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Siena basketball's Michael Baer takes advantage of extra minutes

ALBANY - Siena men's basketball graduate forward Michael Baer, who played a total of forty five minutes in three seasons as a college of Iowa stroll-on, noticed 27 minutes of action on Monday in a seventy seven-70 exhibition victory over the school of Saint Rose now and then Union middle. Baer finished with 12 facets on 6-of-9 capturing with four rebounds and three steals. He had lower back-to-again baskets on a jumper and layup right through the 16-2 run that enabled the Saints to rally from an eight-aspect deficit within the 2nd half. "It turned into pleasing," Baer referred to. "I in reality had nerves at the beginning because it's probably been on account that high college for the reason that i was on the court docket like that. but I obtained (27) minutes and the nerves went away fairly early on. i used to be in a position to get an early bucket, Rob Mahala fed me for a left-exceeded layup in transition and after that I felt variety of relaxed accessible. nevertheless it become just wonderful to be on the court docket, peculiarly (because) the TU hasn't had fanatics in perpetually, so now being out in entrance of fans, it turned into in reality very unique, principally for an exhibition game." Baer, at 6-foot-7 and 212 kilos taking part in each power ahead and center, confirmed a face-up game that he honed in observe at Iowa whereas dealing with All-American core Luka Garza in practice each day. Baer scored 10 career facets in 20 video games with the Haweyes. "Yeah, I basically needed to be artful the final 4 years because Luka's 6-eleven, or going towards Tyler cook, who's very athletic and 6-9, 6-10," Baer observed. "the entire guys are taller than i am, so I needed to be crafty and that is the reason stuff I've labored on and it's turn into extra comfy to me as I've gotten older and that's the reason part of the development in my online game. I suppose I obtained to demonstrate that a little bit tonight." Baer spoke of he tried to observe leadership counsel he bought from Iowa and former Siena teach Fran McCaffery when the Saints fell in the back of within the 2nd half to Division II Saint Rose. "One issue I discovered at Iowa from teach McCaffery is, you can not panic," Baer stated. "You on no account panic at all and i try to carry that because in my fifth year, I are attempting to bring that veteran presence and that i consider i used to be capable of carry that tonight." At Iowa, Baer began his career as a pupil supervisor from Bettendorf, Iowa before joining the team as a stroll-on. he's on scholarship at Siena and performed on Monday in entrance of his father, John, who made the commute. "He simply is aware of a way to play," Siena head coach Carmen Maciariello mentioned. "I believe it truly is a credit score to his basketball acumen. He changed into a child that played definitely each position in high faculty. We knew that once we were recruiting him and he desires to play and he desires to learn and he is a sponge." 토토사이트