GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -Going hard to the offensive glass is supposed to standard operating procedure for Northern Colorado.
The Bears finally realized that in the game they played outside the Big Sky Conference.
“I don’t know if a bell went off in their head,” Northern Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. “We send four guys to the offensive glass and they’re supposed to go and do that every time.”
The Bears controlled the offensive glass matching a season high with 22 offensive rebounds and 20 points with them.
Wales 84-65 Tuesday night.
“We focused on the rebounds and not going to the glass without putting a body on a man,” said Jabril Banks, who had 12 points and three offensive rebounds. “It’s just fundamental basketball.”
Taibi, the school’s all-time 3-point leader with 247, had three treys for Northern Colorado (11-14).
or the Wildcats, a Division 2 NAIA program that dropped its fifth straight.
Wales coach Jeff Culver said. “We didn’t stay disciplined finding a body.”
Wales got within five with 15:50 to play after a 3-pointer by Daniels and a layup from Baker. The Bears responded with an 11-0 run capped by a layup by Kingman that made it 58-42.
Wales was no closer than 19 points the rest of the way.
Northern Colorado turned seven offensive rebounds into 14 points to lead 41-35 at halftime. The Wildcats stayed within striking distance by shooting 62 percent from the field.
The Bears don’t play again until Feb. 20 against Portland State. They are 4-8 in conference and trail both Montana and Montana State (5-5) for fifth place in the Big Sky.
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