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BASKETBALL Cancun Challenge -Middle Tennessee (4-1) vs. Mercer (2-3), 2PM, Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Mercer is a preseason middle of the pack socon program

 
2 fouls on Haase with 11m to play 1st half- Mercer plays a decent rotation but MT needs to take advantage of that..
 
Those 2 quick possessions are what I'm talking about- Fussell shots a quick 3 misses the rim but MT get the bunny layup after the offensive rebound.. next MT possession Eli shoots a quick 3.. no real ball movement and not making the defense work hardly at all.. compared to the possessions where MT moves the ball, probes the defense and gets good looks..
 
Mercer did a good job to close the half 11-4 run over the final ~4 mins.. MT didn't look the same once Dish went to the bench with his 2nd foul.. overall a good 1st half...

Team is so much better when they're not settling for 3's.. 3 of 11 from deep, 12 of 19 inside the arc.. only 6 TO's and only allowed 1 offensive board to the Bears.. that said Mercer missed quite a few bunnies, this game should be closer..
 
+2 this next 4 minutes.. MT leads 56-40 at the 12U media..

Weston is a player that just needs to settle down- he shows a lot of upside but he's so careless with the ball and then compounds things with fouls 90+ feet from the basket..
 
Nice response! 8-0 run once Mercer cut it to 10.. Eli with back-back 3's and Weston with a driving layup...

MT leads 68-50, 5:11 to play
 
+7 this 4-minute stretch.. MT leads 72-53 at the U4 media (3:24 to play, MT's ball).. finish strong, take care of the ball and make FT's..
 
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Holy smokes! I’ve been tying up some loose ends at work before taking off tomorrow and haven’t checked the game or score until now. Who is this basketball team???? 😂😂
 
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MT went 6 of 12 from 3 in the 2nd half- 8 turnovers in the final half (technically 9 but I'm not counting the final shot clock TO).. only gave up 4 offensive boards.. +17 on the glass & kept them under 60 points for the game, that's taking care of business
 
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good game for MT. We have found some chemistry it looks like. I’m wondering if it is okay for us to start getting a little excited about this team? Granted, not as tough of a schedule as we have seen in a while but… we are winning…
 
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I saw the team photo after the win and noticed Millin wasn't pictured. Is he still on the team?
 
What a performance from our guys. It's nice to finally look at a box score and see good offensive numbers. Above 30% from 3 (almost 40%) and 55.4% overall. Yowza. If we shoot like that every night there won't be many teams that can beat us with this defense. As expected with our athleticism we crushed them on the boards too. FT % was uncharacteristically bad but didn't seem to hurt us. Still too many turnovers and not enough assists. Gotta work on those things.

I wasn't able to watch the game but just looking at the box score our defense put the freakin' clamps down on these guys. 31.5% overall and 23.1% from 3 for Mercer. That has to be well below their season averages and I'm sure 58 points is well below what their averaging too.

Mercer is no world beater so I'm not gonna sit here and say we are back, but we're certainly on the right track.

Bryan College should be a win but we better be ready for UT Martin. This team is not good enough to overlook anybody and I could easily see UT Martin rolling into town with upset on the mind.

@Murray State is obviously the big one but that game loses a lot of luster if we don't take care of business with UT Martin.
 
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