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Message: [QUOTE="General20, post: 3360836, member: 724"] This is a great post. I watched his game against Brewster and came away with a lot of the same thoughts. He was matched up against Terrence Clark in that game who is a top 10 McDonald's All American going to Kentucky. It seemed pretty clear to me that Mt. Zion didn't think the best course of action was to attack Clark, so Newton stayed on the perimeter and either set or ran off screens mostly. Newton still had a really good game, something like 18 points on 6-9 from the field. I recall liking it because it was efficient despite him not having the ball in his hands often and not having many plays run for him, which is exactly how it will be in college. He was able to take Clark off the dribble for a basket once, but he also turned it over twice trying to do it. The rest were 3 pointers and free throws out side of one post up against a smaller defender. Defensively I thought he put a very good shift in against Clark and bothered him. Most of Clark's points came when he got switched off of Newton. For the little time that Clark was out of the game and Newton in, he was guarded by someone several inches shorter, so they took Newton off the perimeter and put him down low. He was able to score one post up basket this way. My hot take is I think Newton will be fine on the boards. His game and his body are improving quickly, and he's got the length and athleticism to rebound in our zone. I think he will get there. That said, I don't expect Newton to contribute as a freshman, and I expect him to be an off the bench type contributor as a sophomore, so I am looking down the road to junior and senior Newtwon who I think will be a starter and a really good role player for us who defends well, shoots it well, and offers some ball handling and passing to go along with it. If you need a comparison, maybe Demetrius Nichols, but with a better handle, better passing, better athleticism, but a worse jump shot. [/QUOTE]

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