Senior Night! Pilots vs. SCU 2/19 5:30 PM

PilotDrummer wrote:Thanks for four awesome years, seniors. Great game.

Marks the first time I've ever been yelled at by a ref for playing. I think they were just needing more cowbell.

One of the key plays in the game came early in the second half under the Portland basket when Sikma in-bounded the ball off the back of Santa Clara’s Ben Dowdell, grabbed the loose ball, scored and was fouled by Dowdell. Sikma made the free throw, giving the Pilots a 40-34 lead with 16:43 to play.

“My legs were shaking,” Sikma said. “Dowdell was standing there and didn’t look, and I guess it must have been the confidence of Senior Night or something, because I just decided to go for it.

“The ball didn’t exactly come off like I wanted it to. It came off to the side, but I was luckily able to get it and put it in. It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing.”

And, no, Sikma said he didn’t learn that play from his dad.

“It was in the movie ‘Like Mike’ with Little Bow Wow,” Sikma said. “Little Bow Wow goes to the NBA and throws the ball off Jason Kidd’s back. So, I wasn’t actually thinking of that as I was throwing it in. Not a great movie, but I decided to go for it.”

mattywizz wrote:A reference to "Like Mike" gotta love it. Morris Chestnut was spectacular as the basketball star who turned out to have a heart of gold.