Dang! RU BB (Men’s version) ran into trouble with #15 Illinois tonight in the Championship Game of the South Padre Invitational. After jumping out to a 4-0 start, it was downhill…pretty quickly. Illinois took a 7-6 lead and never looked back. It was 38-26 at half time. The Illini shot better and out rebounded the Knights. In the first three games of the season, RU out rebounded its opponents by an average of 14 per game.
At the half, RU was only shooting around 23% from the field and when you don’t get those rebounds…well, it ain’t good. Quincy Douby was leading RU with 12 points at half time. Douby has been averaging 16 points per game. Unfortunately he was also just 2-9 from beyond the three-point line.
Things didn’t improve in the second half. Illinois slowly but inexorably increased its lead. The final score was 77-57.
Douby did score 21 points. The rest of the offense was worse than sluggish. They had no inside game and no transition game.
Marquis Webb fell off the radar the last two days. He had only 4 points against Kent State on Friday and had none against Illinois until very late in the game when he made I-2 at the foul line. For RU to be successful he needs to score in double digits at least. For him to do that he will have to shoot.
RU is now 3-1 on the season.
You can get the stats and story here.
Meanwhile:
RU Women defeated North Carolina State 66-56 to win the Junkanoo Jam (I just love that name) on Grand Bahama Island. The Lady Knights (is that an oxymoron?) are now 2-0. Here are their stats and story.
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