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Post by buppie05 on Jan 25, 2024 21:02:56 GMT -6
I know the game was over at that point, but the last 90 seconds was some of the ugliest basketball I have ever seen, on both sides. I hope coach lays into them on that. Detroit is the poorest coached team in the nation. Got some players, but Davis is a sh*t coach. Excited for them to get a new one next year.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Jan 25, 2024 21:04:47 GMT -6
I know the game was over at that point, but the last 90 seconds was some of the ugliest basketball I have ever seen, on both sides. I hope coach lays into them on that. Detroit is the poorest coached team in the nation. Got some players, but Davis is a sh*t coach. Excited for them to get a new one next year. Yes, Detroit looked crappy because, well, they are 0-21 for a reason. Milwaukee looked crappy because they acted like it was the black and gold scrimmage.
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Jan 25, 2024 21:23:52 GMT -6
We had no angle. What did you guys think of the third foul on B.J. Did he hit his wrist? Foul, I had a great angle.
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Post by GoPanthersGo23 on Jan 25, 2024 21:32:27 GMT -6
ESPN Attendance: 2,341. Did not look near that on the broadcast.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 25, 2024 21:42:55 GMT -6
ESPN Attendance: 2,341. Did not look near that on the broadcast. No, yet students showed up. Had some different groups in at well. I enjoy seeing that number. Over 3K on Saturday
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Post by FTA1982 on Jan 25, 2024 21:50:02 GMT -6
We need 2nd half BJ from tonight every night. Getting down hill and scoring at the rim. He's big and crafty down there. He needs to be more selfish honestly.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Jan 25, 2024 21:52:20 GMT -6
We need 2nd half BJ from tonight every night. Getting down hill and scoring at the rim. He's big and crafty down there. He needs to be more selfish honestly. Yeah, he definitely played better in the 2nd half.
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Jan 25, 2024 21:52:37 GMT -6
We need 2nd half BJ from tonight every night. Getting down hill and scoring at the rim. He's big and crafty down there. He needs to be more selfish honestly. no he really doesnt, he needs to play defense and take care of the ball.
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Post by FTA1982 on Jan 25, 2024 22:05:42 GMT -6
We need 2nd half BJ from tonight every night. Getting down hill and scoring at the rim. He's big and crafty down there. He needs to be more selfish honestly. no he really doesnt, he needs to play defense and take care of the ball. I don't think that will change with BJ. He's at his best when he is getting to the rim and finishing and getting to the free throw line. We need that much more than those step back 3s and cross court passes that get stolen.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 26, 2024 7:36:45 GMT -6
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 26, 2024 7:37:45 GMT -6
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jan 26, 2024 7:43:50 GMT -6
UWM uses balanced scoring effort, solid defense to keep Detroit Mercy winless Todd Rosiak Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The UW-Milwaukee Panthers did what they were supposed to do on Thursday night by dispatching visiting Detroit Mercy, 87-71.
But keeping the Titans as one of just two winless programs in all of Division I wasn't easy.
An unconscious first 22 minutes by the previously unknown Emmanuel Kuac made the Panthers sweat, and it wasn't until a game-turning 13-2 run midway through the second half that UWM finally was able to breathe easy.
Four players scored in double figures for the Panthers, with BJ Freeman (22 points, 11 rebounds, five assists) and Kentrell Pullian (20 points, 10 rebounds) doing the heavy lifting.
On the other side, Kuac poured in 27 on 9-for-19 shooting, with 7 of those makes coming from beyond the three-point arc.
But he eventually cooled off and with the wraps kept on leading scorer Jayden Stone (15 points after coming in averaging 19.9) the Titans departed UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena 0-21 and 0-10 in Horizon League play.
"They've got nothing to lose, so it's come out and play hard every game," Freeman said when asked about the potential danger in playing a winless team this deep into the season. "They're just waiting to get that first 'W.'
"We were in the same predicament last year and we came out kind of sluggish against Green Bay and we had to pay for that. So, just coming in with the great mentality we had today, we've got to do anything to get that win and make sure we're all on the same page so we can have a winning outcome."
UWM, which had allowed 84 points or more in its previous six games and 90 or more in its last two, opened in a zone and also immediately put some full-court pressure on Detroit.
The Panthers forced seven turnovers and scored 12 points off those miscues and eventually headed into intermission with a 45-36 lead.
But the advantage would have been much bigger had it not been for the play of Kuac, a graduate transfer from New Mexico who torched UWM for 19 points in 17 minutes including 5-for-8 shooting from beyond the arc.
He entered the night having scored 14 points and with 3 three-pointers on his ledger all season.
How hot was the 6-foot-7 forward? Enough so that he banked in his fifth and final three from half court at the buzzer to take some of the wind out of the Panthers’ sails heading to the locker room.
"He was shooting 12% from three coming into the game," said coach Bart Lundy of Kuac. "Our game plan was to shrink the floor on other guys and take away Stone. Kuac made the first two and then we made a mistake and he got a third, and then he was rolling.
"But actually we talked about he was a good scorer and good shooter in junior college. So it wasn't out of what we knew he was capable of. He just hadn't done it this year. We've had a trend of giving guys career highs."
Kuac kept rolling as he drained the first touch he got in the second half for another three. Freeman missed a three on the other end and the Titans answered with an easy layup, prompting Lundy to call a quick timeout.
It didn't work as Detroit rattled eight more quick points – including Kuac's seventh three – to grab the lead for the first time.
The Panthers answered by scoring nine of the next 11 to go back in front.
Then after a couple Titans free throws made it a one-possession game with 12:12 remaining, the Panthers rattled off a 13-2 run to finally gain some breathing room. Seven points from Freeman and four from Pullian did the trick, with Pullian's steal and dunk feeling like the final nail in the coffin.
UWM scored on five straight possessions not long after that to eliminate any remaining doubt while Kuac finally ran out of gas.
"We've had a lot of trouble just being on the same page," said Lundy of the overall defensive effort, which saw Detroit finish at 38.6% from the field a game after allowing a season-worst 63.6% in a loss at Wright State. "I thought those guys were way more locked in on being on the same page.
"We were able to change defenses a little bit. We simplified everything. We hadn't played that much zone all year. We got a little a little porous as the game went on. Then I thought in the second half when we made that run, we started to really challenge shots.
"A couple little fouls with our hands, but we played way cleaner than we've been playing. So, if we can expand those stretches, we're going to score enough points."
The Panthers scored 56 of their points in the paint while knocking down only 5 of 14 threes and finished at 57.9% from the floor, their second-best shooting performance of the season.
They also hit 16 of 21 free throws compared to the Titans' 7-for-7 effort and grabbed 41 rebounds to Detroit's 30. Freeman and the 6-0 Pullian combined to account for more than half those boards, an impressive performance by the duo.
"It's like Coach says – good guards rebound," Freeman said. "We just try to impact by rebounding the ball, helping our bigs in there."
UWM next hosts Oakland, which was knocked from the top spot in the conference standings Thursday night by a resurgent UW-Green Bay squad, on Saturday at 3 p.m.
"Right now there's three teams with three losses and four teams with four losses," said Lundy, whose team is 10-10 and 5-4. "So, I told these guys Saturday is really the biggest game of the year for us. For as much adversity as we've had, we're really only a game back in the loss column.
"It'd be nice to get on a roll."
Milwaukee Panthers guard BJ Freeman (10) drives the ball as he is guarded by Detroit Mercy Titans guard Marcus Tankersley (4) during the second half of their game on Thursday January 25, 2024 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wis.
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Post by Petes on Jan 26, 2024 8:13:26 GMT -6
]How hot was the 6-foot-7 forward? Enough so that he banked in his fifth and final three from half court at the buzzer to take some of the wind out of the Panthers’ sails heading to the locker room. "He was shooting 12% from three coming into the game," said coach Bart Lundy of Kuac. "Our game plan was to shrink the floor on other guys and take away Stone. Kuac made the first two and then we made a mistake and he got a third, and then he was rolling. "But actually we talked about he was a good scorer and good shooter in junior college. So it wasn't out of what we knew he was capable of. He just hadn't done it this year. We've had a trend of giving guys career highs." Kuac kept rolling as he drained the first touch he got in the second half for another three. Lundy must have some secret tape of Kuac from his junior college days as he never played junior college. He played at New Mexico for 4 years and made a total of 22 3s in his 4 season at UNM.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Jan 26, 2024 8:29:13 GMT -6
At season's end they don't give out "Best Player" and "Worst Player" awards to those on the team who play regularly, but if they would BJ probably takes home both.
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