I thought it was a weird game. YSU seemingly was in control most of the way, but I never felt very confident. Shemar was never the same after getting hurt in the first half and that really hurt. Even though Chicone is smart with the ball, makes good passes he's just not a scoring threat. YSU had some bad fouls like at the end of the half with them shooting a 3 that allowed them to cut it to 5, the one by Hunter late in the 2nd half with the shock clock at 2, and RMU got some lucky bounces on rebounds that they converted. There just was several plays that you had a weird feeling that were going to come back & bite YSU.
I've said during this win streak Coach has done a great job at managing the players and keeping who's playing best on the floor not just trying to play everyone. I don't know if it was trying to manage mins due to this being the 3rd game in 5 days was part of it, but he seemed frustrated with the starters early in the 2nd half and I felt kept the subs in there too long and allowed them right back in the game.
But even after that YSU had opportunities to put them away when they were up 9-10 and it just seemed like they almost quit playing and didn't have the intensity. It had the feel of a league game earlier in the year when YSU was suffering those tough losses. YSU makes more shots, outrebounds them, more assists, and less turnovers but lose. The difference was RMU was getting to the FT line 11 more times and making 9 more than YSU.
Glad Hunter is playing very well of late. Ogoro just can't going. Will Dunn had 3 strong performances in a row but hasn't scored more than 5 points in each of the last 4 games. And I can't figure out what has happened to Jamir Thomas. He was contributing during non-league play, but has only scored a total of 9 points in league play and hasn't even scored since the January 15 Wright St. game. He just doesn't look comfortable out there.
It's a shame to allow this one to slip away as NKU and Oakland both won and that drops YSU back to 6th in the standings. I would think now they're going to have to win 4 of the last 5 to have any shot at that first round bye.