The last three weekends could turn any coach's hair grey. After dropping Friday nights game in Sherman, TX against Austin College, we entered into a must-win game against Colorado College up in Colorado Springs, CO. If we lost, there was a slim-to-none chance that we would make the SCAC tournament, but if we won, we clinched a seed. We jumped out to an early lead and held it for most of the game, but Colorado's Nick Rose (leading scorer in the SCAC at 21 ppg!) kept hitting tough shot after tough shot to slowly get them back in the game. Luckily, we were able to hold on to a one point victory and pull out the victory. Our guys fought extremely hard and played with an enormous amount of energy, even with the tough travel.
The Austin College/Colorado College weekend is always the toughest in regards to traveling. This year was especially tough! With a record amount of snowfall in Dallas on Thursday (the day we happened to be trying to fly through Dallas), we ended up having to bus up to Sherman due to flight cancellations. What usually is a 5 hour bus ride, took near 12 hours with roads being closed and everything else that happens when it snows in Texas! (I'm not sure if anyone in Texas really knows how to drive in snow - myself included!) Luckily, we got to all of our destinations safely and were even able to come away with a SCAC tournament clinching victory!
