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<td width="343" valign="bottom"><p class="date"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="date" --><a href="../features/fresno.jsp">12/08/03 • Vol.
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<h1>Ivy League smart Kids teach Bulldogs a lesson</h1>
<p class="subhead">Bulldogs lose to Princeton 72-67, go 1-1 in McCaffrey classic</p>
<p class="byline">BY Anthony Witrado</p>
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<p align="justify">Fresno State forward Chris Adams goes up for
a shot in the Bulldog's 68-55 win over Arkansas-Monticello in
the McCaffrey Classic on Friday.</p>
<p class="byline">-Photo by Justin Kase Conder</p>
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<p>In a drab tone, Fresno State point guard Shantay Legans summed up the
Bulldogs season to this point with two words.</p>
<p> Embarrassing and a joke.</p>
<p> This after a bigger, more athletic Fresno State team was outsmarted
and outplayed 72-67 by Princeton on Saturday in the McCaffrey Classic
at
the Save Mart Center. </p>
<p> It was the Bulldogs’ first loss in the Classic since 1995.</p>
<p> Judson Wallace, in particular, baffled the Bulldogs. The 6-foot-10
center broke out the lost art of the skyhook, leaving his primary defender,
Chris Adams, without a clue how to stop it. </p>
<p> The only time Adams bothered the shot was in the second half when he
hacked Wallace at the elbow, never allowing him to get the shot off.</p>
<p> When he wasn't draining shots from days of the short shorts and high
socks, Wallace used the Tigers (4-1) slow-down offense to score. He
stood at the top of the circle swinging the ball back-and-forth until
late
in the shot clock, when his butter-soft touch sank 4-of-6 3-pointers.
Wallace finished with 26 points.</p>
<p> For all Wallace did, though, the Bulldogs (1-3) kept the game close.
They closed the gap to two points three times in the second half, led
by an energetic performance from Legans, but each time Princeton answered.</p>
<p> The last time featured the Wallace-Adams matchup. With less than 30
seconds to go and Princeton holding a 68-65 lead, Wallace dropped a hook
over
Adams to extend the advantage.</p>
<p> “
We just don't come up with big defensive stops,” Fresno State coach
Ray Lopes said. “It's these guys needing to get the job done.”</p>
<p> The Bulldogs closed the gap to 70-67, but Marcus West's 3-pointer from
the corner rattled out with less than 10 seconds left. Princeton secured
the rebound and the game.</p>
<p> The Tigers patiently backdoored Fresno State’s man-defense and
shot it out of a zone in the first half.</p>
<p> Renaldo Major was the bright spot for the Bulldogs. He rebounded, hustled
and made open shots. But not enough of his teammates followed suit.
Major finished with 20 points and Legans had 18.</p>
<p> Fresno State’s lagging start is evidence of its sometimes patch-work
lineup—caused by suspensions and injuries—and shoddy defense.
The reason for the latter is anyone’s guess.</p>
<p> Against Princeton, the Bulldogs guards did not force the Tigers guards
to dribble, instead allowing them to plant, hold the ball a few seconds,
then pass. The times Princeton had to drive to the basket it never
got a clean shot off.</p>
<p> The loss came the day after the Bulldogs beat Arkansas-Monticello 68-55.
Marcus West led Fresno State over the Boll Weevils with 27 points and
connected on 7 of 15 3-point attempts. </p>
<p> Renaldo Major was the only other Bulldog in double figures against
Arkansas-Monticello. </p>
<p> Fresno State's biggest test of the season, and maybe of Lopes’ career,
is Dec. 19 against USC at the Save Mart Center.</p>
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