Valpo @ Detroit, 1/15/14 6PM CST tip

[hailcrusaders]

2-2 at the under 16? This is not the Detroit team of years past...

[SanityLost17]

We have given up 9 three point attempts and 8 of them have been WIDE OPEN. Our zone rotates spook slowly. 

[oklahomamick]

Peters is not the same player we saw at the beginning of the year.  These are his 1st half stats. 


0 Points   0-4 field goals    1 reb      1 ast     2 turnovers   1 personal foul

Peters also played more minutes than anyone else.

[mvandersee]

Well if this Coleman injury is anything long-term then Peters has to start scoring, because he'll get the bulk of the minutes at the 3 while still playing some at the 4 I would guess.

[Smj]

so. .. What is the injury for Coleman?

[mvandersee]

so. .. What is the injury for Coleman?

Both Paul Oren and the official basketball account both tweeted saying he was out due to injury, no specifics given.

[Chairback]

Announcer "capabianco with the baby dunk"

[ProudValpoAlum705]

Please hang on to this one guys...


"Hail Crusaders! Who rise to glory, our challenge has been hurled. Team Victorious, our colors glorious are known through out the world, Valparaiso, we're here to back you, Our cheers like thunder roar. See our school, our team, see our colors gleam. Let's fight for the Brown and Gold! "

[oklahomamick]

Great dunk by Lexus.  Posterized the Detroit defender.

[Smj]

Lexus just dunked in traffic. ....

[ProudValpoAlum705]

ROAD WIN!


"Hail Crusaders! Who rise to glory, our challenge has been hurled. Team Victorious, our colors glorious are known through out the world, Valparaiso, we're here to back you, Our cheers like thunder roar. See our school, our team, see our colors gleam. Let's fight for the Brown and Gold! "

[truth219]

Lexus is the real deal

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[mvandersee]

Good conference road win, if we can shoot like that from the line every game we will be looking at some better results (36-44, 81.8%)

[valpotx]

I only have to say that it was good to get a road win, regardless of how ugly the overall game was for both teams.  Let's get another W this weekend!

[vu72]

I think we beat a last place Detroit team.  Ex-Howard they are really bad.  We played very bad the first half and with Carter riding the pines, Coleman out and Peters invisible, somehow won. Credit a solid performance by Adekoya as well as our bigs, plus outstanding free throw shooting and much better patience.

[EddieCabot]

Any road win is a good road win!  Even better considering 0 points from Coleman, Carter and Peters.

Nice to see Lexus play well and show he deserves to be starting and playing big minutes.  Why he lost his starting spot before Carter had ever played a minute at Valpo is beyond me, but maybe Bryce felt he needed to keep certain people happy.  Mature move by Lexus to stay engaged and help the team get back on track. 

[mvandersee]

so. .. What is the injury for Coleman?

Now they're saying minor concussion, questionable for UWM on Saturday

[justducky]

I am beginning to cringe every time I see us in the zone! Not only do we not move fast enough to cover everybody on the outside but one or two guys are always missed on the box outs often leading to offensive put backs. At the same time our man defense is looking better and better.

Credit a solid performance by Adekoya as well as our bigs, plus outstanding free throw shooting and much better patience.

I thought that Coleman being out would translate into a death sentence. We should not be able to frequently win HL games going most of the way with Jubril and Alec at the 3 (neither are as yet good enough confident ball handlers). Both of those kids need to drive to the basket when they have the opening in order to open things up. Peters in particular has lost all confidence with his dribble and it hasn't helped him that in his last three games several charges have been called against him that looked to have been blocking fouls.

Nice contribution from Clay, and finally a couple of clean wide open backdoor cuts that should be open for us far more often than we have been using it.

[classof2014]

Overall this was a good game for us (duh, we won). I thought we'd have some difficulty with Coleman out being able to score since he's been coming on as of late. If it weren't for JuWan Howard having a career game we win by 15 or 20 points.

First 10 minutes of the game was similar to the Wright State game, turnovers left and right. Had about 10, 10 minutes in and only finished with 19, so 9 over the course of 30 minutes. I really think being able to close a game out like we did will really boost our confidence in games when it's tight late. A couple of clutch 3's by Lexus and LVD really doused the hopes of a comeback for Detroit.

As of this moment in the season Lexus has been the best freshman. Made 2 big 3's late in both halves and how bout that dunk with 30 seconds left! It was nice to see the energy that he brought to the court and he has been by far the biggest surprise of the season since nobody expected him to do much and very few talked about him. He's definitely making an argument for FoY honors. I said early in the season he reminds me a bit of Keifer Sykes, and it was nice to see him put together a full 40.

I also thought LVD played well tonight, had 21 and was good from the charity stripe as was the rest of the team. I also thought Vashil played well and is showing why he should be in there over Moussa and is improving every game, he also made some big FTs early in the 2nd half!

I also thought Jubril Adekoya (apparently pronounce Adgekoyoo) played well. Had 11 and 9 and made a few nice moves around the hoop.

Anyways, Peters, he has not looked good. He isn't confident in what he does, hopefully he can break out of this funk at perhaps a nice win like this can do it. We know he has star potential when he plays with confidence (ie Evansville & Loyola). Hopefully against Milwaukee he can put together a better stat-line than his past few performances.

Good win for 'em. 2nd road win, nice to close a game out like we did. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into Saturday as we take on the Panthers (unfortunately I cannot be nor watch the game due to a wedding but I will be there in spirit). Like I said, any road win is a good road win, especially after that dismal performance against WSU and with Jordan out as well.

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Any road win's a good win, and we can't look down our noses at anything these days.

Sticking this here:  Bryce mentioned on the front page of CBSsports, but not for tonight

This winning shot will look familiar to anyone who knows the name Bryce Drew.

and the link takes you to
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24410493/video-toledo-moves-to-142-after-buzzerbeater-over-buffalo

not as impressive as ours, but hey, nice for pulling it off.

[LaPorteAveApostle]

also, bryce h. drew:  still never lost in detroit!!!

well

except when he was playing for the bulls.

HEYO

[oklahomamick]

nice road win.  We very easy could be 3-1 in the conference. 

Did anyone notice how empty the stands were?  What was the attendance? 

[oklahomamick]

Cleo came up with a big 3 in the 2nd half.  I wouldn't have predicted him playing more minutes than Carter tonight.

[HC]

Only one person could've predicted it

[historyman]

Cleo came up with a big 3 in the 2nd half.  I wouldn't have predicted him playing more minutes than Carter tonight.

Peters is not the same player we saw at the beginning of the year.  These are his 1st half stats. 0 Points   0-4 field goals    1 reb      1 ast     2 turnovers   1 personal foul Peters also played more minutes than anyone else.

The nothing Valpo is getting from both Carter and Peters is deafening. I truly thought Carter's break in time would be a lot less if he ever emerges at all. For a guy getting the most minutes Peters' nothing really hurts. I'm not really sure why Carter's playing time is being cut but Peters' playing time isn't being cut. What promises did Bryce make to Alec?