SWC75
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- There are no ‘moral victories’. The term makes no sense. What would be an immoral victory? You want two things out of a game involving a team you root for. You want them to win and you want them to have played in a way that makes you confident that more wins are to follow. You can have a win with an encouraging performance. You can have a win with a discouraging performance. But it’s still a win. You can have a loss with an encouraging performance. But it’s still a loss. Or you can have a loss with a discouraging performance. This was an encouraging performance, but it’s still a loss.
- In the first four minutes, we had 7 possessions: Carlos missed a three. Bell missed a three. Bell Missed a three. Bell turned it over. Starling turned it over. Freeman missed a three. Starling missed a three. We were down 0-9, (and lost by 4). We didn’t attempt a two point shot until 4 minutes and 48 seconds had passed and didn’t make one until 6 minutes and 50 second had passed – and it was made by Naheem McCloud, of all people, on a follow shot. That’s not the product of a balanced offense approach. Many of those missed treys were jacked up as soon as we got down court. What where they thinking?
- We are now 22 of 88 from the arc, (25%) and 58 of 95, (61%) from the line this year. If that continues, trying to collect wins will be like trying to climb the Matterhorn. Last year Jaquan Carlos hit 89% of his free throws. This year he’s hitting 50%. Starling: 71% to 64%, Bell 84% to 75%, Davis 81% to 56.6%, Lampkin 64% to 43%. Come on guys!
- I expected Chris Bell to explode into a great all-around player this year. Chris is now 6 for 18 from the arc, (25% - just like the team). He’s shown some ability to drive to the basket, dribble a couple of steps to set up a shot. But he’s not making them. He’s a heck of a shot blocker and the team’s best dunker. He makes some good defensive players and is a revolving door on others. Then comes the play that effectively ended our attempt to win this game: With 42 second left, Jaquan Carlos was inbounding the ball SU down 63-66. Chris Bell flashed toward the corner, his favorite spot and would have gotten the ball with a wide open shot to tie it. But Bell suddenly put on the breaks before the got there and Carlos’ pass went out of bounds. Carlos looked at Bell with his arms out and a “What?’ Starling fouled at the other end and Johnson made two free throws to make it 63-68 with 21 seconds left. Game over.
- Looking at our portal guys, all guys trying to rise from the mid-major level to a power conference level, (but playing 3 mid majors in the first four games), I’d have to say Eddie Lampkin and Jayre Davis are going to make it on this level. Jaquan Carlos and Lucas Taylor are not, unless they can turn things around. Carlos is actually a good rebounder for his size (3.3 per game) and is averaging 4.0 assists per game vs.1.25 turnovers. But he’s shooting 4 for 20 from the field and 1 for 7 from three point range and, despite having been America East’s defensive player of the year, he’s often the getting beat on those drives all the way to the basket. Taylor might be our best defensive player but last year he averaged 13.5 points er game for Georgia State and 35% from three. This year he’s averaging 2.85 and is 1 for 6 three. Chance Westry – where are you?
- In the first four minutes, we had 7 possessions: Carlos missed a three. Bell missed a three. Bell Missed a three. Bell turned it over. Starling turned it over. Freeman missed a three. Starling missed a three. We were down 0-9, (and lost by 4). We didn’t attempt a two point shot until 4 minutes and 48 seconds had passed and didn’t make one until 6 minutes and 50 second had passed – and it was made by Naheem McCloud, of all people, on a follow shot. That’s not the product of a balanced offense approach. Many of those missed treys were jacked up as soon as we got down court. What where they thinking?
- We are now 22 of 88 from the arc, (25%) and 58 of 95, (61%) from the line this year. If that continues, trying to collect wins will be like trying to climb the Matterhorn. Last year Jaquan Carlos hit 89% of his free throws. This year he’s hitting 50%. Starling: 71% to 64%, Bell 84% to 75%, Davis 81% to 56.6%, Lampkin 64% to 43%. Come on guys!
- I expected Chris Bell to explode into a great all-around player this year. Chris is now 6 for 18 from the arc, (25% - just like the team). He’s shown some ability to drive to the basket, dribble a couple of steps to set up a shot. But he’s not making them. He’s a heck of a shot blocker and the team’s best dunker. He makes some good defensive players and is a revolving door on others. Then comes the play that effectively ended our attempt to win this game: With 42 second left, Jaquan Carlos was inbounding the ball SU down 63-66. Chris Bell flashed toward the corner, his favorite spot and would have gotten the ball with a wide open shot to tie it. But Bell suddenly put on the breaks before the got there and Carlos’ pass went out of bounds. Carlos looked at Bell with his arms out and a “What?’ Starling fouled at the other end and Johnson made two free throws to make it 63-68 with 21 seconds left. Game over.
- Looking at our portal guys, all guys trying to rise from the mid-major level to a power conference level, (but playing 3 mid majors in the first four games), I’d have to say Eddie Lampkin and Jayre Davis are going to make it on this level. Jaquan Carlos and Lucas Taylor are not, unless they can turn things around. Carlos is actually a good rebounder for his size (3.3 per game) and is averaging 4.0 assists per game vs.1.25 turnovers. But he’s shooting 4 for 20 from the field and 1 for 7 from three point range and, despite having been America East’s defensive player of the year, he’s often the getting beat on those drives all the way to the basket. Taylor might be our best defensive player but last year he averaged 13.5 points er game for Georgia State and 35% from three. This year he’s averaging 2.85 and is 1 for 6 three. Chance Westry – where are you?
