Cardinals 94, Thorobreds 45.
Frankly, the score is deceiving. The exhibition wasn’t that close.
But — and it really should be an all caps BUT — BUT perspective is called for. Mandatory.
It’s not like prime time Travis Grant was going to enter the game for State.
For those who know their Commonwealth hoops history, Grant was the sharpshooter, who led Lucias Mitchell’s T-Breds to three consecutive NAIA titles in the early 70s.
No insignificant feat, that. The tourney was a 32 team, win five games in a week slog, in one gym in Kansas City, with teams from all over the land, that didn’t have a lot of scouting reports on each other.