First Half Notes - Milwaukee's nervous stats idiot savant chimes in

A few quick first half notes from the Midwest Airlines suite of the Pepsi Arena...

- Justin Marshall's three-point field goal at the end of the half reminded me of Alex Dillard's range..."When he steps in the gym." Ok, maybe it's hyperbole, but when Marshall is on, he's on. Ok, maybe that's more hyperbole, it was only his third three of the season. But I do remember a weekend in Omaha last year when Justin was doing his best Scottie Pippen imitation.

- Steve Burtt loves playing against St. Peter's. He just flat-out scores against them. 6-for-11 from the floor, 3-of-5 from the outside, 21 points. For his career, he averages just a hair under 23 tallies per game against the 'Cocks.

- His counterpart on the visitor's bench, Kee-Kee Clark, has 13 points and is shooting 4-of-11. But don't sleep on Kee-Kee, as the kids are fond of saying. He has the ability to drop 25 in this half and if this were a mid-January winter intercession game, I'd be worried. But this is game four in as many days for the Peacocks. Kee-Kee's gonna have some dead legs soon.

- Marvin McCullough...4 assists, 1 turnover...kept them honest with an open three. He's not going to win MVP, but he is on TLBR's All-MAAC Tourney team. Big time.

- In his last five games (including tonight), Kiril Wachsmann is 28 for his last 31 from the charity stripe (.903). Of course, this is coming from the jinx...CRANK CALLER, CRANK CALLER...forget I said any of that about Big Kiril's FT shooting.

- Nobody does a better job in this business than Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, and Bill Raftery. No one. Not a single one.
Onto the 2nd frame. 20:00 to play.