Final Four Fallout: Raymar Morgan Comes Up Big!
By: Michael Niziolek
Raymar Morgan's up and down season continued into this year's NCAA tournament, the junior forward was great in the opening round against Robert Morris College scoring 16 points on 50% shooting and five rebounds, but in the next three games he disappeared.
“It’s been a miserable month for him,” Izzo says. “Nobody is dodging that bullet. It’s been hard on him, hard on me, hard on us.”
Against USC, Kansas and Louisville he scored a combined seven points, picking up only three rebounds. His most notable play in the three Midwest regional games was suffering a broken nose against Kansas from his teammate Delvon Roe.
But his slump didn't stop his teammates from having faith in him….
And he rewarded them big time - he had the biggest post-season game of his career against Connecticut.
"I said Raymar was going to be the x-factor two days ago and he proved to be," Goran Suton says.
Morgan scored 18 points, had nine rebounds and tied an NCAA team record with five steals. He played 30 minutes on Saturday, the most he's played since MSU's game against Penn State in the middle of January.
For Suton though, Morgan's performance went beyond the box score…
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