After the Northwestern game I wasn't sure how our team would react to our next one against Buena Vista. We had a 12 day layoff (from games) and Thanksgiving in between. I was hoping our bodies were rested and ready to go for the rest of the season. We got off to a decent start in our first game with Ray Brown starting. He still isn't back to 100% but he certainly made a difference in our performance.
It was a back and forth game to start with not a lot of defense being played. I think that played to our advantage because Buena Vista wasn't use to playing at that speed. We ended up scoring 56 points in the first half, and that was with 12 turnovers and going 6-16 from 3. I think that's a very scary thought that we can score that much without playing to our potential. We settled for a bunch of early 3's and made several bad passes. Noah Aguirre, a freshman from California, led the charge with 17 points in the half.
In the second half we went on a run to get things going and push the lead to 20 points. Buena Vista answered right away and got it back to 11. After this scare we got it back to a comfortable lead and ended up winning 107-84. We were led by Aguirre's 27. Also hitting double figures we Ray Brown with 19, Carl Hipp with 18 and nine boards, and Brandon Rieg with 13. We also outrebounded a taller team 42-28. We still need to work on our rebounding, we are relying on our athleticism too much. Obviously, our defense needs work but I thought we took them out of their offense and made them uncomfortable. We played a style they weren't use to and they couldn't keep up.
We have a huge game tomorrow night against Augsburg in our first MIAC contest. It should be interesting to see how we match up with their three shooters that all play significant minutes. I would not be surprised to see their suspended player play against us. We certainly have something to play for after hearing some recent comments about our team. I'll just leave it at that.
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