AAMU @ Tennesee
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DAHILL
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We lost by 25..... UT has to have some great guards.... this is the first game that I can remember that Obbie didnt have a steal... we only had 2 steals the entire game and only forced 8 turnovers. Bright spot was Joe Martin had 27 points. We were outscored by 13 in the first half and 12 in the second half.
orange tiger
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UT has answers for visiting A&M
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
From staff reports
Huntsville Times
KNOXVILLE - After playing Vanderbilt close and taking Nebraska to the wire, Alabama A&M set its sights on Tennessee Tuesday night.
Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the Volunteers weren't in a giving mood.
Tennessee used a 22-8 run - near the end of the first half and the beginning of the second - to break open a close game and went on to whip A&M 93-68 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
An announced crowd of 15,797 was on hand as the Volunteers improved to 7-1 under first-year coach Bruce Pearl. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs suffered their third straight loss and fell to 2-4 on the season.
A&M stayed with Vanderbilt until the final four minutes before losing 74-58. Nebraska turned back A&M 67-60.
Joe Martin's 3-pointer pulled the Bulldogs within 32-26 with just under four minutes left in the first half. But the Volunteers closed with a 13-6 run to take a 45-32 advantage at intermission and A&M never got any closer.
"Talent-wise, they're ahead of us," A&M coach Vann Pettaway said. "That's the difference between a mid-major and a major. We're not ready for a Top 25 team like Tennessee. We can play with them for a while, but not for 40 minutes."
Joe Martin was one of the bright spots for the Bulldogs.
Martin finished with a career-high 27 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. He was 11-of-16 from the field, 3-of-5 from 3-point range and made both of his free throws.
Obie Trotter and Michael Ford finished with 12 points apiece, but each struggled mightily. Trotter was 3-of-13 from the field and committed five turnovers, while Ford was 4-of-13 from the field.
A&M shot 39 percent (24-of-62) and turned the ball over 17 times.
"They turned up the pressure and we couldn't get into a rhythm," Pettaway said. "I knew coming in that that was going to be a problem because of their pressure. Had we been able to force some turnovers we might have been able to stay on the floor with them."
A&M forced the Volunteers into just nine turnovers.
Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. JaJuan Smith and C.J. Watson finished with 16 points each. Stanley Asumnu added 15.
Former Bob Jones High star Jordan Howell scored two points, had one assist and two steals in 13 minutes.
The Volunteers shot 55 percent from the field.
Tuesday's game ended A&M's streak of three straight "guarantee" games. The Bulldogs visit Jackson State on Monday night in their Southwestern Athletic Conference opener.
"I'm glad these three games are over with," Pettaway said. "We've done our financial obligation for right now and we can get the kids back in the right frame of mind and try to go out and win some conference games."
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
From staff reports
Huntsville Times
KNOXVILLE - After playing Vanderbilt close and taking Nebraska to the wire, Alabama A&M set its sights on Tennessee Tuesday night.
Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the Volunteers weren't in a giving mood.
Tennessee used a 22-8 run - near the end of the first half and the beginning of the second - to break open a close game and went on to whip A&M 93-68 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
An announced crowd of 15,797 was on hand as the Volunteers improved to 7-1 under first-year coach Bruce Pearl. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs suffered their third straight loss and fell to 2-4 on the season.
A&M stayed with Vanderbilt until the final four minutes before losing 74-58. Nebraska turned back A&M 67-60.
Joe Martin's 3-pointer pulled the Bulldogs within 32-26 with just under four minutes left in the first half. But the Volunteers closed with a 13-6 run to take a 45-32 advantage at intermission and A&M never got any closer.
"Talent-wise, they're ahead of us," A&M coach Vann Pettaway said. "That's the difference between a mid-major and a major. We're not ready for a Top 25 team like Tennessee. We can play with them for a while, but not for 40 minutes."
Joe Martin was one of the bright spots for the Bulldogs.
Martin finished with a career-high 27 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. He was 11-of-16 from the field, 3-of-5 from 3-point range and made both of his free throws.
Obie Trotter and Michael Ford finished with 12 points apiece, but each struggled mightily. Trotter was 3-of-13 from the field and committed five turnovers, while Ford was 4-of-13 from the field.
A&M shot 39 percent (24-of-62) and turned the ball over 17 times.
"They turned up the pressure and we couldn't get into a rhythm," Pettaway said. "I knew coming in that that was going to be a problem because of their pressure. Had we been able to force some turnovers we might have been able to stay on the floor with them."
A&M forced the Volunteers into just nine turnovers.
Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. JaJuan Smith and C.J. Watson finished with 16 points each. Stanley Asumnu added 15.
Former Bob Jones High star Jordan Howell scored two points, had one assist and two steals in 13 minutes.
The Volunteers shot 55 percent from the field.
Tuesday's game ended A&M's streak of three straight "guarantee" games. The Bulldogs visit Jackson State on Monday night in their Southwestern Athletic Conference opener.
"I'm glad these three games are over with," Pettaway said. "We've done our financial obligation for right now and we can get the kids back in the right frame of mind and try to go out and win some conference games."
MightyDog
Well-Known Member
I was at the game. Lofton made some great shots. With the fear of losing Tenn applied a pressure defense the entire game. Like somebody said earlier that the outcome of some of these games may be different if D1A teams played in our facilities. That is not going to happened because the money games were designed for a specific reason that can be debated over and over again.
orange tiger
New Member
MightyDog said:
Savannah State was able to get a HOME game with Vanderbilt last year and will host Georgia in 2006. The SSU men traveled to UMass this year and UMass will come to SSU nect year. So, its possible to get the big time programs to come to your house, however the results will probably the same no matter the site.
major095
ASU4real
alabama state has hosted alabama, univ of mississippi, depaul and uab among others. u do have to be willing to pay them to come to you and forgo a paycheck for visiting someones arena. problem is, the administrators are too busy trying to pimp our programs out instead of giving them an opportunity to be competitive. if you win 20+ games a season consistantly you can start selling out our itty-bitty arenas and won't have to take a guarentee game and can instead host a major team in your arena. as well, missouri played at jackson state when they were in top 25. unc played at hampton.
sidenote: alabama probably wont be back to bama state anytime soon. the game was much closer than alabama was expecting and they didn't put it out of reach until kennedy winston went on a run late in the game.
sidenote: alabama probably wont be back to bama state anytime soon. the game was much closer than alabama was expecting and they didn't put it out of reach until kennedy winston went on a run late in the game.
