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OXFORD, Miss. -- Giddy Potts scored 20 points and hit four 3-pointers to lead Middle Tennessee to a 77-62 victory over Mississippi on Wednesday night.?Middle Tennessee (7-1) hit 9 of 16 3-pointers as a team and shot 48 percent (29 of 60) from the floor in a game they dominated from the opening tip.The problem is that we have guys who, for whatever reason, freeze up out there, Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy said. Its my job to have an answer for that, and I dont.?Ole Miss (5-2) struggled out of the gate, starting 0-for-7 from the field and turning the ball over 14 times in the first half. Middle Tennessee built a 16-1 lead early and eventually led 48-19 at the break.Ive been in coaching a while, and thats about the best half you could have from the standpoint of hitting shots and making plays, Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis said.?Ole Miss opened the second half on a 10-2 run and chipped away at the MT lead for most of the half, but never led. The Rebels managed only two second-half turnovers and finished 19-of-27 from the free throw line, but in the end could not overcome their deep first-half hole.Weve flirted with a loss like this a couple times already this season, Kennedy said. Its like I told our team: if you get pulled over and the cop doesnt give you a ticket, you get a mile down the road and you speed back up -- you dont learn your lesson. Well, we got our ticket tonight. And were going to be paying for this one for a while.Middle Tennessee made shots when it needed them and finished an efficient 10-of-12 from the free throw line, including several during a late Rebel push.I wouldnt say it was anything we did second half, Davis said. They just started making plays and gaining momentum. I think they kind of maybe ran out of gas there at the end.Potts was 7 of 9 from the field and 4 of 6 from beyond the arc for the Blue Raiders. Reggie Upshaw added 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting and 10 rebounds and JaCorey Williams chipped in 10.?Deandre Burnett led the Rebels with 15 points., while Cullen Neal added 13 points and Breein Tyree 11.?TURNOVER TROUBLESMiddle Tennessee scored 15 points off turnovers, capitalizing on Rebel mistakes.Our points-off-turnovers have been really good the last few games, Davis said. Our 1-3-1 is very active, very long. And we need that to be effective for us.? BIG PICTUREMiddle Tennessee adds a quality road win to its non-conference resume. The Blue Raiders were an NCAA Tournament team last year, upsetting Michigan State in the first round.This was a quality RPI game that no one was really talking about, Davis said. It could be a great win in that sense for us. Andys team definitely has a chance to be an NCAA tournament team.? UP NEXTOle Miss will try to rebound with a home game versus Memphis on Saturday.Middle Tennessee travels to South Alabama on Saturday. 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At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. A good coffee or a fine tea? Delicately crafted beer or perfectly aged wine?Asking hockey fans whether they prefer the Toronto Maple Leafs new franchise center Auston Matthews or Winnipeg Jets sniper Patrik Laine is a question that will be answered by their own personal preference. And thats fine. To each their own. But refine the question to ask whether No. 1 overall pick Matthews or No. 2 overall pick Laine is the better fantasy prospect for this season and there is a wrong answer.Laine himself benchmarked the top two picks from the 2016 NHL draft with their current era superstar comparisons at the NHL scouting combine in June. Laine is the dynamic sniper with the hair-trigger shot that will threaten for 50 goals someday -- an Alex Ovechkin clone, he said. While Matthews is the true leader all over the ice with fantastic vision and a 200-foot game -- Jonathan Toews, in other words.No one is going to argue with the merits of Matthews as the top choice for the Leafs and his potential future returns, just as no one is about to argue with Toews and his hand thats more than half full of Stanley Cup rings. But we also doubt many fantasy buffs -- especially those playing the ESPN standard game -- would argue with Laines potential here as a sniper. Any fantasy owner in the world will tell you they want Ovechkin on their team before Toews, as few of us play in leagues with Stanley Cups as a category.Without miss, Ovechkin finds himself at the end of every season at the top -- or near the top -- of the ESPN Player Rater, which ranks the NHLs skaters for their contributions to the seven offensive categories in the ESPN game. Laine models his game after Ovechkin, and shoots the puck like Ovechkin. Laine, as a boy among men, was 14th in the Finnish elite league (Liiga) for shots on goal last season despite missing 14 games. He led the IIHF World Championship -- a tournament filled with non-playoff NHLers and pros from other leagues -- in shots on goal. He was second in shots at the IIHF World Junior Championship. The guy generates shots wherever he goes and, as we know in fantasy hockey, generating shots can be half the battle.Still dont buy the Ovechkin comparison? Check out Laines shot attempts heat map from last season on the website Prospect Stats. Remind you of anyone?Laine will immediately slot in to the Jets top six. Do we really care if its with Mark Scheifele or Bryan Little? Scheifele had a breakout season in 2016-17, and showed hes ready to be a regular point producer in the NHL, while Little is one of the more underrated, reliable pivots in the league. Either can dish the puck and help keep an eager Laine fed with chances to release his shot. Hes also a no-brainer for the Jets power play that finished dead last in the NHL last season at just 14.8 percent.Matthews, while projected for as many or more points as Laine in this rookie campaign, wont be getting them the same way.dddddddddddd Assists are good, but dont count for as much as goals in fantasy because there are more assists to go around and they dont automatically count as another stat (goals are a shot, too).While Laine will get to play with experienced, fantasy warriors like Little, Scheifele or Blake Wheeler, Matthews is pegged to skate with sophomore William Nylander, and could end up with another rookie as the third member of the line (Mitch Marner). Not a single player on the Leafs 2016-17 roster had 20 NHL goals. Nazem Kadri led the team with a paltry 45 points -- which is in the ballpark for about as low as you can have to lead a team in scoring. The only consistent, fantasy-proven veteran on the entire offense is James van Riemsdyk. The Jets, on the other hand, are populated with plenty of talent for Laine to work with. Wheeler had 78 points last season; Scheifele had 29 goals and 61 points; Little managed 42 points in only 57 games. Matthews may not have been drafted by his native Arizona Coyotes, but hell find himself alone in the desert at times with the Leafs.If you dont think the Toews comparison by Laine does Matthews justice, youre probably right. Toews was never as dynamic on offense as Matthews can be. The all-time single season scoring record for the U.S. National Development Team Program was held jointly by two fellows named Patrick Kane and Phil Kessel for the past decade, at 52 goals. Matthews busted that mark with 55 in 2014-15. He also eclipsed Kanes record for points in a season at the time, with Matthews notching 117 to Kanes 102. Matthews has more offense than he gets credit for because of his complete, end-to-end game.But Matthews, who plied his trade in the Swiss professional league (NLA) last season, is coming into a situation where he will play tough minutes for the team that finished dead-last in the NHL last season. The Leafs are going to get very good in a couple of years with Matthews, Nylander, Marner and a young, talented group of prospects coming along with them. But its going to take time.While we think its likely that Laine and Matthews will finish with similar point totals in their rookie season, the edge has to go to Laine for fantasy purposes, as his statistics will be slanted toward goals and shots. He is also likely to come away with a better plus/minus than Matthews, despite not having the same prowess in his own zone.If you are in a keeper league and choosing between the two, this is a much more difficult decision, as Matthews may be the better long-term contributor once he starts playing with elite teammates. But in the short-term -- for re-draft leagues -- Laine is the choice. ' ' ' |
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