TROY 111 Piedmont College 64

[Trojanman]

Game decidedly belonged to the Trojans. We have got some shooters, but no ability to post-up in the paint or rebound. Full court pressure and quickness accounted for some measure of defense. Their 6-5 and 6-6 big men were able to square up with ours and score. I think we are in trouble against quality teams. Transfer forward Ransom Antoine showed great quickness and court awareness.

Disappointed with our opening game crowd. Of course prior to the game starting there were tropical storm conditions outside, rained like crazy! Pep Band sounded great. Look forward to games Thursday and Saturday. :D

[troymarkus]

I was a bit worried in the first half, but we took over with about 9 minutes to go in the half and cruised from there. I like this year's team! It will take some time for the team to mesh, but I like what I see. Maestri said after the game that they needed a win and needed to shoot well and did. He said they were going to simplify things a bit because he thought he had thrown too much at them. With all those newcomers, that's probably a great idea.

We are small, but if we can shoot the 3's and play stong press defesne...we will be fine.

As far as the crowd goes--2 days after Thanksgiving that will always happen. I was pleasantly surprised at how many were there. Now, Thursday there should be a good crowd. Hopefully it will be loud!