RMU is having a heck of a time finishing off teams. Last Thursday against Bryant, the home crowd saw the Bulldogs erase an eleven point second half deficit and cut it to one before the Colonials escaped with a win. Earlier in conference play, Robert Morris blew a double digit lead to St. Francis (PA) before mustering up a comeback of their own to win.
Those games were a little different because of the end result. No matter what happened, RMU found a way to escape with a win.
Then last Saturday happened. Central Connecticut State, arguably the worst team in the NEC, erased an 18 point lead over the last 7:38 and shocked the home crowd by winning 74-73.
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To begin with, good for CCSU: they're down their two best players and couldn't get anything going consistently. They could have easily rolled over and called it a day, but didn't and won a huge game. They did a really good job on Karvel Anderson, who struggled getting to the basket.
You have to wonder if there were some tired legs on the floor at the end of games now with an eight man squad. I didn't really think this would be a huge problem because a lot of teams only go eight deep, but the play of the Colonials would say otherwise. CCSU got some good looks towards the end of the game, including two nice looks from three and multiple ones beating the zone and getting to the rim.
Sometimes teams get hot but RMU couldn't hit a free throw at the end of the game. Kavon Stewart, Karvel Anderson, and Lucky Jones combined to go 4-8 the last 1:55. Between getting beat off the dribble, giving up open looks from three, and missing free throws, it's hard to argue legs weren't tired after two games in three days.
--Chris Cappella
--@C_Cappella
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