Sabotaged ourselves, that is. Idaho State held a 13-point lead over the Weberians and thanks in large part to Daviin Davis' death-raining 3's (Davis allegedly screamed "DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!" with each one. Even if he hadn't, it would have been appropriate) and the Real McCoy's gritty, 15 foot effort (even though he's only 5'7") in snagging a crucial rebound from Big Meetch in the last few minutes that set up a game-tying 3 by that spooky assassin, Daviin. That death maker sent the game into overtime, where ISU is 1-2,000,000 in the Era d' O'Brien. The Weberians outscored the Bengalians in overtime 13-4 to seal the deal with a big win. With the Vikings being defeated in an unsuccessful raid on the Fortress Dahlberg, the Weberians move to being by themselves atop the Big Sky Mortal Kombat Tower.
The sad thing is, Idaho State could have won this game with nary a whisper. ISU was fouled with 14.5 seconds remaining in reg-yu-lay-shun and Amorrow Morgan had God's Golden Opportunity to win the game by one point. However, after making the first free throw, he missed the second. Matt Stucki did the Incredibly Awesome thing by forcing an Incredibly Awesome jump ball that gave ISU the ball back. The crowd roared its approval of such Incredible Awesomeness and with the game tied, all ISU had to do was get it in for a score. However, Stucki was Incredibly Awesomed out and his 3 pointer rimmed in and out. Ov-are-tahm ensued and you know what happened next (see above).
In other Thursday night-related happenings, BS-C referees were in top form, either making terrible calls or not making any at all (Felix Caspari could have been like, maimed on this one play, yo). Such was the discontent over the BS-C calling that many a plastic basketball was tossed in the court's general direction. After informing the P.A. that such dissent would be rewarded by a technical foul, the crowd backed off (but still voiced their disapproval). To highlight the quality of the BS-C officials, Coach O'Brien not only smashed his clipboard but he also killed a guy. This was done so fast nobody really noticed until after the game when the cleanup crew found the body tucked safely away underneath the student section. Reprisal is not expected from the Mao Doug-Tse Fullerdong regime, as criticsm of officials is not tolerated and is typically rewarded with a public reprisal followed by a public execution (only in extreme cases. Usually, the coach in question will be sent off to a summer's worth of hard labor in Western China). It is notable that the regime denies any wrongdoing by any of its officials; in fact, outright denial of crappy refs is the focal point of Red Doug's policies.
Bad officiating does not exist here, Comrades
Adding on to the logs of fire were the astonishing mistakes of the scorekeepers. In fact, the mistakes made last night were of Alger Hiss-proportions. Felix Caspari and that spooky assassin, Daviin Davis, both should have fouled out in regulation. Davis played a vital role in assassinating things with his 3's that tied the game that sent it to overtime which resulted in the Weberians emerging victorious. Had he fouled out like he was supposed to, ISU could very well have won the game by 6-7 points. It's one thing to be outdone by the shenanigans of an officiating crew, quite another to be outfoxed by your own scorekeepers. ISU can't catch a break, eh? The thing is, this shouldn't have mattered so much had we held that 13 point lead. ISU has nobody to blame but ourselves for this soul-crushing loss (it would have placed us 1 game behind Weber State for 1st place). Now everyone involved must go to an emergency Friday church service, pause, and reflect on the wonders of holding a 13-point lead over the #1 team in the BS-C with a 2nd match-up coming on Saturday. The implications are impressive, I'll tell you that.
That's it for this game review, more to come on the women's game tomorrow!
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