SWC75
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- Well, that was a lot more fun than the football game. In fact, it was everything you’d want a college basketball game to be, back and forth with the lead in the single digits all the way. Both teams had to gather themselves to make comebacks to take multiple times. There were 20 lead changes and 15 ties. There was a some good passing and great shooting by Maryland and some amazing drives to the basket by Syracuse. There were resounding dunks and 20 points off fast breaks. Every rebound and loose ball was contested.
- We don’t have bulky players but we have athletic, long guys who love to rebound. Oshae Brissett not only has long arms but he appears to have big, strong hands. Nobody takes the ball from him. Marel Dolezaj just seems to know where the ball is and has the quickness to get there before anyone else. If he can’t get it he can tip it to a teammate, as he did on the final rebound that clinched the game. Bourama Sidibie has some of the same instincts. Frank Howard likes to get in on the action as well.
- “Frank Howard plays well against bad teams but wait until he plays good teams.”
Firstly, we have been playing good teams. Iona, Texas Southern and Oakland are all favored to win their conferences and Toledo has a shot at the MAC. But tonight, against Maryland he scored our first four points and wound up with 15 points, 10 assists, 7 steals and 5 rebounds. So there.
- Tyus Battle is the Eric Dungey of this team, toughing out the game because his team needed him and finding ways to make the plays needed to win the game despite his pain. He led the team with 18 points, including our last 9 points. As with Dungey the example he sets will inspire his teammates and I think his presence in the line-up just makes his teammates more confident and play that way.
- Dolezaj continued his aggressive, intelligent play but he actually made some shots tonight and hit double figures with 10 points, one of four Orangemen in double figures. He hit an outside shot that kissed the iron but his most impressive shot to me was a wide-open lay-up under the basket. Most SU players would have grabbed the ball, gather themselves and then gone up against opposition that had time to get there. Marek caught the ball and, in one motion, flipped it over the rim and in. there was no time for anyone to react. Orange is the new fast.
6-0 with 25+ to go
LET’S GO ORANGE!
- We don’t have bulky players but we have athletic, long guys who love to rebound. Oshae Brissett not only has long arms but he appears to have big, strong hands. Nobody takes the ball from him. Marel Dolezaj just seems to know where the ball is and has the quickness to get there before anyone else. If he can’t get it he can tip it to a teammate, as he did on the final rebound that clinched the game. Bourama Sidibie has some of the same instincts. Frank Howard likes to get in on the action as well.
- “Frank Howard plays well against bad teams but wait until he plays good teams.”
Firstly, we have been playing good teams. Iona, Texas Southern and Oakland are all favored to win their conferences and Toledo has a shot at the MAC. But tonight, against Maryland he scored our first four points and wound up with 15 points, 10 assists, 7 steals and 5 rebounds. So there.- Tyus Battle is the Eric Dungey of this team, toughing out the game because his team needed him and finding ways to make the plays needed to win the game despite his pain. He led the team with 18 points, including our last 9 points. As with Dungey the example he sets will inspire his teammates and I think his presence in the line-up just makes his teammates more confident and play that way.
- Dolezaj continued his aggressive, intelligent play but he actually made some shots tonight and hit double figures with 10 points, one of four Orangemen in double figures. He hit an outside shot that kissed the iron but his most impressive shot to me was a wide-open lay-up under the basket. Most SU players would have grabbed the ball, gather themselves and then gone up against opposition that had time to get there. Marek caught the ball and, in one motion, flipped it over the rim and in. there was no time for anyone to react. Orange is the new fast.
6-0 with 25+ to go
LET’S GO ORANGE!
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