Well, another tough loss for the Cowboys as they fall 85-76.
As I say in my column in Thursday’s paper, the extremes from this team need to stop. The Pokes are either extremely good or extremely bad and it’s not good enough to do both and win with any consistency.
Yes, Akron was good and yes they are more experienced and veteran than UW. But the Cowboys were up seven with 10:21 to play. They must learn to finish games and be more consistent. Easy for me to say, but if not wins will be hard to come by in conference play.
No JayDee Luster with a twisted ankle, and that didn’t help UW’s cause. True freshman Desmar Jackson had nine points and four assists, but also five turnovers. Still, UW could have and should have won even without Luster.
Sophomore guard A.J. Davis was impressive with 18 points, including 15 in the second half and he sparked a second-half rally.
There were 52 fouls called, and UW made just 1 of 9 3-pointers. Akron made 9 of 16 and outscored UW 26-13 in second-chance points.
Officiating was iffy at times, but I’m not going down that road.
One last dress rehearsal before conference play next week. Division II Adams State comes to the A-A Saturday at 2 p.m. UW will go after its 300th win in this building.
It should have been in this game with Akron.
See Thursday’s paper for more on the game.
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