Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursday's WAC season finale report

Turn out the lights, the party's over ...

Well, that was a conclusion we didn't want but certainly a heckuva game as Mercer took down Utah State 70-67. It was a points-lean 31-22 at the half in favor of the visitors and then the lead exchanged hands until Mercer came out on top. Four Aggies scored in double figures: Kyisean Reed went for 15 points, Preston Medlin 13 and Danny Berger 13. Morgan Grim finished with 10 points. Both teams shot 41% for the game and Mercer buried 7-8 free throws in the last 35 seconds.

Tony Jones tweeted the matchup.

Tony, Shawn Harrison, Rhett Wilkinson, Kraig Williams and Matt Sonnenberg were all over the pairing.

Craig Peterson has posted 62 game photos.

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Chris Murray figuratively dissects Devonte Elliott who will enjoy a golden opportunity with the Wolf Pack next season.

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It looks like Reggie Theus finished second in a bid to fill the opening at Illinois.     

2 comments:

Grateful Wolf Pack Fan said...

We will all miss you over here in Reno. Hopefully we end up in the same conference soon somehow so we can continue to get your great coverage and insight.

Kevin McCarthy said...

Many thanks for the sentiment. I'm really having trouble bolstering my interest in the additions to the WAC -- Nevada and Fresno are simply naturals as opponents. My hope is that some of the remaining WAC teams can manage a hookup with the MWC. Utah State is a natural but New Mexico State would also be a fine basketball addition. I'm feeling a blog entry composing itself.