I thought I'd throw some thoughts together...
Nice showing by the students. We need that type of attendance and energy every night at the Stott. They bring up the whole energy of the place. Andy Schantz and a bunch of the football team were really vocal.
It was a real entertaining game to watch. The refs seem to let the teams play at times and I think that made for a better game. Fairly low turnovers, good shooting, good free throw shooting; A good game.
I love it when we play with those spurts of energy basketball like in the second half where we seem to get all of the loose balls with our hustle. Reminds me of Heath's final season here. Unfortunately, we sort of go back into passive mode and let our leads slip away. I hope Morrison is okay. I heard he was spliting up some blood and was getting pounded on down on the blocks. Maybe just a cut lip, not sure. Nice to have Moore to come in for five minutes to give some starters a breather since Thomas is out.
Regarding the Griz, another tough loss for them. I think that's like five or six games that they've dropped in the final minute of the game. Martin is one heck of a shooter and was the reason that they got back into the game when we were up 15 early in the first. Great job defending Hasquet, who sweats more than any other player in the Big Sky Conference. He is their man on offense and we didn't let him get into to the game. Qvale is a heck of a defender on the block and will be the source of some frustration for us PSU folks for years.
Now MSU. Let's take care of business on Saturday...