College Hoops 1.5
This is a 1.5 blog, for college hoops. I needed to do a "sideline reporter" type of a paper. So this is what a new article would look like and is no where near my DePaul experience. Since I was all business this day taking notes and trying to get a good grade on my paper. 36/50. Resubmitted the assignment because like a dummy I turned in my notes from the game, and the rough draft. Which is understandable of why I did that it was go to the game, report/notes , go home and crank out a grade A[B is good enough] assignment and not finish till like 2 in the morning. was tired and and clicked the wrong document. Well anyways hers my 1.5 non party going wild at the game experience. Next season hopefully we are going into College experience 2 or 3.
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Communication Paper: SENIOR NIGHT BASKETBALL
Cougars bid Farwell to their seniors in a 90-65 win.
The story line for Saint Xavier Basketball going into
Wednesday’s February 19th last
Home game of the 2019-20 season, was the Cougars where 18-9 over all and in
conference 13-7. While their opponents Saint Francis was 10-17 over and in
conference 8-13. In addition, it is not
only senior night for 4 players but also head coach Tom O’ Malley in his 23rd
season is retiring currently with a record of 507 wins and
230 loses. [as of 2/17/20]
Onto the game
Its senior and Coach O’Malley’s night. O’Malley is going
into the night with 999 career coaching wins and Saint Francis is looking to
not be 1,000 and ruin a very special night. Saint Xavier Cougars must of got
word of that and decided that tonight was not the tonight for an upset. In the
last home game of Saint Xavier’s 50th season of basketball
So the Cougars win the face off don’t score let Saint
Francis draw first blood. And they would hold on to early jump and lead the
game for the next 5 min and 25 secs. With a score of 11-10 After that it was
all cougars, the game changed tones when Jack Brody [20] decided to give out
his first invitations to the block party. Then there was a little bit of a hot
streak cougars in 2 minutes 7 score.Before Saint Francis decided to respond.
With one to make it 19-12. Then there was a lot of back and forth. The one
player from Saint Francis who didn’t score till late in the game was Eric Ting
who was from Taiwan. He was coastally driving to the hole, moving the ball ,
good defense went 1-6 in FGM-A but those 24 minutes played, he was no slacker.
With some more game play The cougars attempted a full court shot going into the
half with a score of 47-32.
And at half time Coach Tom O’Malley was honored for being
the most winningest coach in Saint Xavier basketball history. After 23 years
put him in the rafters all ready.
Back to the game like it was stated it was all cougars they
came out a little slow, and they knew it they turned on the jets and built off
the lead from the 1st half. The highest the lead got at one point
was 26 points. Saint Franics getting alittle desperate decided to pull out the
full court press with 12:58 on clock., they tried playing a faster pace game
but by then it was too late. They even
tried slowing down the game by committing fouls but the Cougars decided to make
it a free throw practice. The 2nd half was not as exciting with the
cougars pulling away so fast.
It wasn’t till the cougars coaching
staff gave all the seniors one last standing ovation. They did this by subbing
them off one by one, instead of putting the next legacy of cougar’s players in
all at once. They did this when there were less then 50 secs on the clock.
And Saints coach took a time out with 38 secs left on the
clock not to talk to his team but to congratulate coach tom waving him over to
center court. The fighting saints coach waved his hands in the air to conduct
the largest cougar fan crowd of the season. The crowd gave Coach O’ Malley one
last cheer and standing ovation for his dedication to the game. Saint Xavier
Won last night 90-69. It is a a closing of a chapter in this school’s history.
Period but we might not be done just yet.
Looking a head
With one game left in the regular season Saint Xavier
University now 19-9 overall,14-7 in conference. Faces Indiana University in
South Bend IN. Who is ranked one seed above SXU at a 3 spot in the Chicagoland
Collegiate Athletic Conference [Division II]. Indiana University’s record is
this season is 21-8,
overall, and 15-6, in conference. To add more fuel, they will be waiting for
the cougars coming off an 87-69 win and a week’s rest. It’s the last game of the season, Division
opponent, some implications on the 29th Annual DII Men’s Basketball
National Championship. If you’re going to make a run for a title, I think this
is the way you want it to happen. Does it get any better than this?
That game will be on 2/22/20 with at 2’oclock CT tipoff
To my current knowledge it looks like The Saint Xavier
Cougars are fighting for their tournament life’s. Or at least better seeding in
the tournament. Currently they are sitting at number 4 seed in their division.
If I am reading the schedules correctly and to the minimal knowledge that I
have pieced together. It Looks like there is a Tournament to get into the
Tournament. What I mean by that there is a Chicagoland Colligate Athletic
Conference tournament and if you win in that you go on to play in 29th Annual
DII Men’s Basketball National Championship which is taking place in Sioux Falls
S.D. Good Luck Cougars in the up coming weeks.
Senior stats
Coach 1,000 wins 508 coming from Saint Xavier
33 Nick Thomaston 4 min 0-2 on shots both where 3’s and 2 Defensive
rebounds
31 Joseph Ruzevich 9 min 6 points 3-8 3 rebounds 2 offensive
1 defensive one assist
5 Calvin Payawal 8 Min 4 pts 2-3 on missed 3 one offensive
rebound
20 Jack Brody 29 mins. 16 pts 6-10 1-4 on 3 points 3-3 on the free throw line
all 5 rebounds on the defensive side and 3 steals and 2 blocks
one minute speech
Its senior and Coach O’Malley’s night. O’Malley is going
into the night with 999 career coaching wins and Saint Francis is looking to
not be 1,000 and ruin a very special night. Saint Xavier Cougars must of got
word of that and decided that tonight was not the tonight for an upset. In the
last home game of Saint Xavier’s 50th season of basketball
Cougars win the tip off don’t score saints decide to make
the socre 11-10 before jack brody desiced to give out his 1st invite
to the block party. After that it was all cougars They dominated play with the
higest lead of the first half getting as high as 17 points. Know how they got
that lead with a three, a field goal and a kind of behind the back side ways
facing lay up by number 10.
Going in to half time the cougars wehre up 47-32, Coach
Omally was honored for his 23 years dedicated to saint Xavier put his name in
the rafters all ready.
Now onto the second half all cougars they build off that big
lead that they took into half by making it peak at 26 points. No matter what
the Fighting saints did from a full court press, picking up their game tempo
even fouling to slow down the game it did not work. Another behing the back
layup from 10, a 3 frpm 21 and a failed alley oop and the last scoeing play by
the cougars was a layup by 44 waller. But quin schiner of the saints wanted to
put up one more 3 to end the game cougars 90 the fightless saints 69.
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