Wagner Victorious Over Howard in First Four Matchup

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00:00 What a story the Wagner Seahawks have been over the last month and a half.

00:08 Since the end of December, they lost six scholarship players, four of them factoring into the starting

00:14 lineup.

00:15 They have been playing with seven guys since the end of December.

00:18 They were seven and nine in NEC play, sub 500.

00:23 They had to go on the road in all three games they played in the NEC tournament to win on

00:28 the road.

00:29 They knocked off the top three teams in the league to earn just their second ever trip

00:33 to the NCAA tournament and now make it first ever victory in the big dance.

00:39 71-68.

00:40 Wagner victorious last night over Howard, the champions of the MEAC.

00:45 Wagner wins outright as a three and a half point dog and a total that closed at 127 and

00:51 a half because of better offense from both teams does go over to start our first four

00:56 action in Dayton.

00:57 Yeah, Wagner, not really a fast team and also a very bad offensive team.

01:01 If you take a look at the metrics here on efficiency and they come out and score 71

01:05 points in that game, which included 38 points in the first half.

01:08 And the crazy part about it was you take a look at Dayton, which again, shots didn't

01:11 fall in game number two, particularly for Virginia.

01:14 The shots were falling from three point range here for Wagner, which is something they don't

01:17 do very well.

01:18 Eight of 17, which is 47%.

01:20 Quite frankly, the better three point shooting team was Howard.

01:22 They come into the game only shooting 29% here, but I didn't think that game would go

01:26 over.

01:27 Quite frankly, I thought Howard was possibly the better team also in this spot.

01:30 So good win for Wagner here moving forward.

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