zipsrule Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very gutsy performance. With missing starters and sick players, to be up 2 at the half is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very inconsistently called game on both ends. Deji's 3rd foul he was clearly shoved out of the way by Tava. Coach Hawkins not happy either as evidenced by the T with absolutely no warning. We're going to run out of big bodies quickly if they continue to call the game so tightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Another technical for the Zips. Need to keep our composure if we are going to win this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Antino was absolutely leveled by a moving screen and then did nothing but jump and put his hands on his head. Technical was called with absolutely no warning. Very strange officiating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Zips win Tough win, he young guys had to show up today for this win, and they were able to battle back being down late in the game...and hold on to a small lead in the final seconds of the game. I have a feeling this is going to be a really fun team to watch now, and the next few seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Saved by Big Dog's free throw shooting. I really do like the way Coach Dambrot's teams respond to adversity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very impressive finish to the game. They showed a lot of toughness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Tough game, especially with the ghost of Bo Boroski officiating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Saved by Big Dog's free throw shooting. I really do like the way Coach Dambrot's teams respond to adversity.Big Dog had the game of his career when the Zips really needed him. Congrats to the young man who has taken a lot of criticism here recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hey, the Zips made exactly the same number of free throws as WMU -- 14. The Zips just did it in 18 attempts vs. 27 for the Broncos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glib Shanley Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I guess this really was an upset, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 That was quite a gutty performance. Great job Zips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I guess this really was an upset, after all.Who knows how this game turns out if Kretzer and Forsythe could play and if WMU had their PG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Great feed from Western Michigan. Terrible officiating! What a great win by Zips!! KD goes 11 deep most games and we all pull our hair on his substitutions. But today it turned into genius. We are missing 2 starters and Big Dog and Ibitayo get into early foul trouble. Our bench did the job. Really impressed with the play of BJ Gladden and Aron Jackson. This is by far the best game that Antino has played. He is great at driving and dishing. He did not shoot any threes and really played well. The T was garbage as he was fighting through a pick and did nothing unusual to earn a T.Big Dog played great and made all the foul shots at the end to win the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Just heard on radio that Big Dog suffered a scratched eye in practice yesterday and was questionable for this game. He said his vision was a little blurry. Throw in Aaron being sick and the Zips were really down to 7 players who were 100%. Good thing Isaiah and Aaron were able to play through their problems. That's the beauty of the 11-player rotation that gives everyone enough experience to step in and play when needed without hurting the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Not only did both teams hit 14 free throws, they were both 24-56 from the field. The 2-point victory margin came from the Zips hitting 2 fewer 2-pointers and 2 more 3-pointers than the Broncos. Can't get much closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsjunkie330 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I wasn't able to watch or listen to the game and only looked at the box score.I was wrong...I thought the Zips would lay an egg today, it seemed like the odds were against them.Looks like Gladden and Aaron Jackson gave them some real good minutes today. That is a big win, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I missed the first half, but I heard the calls on two technicals in the second.KD has to educate these guys, you can't do that.Four free points and recently KWAN fouled out on a T.They need to do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Certainly, there can be improvement, but this is a huge win. The younger players grew up today. A good experience for the tournament in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Who was on the floor to finish out the game? IIRC1 senior - Nyles Evans2 sophs - Big Dog, Kwan2 frosh - BJ, RoboAaron Jackson also got considerable crunch-time minutes, as did Antino.Love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 They seemed to grow up today. Great win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Very happy for the team, especially Big Dog, for facing a difficult situation and keeping their poise (enough) to win on the road, with plenty of reasons/excuses available to lose. KD mentioned in the post-game that it may have been easier, in a way, on him to be forced to go with a 9 man rotation (8 at the end). It'll be interesting to see how the PT is distributed when all 11 all back and ready to go (probably sooner than later). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsjunkie330 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Very happy for the team, especially Big Dog, for facing a difficult situation and keeping their poise (enough) to win on the road, with plenty of reasons/excuses available to lose. KD mentioned in the post-game that it may have been easier, in a way, on him to be forced to go with a 9 man rotation (8 at the end). It'll be interesting to see how the PT is distributed when all 11 all back and ready to go (probably sooner than later).The minutes weren't too far of today thank normal. I expect that everything will return to normal when Pat and Jake return. It's nice to see the 9 man rotation not being questioned when UA wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Just a couple of thoughts on this one.1) As per my previously stated desire to win at least a couple of league road games: One down....One to Go.2) Based on my perception that WMU really lacked inside strength during the first game in Akron, what a perfect opponent for Big Dog to get something going !!3) When you beat a team by 20 at home, it shouldn't be a huge surprise that you beat them by 2 on the road, even without 2 key players. This WMU team simply can't match up with us. 4) I'd love to see a few more MAC teams shoot 14 of 27 from the FT line, in their OWN BUILDING. That would surely be a recipe for a couple more road wins. That's almost unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 According to ESPN, WMU's average free throw shooting percentage is 0.686. Had they shot their yearly average yesterday, they would have won the game. Keep in mind that the officials did everything they possibly could to give them extra FT chances, but they still came short.Anyways, it is a good feeling when you look at the MAC standings and see that WMU is 4-2 and realize that your team is responsible for their '2' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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