Syracuse, N.Y. — Jamil Wilson made his Boeheim’s Army appearance Monday night. Flight issues, said Boeheim’s Army GM Shaun Belbey, prevented Wilson from getting here in time for Saturday's game.
Boeheim's Army played We Are D3, a scrappy team over the TBT years.
The crowd was expected to be good. TBT reported that 2,800 fans showed up on Saturday to watch Boeheim’s Army play the Herkimer Originals. That number is essentially a sellout, though TBT probably could have fit a few more people into the SRC Arena.
Adrian Autry, Brenden Straughn, Dan Engelstad, Alex Kline and Eugene Tulyagijja were at the game.
Halftime score: Boeheim’s Army 41, We Are D3 35. Final: We Are D3 81, Boeheim’s Army 78.
Boeheim's Army missed three free throws in the Elam Ending portion of the game. That was one of its many issues.
Here's what happened:
Ty Nichols, a 6-foot guard who graduated from Keene State in 2019, scored 16 first-half points for WAD3.
The guy is lightning quick and knows how to get open to shoot threes. He can also get to the rim.
Nobody from Boeheim's Army could keep up with him until Charles Pride entered the game and at least slowed him down.
He was, essentially, D3's entire first-half offense.
And he kept on scoring in the second half. He had 32 massive points when the game went into the Elam Ending. Which means he scored 32 points in 32 minutes. Defending him was seemingly impossible for Boeheim’s Army.
Nichols also made the game-winner and finished with 36 points.
36!!
Here's who started the fourth quarter for Boeheim’s Army: Buddy Boeheim, Jimmy Boeheim, Jacob Gilyard, Malachi Richardson and Frank Mason.
The Army quickly found themselves down five to start that quarter.
It was a puzzling lineup.
These games can get away from teams very quickly in the fourth quarter. You play for five minutes, try to build a lead and then get to the Elam Ending. The first few minutes of the fourth quarter are really important.
It happens in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, We Are D3 led 72-68 after yet another Nichols 3 and they smartly called time to set up the target score. Which was 80. At that point, WAD3 led 72-68.
Boeheim's Army had its chances. Buddy Boeheim missed 3s. Elijah Hughes missed 3s. Boeheim made a big one to get Boeheim's Army within 2.
But mostly, Boeheim's Army could not get enough stops in the Elam Ending.
And Nichols drained the game-winner to kill the mood at OCC. (Except if you were a D3 fan.)
We Are D3 did a nice job limiting the shots Boeheim's Army shot from the three-point line.
BA was 5-of-14 from 3 in the first half. The perimeter was not nearly as open as it was in the first game against the Herkimer Originals. The Army had very few open 3s.
Boeheim's Army was 10-of-31 from three.
WAD3 (so many long TBT names) is a connected group that I'm guessing teams overlook every year because, well, they played D3 basketball and nobody who plays D1 basketball knows much about those guys.
They prepare like no other TBT team. They do not miss free throws. They don't take bad shots. They guard you. And they have a killer in Nichols.
Rebounds were a problem for Boeheim's Army. Like, a big problem. WAD3 grabbed 10 more of them in the first half, despite being smaller at virtually every position.
Total rebound numbers: WAD3 45, BA 30.
There were plays like this from Jacob Gilyard and Chris McCullough in the first half.
McCullough seemed oddly underutilized. He's a quick, mobile, athletic 4 man and there aren't many TBT guys who can guard him.
He scored eight first-half points. Gilyard had nine and Elijah Hughes had eight to lead the Army at the break. McCullough did not play a minute in the fourth quarter until late in the Elam Ending. Which was weird.
Ryan Boatright drained a wide-open 3 to give the Stars of Storrs, the UConn team, a 78-76 win over the Green Mountain Men in the first game on Monday night.
The game was close the whole way. GMM could have easily won it. That team missed two free throws to win it, then made a free throw to get to within 1 of the target score of 77, but still could not pull it out.
Notes: Rakeem Christmas, who starts in the middle for Boeheim’s Army, sustained some sort of injury to his right shoulder early in the game. He went over to presumably see a trainer, but eventually returned to the game. He never really seemed right after that.
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