WSU vs MSU (Wed, Feb 15)

[MSUBear42]

WSU was unstoppable from 3 land today. Just sick. Not much the Bears could do, we don't have the scorers to keep up, especially when Weems has his head up his ass and Gulley is a no-show.

[Haha]

Ben Smith!

Back to back defensive gems against McD and Weems. Nice!

[shockem]

Garret stutz has now made his last six 3-point attempts

[glm38]

At least the Patterson/Stutz matchup lived up to expectations. Gotta love two 7 footers that can shoot like that. I don't think Stutz bothered Patterson at all defensively - he shot over him easily and often. Unfortunately the reverse was true as well.

When WSU shoots the 3 like they did tonight no one is going to beat them.

[Shockerfan13]

At least the Patterson/Stutz matchup lived up to expectations. Gotta love two 7 footers that can shoot like that. I don't think Stutz bothered Patterson at all defensively - he shot over him easily and often. Unfortunately the reverse was true as well.

When WSU shoots the 3 like they did tonight no one is going to beat them.

The Shox are almost 60% from the 3 over the past few games. Have to like that. I doubt it will remain that high, but if they can keep hitting them at 45% or better they will continue to be a VERY dangerous team with the way Stutz and Hall can play if the defense spreads out.

Patterson vs Stutz was a good one. I did think Stutz did a good job in the 2nd half on Patterson. He didn't hit near as many shots in the 2nd half.

[Wufan]

Fortunately the Shox have been shooting like that since the Drake game. I saw a lot of sportsmanship from the Bears team. Biz apologized to Stutz after the hard foul. A couple of the players had nice chats and hugs at the end of the game. Not a lot of grabbing or flopping but a lot of heart. Enjoyable game and well played by Patterson and Stutz.

[iSASO]

Let's be clear. Weems was not cold, was not asleep and did not have his head up his a**.

His 4 of 14 effort was caused by the defense of Ben Smith and Carl Hall.

Likewise, the Bears shooting % of 31 in the 2nd half was largely due to defense.

[Ricardo del Rio]

I always fear Weems. He is really a pure 3 ball shooter. Tonight he came off a ball screen and that 3 ball shot went up so fast, Smith stood no chance to defend it. Swish. Weems does not need much space to get his shot off.

If I was a Bear fan, I would wonder why he did not do that more often all night, but he didn't.

Sometimes, he gets a hang dog look and I am not sure what it means. When he gets that look, he seems less energetic and he starts walking slowly. In a way, it almost looks like he has resigned himself to the notion that the Bears will lose.

I could be very wrong.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Patterson only played 19 minutes.

Is he still hurt? Is it his knees or ankle or both?

The Shockers pushed the ball pretty hard and I wondered, if fast action was hard on Patterson's knees or ankle.

He gave Stutz all he wanted except when Stutz was firing up 3 balls.

[valleychamp]

Congrats to the Wichita State Shockers on winning the MVC championship.