Exhibition games

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Jim Les' UC-Davis played Dominican (DII) in an exhibition game...
3 or possibly 4 of their projected starters (TJ Shorts, Joe Mooney, AJ John, Matt Neufeld) sat out as precautionary measures and still UC-Davis clobbered them 87-59

Their other exhibition was a "secret scrimmage" against Pacific


Their football team has surprised everyone - have now risen to #3 in FCS Rankings

https://twitter.com/argusmattz/status/1057804612089057280

[Da Coach]

Did Dominican score any points?

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Kentucky won their exhibition tonight but fans wondering ...
Indiana of Pennsylvania stayed within single digits until 6:45 remaining then Kentucky finally pulled away.

Illinois beat Illinois Wesleyan 83-67 - IWU shot 13-25 (52%) from the arc but Illinois won it at the FT line...
Illinois went to the line 27 times (19-27) while IWU was just 2-4!! IWU outrebounded Illinois 34-30 but committed 29 turnovers.
(UIC beat IWU by 21)

future BU opponent Little Rock had to cancel their exhibition game out of fears of violating NCAA rules - too many scrimmages

https://lrtrojans.com/news/2018/10/31/mens-basketball-little-rock-announces-change-to-thursday-exhibition.aspx

Future BU opponent EIU clobbered Eureka College 79-44 - https://eiupanthers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary

Saint Louis beat Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) 71-49
Jordan Goodwin 14 pts/11 reb
highly touted freshman Demarius Jacobs was scoreless with 2 rebs, 0 asst

The same team that just beat Valpo, University of Indianapolis - just got clobbered by Ball State 92-76

[Da Coach]

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Illinois beat Illinois Wesleyan 83-67 - IWU shot 13-25 (52%) from the arc but Illinois won it at the FT line...
Illinois went to the line 27 times (19-27) while IWU was just 2-4!! IWU outrebounded Illinois 34-30 but committed 29 turnovers.
(UIC beat IWU by 21)

Illinois is going to struggle in the Big Ten again, as Brad Underwood just can't seem to land any big men to compete at that level. In tonight's game against Illinois Wesleyan, they played only 2 forwards in the game. Redshirt Junior Kipper Nichols, who is listed at 6'6", but that is probably stretching it a bit, played 24 minutes and had 3 points and 4 rebounds, and 6'9" Euro freshman Giorgi Bezhanishvili played only 14 minutes.

https://fightingillini.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

They got good production from some of their numerous guards, but if they expect to win in the Big Ten playing almost exclusively guards, they better not expect any different results than the last couple seasons. Their last winning Big Ten season was 2009-10.
Da'Monte Williams had 1 point in 20 minutes of play.
Also, the future for Underwood may be in jeopardy as he has not got any commitments for the class of 2019 or any future classes yet. Recruiting misses in his first couple recruiting classes at Illinois have caused him to rely on quite a few borderline Big Ten-level recruits, and grad transfers.

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another exhibition that was surprisingly close...

Auburn is picked by some in the Top 10 - even Top 5...
but they struggled against DII Lincoln Memorial before winning 76-62
but it was fairly even for the first 27 minutes...and was even still a four point game with about 7 min left...


Dayton beat Capital 89-71- Josh Cunningham had a double double with 11 pts, 11 reb
Capital is a DIII that was 12-14 a year ago...
Dayton drew over 12,000 for this exhibition game!

[Chico]

another exhibition that was surprisingly close...

Auburn is picked by some in the Top 10 - even Top 5...
but they struggled against DII Lincoln Memorial before winning 76-62
but it was fairly even for the first 27 minutes...and was even still a four point game with about 7 min left...


Dayton beat Capital 89-71- Josh Cunningham had a double double with 11 pts, 11 reb
Capital is a DIII that was 12-14 a year ago...
Dayton drew over 12,000 for this exhibition game!

Josh who?

[Da Coach]

ISU plays Augustana in an exhibition game at 12 noon today.
Augustana is Division III, and members of the CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), the same conference Carroll University, and Illinois Wesleyan, among others. Augustana was picked #1 in the CCIW Preseason poll. They are also ranked #3 nationally in the D3 preseason rankings.

https://cciw.org/news/2018/10/24/augustana-picked-to-win-2018-19-cciw-mens-basketball-title.aspx

[PurpleAceFan]

Augustana is picked to win their conference - so it appears ISU is actually concerned - they probably don't want to get upset like Valpo

You don't seriously think ISU is concerned do you? I assume this is a joke. My guess is that since ISU's non-conference schedule is loaded and kicks in immediately with challenging games that Coach M just wants to get MY and KE on the floor for a bit to make sure there is no rust.

[bradleyfan124]

You don't seriously think ISU is concerned do you? I assume this is a joke. My guess is that since ISU's non-conference schedule is loaded and kicks in immediately with challenging games that Coach M just wants to get MY and KE on the floor for a bit to make sure there is no rust.

This was still not necessary. Malik could have gotten his rust removed playing in the prison yard.

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Augustana actually led for the majority if the 1st half but they do not have the size nor athleticism to guard Fayne or Yarbrough..
ISU scored the final 9 points of the 1st half to take a 41-28 lead.

and if they weren't concerned then why in an exhibition game are they going almost the whole way so far 14-17 minutes, with starters...
Hein hasn't played at all and subs like Chastain & Idowu - who played 22 minutes against DII Lewis - are playing far less against D3 Augustana.

edit - I guess Hein tweaked an ankle and won't play today...

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Augustana back within 9 - after falling behind by 18...........
.. Fayne out - 10 min to go


edit --...now the lead cut to 8 pts...Fayne now back in the game as obviously the game is getting way too close for Muller's liking -- radio guys complaining about the bad calls...
the numbers tho say ISU getting to the line a bunch more and getting way more foul calls


ISU is shooting over 60% - getting a lot of layups
.. Augustana shooting just 35%- strange that the game is this close

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Augustana now back to within 7 but they don't have anyone to match up with Fayne who has 19 pts, Yarbrough 15

Fayne now has 4 fouls but Augustana can't pull any closer...still hanging within 7-11 pts

[Da Coach]

ISU holds on to beat Augustana 82-74
Stats-

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=237309

The game was a lot closer than anyone expected. Augustana was within 4 points (78-74) with 27 seconds left, but then were forced to foul.
ISU had mostly starters in the game for the final several minutes to try to hold onto the lead.
According to the radio crew, Dan Muller was not happy with the sloppy play, poor defense, poor free throw shooting (14-24 with several missed front ends of 1 and 1's) and 19 turnovers.

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ISU barely pulls out the exhibition victory but not 'til Augustana threw a little scare into them...making a couple runs in the final few minutes - even getting within 4 pts in the final minute & ISU needing to make FT down the stretch.

....even the broadcasters kept saying this game was much tighter than it should have been or than any of the fans thought it would have been...
Muller got forced to play his starters right to the end...

ISU 82 - Augustana 74

Phil Fayne 23
Milik Yarbrough 16, 6 turnovers- starters all played 24-30 min
Zach Copeland 17
William Tinsley 9
Rey Idowu 4
Keyshawn Evans 6
Josh Jefferson 5
Matt Chastain 2
Isaac Gassman 0



Evansville beat New Mexico Highlands 83-61

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Bradley women are clobbering Quincy in exhibition