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> Just to clarify one thing about houston missing three >starters for saturday's game. > >Starter #1. one starter is lanny smith, who hasn't played in >a single game yet this year and is considering taking a >redshirt year. > >Starter #2: Dion Dowell. He is transfer from Texas who will >not be eligible to play until second semester. I'm sure >we'll see him in january. > >Starter #3: Malone, he's their top frontcourt player who >stayed behind in houston due to illness. > >But smith and dowell haven't been with the team at all, but >they were still averaging about 95 points a game without >those two. Malone was the only starter missing in this game. ******** If you are talking about the Houston team in the first 6 games of the year, the one that squeaked past URI on the road, yes - we are missing only 1 starter. Malone is a guard by the way. If you are talking about the Houston team that will suit out for the final 25+ games of the year, including the rematch, we were missing 2-3 of our top 5-6 players, depending on whether all-conference PG Lanny Smith redshirts or plays.
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> Hard to believe we only won by 3 after allowing you to >save face and easing up. > > You didn't spot us anything. I guess your runs were great >playing by you and ours were poor playing by you. ************ Of course we played poorly during your runs. Didn't you play poorly during A&M's runs? We went 0-10 to start the game, and 0-8 to start the second half. To your credit, you took advantage of our poor shooting. As far as saving face, gimme a break. What are you, five? At least Houston covered the spread, which was Saint Louis -4.5 when I last checked a couple hours before game time. Looking forward to the rematch. We know that it will be hard to get into the dance with 2 losses to Saint Louis. We can chalk this loss up to an early season road test without 3 of our best players. We won't have any excuses next time.
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Will be pulling for the Bills the rest of the way. Hard to believe it finished 81-78 after we spotted you a 14-0 start of the game and a 13-0 start of the second half. FYI - in addition to Dion Dowell and Lanny Smith, we were missing Marcus Malone who scored 25 at Rhode Island, making 6 threes. He is at home with a stomach virus. Enjoy your win. I may be biased, but I will be shocked if we don't return the favor in Houston when we are at full strength.
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Are these guys expected to be in the rotation once health? I notice you are basically playing a 7 man rotation now.
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>We get Grambling tonight in what hopefully will be a tune >up. Coogs win 96-61. Starting guard Marcus Malone was held out because he is sick. Don't know if he will be ready on Saturday. JC A-A G Robert Lee, normally 6th man, filled in nicely for Malone with 18 points and 8 rebounds. McKiver scored 26 and made 5 more 3s. Looking forward to Saturday's match up.
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Knowledgeable Houston fans know that going to Saint Louis will be one of our toughest games of the year, perhaps behind only @ Memphis, @ Arizona and @ Kentucky. You draw well (8,000+ last year) and return 4 starters from a team that barely missed the NIT. Idiot Houston fans look at the A&M score and think we should roll. For me, I look for a 100 point shootout if you guys push the tempo like you did to open the year.
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We are an NIT team the last 2 years who, quite frankly, would be a little disappointed going back to the NIT. We get Grambling tonight in what hopefully will be a tune up. We are averaging 95 points per game in two outings. Not a great rebounding team, we usually get more shots off than our foes because of a ridiculous turnover margin. Last year, we led the nation in steals. This year, the defense is not quite up to par, but we are still forcing ~25 turnovers a game. We are playing these first 6 games without 2 starters: 1) Dion Dowell, a 6-7 F who transferred in from Texas last December, and 2) Lanny Smith, a 6-3 PG who has started three years for us but is out recovering from toe surgery. Dowell was a National Top 50 recruit, and Smith was presason all-conference. We'll be a different team for our second meeting in Houston later in the year. In the rotation, we have 3 holdovers from last year, and several newcomers. The holdovers are: Oliver Lafayette 6-3 Sr. - had a great season last year coming in from juco. Preseason all-conference. Averaging 24 ppg this year. One of the nation's leaders in steals. Streaky three point shooter who hit three at the buzzer to win at Rhode Island. Jahmar Thorpe 6-6 Sr - averaged a solid 9 points and 5 rebounds per game last year coming in from juco. Has 3 point range. Expected to contribute 12-15 points and 6-8 rebounds per game this year. Sam Anderson 6-5 Jr. - 24 year old burly walk on played football at Eastern Michigan before joining the Army. Hustle player who apparently has been making three pointers in practice because he jacked 7 of them up in the first game (without much success). The newcomers are: Rob McKiver 6-3 Jr. - Played at Providence as a frosh. Transferred to San Jac last year where he was All-Region. Off to a hot start averaging 29 ppg, 5 rpg and 5 apg. Excellent long range shooter. McKiver was named C-USA POW, and DeCourcy named him Sporting News National POW. http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-bas.../112006aac.html http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=151076 Marcus Maline 6-5 Jr. - Played at DePaul as a frosh. Transferred in from Lee JC. Scored 25 at Rhode Island in game 1, making 6 threes. Robert Lee 6-2 Jr. - Juco A-A last year at Seminole State. Nearly had a double double in game 2. Made a clutch put back in game 1 to send it into overtime. First guard off the bench. Excellent getting to the hole. Tafari Toney 6-8 Jr. - played with McKiver at San Jac where he averaged 9 points and 9 rebounds in JC ball last year. Off to a slow start so far. Nick Mosely 6-8 Fr. - surprisingly seeing some time early. Came from a small HS. Ahtletic and active but skinny. There are 2 other newcomers (JC PG Charlie Jones and JC F Chip Jones) as well as 1 other holdover (F Richard Young), but they likely won't see much time unless we get in foul trouble.
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I saw he played in game 1, but he wasn't in tonight's boxscore. Obi Ikeakor got a few extra minutes as a result.