{"id":50956,"date":"2017-02-02T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=50956"},"modified":"2017-02-02T13:54:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:54:52","slug":"long-wait-slow-start-senn-falls-short-in-return-trip-to-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/long-wait-slow-start-senn-falls-short-in-return-trip-to-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Long wait, slow start: Senn falls short in return trip to playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mark Singer<\/strong><\/p>\n

After eight years of anticipation for this moment, the boys\u2019 basketball team\u2019s first playoff game in nearly a decade, the Senn Bulldogs had to wait another 40 minutes. Marine Academy arrived at Senn at 5 p.m. for a 4:30 tip.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, though, it was the home team that was slow to show up.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Senn trailed early in the first half and never recovered, falling 82-69 Wednesday evening in the first of three playoff games in the Blue North conference. First-year Senn coach Terrell Walsh worried in Tuesday\u2019s practice the players wouldn\u2019t be ready at game time, and his fears were realized when Marine (10-11) went up by 13 midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve never made the playoffs, so this is what they do,\u201d Walsh said of his players after the loss. \u201cAll season we\u2019ve this been telling them the same thing over and over and they just don\u2019t realize it, so is what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slow starts have plagued Senn (10-4) throughout the season. Starting point guard Noah Chapman said the team was ready to play, but the group just couldn\u2019t recover after falling behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t nervous,\u201d Chapman said. \u201cWe just came out slow, which we always do.\u201d<\/p>\n

His coach says otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I think they were nervous,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIt is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nervous or not, Senn was rattled by the hot hand of Marine\u2019s KeyAndre Spann. The shooting guard scored 18 of his team\u2019s first 22 points and finished with a game-high 27.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started off slow, and [Spann] hit a couple of shots. He killed us,\u201d Senn assistant coach Marcus Riley said.<\/p>\n

Riley said the team shouldn\u2019t have been nervous since they were playing at Senn, but it hardly felt like a home game at times. A small group of Marine supporters regularly drowned out any noise by the approximately 60 Senn fans that attended the game.<\/p>\n

Even though he had a full roster to work with, Walsh stuck to a six-man rotation for the duration of the game. Senn beat Marine less than a month ago with a similar strategy, but Marine Academy simply buried the Bulldogs with 13 made three-pointers.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have two more chances left in pool play to prove they belong in the playoffs. Despite the rough start, Walsh sees his team making it out of pool play, which takes point differential into account.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to a blow team out to get back in it,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe it\u2019s going to work in our favor. \u2026 We still got two more games. It\u2019s the playoffs. Anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Senn High boys’ basketball player Ibrahim Bahonjic rises for a layup in a playoff game on Feb. 1. (Mark Singer\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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