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Chapter 89 Missouri Valley Conference Quarterfinals
Although the strength of Northern Iowa State University is mediocre this season, everyone has a winning heart in the playoffs.It would be a good thing if Hei Ba could kill Loyola University.

Coach Moser is also stepping up training on defense. Offense wins the regular season, and defense wins the championship. This famous NBA saying is also applicable in the NCAA. In an elimination system, no one cares about whether the ball is good or not. It is the last word.

Northern Iowa State's strongest attack point is their power forward Bennett, a player who is far stronger in offense than defense. In response to this, Coach Moser has specially deployed. The opponent's small forward Carlson has two consecutive regular season The field was easily locked by Xiao Hang, so Xiao Hang was arranged to pinch Bennett as much as possible. The other Moser coaches had no special arrangements. As long as Bennett controlled this point, it was basically stable.

All Missouri Valley League games are played at the Scott Sports Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

All the universities participating in the playoffs have arrived two days in advance to start repairing and basic training. At this point in time, it is not suitable for high-intensity training.

The first game was Illinois State University vs. Indiana State University. After 30 minutes of Indiana resistance, there was still a gap in strength. In the end, Illinois State University defeated Indiana State University 77-70.

The second game is Loyola University vs. Northern Iowa State University.

Players from both sides began to warm up, and the game was about to start in 20 minutes. Loyola University did not have much pressure in this game. They won both regular season duels, and Xiao Hang had a very obvious advantage.

After the players have warmed up and listened to the final arrangement of their respective coaches, they are about to enter the game.

As the referee threw the basketball up, the long-awaited game officially started.

Klute won the scramble easily, Custer controlled the rebounds, Northern Iowa State University's starting lineup has changed from before, and the starting point guard House can only sit on the back of the bench to watch the game in a rest suit due to injury , It was replaced by the little-known Hunter Rhodes, a substitute player who averaged 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game.

Rhodes is shorter than House, only 6 feet 1 in height. The 6 feet 3 Custer can be regarded as both offensive and defensive in the league, and he is more than enough to deal with Rhodes.

After halftime, Jackson put up a pick-and-roll for Custer. This is their tactical cooperation for many years. Go in and Custer kills the inside, and retreats to Jackson's outside jumper. Coach Moser used a very smooth offensive tactic.

Custer easily passed Rhodes with a pick-and-roll, while Bennett was still the same as in the regular season, with poor awareness of changing defenses, giving Custer a beautiful wide open and an easy hit.

Coach Moser is very happy with Bennett in this state, making Bennett like his own player...

Rhodes had the ball across half court, and Bennett caught Jackson outside the paint on the right, reaching for the ball with his left hand.

Bennett's 6-foot-9 weight and size are also slightly taller than Jackson's. The low-post footsteps are really good, and Jackson finally stumbled on the third fake move.

Fortunately, Xiao Hang paid more attention here, the help defense interfered with the shot, and Klute got the rebound.

Custer received the ball and went straight for a fast break. The Northern Iowa State University players thought that Bennett had stabilized the ball, and they returned to the defense a little laxly, so they were seized.

Although Custer plays a bit more old-fashioned, his physical fitness is not bad. When he rushes up, few people in the league can catch up and score easy layups.

At the beginning, Loyola University played the league's first momentum.

Rhodes worked hard, fed the ball, and made no mistakes. Perhaps this is the most satisfactory result for the coach of Northern Iowa State University.

In addition to continuing to lock up Carlsen, Xiao Hang also put more energy on Bennett. Although he didn't score much, he relied on defense and took an 30-point lead 22-8 in the first half.

Coach Moser is very satisfied with the current situation, the rhythm is under his control, as long as he continues to control the second half well.

The half-time break was fleeting, and players from both sides came on the field one after another, starting the fight that continued in the second half.

But something unexpected happened. As soon as Ross came on the court, he scored a three-pointer against Custer to kick off their counterattack.

Northern Iowa completely abandoned all previous offensive tactics, passed the ball and shot a three-pointer after halftime...

This can be said to have completely messed up Coach Moser's arrangement before the start of the game. Bennett did not go beyond the three-point line, and anyone who had the opportunity would shoot from beyond the three-point line.

In the opening 4 minutes of the second half, Rhodes made 3 3-pointers alone, Bennett also hit 1 [-]-pointer, and shooting guard Ford also made a [-]-pointer.

Northern Iowa State scored a total of 22 points in the first half, and scored 4 points in the second half after nearly a quarter of the time.

Although Loyola University also scored here, they still played their positions one by one. They only scored 9 points, and the point difference was narrowed to only 2 points.

Coach Moser was forced to call a timeout due to embarrassment. Northern Iowa is now shooting three-pointers after halftime. There is no other strategy.

Although Coach Moser is a defensive coach, he is not that old and stubborn. After analyzing with the coaching staff, he decided to play against them and defend them on the defensive end instead of staying inside the three-point line and man-to-man.

Coach Moser thought that Northern Iowa was just playing a few times, but he didn't expect that they were here for real.

Of course Xiao Hang is the one who can return to the offensive. The main energy was put on Bennett, and now he is finally liberated.

Xiao Hang was handed the first ball back from timeout, Loyola University needed Xiao Hang to show his muscles.

Facing Carlson at the top of the arc, Xiao Hang didn't hesitate. After starting the tentative step, he took a forward change and went straight from the left to the inside. The center of Northern Iowa should have been ordered to score 2 points. , casually delayed, watching Xiao Hang succeed in dunking with one hand.

But they turned their heads and gave it to Ross. Facing Custer who was close in front of them, they hesitated and didn't vote for Bennett.

Bennett didn't have much to worry about, he already had unlimited firepower.

"Pa—" Xiao Hang's help defense rushed up from the right back, and this was mainly due to Carlson, who moved strangely and walked past Bennett.

Xiao Hang would definitely not give up this opportunity, he blocked the ball, took the ball directly, and charged forward.

The players from Northern Iowa State University just wanted to put in 2 points, it doesn’t matter, but they forgot that Xiao Hang has the killer essence. He made an emergency stop, pull-up, and jump shot outside the three-point line, and the score was stretched to 7 points again, which was stable. situation.

As long as Xiao Hang is willing to attack, then Xiao Hang's score can definitely be 1 against 3, and Northern Iowa is arranged clearly. As the game time progresses, the physical strength declines. Although it has been saving physical strength in various ways, Put 2 but not 3, but the hit rate still dropped, or I was a little discouraged by Xiao Hang's attack, and my mentality also changed.

Originally, in the second half, when he came up to hold the broken jar, he didn't expect to play well, but he didn't expect Xiao Hang to hit him back to his original shape, and he let out his suffocated breath.

In the end, Loyola University had no surprises, 72 to 63, 9 points advantage over Northern Iowa State University, and successfully advanced to the top four.

In the next third game, Bradley University narrowly beat Drake University 63 to 61 and completed the next game.

In the fourth game, Southern Illinois University also beat the University of Missouri 67 to 64.

Entered an elimination system, forced out the potential of all players, all the scores were within 10 points, especially the last two games were very intense, the scores kept leading alternately, and it was not until the last 2 minutes that the winner was decided .

(End of this chapter)