Final score- Game 1 - Commonwealth Giants 77 Bradley 74

[tornado]

the Bahamas refs has been tough on the visiting college teams


BU leads 55-53 with 38 sec left in 3rd qtr

[Da Coach]

Fouls are killing Bradley (or maybe the refs are) but BU leads the Commonwealth Giants 56-55 after 3 quarters.

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/17554/08/64/24/89K8xdkU6ei1Q/

[tornado]

we are up 56-55 after 3 pds

[Da Coach]

After 3 quarters- BU leads 56-55

Bradley with 23 fouls to the Giants 13

Giants 16-31 on FTs, Bradley 8-17

BU shooting 40%, but just 2-16 from three (who said we'd be a better shooting team this year?)

But BU outrebounding the Giants 41-30

[tornado]

everyone has 10 to 24 min of playing time except Nate Wells - only 1:50 -- message sent??

[Da Coach]

Wells just checked in. Lets hope he can spark them- currently 60-60

[tornado]

we're getting killed by the whistles...
26 fouls on us - 13 on them

we were definitely hacking too much in that Red-White scrimmage


They have been to the FT line 35 times - we've been there 17

still 2-19 from the 3-pt arc!!!!!!

[Da Coach]

BU down 63-60 with 6:25 left- Walt coming back in with 4 fouls.

[Da Coach]

BU 2-19 from three....ouch

[tornado]

fouls killing us - they have been to the FT line 37 times!!!!!

[tornado]

way too many fouls, way too many turnovers,
and we are stinking it up from the arc --

who was it that said we had addressed our deficiencies from last year with this recruiting class??

Didn't Dave Reynolds say Anthony Fields was the difference maker??
in 20 min, Fields is 0-5

[Da Coach]

BU down 70-64 with 3:40 left

[tornado]

why can't most of our guys make FT's?

[tornado]

150 fans online right now for the final minutes -

[tornado]

Auston Barnes sitting out serving a 1-game suspension...

this now makes THREE consecutive seasons under Geno that at least one player starts the exhibition season under suspension...