The 6-foot-5 Hall has come a long way since opening the season with three straight scoreless halves, missing his first nine shots.
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"The reason we won the game was because, in the first half, when we were so bad offensively, we were good defensively.”
Coach Scott Nagy has five children, and he can probably expect the usual dad gifts for Christmas like ties and socks. But he has already received the best present he could get.
While the Raiders have fared better than many programs – both in the area and around the nation – they still have had to deal with the uncompromising nature of the virus.
In a pair of wins at Detroit last weekend, the 6-foot-6 wing had a combined 34 points and 12 rebounds.
The Raiders accomplished what Nagy figured would be somewhat rare this season with the Horizon League weekend schedule — winning two games on consecutive days.
They shot 67% in the second half and 58.5 for the game — and went 10 of 20 on 3′s — in prevailing, 93-70, for their third straight blowout victory.
“This year we had almost the entire department get involved,” said Kurt Holden, interim director of public safety.
“You get a lot of cold food, and you just sit in your hotel room and stare at each other. It’s not super exciting to be on the road right now.”
"This is the team picked to win the MAC. They’re a dang-good basketball team. For us to win and win in that fashion is a really good sign for our program.”