'DOGS DROP THRILLER TO CARDINAL
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Probably frightened by an unparalleled mass of people in the seats, the Fresno State basketball team let a pretty decent opportunity to knock off Stanford slip away at the Save Mart Center on Tuesday night. This Bulldog team played a solid game throughout, with only a questionable effort in the final seconds to lament as they lost 69-67.
Over 15,000 fans showed up at SMC, and though that was a record, it wasn't the strangest thing about the attendance. An inordinate amount of the fans were wearing white T-shirts which would almost lead one to believe that the whole thing was planned. Like some sort of "white-out" promotion was going on. But God knows nobody around here will do what you tell them and season ticket holders can't possibly be expected to show up on the day of a game, much less wear something that isn't red because somebody told them to. I'm still wondering what the hell that was all about.
But I wasn't the only one distracted. The 'Dogs themselves came down the floor in the waning seconds with a chance to tie the game or even go for a win with a three-pointer. After over 39 minutes of tight action and drama with the Pac-10 foe, down by two points, the ball was in the hands of.......JaVance Coleman.
Ok, anybody who has been paying attention this season knows that a three-ball isn't going in. So what happened? In Ja'Vance went, finding his way to several tall guys wearing red uniforms until the ball got knocked out of bounds with .01 on the clock. Game over.
(Bag on Ja'Vance? Don't bag on Ja'Vance? Hmmm.)
Ja'Vance Coleman has been a great player around here and everybody loves him, as they should. But it ain't happening so far this year, and who knows why. Not too many months ago I would have been screaming at the tube for Coleman to launch that thing from the perimeter. Not this year. It capped a four-point night for Ja'Vance who went 1-10 from the field including 0-4 from three-point range.
Unfortunately Hector Hernandez and Quinton Hosley were on the bench at this time. Hernandez had nine points on three treys and Hosley had 18 points. Dominic McGuire was the star with 25 points and 13 rebounds.
On the other side of the court, Stanford got 17 points from Lawrence Hill and 12 from Fred Washington to lead a balanced attack. It was Hill who nailed a pair of free throws with 14.7 seconds left to give the Cardinal its two-point lead.
The Lopez twins, Robin and Brook from San Joaquin Memorial High School, brought their seven-foot frames back to the Valley and each put in 10 points. Just like Chris Hernandez of Clovis West, these two Valley high school stars took their acts to Stanford, which begs a baffling question. Why in the hell would a kid want to move to a remote dump of a city like Palo Alto and play Pac 10 basketball while becoming a doctor when he could much more easily stay home and attend Fresno State and live out a lucrative career of delivering pizzas to the fine establishments along Motel Drive. Who knows why, but some of these kids opt to head north.
Fresno State fell to 9-2 with the loss while Stanford improved to 7-2. Obviously the NCAA needs to look into why Stanford has played two fewer games and it was probably that extra rest that put them over the top. There could be sanctions against this outlaw program in the near future so stay tuned.
Next up for the 'Dogs is a Saturday game against Cal Poly at the Save Mart Center.
Probably frightened by an unparalleled mass of people in the seats, the Fresno State basketball team let a pretty decent opportunity to knock off Stanford slip away at the Save Mart Center on Tuesday night. This Bulldog team played a solid game throughout, with only a questionable effort in the final seconds to lament as they lost 69-67.
Over 15,000 fans showed up at SMC, and though that was a record, it wasn't the strangest thing about the attendance. An inordinate amount of the fans were wearing white T-shirts which would almost lead one to believe that the whole thing was planned. Like some sort of "white-out" promotion was going on. But God knows nobody around here will do what you tell them and season ticket holders can't possibly be expected to show up on the day of a game, much less wear something that isn't red because somebody told them to. I'm still wondering what the hell that was all about.
But I wasn't the only one distracted. The 'Dogs themselves came down the floor in the waning seconds with a chance to tie the game or even go for a win with a three-pointer. After over 39 minutes of tight action and drama with the Pac-10 foe, down by two points, the ball was in the hands of.......JaVance Coleman.
Ok, anybody who has been paying attention this season knows that a three-ball isn't going in. So what happened? In Ja'Vance went, finding his way to several tall guys wearing red uniforms until the ball got knocked out of bounds with .01 on the clock. Game over.
(Bag on Ja'Vance? Don't bag on Ja'Vance? Hmmm.)
Ja'Vance Coleman has been a great player around here and everybody loves him, as they should. But it ain't happening so far this year, and who knows why. Not too many months ago I would have been screaming at the tube for Coleman to launch that thing from the perimeter. Not this year. It capped a four-point night for Ja'Vance who went 1-10 from the field including 0-4 from three-point range.
Unfortunately Hector Hernandez and Quinton Hosley were on the bench at this time. Hernandez had nine points on three treys and Hosley had 18 points. Dominic McGuire was the star with 25 points and 13 rebounds.
On the other side of the court, Stanford got 17 points from Lawrence Hill and 12 from Fred Washington to lead a balanced attack. It was Hill who nailed a pair of free throws with 14.7 seconds left to give the Cardinal its two-point lead.
The Lopez twins, Robin and Brook from San Joaquin Memorial High School, brought their seven-foot frames back to the Valley and each put in 10 points. Just like Chris Hernandez of Clovis West, these two Valley high school stars took their acts to Stanford, which begs a baffling question. Why in the hell would a kid want to move to a remote dump of a city like Palo Alto and play Pac 10 basketball while becoming a doctor when he could much more easily stay home and attend Fresno State and live out a lucrative career of delivering pizzas to the fine establishments along Motel Drive. Who knows why, but some of these kids opt to head north.
Fresno State fell to 9-2 with the loss while Stanford improved to 7-2. Obviously the NCAA needs to look into why Stanford has played two fewer games and it was probably that extra rest that put them over the top. There could be sanctions against this outlaw program in the near future so stay tuned.
Next up for the 'Dogs is a Saturday game against Cal Poly at the Save Mart Center.
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