The Mount, winners of two straight at home over St Francis Brooklyn and Wagner, were focused on slowing down the hot shooting Karvel Anderson. They did a solid job, holding him to 12 points, but forgot about RMU's freshman sensation Jeremiah Worthem.
Worthem, who played by far the best game of his RMU career, finished with 21 points and including some big buckets late, and ht a few free throws to help seal the win.
Lucky Jones also showed up BIG TIME, tallying a double-double scoring 16 points and 10 rebounds.
RMU's defense showed up, holding the best offensive team in the league to just 69 points.
Some thoughts:
Chuck Oliver had a nice spell in the first half when RMU was struggling, scoring and And 1 at the rim, knocking down a three, and then a no look pass to Aaron Tate for an easy dunk.
This was a "ballsy" win for RMU. They showed a lot of poise and grit that well serve them well moving forward.
The Mount color guy just called you out RMU. He called the Colonial Crazies and the Sewall Center a "morgue." Yikes. RMU has four straight at home. Hopefully the only thing "morgue-ish" will be teams coming to die at the Chuck. When Mount comes to the Chuck on the 15th of February, the Crazies need to be ROCKING. He was also the worse color guy ever, like EVER.
One other big note: Mike McFadden has quit the team according to the RMU radio guys. They made the announcement before Saturday's game. We will see if McFadden is done for good, he did this last year and came back, but if he is, it's a huge blow.
A lot more on this game/the weekend in the NEC to come...For now, awesome win. Let's run away with this thing over the next four games.
--Lee Kunkel
--@Kunkel5
Other thoughts: Great win for the guys. A hot start in conference play was exactly what the doctor ordered. I think RMU could probably finish 8-4 and win the conference.
The defense was very impressive from the Colonials. There was a possession in the first half where Mount airballed a long three, got the rebound, and was forced into another three that was airballed. The pressure the guards put on the ballhandlers at the wing was unbelievable and unlike what we saw versus St. Francis, Mount was unable to work the ball in the high post for most of the game. Even though RMU was down at half, I loved the way they played, they just missed a lot of good looks at the rim.
It's tough to hear McFadden has walked away from the team again. I think the hope is he will take some time off and return like he did last year. RMU could really use him for, at the very least, depth in the frontcourt.
Not a whole lot to ad that wasn't already said. Aaron Tate is playing some really good basketball which is awesome because his minutes are only going to go up. RMU was pretty money from the free throw line and you have to be when you don't shoot the three ball a lot. Also, loved the way both point guards broke the press.
--Chris Cappella
--@C_Cappella
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RMU's box from ESPN.
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