With Bowdoin thrashing my very own Panthers last weekend, my only chance to earn any bragging rights this winter over Adam is if I can thoroughly annihilate him in fantasy basketball. I had been cultivating a nice lead in the points, assists and rate categories, but as of last week blocks, steals and three pointers made seemed to be slipping out of reasonable grasp. With that in mind, and the loss to injury of two of my skilled big men, Hunter Sabety ’17 and Chris Hudnut ’16, I was forced to make some roster decisions. I would have loved to add sharpshooter Hayden Rooke-Ley ’15, but Adam had waiver priority and beat me to the punch, but I was satisfied to add Connor Green ’16 and Matt Daley ’16. I didn’t end up playing Daley this weekend, but I’m hoping for a big week from him in the final weekend coming up. Adam was forced to sit his best rebounds/blocks contributor, John Swords ’15, who had only one game, which gave me some hope that I could close the gap in those categories. Here’s how our lineups shook out:
| Lord of the ‘CAC (Adam) | Lin and Tonic (Joe) | |
| Position | Player | Player |
| Guard | G. Safford | J. Starks |
| Guard | D. Wohl | L. Westman |
| Guard | H. Rooke-Ley | C. Green |
| Forward | A. Santos | E. Ogundeko |
| Forward | D. Sinnickson | D. George |
| Forward | Mar. Delpeche | H. Merryman |
| Forward | S. Ajayi | Z. Pavlin |
| Bench | J. Brown | J. Lin |
| Bench | J. McCarthy | M. Daley |
| Bench | J. Swords | L. Hausman |
I rolled out a lineup with a little bit less scoring potential than usual. Of course, Lucas Hausman ’16 only had one game, but I also kept Joseph Lin ’15 on the bench who is among the league’s best at scoring. However, I felt good about the matchups I had. Two of my guards this week are very good rebounders, and I was hoping for a big week from beyond the arch from Jaquann Starks ’15, Green and Hunter Merryman ’15. Zuri Pavlin ’17 stepped up huge for me with 21 rebounds against Trinity. My strategy worked on the boards, but it was a cold week for my squad from deep, aside from Green who netted 10 of my 15 three pointers:
| Category | Lord of the ‘CAC | Lin and Tonic |
| Points | 235 | 178 |
| Assists | 26 | 18 |
| Rebounds | 100 | 116 |
| Steals | 7 | 13 |
| Blocks | 6 | 9 |
| FT% | 87.7% (64/73) | 66.1% (37-56) |
| FG% | 46.2% (73/158) | 42.3% (63-149) |
| 3PT Made | 27 | 15 |
While I took over the advantage this week, the percentage gaps shrunk considerably, which makes me nervous. It will be tough to hang onto the slim margins I’ve created, but it’s always better to be ahead in a tight race than behind. Here are the composite standings:
| Category | Lord of the ‘CAC | Lin and Tonic | Leader |
| Points | 829 | 899 | Joe |
| Assists | 125 | 144 | Joe |
| Rebounds | 418 | 419 | Joe |
| Steals | 69 | 62 | Adam |
| Blocks | 65 | 48 | Adam |
| FT% | 74.0% (194/262) | 75.1% (266/354) | Joe |
| FG% | 45.6% (288/631) | 47.5% (318/670) | Joe |
| 3PT Made | 78 | 40 | Adam |
Overall Score: Joe 5-3