[MV72018]

Our second-leading scorer after you know who was Benny Gealer with 10 points.  I'd like to see him become good enough to bestow upon him the nickname "BFG-05."  Our third-leading scorer was Evan Stinson with 7 points.  So........ yeah.  Nobody on the Ducks had more than 13 points, but they had eight players with at least 7 points.  In short, they were able to chaingun us from every position on the floor.

We are not bereft of good company though, #4 Kentucky lost 85-65 to unranked Ohio State earlier today.

Pick up the pieces, regroup over the last ten days of 2024, and seek a way forward through the wilderness

Yes, Maxime shot 8 for 14 and scored 20. But, this is what the other starters did:

Camman: 2 for 7  (5 pts)
Sellers: 1 for 6 (3 pts)
Agarwal: 2 for 8 (6 pts)
Blakes: 2 for 9 (5 pts)

So, other than Raynaud, the Cardinal starters were a grim 7 for 30 [23%] for 19 pts -- for the whole game! Enough said! Kyle Smith has a long way to go before his crew can be plausibly said to be a good team.

P.S. IMO, the win the Cardinal eked out against a weak Merrimack squad and this exposure by UO (36-19 at half) are not nearly as disturbing as the drubbings the women's team has taken from Cal and OSU in its last two games. Indeed, Kyle's squad outscored Oregon in H2, 42-40. That was at least somewhat encouraging.

[MV72018]

Our second-leading scorer after you know who was Benny Gealer with 10 points.  I'd like to see him become good enough to bestow upon him the nickname "BFG-05."  Our third-leading scorer was Evan Stinson with 7 points.  So........ yeah.  Nobody on the Ducks had more than 13 points, but they had eight players with at least 7 points.  In short, they were able to chaingun us from every position on the floor.

We are not bereft of good company though, #4 Kentucky lost 85-65 to unranked Ohio State earlier today.

Pick up the pieces, regroup over the last ten days of 2024, and seek a way forward through the wilderness

Yes, Maxime shot 8 for 14 and scored 20. But, this is what the other starters did:

Camman: 2 for 7  (5 pts)
Sellers: 1 for 6 (3 pts)
Agarwal: 2 for 8 (6 pts)
Blakes: 2 for 9 (5 pts)

So, other than Raynaud, the Cardinal starters were a grim 7 for 30 [23%] for 19 pts -- for the whole game! Enough said! Kyle Smith has a long way to go before his crew can be plausibly said to be a good team.

P.S. IMO, the win the Cardinal eked out against a weak Merrimack squad and this exposure by UO (36-19 at half) are not nearly as disturbing as the drubbings the women's team has taken from Cal and OSU in its last two games. Indeed, Kyle's squad outscored Oregon in H2, 42-40. That was at least somewhat encouraging.