Friday, January 11, 2008

A-Sun Upset of the Year (so far)

USC-Upstate 73, Gardner-Webb 59

For GW, Sanders was his usual really good self, but Flittner and Linn combined to shoot 6-22 from the field, 2-9 from 3, and 5-9 (!) from the FT line. As a team they shot 5-13 FTs in the first half. Ugly.

Upstate answered with a balanced attack, with 5 different guys taking 8 shots and nobody going over 10. They also shot the ball well late, hitting all 7 FG attempts they took in the last 6:50. 2 turnovers in the last 9 minutes also helps, as does a 68-possession game against a team accustomed to 75.

Good stuff.

1 comment:

EandJTrygg said...

Ben:

Talk about a blast from the past, bro! Thanks for finding my blog and posting a comment. Thought I'd return the favor.

From what I gather, you're a minister, you have twins and you've had heart surgery. Not sure if those things are related or not!

I'm having a blast writing for The Christian Chronicle out here in OKC. Drop me a line sometime at erik(at)christianchronicle.org.

Go Bisons!