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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3158745, member: 289"] The players are up and down like a bank of elevators but we've got a lot of them and if we can get 3-4 going per game we'll be fine. Elijah Hughes was a man among boys in the first half, then cooled off in the second but still had great numbers with 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and three steals. He had 22 "net points" in 33 minutes, an all-american level of play if he can do it consistently and I think he will. East Carolina must be wondering how this guy only scored 7.8ppg for them. Buddy Boeheim also had a big first half. Jimmy Satalin said he expects him to get off 15-20 shots a game. That might be a lot but Buddy's turning into a good all-round player. He scored 12 points and had 4 assists. Joe Girard was great, nailing 3 of 4 treys and 2 of 3 two pointers and a free throw for 14 points. He had no assists and a couple turnovers on warding off calls on drives to the basket. But he showed a good handle and proved he could play either guard position. We reduced our turnovers from 20 to 12 against better opposition. Brycen Goodine was good, too, hitting 3 of 5 shots for 8 points and handling and passing the ball well. Jalen Carey had a difficult first half, (but no turnovers, then played well in the second half. But he'll be in a battle with Girard and Goodine for the point guard job. JB benched Guerrier in the first half for taking too many three pointers, (he was 0 for 5). I recall him saying in an interview that he was a better three point shooter than Oshae was. i'm not seeing evidence of it. he's an inside guy and JB made it clear that's where he wants him to play. he followed orders in the second half and wound up with 8 points and 5 rebounds in just 16 minutes of play. Robert Braswell played 10 minutes but couldn't get a jump shot off. the Carlton coaches had obviously seen what he did against Daemon and made sure he was closely guarded. He did get a nice -looking layup but he also had a couple of turnovers. JB had little use for what he saw of his centers. Carlton, as good as they may be, had little size and Sidibie, Edwards and Bol Ajak were letting shorter players get inside and score. We are a work in progress. But so is everybody else at this point in the season. [/QUOTE]

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