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sure enough, Avants is up and running WIU 34-33

Lets see what UND can do with WIUs big man now having 2 fouls.

UND shooting 50% WIU shooting 72%

WIU 30 UND 23 7:20 1st they need to figure out a way to cool WIU off or they are going to waste another good shooting performance from 3.

Rebraca showing his range with another 3

If UND wasn't hitting their 3's this game would be a runaway WIU 28 UND 18 8:58 1st WIU shooting 75% (12-16)

now they are 11-14

WIU 22 UND 17 10:43 1st WIU is 9-12 shooting from the field..... woof

Marlon up to 11 points, but UND can't seem to stop anyone right now WIU 20 UND 17

Marlon 3 UND 15-14

Brown 3 12-12 all the points have been on 3s so far

WIU 11 UND 9 14:45 1st WIU came out on a 7-0 run, UND has done a nice job responding.

Rebraca for 3 tied at 9

Marlon off to a hot start. Nailed a couple 3s and got a steal WIU 9 UND 6

well... this has started well

Top 8 make it

Despite another decent performance from UND, an Omaha 3 with 7 seconds to go spoiled the performance and left another close game opportunity slip away. UND looks to regroup today against WIU. Western Illinois is coached by Billy Wright, who is in his 5th year of coaching at Western Illinois. His record currently is 44-84 and 15-51 in the Summit. The Leathernecks have been struggling in recent years in the Summit and this years appears to be trending the same way. They do have a couple of nice pieces to build around but they just haven't been able to take the next step yet. Key Players: Kobe Webster (6'0 Sophomore) and Issac Johnson (6'5 Sophomore) The Sophomore Guards are a great 1-2 punch for the Leathernecks. They both do different things. Webster is your traditional point guard. He will drive and get up shots and will dish the ball when necessary. Johnson is a bigger guard that uses his size to his advantage. He will step out and take the 3 but would rather use his size as his advantage. Keys for UND 1) Let the Omaha game go 2) Jump on them early 3) Keep hitting outside shots 4) Get back to good rebounding Other games: ORU (3-1) @ SDSU (3-1) The call: UND needs to win this one: This is a must win. They cannot continue to lose home conference games. DU is not going to keep losing and will be back. I think they will bounce back and get the win. UND 81-71

He played a great game. Even shot well from the line... but that will be unfortunately ignored because he missed the last one.

The most disappoint stat? UND got owned on the boards Omaha is statistically the worst rebounding team in the conference. -11 and 15 offensive rebounds. 19-13 2nd chance points in favor of Omaha.

I really was looking forward to saying this team was starting to head in the right direction.... can't say that right now.

This one hurt because it was a winnable game at home, you can't let those slip away. Is the team getting better? Without question But they need to learn how to close these type of games. Everyone from the top down needs to do better. Regroup and beat up on WIU. The worst thing this team can do is let this get to them and they start taking steps back.

He still would have been better, but yes Brown or Moody would have been the preference there.

Hell Marlon would have been a better option that Seales.

before that point, they were 17 of 17. Last 6:47 went 1 of 6 Bigger issue was on the defensive end as it got worse as the night progressed.

Should have gotten something better than that, but shouldn't have gotten to that point. This team has the same problem as last years: They cannot close.