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Great…..No Hankerson (PL Leading Scorer @ 20.7ppg) for BU……No Problem. WRONG! What else could we have been thinking?

Our guard was down and in stepped the quartet of: Goff, White, Mahoney and Scanlon. All top double-digit scorers in the PL. with two – and I’m not counting #1 Hankerson – in the Top 10. They didn’t disappoint, scoring 72 of the team’s 92. It all starts with “D” as we are so often reminded. Last night, it never got off the bus.
Coach Reed summed it up pretty well when we said in the post-game interview, “Whether you look at the first half or you look at the second half, defensively, we have to improve…..The number of points we gave up in the paint were ridiculous in the second half and in the first half, we didn’t have any answers to slow them down….We tried different defensive looks just to see if we could break their rhythm, but nothing was able to stop them enough.”

On the positive side, it was good to see CS get some playing time, even if it was short-termed and done to protect others in foul trouble. You must admit, we proved once again that we can shoot the long ball. Five guys drained at least one with the team going 14 for 32. We remain atop the PL in league contests. hitting 43.8% from behind the arc. The way we’re struggling on “D,” that may be our saving grace and key to keeping the score close.

Up next: Bucky from Lewisburg

PL Today
Bucky, CU and BU – all 3-1
LU 2-2
LC 2-2
AWP 2-2
Navy 2-2
LUM 2-2
HC 1-3
AU 0-4
Thursday should be fun with LU @ Bucky and CU @ BU