About last night...

Just how poorly did the Patriots play last night?

• They did not score a FG for nearly 11 minutes to start the game
• 23 turnovers to 4 assists (wow)
• 33% FG
• 2-17 from the 3-pt line
• they only got to the free throw line for 7 attempts
  
• Andre Cornelius (22 min) and Ryan Pearson (10 min) had a combined 2 points
• Even Gomason.com can't believe it: "To say that Mason's offense started off slowly would be like saying clowns wear a little makeup."
  

Mason was able to spoil a great defensive effort by not being able to hit the broad side of a barn last night. The Patriots did not allow a Pirate player to reach double digits and held the team to under 40% shooting from the field. They did not give up three-pointers and out rebounded Hampton, but you know the night isn't going well when Louis Birdsong is your leading scorer. Monroe had a decent night in the paint with 11 points and 11 rebounds, imagine what he would have done had any of the guards made a shot! In a poor shooting night you would think guys would start driving to the lane and getting fouls hoping to at least get points from the free-throw line, but that didn't happen. What's interesting about this is that entering this season I would have expected Mason's forwards to struggle and the guards to be carrying the team but lately it's seems the opposite is happening. Last night was a game were the Patriots needed guys like Dre Smith and John Vaughan to hit shots from the outside. The freshmen are going to struggle in road games, we saw this last year with Cam Long and Vlad. As good as Pearson and Cornelius might end up being this year, they aren't going to carry the team when they are down in road games like this.