Kind of makes up for that Minny game we threw away. We are an inconsistent team and need to avoid these horrific stretches of basketball for a half or ten minutes or whatever that essentially lose the game. We are going to have bad stretches but can't just be pathetically bad.Ace played great, going all 40 on a night that we really needed it. There were a couple of times where Rutgers made a run and Ace scored or made a great play to settle things down…but Wahab was my player of the game. He really neutralized, if not outplayed a really good big. Cliff was totally off his game and out doubles caused him so many problems. We left a lot of shooters open and gave up some pretty easy layups that they missed, but it’s not like we played our best game either. Too sloppy, didn’t hit much from outside, let them get to the line too much, yet still won comfortably.
Dropping behind 16-0 to an average OSU team sealed our fate. Giving up a 15-0 run to NW that gave them control and the game was still close. Minny roaring back from down 14 to beat us by 9 in the 2nd half at our place. Those are 3 losses that at the very least could have been just 2 losses. Next up at Indiana who is not that great and have some injuries but they play well at home.