St. Mary's - San Diego State

This blog post is about the St. Mary's - San Diego St. game in the NIT Tournament. Sadly I will only be blogging about the second half because I did not get a chance to watch the first half (I was doing a cost-accounting project). Fun fact, Marshall Faulk was at the game (how awesome is that). Now on to the game.
Patty Mills really struggled in this game. He couldn't get off very many quality shots and was completely unable to get an easy buckets. Once again Patty decided to be a hero and took way too many 3 pointers. Diamon Simpson played a descent game but really only rebounded well. He was overmatched inside by San Diego State's big men and was really a nonfactor in the game. Omar Samhan played very tentatively. Normally he plays confidently and aggressively but for some reason in the game today he was scared to take on defenders and take his jump shot (which he can make). Carlin Hughes played one of his better games but like the rest of the Gaels did not have his normal 3 point shot working today.
For San Diego State the story of the game for them offensively was their big men. They outplayed Simpson and Samhan and clearly dominated the low post. The unsung hero of this game was Richie Williams. Richie Williams had the daunting task of guarding Patty Mills. Just like in the last meeting Williams came out the victor. Patty Mills shot a terrible 7-24 mainly because of William's outstanding defense.
It was a tough way for the Gaels to end the season but at least it was an exciting finish and a nice farewell tour for the one and only Patty Mills.