CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami coach Frank Haith started sophomore Dwayne Collins over junior Jimmy Graham last night against Penn, and the decision paid off when Collins terrorized the Quakers inside while Graham still had seven points in 23 minutes. Haith had an interesting explanation for the move:
“It wasn’t anything bad that Jimmy did. What we looked at was [that] … officiating at the beginning of the game is when it’s the tightest. And I think Jimmy always gets two fouls, so he sits for 17, 18 minutes, and he comes back in the second half and he gets his third foul. So he ends up playing like 11 minutes for the game. We want to get him more minutes. We want him on the court more. I’m not proving my theory like an Einstein, but [tonight] he got his first foul in the second half. His aggressive nature hurts him to start games sometimes.”
Penn injury report: Harrison Gaines (hamstring), Michael Kach (back) and Brennan Votel (hamstring) likely won’t return for Saturday’s game against N.J.I.T.
Good thing Votel wasn’t going to get in the game, because his mind might not have been on basketball. A troupe of eye-catching females made its way behind the junior during a first-half media timeout, and Votel found some time to chat it up with them on the bench before play resumed. Good to see at least some positives in an otherwise bad night for the Quakers.
It was a great night of promotions at the Hurricanes’ BankUnited Center. Instead of the Palestra-style protocol of throwing items into the stands, Miami instead dropped trinkets in tiny parachutes onto the crowd from the rafters. (Sadly, none were aimed at the media section.) Also, any fan could get a free shave or haircut right above Section 108. Spiffy.
Click here for excerpts of the Penn press conference, courtesy the Inquirer.
Tags: brennan votel, harrison gaines, michael kach
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January 5th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Hey, is there a game tonight?