Dec 10 - Youngstown St. - White Out??

[boosyourdaddy]

I saw an advertisement in the UWM Post and I can't remember where else, but its getting better. I think we will pull well over 100 students. Start boozing at 8am, peak around 1pm, sleep through the packer game, wake up with beer soaked into my new white tshirt. its all simple really.

[goldenshower]

boos, i love the way you think. I thought hippies were the only ones concerned about when they're gonna peak?

Panthers take this one, 1-0 in league play!!!

[bball30]

We still doing a predictions contest anymore? Or is it kind of on the outs?

[pantherdon]

Hey, if you don't want to participate, it will be easier for me to win that nice ball.
Ha ha!

[dylanrocks]

Jeter not impressed by Panthers' rally

By BOBBI ROQUEMORE
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Posted: Dec. 10, 2006

That the game ended in an emotional, gut-wrenching fashion was of little interest to UW-Milwaukee coach Rob Jeter.

UWM's Allen Hanson, who had 14 points, tries to get around Byron Davis.

In his view, the Panthers never should have been in the situation where the difference between winning and losing came down to free throws in the final seconds.

UWM came out on the short end against Youngstown State, 68-65, Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

"We waited until about 37 minutes to start playing basketball, and that's just not good enough," a stern Jeter said. "We didn't come out and play inspired basketball in front of our fans. That's not going to get it done against any opponent."

The Panthers (2-9, 0-1 Horizon League) opened an early five-point lead but let it slip away and, with 8 minutes 27 seconds left, found themselves down by 13 points.

A furious comeback prevented the loss from becoming an embarrassment. Then again, it might have only added to the pain.

Junior forward Paige Paulsen had a chance to tie the score with 1.9 seconds to play as he attempted two free throws. He made the first one but the second bounced off the front of the rim, leaving UWM behind, 66-65.

Penguins guard Byron Davis secured the rebound and was fouled. He made both free throws with four-tenths of a second to go to seal the victory for Youngstown State (3-6, 0-1).

Paulsen credited Allan Hanson with a tough pass inside to him up underneath the basket, where he was fouled, to set up the potential tying free throws.

Why the first one went in and the second one did not, Paulsen said, haunts him.

"I've been thinking about that since the game got over, what happened," said Paulsen, who scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, both team highs. "I've got to let it go, but it hurts right now."

Meanwhile, something else was bothering Jeter.

He expressed disappointment in the fact that, after playing three consecutive road games competitively from start to finish, the Panthers could not display that same effort on their own floor in front of the 2,670 fans who came out to support the team despite a four-game losing streak.

"I've got a lot of young guys," Jeter said. "I'm trying to figure out a lot of different things with this group. We spend so much time together. We play so hard on the road.

"Today, we just seemed to be running in sand a little bit, just didn't have it all."

In yet the latest attempt to find a winning combination, Jeter shuffled the starting lineup once again. Out was Hanson, a junior who started the previous 10 games, and back in came junior Avery Smith, the Panthers' leading scorer.

The Panthers went into halftime ahead, 32-30, after a layup by Kevin Massiah with 30 seconds left in the period.

Using their dizzying, high-wire act on offense, the Penguins embarked on 12-2 spurt in the first 2:40 of the second half to go ahead, 42-34. A long jumper by John Barber with 8:30 left gave the Penguins a convincing 58-45 advantage.

"We saw some individual matchups that we liked in terms of their defending some of our quicker guys and I thought we did a pretty good job taking advantage of that," Penguins coach Jerry Slocum said.

[uwmeasye]

UWM head coach Rob Jeter on the loss

"We waited for about 37 minutes to start playing basketball and that's just not good enough. You get outrebounded in the second half after we were clearly doing those things that gave us a slim lead in the first half. We just didn't come out and play inspired basketball in front of our fans and that's just not going to get it done against any opponent."

Jeter on why his team seemed flat much of the game

"I've got a lot of young guys and I'm trying to figure out a lot of things with this group. We spend so much time together ... that's a great question, because we've played so hard on the road. We've played in some tough places and had much better starts. Today, we just seemed to be running in sand a little bit, just didn't have it all. We'll have to go back and take a look at the tape and figure things out."

Jeter on changing his starting lineup

"All I'm simply doing is what would happen in life. Guys work hard and give themselves opportunities. Guys that have been starting games are guys that have been working hard and have been doing things the right way, and they deserve that opportunity. Avery Smith has been a starter for us and I decided to put him back in the lineup. It didn't work out today. We have eight guys who are capable of being out there to start a game, but it's finishing games that is most important. The beginning of the game - who starts the game - I'm not overly concerned about that. I just want to give guys opportunities, and they need to make the best of those opportunities."

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Jeter on his team shooting 31 three-pointers

"That's way too many three-pointers in an offense where we try to touch the post. I thought when we touched the post things were going well. We were getting some back-to-the-basket moves and we had some opportunities to get fouled. We were at nine fouls and at the double bonus - I can't give you the exact time - but it seemed like we were at nine a long time. We took some long shots which led to some runouts and fast-break points. We got away from what we want to do. We want to get to the free throw line, which we're not getting to, because we're shooting a lot of shots from outside. That's not entirely part of the plan. You need some, but not 31 of them."

Allan Hanson on the slow start to the second half

"They just came out in the second half and wanted it more than us to start out. Like coach said, we didn't really start playing tough basketball until the last three minutes of the game."