UMass at SIU Game Thread

[cpacmel]

SIU 53
UMASS 51

11:51 to play in the half

Dillard has 4 treys in the 2nd half

 

[tornado]

UMass back up 58-56
9 min to go

 

[tornado]

7 min to go
59-58 UMass leads

 

[tornado]

5 min to go SIU now up 63-61


now 63-63 w/ 2 made UMass FT

 

[shaunguth]

Sounds like they've picked up the pace a little!

 

[tornado]

Under 4 min, CFay hits FTs, tied at 67

 

[cpacmel]

SIU on a 7-0 run

Fay with a huge TREY, and then another basket

SIU 72
UMASS 67

2:10 left

Fay with 17 points

 

[MacabreMob]

My audio feed went silent. So I found another one.

If others are having trouble, here's one from UMass:

http://www.wrnx.com/pages/listenlive.html

 

[tornado]

SIU on a run up by 8 75-67 about 1 min

 

[cpacmel]

Clemmons with a trey!

SIU 75
UMASS 67

:59 left

SIU's ball

 

[BradleyBrave]

Great comeback by the Salukis. Way to hold serve at home. Scoring up, defense down. Oh well. Nice win.

 

[shaunguth]

Huge game for siu and the Valley next week!

 

[tornado]

stat tracker says 13 asst for Mullins

80-73 the final SIU goes to 2-0 and to NY

 

[cpacmel]

SIU 80
UMASS 73
FINAL

Fay 17 points (7-10 FG) 4 boards
Mullins 16 points (6-10 FG) 13 assists 4 steals
Dillard 14 points 6 assists 3 steals
Boyle 12 points 4 boards

 

[Scouter]

Good win for SIU. Sounds like they at their Wheaties at halftime.

 

[Big Mike]

Good for SIU.....good for the Valley!

 

[gobu]

about 5 minutes into the game, UMass up 9-4


SIU is aklready 0-4 from 3-pt range...someone should tell them that they are not good at 3-pointers

SIU finished 9-22 from the 3-pt line. Good win for them and the valley.

 

[Da Coach]

Stats-
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200811120528

attendance- 5,571