2 losses + an awesome win

As some might say it was out of characteristic for the Bulldogs to drop two losses in a row, which may or may not be true, but every team loses at some point. I'm hoping those losses are mostly behind us now (even if we still feel the reburcussions). The Bulldogs played phenomally on Saturday against Davidson. Despite a little rough shooting in the beginning, it is easy to say that their defense was unstoppable. As David Wood's mentions in his article on Indystar.com about Ronald Nored's performance against Stephen Curry, it was rather mind-boggling. As Wood's describes Nored's performance against Curry, he related it to the dizzy bat game where a person places their head to the top of a baseball bat, spins several times, then tries to run. He says thats what it looked like when Nored was running all over the court chasing Curry. Not only did he play consistant and dominating defense in the game, he scored six points (one including a dunk) and led the team with the number of steals (3). Gordon Hayward led the team in points, with 27, and rebounds, with 9. Click here for a link to his story.

Apparently the decision to let Curry play (after an ankle injury two games ago) was only made an hour before the game. Curry was held to only 20 points in Saturday's game (which is significantly lower for the nation's leading scorer). This is exactly what the Bulldogs needed in order to win this game. Ironically enough, the Bulldogs had to go away to actually win the Bracketbuster. The bracketbuster games in the past three years have been at home and have been losses(Southern Illinois in 2007, Drake in 2008 and Kent State in 2006). It could be irony but I honestly thought they were fed up with losing. Oh, and if you were wondering what the score was to the Davidson game, it was 75-63.

This game also might have secured the Bulldogs an at-large seed for the NCAA tournament (coming up pretty soon). Though they shouldn't risk anything, clinching the horizon league title and winning the championship would be nice to have. The Bulldogs have two games left, and the way it looks, if they win both games - the tournament will indeed be at Hinkle Fieldhouse (although Green Bay is one game out).

The women's basketball team also played Saturday, at Valparaiso. Unfortunately they fell short, 75-65. Three of the Bulldogs were in double digits, but unfortunately it was not enough to hold Valpo, who shot 52 percent throughout the game. The Bulldogs are still staying strong at second place within the Horizon League, three games behind UW-Green Bay (who are undefeated in league play). The Bulldogs have a winning record (16-9, 11-3).

Both the men's and women's next games are on Thursday, back-to-back at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The women's team is taking on UW-Milwaukee at 5 p.m. est. The men are battling Youngstown State at 7 p.m. est. Their game will be shown on WNDY-23 as well.