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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5224481, member: 27"] Had our three year old granddaughter over so I did not watch the whole game. She was supposed to have her bath and be put to bed at 7 but she is a pro at getting grandma to let her get a snack, or color just one more picture, or just watch one video with grandpa. Anyway, here are some thoughts: Donnie is our most talented player but he played like a frosh. Dribbled into traffic against smaller, quicker guys, took a bunch of low percentage shots and spent too much time far from the basket. He will learn from this and get better. When JJ was the point guard, things got ugly. I think he can give us a couple of minutes here but he can't play starter minutes at the point. Doesn't have the judgement or skill set to do it. He is a slasher who is a lot better playing off the ball. Carlos didn't shoot it well and struggled some on defense (Shaggy was tough on him). He really strugged in the first half but was much better in the second. He ended up with 6 assists and if we shot it decently would have easily had 10. We are a lot better team when he runs the offense. But teams are going to stop covering him if he continues to miss open shots. Lucas Taylor really struggled on defense and looks lost on offense. He is playing with no confidence. I would give Cuffe or Moore some minutes after seeing what Taylor brings to the table. If Chance can play, he might get a lot more minutes than expected a lot sooner than expected. Lampkin was a mess in the first half but it was good to see him play better late in the game. We finally got the ball in the paint a lot with him and Davis and that was the beginning of the end for LeMoyne. I like Petar and hope he stays in the rotation. It might be tough if Lampkin, Davis and Freeman all play well. And Naheem. We have good depth at PF and C. I think Bell is much improved. His defense has gone from full matador to passable. You can see he is trying hard. Not easy to cover smaller guys all game long but he hung in there pretty well against them and held his own. I like that he is finishing in the paint and on the break more now. He has been passing better but we didn't see that last night. Gotta get more boards though Chris! He stepped up when the Dolphins went zone, which was good to see. If we didn't get them in foul trouble, they win. Props to the Dolphins for making their shots and running their offense well. I think they got tired late and started getting sloppy setting their screens. But they were well coached and executed well. Should help us a lot in our preparations for Colgate. Surprised at how short Red's bench got once we had a close game to deal with. A big key to me is the third guard position. We need someone to step up. Not writing Lucas off yet. But I would like to see more from Elijah and Chance please. [/QUOTE]

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