Ivan gone

Shannon with a quiet 23 points

Shannon just shy of back to back 30

And limited Ivan. It's the fouls way outside that just don't make sense, if the trap is not there, don't force it!

Great win and glad for Coach Keller and the OSU 10. Atmosphere was electric

I thought he looked slimmer too. He looked like the same guy that passed to Walkup for that dunk against San two years ago - seemed just as thin.

Great win. Our B team is better than their A team.

I thought Gru put in quality minutes when we needed him. He was not a liability like he's been in the past. Sammy is developing into a decent post guy - next year I hope he'll be a tough guy to move. Great win for Keller. Nice win for the home crowd. As good as it's been in a long time.

Nicholls down. Only 2 loss teams now.

We shot 66% from the field, 40% from 3. Out rebounded them 33-23, double their assists, but we had 21 TO's to 10.

On his twitter he said that he would get well soon, no details.

Who got Player of the Game?

Shannon was Player of the Game, but it could have gone to Charles.

SFAJack_76 said:

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Must give some props to Bain also. I thought he contributed a very effective ten minutes. If he continues to progress, he could be very important giving 10-15 minutes per game.

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I agree. I think Nate "arrived" tonight. He looked the way that he did when he first got to SFA and before his injuries hit.

And a possible side benefit of the electric atmosphere tonight... I think a lot of students may have become real Jack basketball fans tonight -- those who had been lackadaisical before and those newer students who were just not knowledgeable about or appreciative of the great product that SFA basketball is. I agree that attendance should be great the rest of the home games.

PurpleOut said:

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Crowd was great, no real complaints. I still wish our students would try to make real noise when we're on defense instead of just sitting on their hands, but, what can you do.

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What can you do? It's pretty simple, electric shock callers if the decibel level drops too low. We'd have the loudest crowd in the country.

I loved seeing the student section next to me full.

There are many things I'm really digging about Keller. Even down to the way he handles the losses. It's a pretty tough act to follow coming in here with a bar that was set ridiculously high. Even Kentucky's expectations don't seem as high sometimes as we/I have. But last night...the fire he showed, the passion, the TF, the pulling off of the jacket as every assistant jumped up in concert to hold him back, and the encouragement he was shouting on every play. There's no denying his team came out hyped to the max. It's how players want to be coached. Even the strategic moves all worked. I mean, even Gru gave us quality minutes at the right time. (As a side, the only reason he walked was because 3 sam players fouled the heck out of him, but refs were consistently bad both ways) I personally loved the fire. I watched him more last night during game action than I have in the past. It was pure passion. I think we all fed off it. I think we all are learning how much respect this guy has in National coaching circles. No question this is the right coach for this moment in time in NAC.

Any Silsbee guards?

INiedrauer said:

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For what its worth, there were multiple prospective recruits on unofficial visits in the house last night. A nice display for future Lumberjacks.

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That's worth a lot, IMO to come to a game with such a crowd. Makes a big difference. Question, people do ratings of 1-350+ of college basketball all the time. Anyone bothered to rank the homecourt advantage/atmostphere yet? I'd have to think we're top 100 in the country atleast.

INiedrauer said:

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For what its worth, there were multiple prospective recruits on unofficial visits in the house last night. A nice display for future Lumberjacks.

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Sweet! No better game than that one to bring them in.

Our bench scored 69 points singlehandedly beating Sam Houston.

To purposely beat a dead horse...

Did some snooping over at KATFans at Sam Houston.

This is terrific, a whole thread dedicated to Hooten.

They love Jason Hooten

Hooten vs SFA

Sam Houston Total Points - 865 (57.7 PPG)
SFA Total Points - 1,028 (68.5 PPG)

1-14 Overall

2011
67-66 Loss
58-47 Loss
68-46 Loss

2012
50-44 Loss
57-42 Loss

2013
67-60 Loss
68-49 Loss

2014
79-68 Loss
64-55 Loss
83-70 Loss

2015
76-64 Loss
81-64 Loss

2016
72-63 Win
65-56 Loss

2017
82-66 Loss

Turns out, there's more than one way to skin a bearkat.