And we are under way!

I wanted to wait till tonight before I wrote this weeks blog!
Earlier tonight we played our season opener at Carver Arena vs UW-Parkside rangers. In a game that was scrappy, hard nosed and the first of the 2018-19 season. It thankfully went our way with a 74-58 victory.

Junior Koch Bar lead the way with a career high 19 points, to go along with 7 rebounds. He was also followed by his fellow front court team mate, sophomore Elijah Childs who had 17 points, 8 rebounds and a career high 4 steals.
The game wasn't pretty and we have to play at a higher level in future games against better competition if we want to achieve the goals we aspire to! Our defence had lapses for points in the game and we allowed the rangers to bait us into taking some bad/tough shots. However the positive is we were able to get a win out of it. At this level a win is a win and the positive is that tomorrow is a new day, in which we can watch film, learn, and improve before a quick turnaround in playing South-east Missouri state (SEMO) Saturday at 1pm, who will be hungry after suffering a narrow defeat to Saint Louis last night. All in all tonight was fun and the games will be coming in a hurry now.
Will let you know how the game vs SEMO goes next week!

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