The Upside - Georgia Tech

[SWC75]

- We won! We grabbed a lead and held onto it until the clock read 0:00, something we hadn’t done when we took late leads in other games.

- We did this after learning that one our best players couldn’t play – just after we’d gotten back one of our best players. I posted that this season is stillborn when I heard that. But teams facing adversity either come together or come apart and, amazingly, this frustrating team came together.

- Then we heard that Freeman was “day-to-day”, meaning that he’s likely to going to be out for the long stretch JJ Starling was out.

- One of the reasons we won was that Starling, after losing momentum in the FSU game, came on strong at the end and took control of the game, something we lacked while he was out. Now we have a good chance to win these close games because we have a genuine star.

- It’s possible that, with the experienced Davis and Taylor seeing more time, we’re a better defensive team without Freeman. But then he’ll be back soon.

- People like to rub Eddie Lampkin but he was a a beast tonight with 10 points, 12 rebounds 2 assists and even two blocks.

- Lucas Taylor had 10 points and 5 rebounds while Jayre Davis had 8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal.

- Chris Bell cooled off as the game progressed but scored 13 points and had 3 rebounds. Four of his five baskets were inside the arc.

- Petar Majstorovic didn’t foul out, which is good news. He had 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in just 13 minutes.

- We out-rebounded the Jackets 48-39, including 13 offensive rebounds yet we only gave up fast break points.

- The best thing was we played hard for 40 minutes and Red looked relaxed in the presser. This season can’t have been good for his health.


7-8 and 16+ to go

LET’S GO ORANGE!


Net Points

This year I’m going to make things a bit easier on myself and just list the net points in each game after the Upside. Once a month I’ll do a deeper dive into the numbers rather than doing a “Net Points, etc.” post after every game. ‘Net’ points are the positives (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks) minus the negatives, (missed field goals and free throws, turnovers and fouls committed).

JJ Starling game: 18NP in 37 minutes season: 97NP in 289 minutes = 13.4NP/40m
Eddie Lampkin game: 11NP in 35 minutes season: 179NP in 412 minutes = 17.4NP/40m
Jyare Davis game: 10NP in 32 minutes season: 144NP in 313 minutes = 18.4NP/40m
Lucas Taylor game: 7NP in 30 minutes season: 48NP in 307 minutes = 6.3NP/40m
Chris Bell game: 5NP in 23 minutes season: 96NP in 366 minutes = 10.5NP/40m
Petar Majstorovic game: 5NP in 13 minutes season: 38NP in 128 minutes = 11.9NP/40m
Jaquan Carlos game: 3NP in 10 minutes season: 81NP in 454 minutes = 7.1NP/40m
Kyle Cuffe game: 0NP in 3minutes season: 40NP in 132 minutes = 12.1NP/40m
Elijah Moore game: -1NP in 17 minutes season: 67NP in 270 minutes = 9.9NP/40m

Donnie Freeman game: 0NP in 0 minutes season: 201NP in 355 minutes = 22.6NP/40m
Naheem McCloud game: 0NP in 0 minutes season: 3NP in 11 minutes = 10.9NP/40m
Chance Westry game: 0NP in 0 minutes season: -1NP in 10 minutes = -4.0NP/40m

 

[Nicknack]

Dry Rub did some good things last night for sure, but can he just make the simple pass rather than trying to be this great passing center that looks cool?? 4 turnovers last night! I swear, it seems as though he'd rather look good and make a couple turnovers than be efficient and smart with the ball.

I definitely like what I see from Lucas. He's continuing to shoot it well from deep, which we can't say about anyone else on the team.

Love the fact that Red put Carlos on ice for much of the game. 10 minutes is still 9 minutes too much if you ask me, but it's progress.

JJ playing well but too many turnovers.

Bell continuing to struggle from deep but at least he's finding other ways to score, so that's good. He also seemed engaged on the bench whenever they showed him.