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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5543933, member: 27"] Have an early tee time (delayed by frost) but wanted to put down a few thoughts on the scrimmage. Overall was very happy with how we played in the first half an disappointed with the second half. We played reasonably good defense most of the game but really dropped off towards the end. UB started playing more physical and took it to us, successfully getting to the basket and drawing fouls or getting good shots. And they finally started to hit some 3s. We need to do a better job bodying up on defense. Need to be tougher. Thought we shot it well from the outside early and really cooled down on the second half. Took too many 3s when we needed to use our size advantage to get better shots in the paint. It was interesting to see what Red did with the rotation when the game got tight late. He used the starters and Betsey and left Kingz on the bench. Nate struggled defensively and had a hard time getting shots off. Betsey looked good. Nice to have a guy like him on the bench. Thought Kyle had a good first game. He rebounded well, his defense was okay and his aggressiveness drew some fouls and caused problems for UB inside. Needs to clean up the careless turnovers. Kiyan is going to score points and give up points when he is in. Good to see he was very confident. Shocked he was the first guy subbed in. He also needs to do better with the careless turnovers. Thought George played good defense and did a good job running the offense. Again, had a few unforced turnovers, which was a theme for the team. A PG that can shoot is going to take some getting used to. Was surprised how little he ran the pick and roll. Wondering if that was by design in hopes we can surprise teams whe we go to Vegas? We will see. Was a little disappointed in Donnie. He just wasn’t as assertive an confident as he was in practice. This was more of what he did last season. Hang g around the perimeter all the time, happy to take 3s. He has to get more involved. Maybe JJ was too involved. Liked his defense. Looked improved there. He was really trying and only saw him get beat for a layup once. More driving and passing a less shooting froM the 3 point circle please. Think the team really missed Sadiq. He is a guy that makes the defense more efficient. Really pressures his guy when he has the ball and excels getting steals and knocking the ball loose. I think the whole team feeds off his energy. Hope he can play against Pace. Pace is a lower level team but they were 24-8 last year, so I am not sure this game will be a picnic. [/QUOTE]

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