Defeated by Urbana
The University of Indianapolis men’s basketball team is off to a 1-1 start in the 2010-2011 regular season after losing to Urbana University on Nov. 20 and defeating IU Northwest on Nov. 13.
Despite the 88-77 defeat to Urbana, the Greyhounds featured five players with double digit point totals.
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Junior guard Adrian Moss led the team with 18 points, two rebounds and four assists while senior forward DeWann Squires and senior guard Darius Adams added 12 points each.
“We showed more resistance by coming back and almost winning the game. We also had a few freshmen step up and play really well.” Moss said.
Freshman center Cody Sarrazin and freshman guard Jarrett Hamilton also scored 10 points each for the Greyhounds.
The men came out hard in the first half, leading by as much as 10 points and forcing a total of 22 turnovers with 18 offensive rebounds.
Despite these numbers, the Greyhounds were unable to overcome a slow second half start.
They fell behind by as much as 17 points before climbing back to make it tied at 71, but the last minute effort was not enough to overcome a poor shooting percentage of 36.4 and multiple missed free throws.
“A challenge was having three people injured,” Moss said. “But that’s not an excuse to lose. They shot well, and we didn’t play a good defense.”
Moss added that trying to get healthy is there main focus for the upcoming game aganist Wilberforce.
The Greyhounds opened their regular season at home with a 102-89 win over the IU Northwest Red Hawks on Nov. 13.
Senior forward Nate Blank led the team with a career high 27 points and seven rebounds.
Adams added 24 points, four rebounds, three steals and three assists while Squires, Moss and freshman forward Cody Vest both scored 12 points each against the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics [NAIA] Division II independent team.
According to UIndy head basketball coach Stan Gouard, the plan was for the Greyhounds to play exactly like the Tennessee game where they upset the Division I nationally ranked team.
“I take hard work over talent every day,” Gouard said.
The Greyhounds forced 18 turnovers and won 41 rebounds to create 22 second-chance points.
“The whole team played well together offensively and got the job done…we need to improve on defense but I am sure coach will have us work on it in practice Monday,” freshman guard Jarrett Hamilton said.
Moss agreed and added how sticking to a plan played a part in their success against Tennessee.
“ We followed the game plan and did exactly what we wanted and in the end it worked out to our benefit… Even though the win over the Division I team [Tennessee] doesn’t count towards our record, it puts us on the map; everyone knows who we are.”
The Greyhounds continue their season with their next two games at Nicoson Hall.
They face Wilberforce on Nov. 27 before beginning conference play.
