Oakland loses a tough one.

Well my boys lost their first ever game to North Dakota State University, by the score 81-71. I really didn't expect Oakland to win, but when they were up at the half 44-40, I thought they had a real good chance of pulling off the upset. Now we have 4 losses in the Conference, so we can kiss the regular season title goodbye. Oakland can thank themselves for that, losing to teams like Southern Utah, and Centenary, when they have no business of losing too.

Oakland loss is simple, they didn't make shots down the stretch. Kangas hit a 3 to tie the game at 64, with a little over 6 minutes left, but NDSU went on a 13-0 run to seal the victory. Our boys need to regroup and think about tomorrows game at South Dakota State, because they really need that win to maintain their 3rd position in the standings.

Two things really bothered me about the loss, and they are strongly correlated. Lately our starters have been producing all the scoring. We really need our bench to step up and score some more points. If they can't score we wont go far in the Conference Tournament. So Dan "the man" needs to step up as well and Blake Cushingberry. Coach Kampe really needs to play more than 7 people in a game! What is up with that?! Why is Matt Samuels not playing?! Coach needs to give his start players some rest, and stop playing them 38-40 minutes a game! Again if that keeps up, we wont go far. I realize our injury situation, but still 7 players cannot cut it, Samuels needs to play at least 10 minutes in a game.

Alright, I am done complaining about our bench. However tomorrow is a much needed win for our boys! SDSU is a very streaky team, so hopefully we get them on an off night, and not take them lightly.