 Hello, and welcome to the Gary Stewart show presented by Buffalo Wildlings I'm Greg Royce joined by Stevenson men's basketball coach Gary Stewart and coach How you got right back in the conference play last week you start off on Wednesday night with a hard fought 87 82 win over Messiah Can I take us to that game? We were up? I think 12 a half and they came back made a run, but you were able to hold them off We got a good lead And close the half out really well and then give them credit. They came back. They were very assertive on the offensive end Made some plays and we came up empty on four straight possessions Coupled with four straight scores on their end and all of a sudden it was a tug of war Yeah, especially that first half. I think you came out five I think you made like you know six of your first ten or seventy first ten three pointers and you know It was really it was like 31 to 13 I think or so, you know seven or eight minutes into the game So you guys really came out strong and then like you said they came back made a couple shots and fought their way back In the game. I think we got seven three point baskets from seven different people at one stretch and That bolded well for us See we had the 51 point first half and the ball moved and and we were able to capitalize on Some things early, but in the second half We stood around and and watched and and when we do that that really put stress on on our offense and then We didn't have the energy. Yeah, and the second half defensively. Yeah, and then Saturday You go up to like homing conference leader ranked six in the country They were coming off their first loss of the year at Lebanon Valley team that you beat earlier in the year And you hung with them I think for the first half in the second half, you know sex starts like a half things can't get away from me a little bit the configuration of their facility is one where you get off the bus and and You walk a few short steps get into their facility and then you have to walk down Some steps into your locker room and as we walk down those steps as a team We just got whacked over the head with a two by four and by the time that we realized where we were We were back on the bus again. That did not go. Well, they they mauled us from start to finish and Give them credit. They were extremely aggressive and and we didn't handle that very well They sped us up. We didn't execute fundamentally and you know, a lot of that's on on me I don't I don't want to put that squarely on just the guys. I have to have them better prepared and and And I'll take that So you have a little bit of a break this week you're off, you know In the middle of the week this week and then Saturday you host alvernia You're ten and five right now as we're talking about before Winning this division three program in the state of Maryland right now I Was that you know that a dollar or get a cup of coffee, but but the same time Kind of assess where you are with ten games left in the regular season being ten and five and you know being in a Mac common Well, so it looks pretty wide open right now. Well, the important thing about that statement Greg is to be the winningest Program in division three in the state of Maryland at the end of the season. Yeah, that's where you want to be We've got some good basketball programs in the state and and if you can if you can do that You've got a pretty good basketball team. So that would be a goal of ours, but obviously The primary goal is to win the conference We've got a tough road ahead of us obviously one game at a time We've got a difficult opponent on on Saturday and alvernia And we've got to do some things better We've got to defend better. I was really pleased with our rebounding in our effort against Lycoming But we've got to keep people out of the interior better we've got to get back and Defend our basket better. So we've got some things that we've got to clean up Yeah, this is having a couple extra days of practice give you some time to work on some of those things it does it does we're gonna break down some film and as we always do but with a long week we can show a little bit more and and Take a little bit more time because we don't have the Wednesday game to shore up some of those things, right? Alright, well, thanks coach. We wish you best of luck on Saturday and best luck in prepared this week. Thank you, Greg For Gary Stewart, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Gary Stewart show