Continue reading »]]> Pregame: The return of Patrick Mills. Portland had an easy go vs Pepperdine. Will have stiffer competition tonight. St Marys warm ups say “March is a brotherhood”. Pretty cool.
15:26 1st / SMC 7 – POR 8: Patrick Mills checked in at 16:25. Looks good. Portland is game so far. St Mary’s is huge with Simpson up front. Mobile for how big he is.
11:07 1st / SMC 13 – POR 15: Hegarty is a crazy huge German C for Portland. Watching him interact with his team is odd. He’s a load.
7:36 1st / SMC 17 – POR 16: Some good defense by the Gaels for that last stretch. Slower pace for Portland compared to last night.
3:57 1st / SMC 20 – POR 21: Zone giving the Gaels fits. Ravio needs more touches for Portland
Halftime: SMC 24 – POR 24: Sloppy half of hoops. Portland has some spunk, and Saint Marys looks lost – not what I remembered. If you can see in the middle is a Gael with a cape and huge fake hair. Scarey.

15:45 2nd / SMC 28 – POR 28: More missed shots. Game is up for grabs, waiting for someone to take over. I call Ravio.
11:54 2nd / SMC 38 – POR 39: Pace has picked up. Ravio should have the ball in his hands down the stretch for the pilots. It seems the Gaels keep tripping on themselves.
7:20 2nd / SMC 50 – POR 47: going to go down to the wire. SMC pushing the ball into the paint. Finally. Oh, Tark had to leave early. Probably has some cheese sandwiches waiting at home.

3:51 2nd / SMC 57 – POR 51: six point lead might be enough in this one going down the stretch.
Final: St. Mary’s 71 – Portland 61: Giving everybody the semi marquee matchup tomorrow night. Check back, I’ll do this again.