Last night I went to the annual Mo State v. S. Illinois basketball game – the arch rival. As usual it was an arena full of super-pissed fans unwilling to forget the game a few years ago when SIU came back from behind on a fouled 3pt shot with 4 seconds left in the game… the siu players (and at least 1 asst coach) began taunting the crown and throwing their sweat towels up at the fans. Needless to say it did not go over very well with the bears fans, and also confirmed that the salukis were in fact a team with no class. Or at least I like to believe that.
Last night’s game was no less exciting. The bears gave up an 18 point lead to see SIU come to within one midway through the second half. The fans were up in arms because of the 10 – 2 foul count in favor of the salukis, combined with SIU’s typical style of suckness that just makes you want to throw an egg at someone. All things considered, it was a very exciting game, and a great win for the bears. Enjoy the photos, which show me with a totally sweet mullet that was a few seats down. And then we have the lovely Mason sisters who have seats right behind mine. And last but not least we have a shot of #15 Blake Ahearn making free-throws that sealed this critial win for SMS…err MSU.
