They played like they have for much of this season, meaning they put the Dons (5-5) on the ropes and didn’t put them away. Tapley had a breakaway midway through the second half and rose to dunk it one-handed, then switched to two hands in mid-flight, then clattered the ball off the rim – only to get fouled and have the ball bounce in anyway as he crashed into the basket standard. Right now, if he’s unguarded you’re shocked if it doesn’t go in.”Įven when he missed, he scored. “And he’s been shooting the ball that way in practice, too. “He’s really been shooting the ball well for us (in games),” SDSU coach Steve Fisher said. “The basket looked like an ocean, like throwing the ball in the ocean.” “Man, it felt great,” said the 6-foot-3 senior, whose previous career best was 28 in a loss at Baylor last year. Tapley might as well been shooting it from his balcony. The players’ rooms at their Waikiki hotel have sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean.
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The Dons outscored everyone else on SDSU 58-47.Įven more impressive: Tapley didn’t score his first basket until 12:40 left in the first half and his last with 6:07 to go, meaning he had all of his career-high 33 points in the space of 26½ minutes – a pace that would have got him 50 points over a full 40 minutes. 18 Aztecs handled USF 80-58 in the opening round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic on Saturday to set up a semifinal date Sunday against Indiana State (2 p.m. And I get it to him when he’s hot like that.” “He’s got this little run he does and he says your name really fast: ‘X, X, X,’” Thames said. Thames has known Tapley since they were 8-year-old peewee football players in Sacramento. San Diego State point guard Xavier Thames didn’t have to see Chase Tapley make back-to-back-to-back baskets, or threaten the tournament scoring record, or watch University of San Francisco coach Rex Walters grab his head in frustration after the net danced yet again, to know. I don’t think too many of them are looking at our guys.”
I know a lot of NBA scouts are here to see some of their players. They’ve been ranked basically for the last three years. Coach Greg Lansing on SDSU: “I know they’re scary good. C Justin Gant, who like Odum grew up in Terre Haute, Ind., was tough inside with 12 points and 11 rebounds. F Jake Odum had 16 points and eight assists. Gonzaga transfer F Manny Arop had 27 points. Sycamores outlook: They upset Mississippi 87-85 in overtime in the tournament’s opening game, blowing an 11-point halftime lead and then nearly losing in regulation. Series: Indiana State leads 3-0, but the last game was in 1967.
Records: SDSU is 10-1, Indiana State is 6-3. Site/time: Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu/2 p.m.
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