Banged Up Aces Fight Hard at Illinois State
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 9:34PM 
Aces head coach Marty Simmons and his staff did a great job tonight at Illinois State. UE is without one of its best big men in Bryan Bouchie who quit, two other top players James Haarsma and Ned Cox were out due to injury (both are hoping to be back by SIU game on Saturday), and Kavon Lacey is playing on a bum knee.
Despite it all, the Aces busted their tails against an Illinois State team with a lot more firepower. UE was in the game all night.
Coach Simmons refuses to make excuses, but I can. It was going to be a hard enough year with the departures of Shy Ely, Jason Holsinger, Nate Garner, and no senior class. On top of that Kaylon Williams and CJ Erickson quit prior to the season. Then you add Bouchie and the two injuries and I cannot imagine how hard it is to keep the team on course. However, Marty has done so.
6-10 (0-6) is not pretty. No way around that. However, that doesn’t make this Aces team any less prepared or hard working.
Don’t give up on these guys. They are taking their lumps as freshmen, but it will pay off.
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