Kent State stinks, as did Niagara, so we need to curtail our enthusiasm until we see how we stack up in league play. Nevertheless, there are encouraging signs. Ball movement and scoring distribution have been really good. We could not throw the ball into an ocean in the first sixteen minutes, yet finished the game shooting 50%. More impressive to me was the defensive intensity against a team that was taller at virtually every position. We battled them even on the boards. Their 6'4" center was not a factor in the game. A second tall player who scored ten against us in the first half got nothing after intermission. Kent scored 11 points in the second half until garbage time started at 61-38 with about four minutes left. Overall a promising and unexpected start from a ridiculously young team.
