Since its the offseason and not much is going on right now basketball wise and because I wasn't bloggings during the season, I thought I'd revisit my freshman year. As of right now my freshman year academically is still going on but my freshman season is over.
For our first regular season game played UNC-Asheville. I had played pretty well in the exhibition game, scoring 11 points in 15 minutes or so. We drove up to Asheville a few hours before tip off. I remember being surprised at the fact that I wasn't nervous at all, whereas in high school and AAU ball I was usually nervous before games. The Asheville team was going through their warmups without their center, Kenny George , but he soon made his way onto the court. This guy is absolutely HUGE. He is one of those players that you can tell he tries harder than anybody on the court. He had at least one dunk in the game where he literally didnt leave the ground. We were down by 7 or 8 for most of the game from what I can remember. I scored my first collegiate points in that game. It was a three pointer from the left wing. I caught and fired and there was a little contact and I did the old "fall down so if the shot doesn't go in I can argue for a foul" thing. The shot went in and no foul was called. I think I only did that move once or twice more the entire season which is pretty good considering I did it about once a game in high school. I didn't get any rebounds and I left this game thinking that rebounding was impossible. We ended up losing by 3 after we missed 2 threes with under 10 seconds left in the game.
You can see some pictures from this game included in my original blog at: www.samepagesports.com/nolte
Thanks for reading
For our first regular season game played UNC-Asheville. I had played pretty well in the exhibition game, scoring 11 points in 15 minutes or so. We drove up to Asheville a few hours before tip off. I remember being surprised at the fact that I wasn't nervous at all, whereas in high school and AAU ball I was usually nervous before games. The Asheville team was going through their warmups without their center, Kenny George , but he soon made his way onto the court. This guy is absolutely HUGE. He is one of those players that you can tell he tries harder than anybody on the court. He had at least one dunk in the game where he literally didnt leave the ground. We were down by 7 or 8 for most of the game from what I can remember. I scored my first collegiate points in that game. It was a three pointer from the left wing. I caught and fired and there was a little contact and I did the old "fall down so if the shot doesn't go in I can argue for a foul" thing. The shot went in and no foul was called. I think I only did that move once or twice more the entire season which is pretty good considering I did it about once a game in high school. I didn't get any rebounds and I left this game thinking that rebounding was impossible. We ended up losing by 3 after we missed 2 threes with under 10 seconds left in the game.
You can see some pictures from this game included in my original blog at: www.samepagesports.com/nolte
Thanks for reading
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