I’m not going to pretend like I know a lot about basketball, but like most sports, in order to win the game, you must score more points than the other team. Jameel Whitney lead the Irish, and did that for most of the night. The Irish protected the lead for most of the game, leading after each quarter. It looked like after the upset by the Stillwater Pioneers, Coach Durham had the boys prepared for what they knew would be a tough game.

I was running late, so I showed up about mid way through the first, and we were ahead. The trend of the game seemed to be that McGuinness would go on a run and pull away by eight to ten, but NW Classen would come back within two or three.

Finally by the third, the Irish had built up a decent lead, but then I saw something that I had seen before. During the BCS Nation Championship, Alabama had Texas shut down, but during the third quarter, the Tide had become happy with their 17 point lead, and allowed the Longhorns to mount a comeback. The Irish would take time off the clock by spreading the ball around and looked to be in total control.

The only thing, however, was that after they would take some questionable shots, and miss them. After a few missed shots, the momentum shifted over to the other side. Close to the end of the fourth, Northwest was up by up to seven at one point. The Irish wouldn’t go down quietly.

They cut the lead to two, but there wasn’t enough time to get the points they needed. The number of fouls were incredible. There were a combined twenty in the second half alone. Free throwe from Northwest Classen were enough to put the Irish away for their second loss of the week. The final score was a slim margin, 60-57.

Matt Christiansen still doesn’t appear to be 100% after separating his shoulder a few weeks ago, but he’s on his way to being the powerhouse that we’re used to. Both Jameel Whitney and Kevin Caruthers had strong games. Joe Edmonds, who’s celebrating a birthday, had a good game and almost, and I mean almost dunked it. Zach Murphy had another strong game.

There isn’t alot to say about the Lady Irish. I wasn’t at the girl’s game, but from what I heard, we’re pretty good. The score was around 90-19. I’m going to have to start going to those.

Besides writing the game recaps when Joe can’t make it to the games, I’m also going to write a weekly column talking about the last week in Irish sports. Expect that sometime soon.

I’d like to thank Joe for trusting me enough to let me write these and I look forward to the future.