Shooter's Role

Mason continued it's streak of not losing back to back games this season with a road win over Towson last night. After the disappointing loss to ODU last week it's hard to get really excited about this but I will say this, Mason put on another shooting clinic last night from three-point land. Mason used the power of the three to secure sole possession of 2nd place in the CAA standings and made Saturday's homecoming match-up a little big more interesting. The Patriots sank 12 three-pointers and in the first half had a run of 7 in a row where we saw Vlad the Impaler even knock one down; that felt good to watch. What didn't feel good to watch was the free-throw shooting which percentage-wise was lower than our three-point shooting, are you kidding me? Dre Smith started off slow as usual but ended up with 5 treys and 18 points. Welcome back Dre, we missed you. I would also like to welcome back John Vaughan who showed us last week in Norfolk how much better of a team we are without him. With JV back to full strength he continued on his season long tear scoring 19 and driving to the lane at will. Big Willie Style could have had an even bigger night (17 and 10), I mean who was guarding him? Folarin Campbell looked like he was on his way to another 20+ night but his services weren't needed much in the 2nd half, which for once did not doom Mason on the road. Campbell did have an impressive night in other areas besides his shooting touch as he grabbed 8 rebounds and dished out 6 assists. I know most of you that read this are not huge Jordan Carter fans and I think I am finally on your bandwagon because he is flat out sucking big time. He does not seem to be hurt at all any more and with guys like Cam Long on the bench Carter is becoming the odd man out in the guard rotation; that's a good thing. Louis Birdsong picked up more rebounds than fouls for a change but can't resist the urge to try to reject every shot no many how out of position he is. Give it time Louis give it time.