Yesterday we headed up to Collegeville, yes that's the name of the town where St. John's is. They were a team that has struggled mightily since we got back from Christmas break. Needless to say, their struggles end at the hands of us.
We got off to a rough start after missing a bunch of chippies. We then proceeded to let their shooters get a bunch of wide open 3's and we were all of a sudden down double figures. We just had no answer for their intensity. The Johnnies were also playing a 1-3-1 zone that got us stagnant and forced us to become impatient. We started taking one pass 3's and needless to say, it wasn't working nor has it ever worked. Their starting point then hit a running 3 at the buzzer to push their lead to 17, 42-25. Not pretty at all.
Both teams went back and forth by giving up easy layups on consecutive possessions. We then started chipping away at the lead veeeerrrrrrrryyyy slowly. We finally got their lead under double digits right around the six minute mark. We then had two wide open 3's that would've really gave us a ton of momentum and we couldn't knocked them down. Story of our night. We ended up shooting 5-22 from 3. Tough night for the Pipeshow on the road. Final score, 82-68 in favor of the Johnnies. They had their top six guys in double figures while we had three guys led by Noah's 17.
We just came out flat and never responded, not the way we wanted our only game of the week to go. We have the bye on Saturday and face Augsburg on the road on Monday. They lost to St. Thomas by 16 last night and are one game behind us in the MIAC standings.
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