Yeah I'm fully aware that I have been majorly lacking in giving info on your basketball Terriers this season, but as the new year arrives and AE play approaches I fully intend to rectify that and allow us to once again be a distant second (or third) in quality of coverage to the DFP in yet another sport besides hockey.
Yesterday the Terriers stayed home at Case Gym to take on another defending conference champ, the Bucknell Bison. Unfortunately this would not turn out to be the biggest story of the night for the Terriers, as it was reveled prior to the game that standout G D.J. Irving would miss the game with a concussion and that his status going forward is day-to-day. Apparently he was hit in the head during the Villanova game and began to show concussion symptoms starting Thursday. According to Coach Jones he might be back for Thursday's game against La Salle in Philly but it's not a sure thing yet. Best wishes to him on his recovery!
Hopefully he'll be feeling better soon because the remaining Terriers got pretty badly abused on Thursday night, dropping a 14-point game to a Bucknell squad that's ranked a respectable 114th in the KenPom standings as of Friday morning. They made a valiant effort to play it close in the early stages of the game, leading by one about halfway through the first, but Bucknell pulled away after that, taking a 46-29 lead into the locker room and never really looking back. The Terriers got decent games from Darryl Partin (17 pts.) and Travis Robinson (15) and a good spark off the bench from Malik Thomas (8 pts, 2-2 FG and 2-2 FT), but defensive problems partly stemming from Pat Hazel only being on the floor for 17 mins. and a lack of depth without DJ really sunk the team. It's tough to win a game when you get out-rebounded by a 2-1 margin.
The hopefully Irving-ful Terriers will get back in action on 12/29 at La Salle.
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