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- | ====== December 4, 2010 - Longwood vs. Marquette====== | ||
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- | Now in his third season, the redshirt sophomore is fully healthy and finally rounding into game shape - and it's showing. | ||
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- | Otule took another big step forward in his development Saturday, hitting all nine of his shots en route to a career-high 19 points to lead MU over [[Longwood]], | ||
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- | The 6-foot-11 Otule also chipped in five rebounds and three blocked shots in a highly efficient 19 minutes as he helped the Golden Eagles (6-2) shoot 54.3% and out-rebound the smaller Lancers, 49-28. | ||
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- | "Today I was patient, and it helped." | ||
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- | Otule missed the first 10 games of his freshman year after breaking his left foot in practice and fell too far behind to make an impact after that. He then played the first three games last season for MU before breaking his right foot in practice and ultimately taking a redshirt. | ||
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- | Heading into this season, Otule had played a total of 12 games, and the jury was out on whether he'd be able to make it through a whole season in one piece, let alone make an impact. | ||
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- | He's had his ups and downs to this point, but his performance against [[Longwood]] (3-6) definitely was something to build on. Otule opened the game with a big two-handed dunk, and over the rest of his stint, he took advantage of the smaller Lancers with an array of jump hooks and bank shots from about 6 feet and closer. | ||
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- | He scored two of the Golden Eagles' | ||
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- | The challenge now will be to get Otule to play at that level against opponents as big and strong as he is. Coach [[Buzz Williams]], meanwhile, will continue to try to find a way to manage Otule' | ||
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- | "The more minutes (Otule) will play consecutively, | ||
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- | The other story aside from Otule' | ||
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- | The senior forward played well, too, coming off the bench to contribute nine points, six rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes. He also showed he's got plenty of spring left in his legs, throwing down two of the Golden Eagles' | ||
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- | "I love what he's about. I'm glad that he feels better," | ||
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- | [[Darius Johnson-Odom]] added 14 points, [[Vander Blue]] 12 and [[Dwight Buycks]] and [[Jae Crowder]] 10 apiece for MU. Freshman [[Reggie Smith]] and sophomore [[Junior Cadougan]] combined for nine assists against just three turnovers at the point. | ||
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