[Cracked Sidewalks] 56 Whistles, oh, and MU Beats CS 106-87

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56 Whistles, oh, and MU Beats CS 106-87

Written by: hilltopper91@gmail.com (Kevin Buckley (aka Hilltopper))



For the second game this season, MU hung 100 points on the scoreboard, beating our regional rival (cough) Chicago State 106-87.

Chicago State has some offensive weapons, as illuminated by their 87 points last night.  CS's David Holsten racked up 33 points after his last outing of 32 in a 112-83 win over St. Xavier.  He can play on my team.

On our side of the ball, Wes Matthews took his second consecutive high-scorer spot, at 26 points, while Lazar hit 21.  Both Wes and Lazar grabbed 9 rebounds.

The game was ugly, with the refs blowing the whistle on FIFTY SIX occasions, sending someone to the line 68 times.  There were large stretches of minutes where neither team even attempted a shot, as the refs were finding infractions well before any man could hoist one up.  Redonkulous.

With attendance listed at 12,966, a new record was set for no-shows, as there were perhaps 4,500 people in the BC.  Apparently, .001 of an inch of snow will stop two thirds of ticket holders from venturing out.

Here's a short highlight of Lazar:
http://i238.photobucket.com/flash/player.swf?file=http://vid238.photobucket.com/albums/ff173/TallTitan34/Lazar.flv

And a fantastic slideshow was posted by "Matt" which is well worth your attention.  (Picture of Wes above is from the Mystery Matt, who has many great photo sets of MU ball.)

• Official Box Score

• Rosiak's Game Story

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2008/11/56-whistles-oh-and-mu-beats-cs-106-87.html

[Ahoya06]

I wonder if he's the photographer for "The Warrior", the student-run newspaper?

[spartan3186]

Im pretty sure we didn't hit 100 vs HBU

[mu_hilltopper]

I am totally firing our fact checker.

[New Era Warriors]

There were a lot more people in the Bradley Center than 4,500. That is a total exaggeration. There was a pretty good student draw on a monday night against Chicago State as the lower deck of the Student Section was about full. More accurately, I would say there was around 9,000-10,000 people at the game last night.

[MUCrew]

Those are some great photos.  Who would I go talk to see if I could use some of the pics for the rest of the wallpaper schedule series? Mystery Matt? 

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Those are some great photos.  Who would I go talk to see if I could use some of the pics for the rest of the wallpaper schedule series? Mystery Matt? 

I hope Mystery Matt has some good Hazel shots.

[mu_hilltopper]

9-10,000 people at the BC?  Galactically disagree.  

The entire lower bowl CAPACITY is 8000 seats.  So 9-10k people would mean a 100% full lower bowl, plus 1-2k more upstairs?  No chance.   Maybe a few hundred upstairs, and the lower bowl was at BEST 50% full. 

There were dozens of ROWS that were completely empty in the lower bowl.     I'd say it was one of the top 10 least attended games in recent history, NIT games notwithstanding. 

Pretty good student draw "for a Monday"?  The guy behind me asked if it was mid-terms or something (not).     So.  Not so much.    After the game, the Associated Press demoted them to the 19th best student section in the country!