CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- After watching Penn's defense allow Harvard to shoot 53.7 percent from the field, let's pay tribute to a couple players elsewhere who turned their opponents into swiss cheese tonight.
On the local side, it was Fordham's Marcus Stout, who helped the Rams deal Temple an ugly 78-76 loss at the Liacouras Center:
Name |
Min |
FG |
FT |
3pt |
OR |
DR |
TR |
A |
S |
TO |
Blk |
PF |
Eff |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Stout |
34 |
10-15 |
6-9 |
5-9 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
30 |
31 |
And on the national side, it was Kansas State's Michael Beasley, who scored more than half his team's total of 86 points in a loss at Baylor:
Name |
Min |
FG |
FT |
3pt |
OR |
DR |
TR |
A |
S |
TO |
Blk |
PF |
Eff |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Beasley |
38 |
14-25 |
15-15 |
1-3 |
3 |
13 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
44 |
45 |
Oh, and then there's the small matter of Villanova beating Connecticut... and sowing a few seeds about possibly making the NCAA Tournament? Really?
Not to mention Drake winning a great game at Butler, and Tennessee capping off the night with an ugly but pulsating win at Memphis.
I can't help thinking, though, that the 25-2 Volunteers shouldn't really be the No. 1 team in the country come Monday. Obviously they will be, but if I can put a good case together for the Monday podcast arguing for someone else I might just do it.
