Reynolds, 'Cats Stay With It
12/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
for the Bobcats as a team on Saturday.
Reynolds fought through some abysmal shooting early, played well defensively, and hung
around to the end with a late push. All that wasn't enough to get past explosive Baylor of the
Big 12, but it may be enough to give the Bobcats a big boost as the team faces life without
Jason Erickson for a couple of weeks.
We needed a spark, somebody to get us going, and Casey was the one that stepped up,
Durham said.
Reynolds stepped up in stunning fashion, scoring on a conventional three-point play with 7:40
to play and the 'Cats down by 15 points, went on to score nine straight MSU points. His
personal 9-2 run triggered a stretch of 10 possessions in which the 'Cats scored nine times,
and Reynolds scored 15 points in that stretch.
Obviously I didn't play well in the first half, said Reynolds, whose incredible string of 15
points in seven minutes, 14 seconds led MSU back into the game. I played well the last 15
minutes, but it's disappointing that we didn't play better the first 25 minutes.
Reynolds did most of his damage in the paint late in the game, but Bobcat head coach Mick
Durham said that wasn't necessarily by design. That just comes in the flow of the offense, he
said. That can be down low or outside. He got a couple of tough shots to go, and I think that
really gave him confidence.
Reynolds has struggled this season, averaging just 4.9 points before the 18-point outburst on
Saturday. The senior from Belfair, Wash., said he's been trying to raise his game in areas other
than on offense during the early-season struggles. If anything I try to get my offense going by
playing defense. It's not like I look to score. I'm not the best scorer on the team, and I'm never
going to be.
Like the rest of the Bobcat team, Reynolds helped hold things together with defense. The
Bobcats held Baylor to 46% shooting in the second half while firing away at 56% themselves,
and stayed close on the boards. Baylor outrebounded MSU 35-29, but after giving up six of
the first seven rebounds of the game MSU held the Bears to even in the last 35 minutes.
Reynolds said the team concentrated on spreading the offense around without guard JasonErickson, the team's second-leading scorer, who is out with a broken wrist. Jason's out andhe's our best player, so guys knew we had to step up. This is an opportunity for the rest of theteam to get better. When he gets back, we'll be a better team.
Reynolds fought through some abysmal shooting early, played well defensively, and hung
around to the end with a late push. All that wasn't enough to get past explosive Baylor of the
Big 12, but it may be enough to give the Bobcats a big boost as the team faces life without
Jason Erickson for a couple of weeks.
We needed a spark, somebody to get us going, and Casey was the one that stepped up,
Durham said.
Reynolds stepped up in stunning fashion, scoring on a conventional three-point play with 7:40
to play and the 'Cats down by 15 points, went on to score nine straight MSU points. His
personal 9-2 run triggered a stretch of 10 possessions in which the 'Cats scored nine times,
and Reynolds scored 15 points in that stretch.
Obviously I didn't play well in the first half, said Reynolds, whose incredible string of 15
points in seven minutes, 14 seconds led MSU back into the game. I played well the last 15
minutes, but it's disappointing that we didn't play better the first 25 minutes.
Reynolds did most of his damage in the paint late in the game, but Bobcat head coach Mick
Durham said that wasn't necessarily by design. That just comes in the flow of the offense, he
said. That can be down low or outside. He got a couple of tough shots to go, and I think that
really gave him confidence.
Reynolds has struggled this season, averaging just 4.9 points before the 18-point outburst on
Saturday. The senior from Belfair, Wash., said he's been trying to raise his game in areas other
than on offense during the early-season struggles. If anything I try to get my offense going by
playing defense. It's not like I look to score. I'm not the best scorer on the team, and I'm never
going to be.
Like the rest of the Bobcat team, Reynolds helped hold things together with defense. The
Bobcats held Baylor to 46% shooting in the second half while firing away at 56% themselves,
and stayed close on the boards. Baylor outrebounded MSU 35-29, but after giving up six of
the first seven rebounds of the game MSU held the Bears to even in the last 35 minutes.
Reynolds said the team concentrated on spreading the offense around without guard JasonErickson, the team's second-leading scorer, who is out with a broken wrist. Jason's out andhe's our best player, so guys knew we had to step up. This is an opportunity for the rest of theteam to get better. When he gets back, we'll be a better team.
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