Lack of Guard Play Dooms 4th Century

Rome--This game was not as close as its 79-69 final score as Dante and Chaucer ran wild against the limited back court of the Fathers, combining for 50 of their team’s 79 points in the 14th Century win. From the opening tip, Chaucer played an incredibly smart and efficient game, scoring 23 points on 8 of 12 shooting and adding 13 assists and 5 steals. However, it was Dante who wowed and dazzled the crowd, as he has done this entire tournament, scoring 27 points and snatching 13 rebounds.

“We just don’t have anyone who can really guard those types of players” said head coach Constantine. “No offense to Ausonius but the fact that we go to him says something about the lack of poets on this team.”

The 14th century began the game with a 12-2 run and never looked back. By the end of the half, the 14th century was up 16 points, 45-29.

“We were just forced to play a style of game that is not ours. We play a systematic half court offense that is based on good passing, where we like to think about one player proceeding from another; here we got forced into a game that was all about the fast break,” said Gregory of Nazianzus.

This was certainly the case, as Chaucer and Dante teamed up for 23 fast break points in their shredding of the Patristic defense. By the midway point of the third quarter, with the 14th century up by 13 at 62-49, they began to slow down the pace of the game and looked to exploit Dante and Occam down low.

“That was the way with the fewest steps to victory, and we took it,” said The Razor, who ended with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

The one bright spot in this game for the 4th century was the emergence of the young Augustine as a consistent scorer. By the end of the game he was responsible for 18 points on 9 of 15 shooting. Head coach Constantine is hopeful that this young talent can continue to develop into a dominant star.

“I had been praying ‘make me a leader on this team, but not yet,’” said the converted Manichean. “Today I actually wanted it.”

There was mild controversy after the end of the game as St. Ambrose refused to shake hands with Edward, head coach for the 14th Century. Asked about the incident by the media, the bishop of Milan denied any poor sportsmanship, saying only that the Black Prince “knows what he did at Limoges.”

Players of the game
14th century AD: Dante – 27 points, 13 rebounds
4th century AD: The Young Augustine: 18 points, 11 rebounds