Leatherneck Nation

Western vs IUPUI. 12 Noon today on ESPN3.

Dead-ball shove right in front of official. Come on man!

Missed layup by Johnson, missed 3 balls which are wide open. Gotta make shots! jc

If it was a 35 minute game, we would have 4 or 5 more wins. Billy really does not make much in the way of in-game adjustments other than sub out one big man for another.

Another lead lost late in the game.Ugh!!!

So you have got to make shots down the stretch. Its not that we don't make shots early on, its just that we miss key shots at the end that are good shots. How many tips did we miss under the hole? And there was a couple of times when we got stops or steals and then failed to get good, controlled shots. ie. We forced the possession and got nothing but a missed or blocked layup attempt. Again, Johnsons missed layup just killed the Necks emotionally. Air went out of the bag at that point. Not big things folks, just little things that when added up become big. Its like we wear out at the end psychologically! jc

If we are wearing out early, maybe its because we dont go to bench much in the 2nd half. Who knows.

Well do we look tired at the end or what? Is that emotional exhaustion or physical? jc

BIgs 5-8 from the field while another player was 3-17 all you need to know.

IUPUI won the game 82-68.

Western led 40-39 at the half, but was out-scored 43-28 in the second half. Western had a 9-point lead with 17 minutes left in the game.

IUPUI ended the game on a 12-0 run.

Kobe Webster led the Western scoring with 19 points. C.J. Duff had 13.

Big free throw differential. Western was 9 for 12. IUPUI was 21 for 31.

Attendance at IUPUI = 980.

Next game will be Monday night (Dec 17) at Northern Illinois. Game time is 8PM.