Monday, December 29, 2008

Ubly knocks off Yale in tournament action

Steven Weber
Eric Booms
Brandon Sorenson
Mitchell Cleary
TK
Justin Cleary
Dalton O'Connor
TK
Eric Booms
Steven Weber
Eric Booms
Mitch Cleary
TK
TK, Brandon Sorenson, Justin Cleary, Jordan Kaufman, Joel Leipprandt Jr., Dick Holdship & Joel Leipprandt Sr.
Sorenson

The Bearcats advanced to the finals of the Holiday Tournament by beating Yale 58-48. They will face the winner of Kingston vs. Caro in the finals on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Ubly played without Jordan Kaufman who is out with an ankle injury. But that may have been a blessing in disguise, as a team that will count heavily on Kaufman throughout the season, was able to gain some confidence playing as a unit without him.
It took them awhile to get their bearings and get in a flow offensively, but once they did things went well. Kaufman isn't going to play every minute of every game this year, and the team took an important step in learning how to be successful when he is not in the game.
Without his offense, the Bearcats needed someone to step and pick up the offensive void. Tyler Kubacki did just that with 20 points and 14 rebounds. Kubacki was also 7-of-8 from the line, where he is 14-of-16 this season.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Any word on how long Kaufman is out for?

Chris Ogryski said...

I talked to him after the game and he said a couple of weeks.