Play of the Night

[Marc Wigim]

What was the highlight of last night's game? I would like to open the voting with two that stand out in my mind:

-Eric Coleman's no-look pass to Ben Jacobsen for the layup.
-John Little's dunk (?!?)

HONORABLE MENTION: -Travis Brown getting the offensive board despite there being three large Drake fellas waiting.

[Matt Trump]

J Lit's Dunk: Seeing a 5'11" guy get up like that is always impressive

[Beaker416]

Agree it's got to be JLit's dunk. However, in regards to Brown, which time are you thinking? It looked like he was going into the trees everytime he fought for a rebound.

[Marc Wigim]

I believe it was the first three he missed. But you're right... he was doing stuff like that all night long.

[ejacobson]

JLitts dunk is #1, Ben's scoop layup from the left side during the last 6 to 7 minutes was great too. I thought it was a great all around team effort and a great game against a tough instate team.

[MGLD Panther]

I think it was Ben making the layup! It seemed he couldn't make nothing. The dude is struggling. The limelight can be a huge burden.

[Panthers to the Bone]

Ben shot over 50% last night from the field. He has struggled the recent past, but he did shoot 6 for 11 last night from the field, 2 for 4 from three, and 5 for 6 from the FT line.

[Jonsoup]

J-Little's dunk.

[ejacobson]

How is Ben struggling, please someone explain that to me please?

I know everyone expects 30pts a game from him but **** people he had 19 last night and is avg 14.9 on the season, and over 15.5 in the MVC. Leading the team in assists, steals, and total points.

So I guess thats down, whatever.

http://unipanthers.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2005-2006/teamcume.html

[panther2317]

I too find it funny how much people expect from Ben. It's a team game and he's a great team player. Takes shots (and makes them most of the time) when his team needs him to, but does the little things as well. I'll take 15.5 a game from Benny J and it seems like different guys are stepping up in EC's absence each night. Let's hope that tend continues for the next few weeks as well.

[wonkadog]

???

JLitts dunk is #1, Ben's scoop layup from the left side during the last 6 to 7 minutes was great too. I thought it was a great all around team effort and a great game against a tough instate team.

"Tough instate team"??? I thought you guys played Drake over the weekend. I bought into the "Drake is a lot better" hype earlier in the year but I'm not buying it any longer.

[Matt Trump]

"Tough instate team"??? I thought you guys played Drake over the weekend. I bought into the "Drake is a lot better" hype earlier in the year but I'm not buying it any longer.

I think they are a little better, but UNI is very experienced and knows what to expect from them. Same thing happened with ISU and the Clones smoked them.

[panther2317]

Drake is better...a lot better than they've been for a long time, they just didn't play well Saturday night. It happens. They'll play better vs. UNI in Des Moines next week for sure. UNI will have to make some adjustments to how they defend the flex offense at practice this week. (according to Mac on his post-game show)

[NJ Panther]

I posted this earlier, but Drake's record is virtually identical to UNI's two seasons ago when we first went dancing. They're certainly not an elite team, but they are a tough and young team. Almost beat the Hawks by the way.

[panther2317]

Can you imagine that team with Korver shooting it from the wing?