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Huskies vs. Cleveland State postgame
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by John Boyle
Well, the Huskies looked impressive in the first half, and again late in the game when they needed to turn it on, and that was enough for a 78-63 win tonight.
After the game, Lorenzo Romar and his players seemed aware that, while the win was nice, that kind of second-half letdown won't cut it as the season progresses.
Jon Brockman, who had 23 points and 13 rebounds, admitted that the team played "A little lazy" in the first part of the second half as Cleveland State turned 22-point UW lead into a three-point lead.
"We played a good first half, then came out the second half and weren’t solid," he said. "I think the good thing you can take from it is that be bent but we didn’t break. We bent, we were bending quite a bit for while, but we were able to sustain it."
One bit of news on the lineup, Isaiah Thomas was held out of the starting lineup because he was late getting on the court with the team. He said the reason for his tardiness was that he was getting his ankle tapped, but had no problem with Romar's decision to start Venoy Overton.
"We go out to the court as a team at 6," said Thomas, who made just two of 11 attempts and scored eight points. "I was getting my ankles taped. It was my fault. I take the blame for it."
In addition to Brockman, who we should probably just pencil in for 20 points and 10-15 rebounds every night, the Huskies got good performances from Quincy Pondexter (15 points, nine rebounds), Justin Holiday (11 rebounds, great defensive energy) and Joe Wolfinger (12 points, five rebounds).
A good game for Pondexter could be big for the Huskies future, because the junior forward went scoreless against Portland, and the Huskies simply won't be able to win regularly this year if he's not playing well.
Oh, and one final thing since this will be brought up a lot this year, the Huskies hit 18 of 29 freethrows (62.1 percent). That's a little better than last year, but not probably as high a number as the Huskies are hoping for this year.
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