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Dec 2, 2007

Looking for that killer instinct

It was homecoming, the men's first game televised locally and the first game on the new floor but Portland State made sure Utah Valley didn't get the win with all those things going on.
Utah Valley had several chacnes to put the Vikings away but they just didn't do it. Down the stretch there wasn't someone to take over at either end of the court and it cost Utah Valley a 60-53 overtime loss.
Ryan Toolson did what he could with a game high 22 points, including two free throws under a minute that gave the Wolverines a three-point lead. No one stepped up in overtime though. Jeremia Dominguez, all 5-foot-6 of him, got away with some easy buckets in the overtime, in the lane of all places.
Defense is definitly something to be worked on.
And Utah Valley couldn't take advantage of the Vikings 1-for-7 start from the field as the Wolverines missed their first eight shots. Many were ill-advised 3-pointers.
After the game Hunsaker said Portland State was, "more physical, bigger, stronger and faster," but it was a game the Wolverines had.
Maybe what PSU coach Ken Bone said was true, "Maybe they were deflated."
Maybe Utah Valley was but you have to get up in overtime better than Utah Valley did even if you just miss a lay up that would have gave you the win after they tied the game with a three.
Too many mistakes at both ends cost them and they fall to 3-4.

Notes about the games
The new floor

Even though the school revealed new logos on Friday Utah Valley's new court, one they share with the NBA D-League Utah that has interchangable baselines, half court and other parts, still had the old logos. The school ordered the pieces before any decision on them were made and now athletics will be ordering new parts with the new logos when some extra cash comes in.
My question is why didn't they wait to find out the new logos before ordering the parts of the floor and then play games either with the old floor or with the Flash logos until the parts with the new logo came in. Seems like they could have saved some dough in the whole ordeal.

Home loss
Utah Valley had won 13 straight home games before falling to PSU. The team's last home loss came against Utah State in December 2006.

1 comment:

GreenBlood said...

A nice home winning streak! We had a chance to win at the end of regulation but it wasn't meant to be. Let's go get Boise State on December 13th!