to stop any kind of celebration to try that can result in the petty technicals. It's obvious that it has been made a point of emphasis for the MAC refs and while it's clearly not being applied consistently, they just need to redirect the energy before it makes a huge difference in an outcome.

Just checked in.

Zips defense has been suspect at times tonight.

Survive their run then have one of our own.

Our smaller lineup when Enrique is out is working okay against the small Rockets

Nice to see Dawson go to the hole (that's an old-timer equivalent of "swish").

Best offensive half of the year.

I hate the call, but at some point you have to start reading the refs.

The M AC refs apparently got a memo to not allow any sign of excitement without calling a technical.

Classic MAC refs tonight.

Best non-PCCC student crowd in a long time.

They put in some bigs to defend Enrique. Not working too well!

1-3-1 trap out of the timeout.

Groce is giving them hell in the timeout.

Their speed with the 4 guards may cause the Zips some issues. Expect to see a lot of Shammah.

Nice crowd with lots of energy.

Sammy still in starting lineup. Same 5.