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I have said for a few years now that the key and big reason WOS has handled my Tigers so well as been the speed of the defensive line. I am somewhat surprised that teams don't watch the success of that defense and try to mimic it as best they can. The thought of putting the big majority of your best athletes on the defense and limiting the scoring of the opponent. Instead of trying to put big numbers of points on the board, keep that other team fro scoring many at all.

I wasn't there but was told by those who were no whistle heard before the buzzer but they even added one second back on the clock.

Played at hopson field house

From watching this one only, we have stopped the platoon system. Now I heard we have been still doing it some and I don't know that it's gone. It may be just to keep our size out there more with these bigger schools. What it looked like to me that this did at least in this game was kind of give us a lull in the middle of the game. For whatever reason we didn't have near the defensive intensity in that 2nd and third qtr that we did in the other two. It could have been players getting a little more winded, players getting near foul trouble or maybe Coach had them lay back a little to keep those two things from happening. One thing when that pressure was on Alief struggled handling the ball. We still had trouble at the ft line and need to do a little better hitting the boards but when we get back to playing schools more our size I expect some things to get back to normal. Good experience and just what the Tigers need to see rught now early in the season.

Finished.

big guy did have 21 pts and 18 rebounds so he was more of a factor than I realized.

Game tied with 23 secs left. Alief inbounding. Throws ball up in between two Tigers guy comes down goes to the floor loses ball but foul called on us. No obvious foul the ref right beside the players who I thought made the call although I never saw him give the number looked at our bench and shrugged like he didn't know what happened.

not really sloppy play at times and a tough call at the end.

The inbounds play??

And the final Alief takes it 68-65 Tigers 18/29 at the ft line.

6 secs left Tigers trail by 2 Alief shooting 1

23 secs left

66-65 Alief with one more ft and the lead 14 secs left

65-63 44 secs left

65-62 Adams at the line for 2

Harris hit a three right as Coach called to.

65-59 1:38?left

61-59

60-56 Alief

Adams ties it

56-53

56-49 Adams at the line for the 1&1 6:12 left

Tigers trail 52-44 After 3.

50-40 Alief

45-40