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Live from 'The Hump' (Final: 56-54 MSU wins)

  • MrMckie said...

    Anyone else notice Martin's sarcasm with the players when they screw up... eg the applause at the bench and smirk/laugh. Not sure I'm a fan of that. Respect him as a coach and mentor, but seems a little demeaning possibly.

    Saw that when Brenton came to the bench after that turnover.

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  • We are a turnover machine. Ty and Thornwell can't get here soon enough.

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  • With 58.3 seconds, ESPN tells me that South Carolina only has 10 turnovers, there is no way that is correct. They have got to have close to 15.

    South Carolina can't take care of the ball but Ellington gets loose and bangs down a three pointer to tie the game at 26 as we head to halftime, although not before the Gamecocks were able to add one more turnover to their stat line. Incredible!

    Neither the Gamecocks or Bulldogs doing anything to change the media's perception in the pre-season that they were the 13th and 14th best teams in the SEC.

    It has been ugly after that first five minutes by the Gamecocks.

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  • IMO, we pretty much stunk up the court in that half. I really feel rotten about the way this is going. Disheartening. I don't think we can play this bad and win this game, or any other SEC game.

    This post was edited by Jelsik Sturm on 1/9/2013 at 7:57 PM

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  • Halftime stats:

    Gamecocks were 9-of-21 from the field, 4-of-10 from three point range.

    Bulldogs were 8-of-26 from the field, 0-of-7 from three point range.

    Both teams have 17 rebounds.

    Gamecocks with 13 turnovers, Ellington with five of them by himself but again, some of those weren't his fault.

    Mississippi State has 15 points off of turnovers.

    Brian Richardson has 8 points and 5 rebounds in the first half.

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  • MrMckie said...

    Anyone else notice Martin's sarcasm with the players when they screw up... eg the applause at the bench and smirk/laugh. Not sure I'm a fan of that. Respect him as a coach and mentor, but seems a little demeaning possibly.

    Just another tool in the toolbox. You can't yell and scream all the time and you can't coddle and encourage all the time.

    That was an absolutely horrible turnover.

    If he did it all the time after every mistake, it would be different. I hope for Brenton's sake he hates in when Martin does that to him and he decides to value a possession a bit more.

    simms2000

  • MrMckie said...

    Anyone else notice Martin's sarcasm with the players when they screw up... eg the applause at the bench and smirk/laugh. Not sure I'm a fan of that. Respect him as a coach and mentor, but seems a little demeaning possibly.

    O God! Spare me. Maybe we should wear lace panties instead of jersey shorts.

    How many Final Eights have you and any of our players been to.

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  • Brian Richardson comes out to start the second half with a great recovery and block. Ellington then hits a three pointer in transition and it is a good start for the Gamecocks.

    I wonder if at halftime, the coaching staff told Ellington to shoot a little more. It appeared they wanted him to take some of the three point shots that he passed up in the first half.

    Next offensive possession has what I assume is a drawn up play and it works to perfection. Ellington and Jackson crisscross at the block with Ellington setting a pick, Kacinas makes a nice entry pass to Jackson who gets a lay up and that gives the Gamecocks a five point lead and Mississippi State calls timeout.

    Richardson with a three pointer and he now has six straight games in double digits.

    Gamecocks now with 16 turnovers as Richardson as the ball poked away, Craig Sword then draws a blocking foul from Ellington and makes the lay up. Chance to cut the lead to just one on the free throw. He makes it and with 16:40, lead is 34-33 for the Gamecocks.

    Great cut by Williams and Jackson finds him under the basket and the Gamecocks able to get a basket.

    We have a timeout and Frank Martin just went all Frank Martin on Minda Kacinas. That was the first true Frank Martin moment I have seen all season. Just screaming at Kacinas, twice. Martin was not happy.

    36-33 Gamecocks. 15:42 left in the game.

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  • Gamecocks pick up turnover number 17, Bulldogs miss a dunk and then Carrera plays six seconds and picks up foul number three.

    Hey, Carrera gets in position and draws a charge. Good job there by Carrera.

    I would say the last few minutes have been sloppy but really the whole game has been sloppy, just the last few minutes have taken it to another level.

    They are going to review something from a few possessions ago when Michael Carrera was elbowed in the face. Carrera took one on the jaw and from where I was sitting it looked pretty intentional but we will see what the officials say. They apparently say nothing and we continue on.

    Craig Sword goes down with a cramp and now we are having some stoppages.

    12:41 to go, Gamecocks up 39-37

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  • Richardson with 20 of ISC's 48

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  • William Gunter said...

    ..........We have a timeout and Frank Martin just went all Frank Martin on Minda Kacinas. That was the first true Frank Martin moment I have seen all season. Just screaming at Kacinas, twice. Martin was not happy......

    Anyone have an address where we can send Minda flowers and some candy to apologize?

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  • Brian Richardson with 20 points tonight which is a career high. He is currently the most reliable offensive option the Gamecocks have.

    I want to keep tooting my horn on that one because I know a lot of you thought I was crazy when I said I thought Richardson could be a good player Just goes to show the type of development that Frank Martin has had on some players.

    Gamecocks still not pulling away up just 48-44 but Chatkevicius picks up a loose ball and gets an easy lay up to push the lead to 50-44.

    I have stopped keeping track but I believe the Gamecocks are now at 20 turnovers on the night.

    50-44 with 5:09 remaining as we hit the under eight timeout.

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  • I don't think I have ever seen so many unforced turnovers 30 feet from the basket. 20 points off turnovers for MSU, yet we still lead.

    Hold on, Cocks.

    simms2000

  • cocks down by 2...

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  • JackmanUSC

  • If South Carolina loses we are likely to have our first real interesting Martin press conference of the year. He is just infuriated with the turnovers but there is nothing he can do. Ellington is close to ten turnovers by himself now, the Gamecocks can't take care of the ball, as a team I think they are around 23 at this point.

    3:05 remaining, State now up 52-50.

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  • Wheels have come off. Hopefully we can regroup and pull this one out somehow.

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  • turnover - basket, turnover - basket, turnover- basket, turnover - basket, etc., etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc We have to be the WORST ballhandling team in Div. 1

    Jelsik Sturm

  • Bruce Ellington turns ball over down by 2 with 2:50 and some change...

    els0528

  • We have to start driving to the basket and not settling for 30 footers.

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  • First time I have watched our team is tonight. Our guards seem to have very little confidence in our "bigs" when we are on the offensive side of the floor.

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  • BIG L IS THE WORST CENTER I HAVE EVER SEEN. Good lord

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