Saturday, January 24, 2009

Whew, That Was Close

Going into the game The Rams are thinking, "here's an easy two points against a team that really is not that good". Surprise. We're down, 24-21, at the quarter as the yeomen, err Lions, show us how to break guys down and get to the basket. OK, you don't want to play defense then we'll take it at you again and be in front 52-43 at the half. G4 (Head Coach Glenn Taylor) forceably informed the guys about the meaning of the word defense at halftime. Did it make a difference? Not really as the third quarter was a 23-23 affair. Talk about a run in the park. Can nobody stop somebody in this game. The 200 plus crowd, give or take a baker's dozen, was sitting on their hands as they waited patiently for the Ryerson Rams to warm up. Finally, the fourth quarter came alive and so did the Rams as they went on a 37-19 tear. Now that's more like it. 

Alright let's talk about the refereeing. I agree, we don't want to go there and we just have to accept what we get. Good job fellas. BTW, are you still going to Hakim's sale next week? Just wondering. 

York did a good job as John Lafontaine went on a shooting spree finishing with 18 pts. Actually, their real gunner was Tut (pronounced Toot) Ruach who ended up with 31 pts, 4 assists & 4 steals. Whew, glad we don't have to chase that Tut around for another couple of weeks. My question is, how does Tut make those step back one legged jump shots from 17'? Anyway, we had some action of our own, Boris Bakovic, 34 pts, 16 boards. WOW! His running mate, Ryan McNeilly had 24 pts as he started to assert his leadership. Getting more than his share of entertaining moves was #6 Afeworki Gebrekerestos. Obviously a contortionist and seller of illusion in his previous life he went to the line numerous times as the befuddled Yorksters hacked and slashed at the ever changing #6. Kudos to York for just hanging  in there against something which appears to be ascending at a rapid rate. (That's the Ryerson Rams if you didn't figure it out already.)

Next up the Laurentian Voyageurs. We'll have the spiddle on that shortly. 


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