23-19 overall, one for tonight.
valpo -11-: evansville leads this series 65-16 but i sense the crusaders won't be calling off the dogs tonight. these two teams resumed their series last year in evansville after a seven year layoff, and the purple aces treated their upstate guests to a big dose of home cooking in a 69-64 win. valpo actually led by three at halftime but the buzzer saw the home team win by outshooting the visitors from the free throw line by a 33-9 margin. things got so bad that crusader hc homer drew got double t'd and ejected.
fast foward to tonight. the veteran evansville squad that homered valpo is mostly gone, including the head coach and four of their top five players. the young valpo team that got squeezed almost all returns, led by coach drew, and i'm gonna take a stretch and say that they've had tonight circled on the calender.
evansville hasn't been much of a road team in some time, and their recent sojourns to buffalo and cape girardeau indicate that that trend isn't likely to change soon. gomez, their best player, remains sidelined. meanwhile valpo is on a roll with their best start in years. while followers will attest i'm usually not one to go with dd favorites, can't help but feel some payback is in the cards tonight.
glta
valpo -11-: evansville leads this series 65-16 but i sense the crusaders won't be calling off the dogs tonight. these two teams resumed their series last year in evansville after a seven year layoff, and the purple aces treated their upstate guests to a big dose of home cooking in a 69-64 win. valpo actually led by three at halftime but the buzzer saw the home team win by outshooting the visitors from the free throw line by a 33-9 margin. things got so bad that crusader hc homer drew got double t'd and ejected.
fast foward to tonight. the veteran evansville squad that homered valpo is mostly gone, including the head coach and four of their top five players. the young valpo team that got squeezed almost all returns, led by coach drew, and i'm gonna take a stretch and say that they've had tonight circled on the calender.
evansville hasn't been much of a road team in some time, and their recent sojourns to buffalo and cape girardeau indicate that that trend isn't likely to change soon. gomez, their best player, remains sidelined. meanwhile valpo is on a roll with their best start in years. while followers will attest i'm usually not one to go with dd favorites, can't help but feel some payback is in the cards tonight.
glta
good luck! i'm on valpo too!
