La Salle-St. Joseph's at the half (Soft Pretzel Logic)

La Salle-St. Joseph's at the half

What kind of a Big 5 game is this?

Here we are at halftime, and St. Joe's is up 50-46. That's right, 50-46. La Salle even led a couple times.

Want to know why?

La Salle shot 14-for-30 from the field (46.7%), including 10-for-17 from three-point range (58.8%) and 4-for-13 from two-point range (30.8%), and 8-for-10 from the free throw line (80.0%). Six offensive rebounds, 10 defensive rebounds, 14 assists, 7 turnovers, no blocks, two steals and seven fouls committed.

That adds up to 36 possessions and 1.287 points per possession.

Yves Mekongo Mbala and Darnell Harris have 13 points each, on 3-for-3 and 3-for-5 shooting from the perimeter, respectively.

St. Joe's shot an even better 20-for-30 the field (66.7%), including 4-for-10 from three-point range (40.0%) and 16-for-20 from two-point range (80.0%), and 6-for-7 from the free throw line (85.7%). One offensive rebound, 11 defensive rebounds, 14 assists, four turnovers, four blocks, three steals and eight fouls committed.

That adds up to 36 possessions and 1.376 points per possession. Whoa.

Pat Calathes already has 20 points, having shot 7-for-9 from the field -- including 3-for-4 from beyond the arc.

And these were the rollouts:

La Salle

12:34 -- "La Salle has rollouts?!"
7:22 -- "SJU is an armpit"
3:30 -- "RECORD □"

St. Joseph's

12:55 -- "HAWKS SALUTE LA SALLE FANS (BOTH OF THEM)
3:27 -- "EVEN DR. G CAN'T CURE LA SALLE"

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on February 18, 2008 9:09 PM | Permalink

Comments (1)

Leron

Do you hear that sound?

It's the sound of a bubble bursting.

Bye Bye St. Joes.

Posted by Leron | February 18, 2008 10:40 PM

Posted on February 18, 2008 22:40

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