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Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Lehigh

It’s great to score 51. It’s great to be up by 36. It’s great Lehigh only scored 15.

But, for me, the greatest thing in this first half was our attitude on defense from the first possession.

Often games like this become cold, unemotional affairs, just going through the motions for most of the first half.

Not for us tonight. Our guys were fired up from the start like they were about to play Purdue in front of a sell out crowd.
 
I don't expect us to win the second half by 36, but I hope we play with intensity for most of the rest of the way. So far so good.
 
Ty sat most of the first half.

I expect the score to narrow a bit as Collins is playing the B team and might leave them in a lot of minutes.
 
Fitzmorris gets onto the court, misses a bunny and a hard shot, blocks the snot out of a shot. Moves well.
 
Barkley set up beautifully for an open three. Would've been nice to see it drop, but not much to complain about. Fitzmorris looks like his defense is ahead of his offense, but at least he isn't afraid to shoot. I'm guessing Collins is telling him he should be.
 
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I was pretty impressed with Windham. He played a lot of minutes, and had maybe one turnover.

Mullins had 9 rebounds. He was very active on defense.

They couldn’t defend Nick.

When Ciarvino went dumb freshman YMCA pickup ball hero with a dumb dribble drive during mop up time, I could hear Collins yelling before the play was even done. He pointed to the end of the bench like an AKC dog trainer and Angelo had a seat.
 
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