Tom Timmermann at the
The only stat you really need to know is that SLU shot 20 percent
from the field while allowing Temple to make 64 percent. They never got
within fifteen points in the second half.
Adding
injury to insult, up-and-coming freshman point guard Kwamain Mitchell
suffered a concussion during garbage time late in the first half and
had to be hauled off the court on a stretcher. Majerus and Co. have to
be summoning the collective prayers of every Jesuit SLU has to spare
that Mitchell's play isn't affected by the injury because they have
absolutely no one who can replace him.
Kevin Lisch played so poorly in the game that the ESPN.com reporter mistook him for another Lisch entirely. From last night's recap: "Leading scorer Rusty Lisch, averaging 13.8 points, was held scoreless and missed all 10 of his shots."
SLU
hosts Richmond, a team that's tied for third place in the A-10, on
Sunday. Check back Monday for a full Rundown re-cap of that match-up.
Elsewhere in college hoops:
-- Mizzou won a wild one versus Oklahoma State and should be ranked in the next batch of polls. They play Texas Tech tomorrow.
-- Illinois beat Ohio State earlier this week and hosts always-tough Wisconsin tomorrow.
-- The Southern Illinois Salukis play the Illinois State Redbirds in an all-Illinois Missouri Valley Conference grudge match tomorrow. Think Obama will take time off from running the free world to watch?
