Aggies roll over Tigers
The Aggies held the Occidental College Tigers to 14.8 percent shooting in the
second half as they prevailed 66-38 Friday night in the Spectrum.
“The second half, they had a really hard time scoring. They had like four field goals or whatever and I thought we played harder and got a little bit over the nerves,” Coach Stew Morrill said after the game.
The Tigers were up by one point with one second to go in the first half and the Spectrum crowd was subdued when Nate Harris heaved an inbounds pass nearly the length of the court to find Jaycee Carroll, who flipped it in to give the
Aggies a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
“Jaycee had a really stupid foul at the end of the half and I think he was trying to make up for it,” Morrill said.
Harris said the play is an option in the team’s press-breaker if it’s open. “I went back to my quarterback days, reminded myself I used to be able to throw it and Jaycee was able to catch it and put it in.”
Harris led the Aggies with 16 points and was joined in double figures by Carroll and Cass Matheus, who had 12 each.
Sam Betty led the Tigers with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Matheus also put his size advantage to good use, pulling down a game-high 11 rebounds and blocking four shots.
“Some of our new guys, experience is what they need,” Morrill said, and seven players were able to get the first experience of their Aggie careers as Chris Session, Mike Daniels, Everett Morgan, Durrall Peterson, Nick Hammer, Chaz
Spicer and Arvydas Vaikietus all logged minutes.
“It’s an exhibition game. They don’t get to have them in football,” Morrill said.
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