OrangeDW
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First question I have is: can they shoot? Looking at their stats, only 3 guys have made a 3 on the season.
Ron Harper Jr: 6-16. Last year was 38-109.
Jacob Young: 3-7. Last year was 18-65.
Montez Mathis: 2-10. Last year was 19-64.
Edit: missed one - they have a freshman who is 1-3.
Nobody else on the team has made a 3. They’ve made 12 in 3 games. We made 12 in the first half yesterday.
They don’t seem to even attempt that many 3s. Are they one of these disciplined teams that will be able to hold the ball for 30 seconds and slow the pace to crawl, while working the zone and using the short corner and ending each possesion with a layup? If that’s their style, seems that it may be tougher to execute that this early in the season in their first real test. Also, usually those teams who hurt us in that way are conference teams that see us twice a year. The zone historically has often completely flummoxed out of conference teams, especially early in the season - when we play it well.
I believe their coach has a rep as a strong defensive coach and they only gave up 62 ppg last year. It will be interesting to see how our man to man offense flows against a good defensive team. We know we can light up any zones, but we haven’t really been challenged by a team that can play a solid man to man yet. Kadary will be big here IMO. We will need his ability to go by people and stress a defense. And Guerrier is a tough matchup for a lot of teams, so I’m interested to see how they handle him.
So glad we have a game against a decent team to anticipate these kinds of things again. It’s been a long 9 months. Cannot wait for Tuesday.
Ron Harper Jr: 6-16. Last year was 38-109.
Jacob Young: 3-7. Last year was 18-65.
Montez Mathis: 2-10. Last year was 19-64.
Edit: missed one - they have a freshman who is 1-3.
Nobody else on the team has made a 3. They’ve made 12 in 3 games. We made 12 in the first half yesterday.
They don’t seem to even attempt that many 3s. Are they one of these disciplined teams that will be able to hold the ball for 30 seconds and slow the pace to crawl, while working the zone and using the short corner and ending each possesion with a layup? If that’s their style, seems that it may be tougher to execute that this early in the season in their first real test. Also, usually those teams who hurt us in that way are conference teams that see us twice a year. The zone historically has often completely flummoxed out of conference teams, especially early in the season - when we play it well.
I believe their coach has a rep as a strong defensive coach and they only gave up 62 ppg last year. It will be interesting to see how our man to man offense flows against a good defensive team. We know we can light up any zones, but we haven’t really been challenged by a team that can play a solid man to man yet. Kadary will be big here IMO. We will need his ability to go by people and stress a defense. And Guerrier is a tough matchup for a lot of teams, so I’m interested to see how they handle him.
So glad we have a game against a decent team to anticipate these kinds of things again. It’s been a long 9 months. Cannot wait for Tuesday.