Chip Bayers
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Loc: New York
Reg: 11-21-04
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02-16-18 11:32 PM - Post#248151
In response to tguru
Was there and still kind of amazed at that 18-0 run after being unable to get over the hump for so long.
Once Penn got a four-point lead Columbia seemed to lose all their rhythm, going faster and faster on each possession, and taking lots of bad shots.
There was a critical sequence that really fired up the team and the bench right after Penn had nosed ahead 55-54 on a Goodman layup. Penn had Caleb Wood making a sideline inbound right in front of the Penn bench. Meissner knocked back Caleb’s first attempt to lob a pass over him to A.J., and after doing so got up in Wood’s face with a stare down, before the ref handed Caleb the ball to re-attempt the inbound. That attempted intimidation made a bunch of guys on the Penn bench angry, especially Max (surprise surprise).
Wood successfully got the ball in on the second try, and they ran a set that ended with him curling around an excellent A.J. screen, which left Meissner flailing at air as Caleb drained the three in his face that put Penn up 4. The whole Penn bench erupted as the shot went through, and began woofing at Meissner as he inbounded the ball (McDonald was one of the most animated). Columbia called timeout after they got the ball into the frontcourt, and the whole team was congratulating Wood as he came to the bench.
A couple defensive possessions later, A.J.’s block of the Meissner 3 and subsequent dunk set them off again.
Edited by Chip Bayers on 02-16-18 11:33 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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