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blog: Flyers Not Bowed by West Virginia in First Half
MINNEAPOLIS — The Dayton Flyers lead West Virginia 33-28 at the half of their NCAA Tournament opener in the Metrodome. Here are some observations from the first 20 minutes of play.
— The Flyers — an 11 seed and 9-point underdogs going in — aren’t cowed one bit by their Big East rivals..Especially not Marcus Johnson, who has hit a couple of big threes and battled for loose balls. He’s out-hustling West Virginia and has 8 points.
— Chris Wright is really heating up.He has 11 points. And Charles Little is also very active and has 6 points.
— West Virginia can’t shoot from the outside, at least not today.
— The Mountaineers have tried to muscle UD, but it hasn’t worked. other that maybe give Chris Johnson a sore nose, The UD freshman ran unsuspecting into a pick set by West Virginia’s 6-foot-7, 230 pound Wellington Smith. It stopped Johnson face-first for just a moment, but he shook it off.
The Mountaineers trumpeted freshman — 6-foot-9 Devin Ebanks — swung a little elbow at Kurt Huelsman after the Flyers big man fouled him on a shot underneath.
A couple of words were exchanged and Huelsman held his ground. The message was clear from UD:.
“We’re giving no quarter to you.”
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