Evansville Rachelwoods 81
Boca Raton Storm 79
After Friday's overtime loss to Duluth, Evansville needed extra time tonight to defeat archrival Boca Raton. In a strangely defensive game, the Rachelwoods fought back from a double-digit second half deficit, and PG Marvin Tober hit one of his two field goals with 0:04 left to send it to overtime. Tober earned a player of the game nod for his efforts, tallying up 6 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Bryan Moore added an efficient 19 points to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 2 steals.
So, after a start that saw a convincing win over Cincy, frustrating close losses to Dearborn and Duluth, and the aforementioned win over Boca Raton, Evansville now enters the annual cupcake portion of their schedule. We won't learn much about the Rachelwoods over the next eight games, but they should be plenty fun to watch. Trust me when I say that I have June 17th circled on my calendar already; if we want to have any shot at realizing our lofty expectations, it starts with a C13 Regular Season Championship, something we've accomplished only once in my ten seasons as coach.