...#800
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- Big game for our Bigs. Even missing Tony's length we still dominated inside. 20 and 8 for Hicks, 15 and 12 for Meeks w/ 2 Steals. 6 big Offensive Rebounds for Kennedy among those. We out-rebounded them by 20, folks!
- speaking of Rebounding, Buckets was forcing too much and had a rough shooting night but IMO had his best rebounding game ever, getting 10 Boards (5 Offensive) on sheer hustle and determination, and ended up scrapping his way to 19 pts.
- We won this one inside. Shooting 51.5% despite going a miserable 7/24 from 3 proves that point.
- We had 13 Fast Break pts (but 7 of those were late when they were gassed). Biggest concern was only 6 from the Secondary. I'll credit Cuse here. Last season we flat wore them out on Secondary Breaks and they made a concerted effort tonight to get back and cover the spacing.
- I'll tell ya, Theo makes a big difference against Zones. You attack a 2-3 best with Wing entries, and as we know Theo is fearless when it comes to getting the ball inside the Zone, whether to the middle, the short-corner or the alley-oop. 5 Dimes and general good ball movement for TP.
- On the bad side, geez... Lydon couldn't friggin miss --- 11/14 FGs and 3/5 from 3, and we bit on too many drives allowing White wear us out from deep (5/9). Fortunately we were able to finally put a stop to that nonsense down the stretch (see below)
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- We saw the long-awaited debut of Theo at the 2 in the second half --- first with Nate while JB was getting a blow, then with Berry for a long stretch. It looked a tad awkward at first as he and JJ were feeling each other out for floor space, but it finally settled in and worked
- A loose whistle like tonight's is usually not good for us, with a lotta hands allowed down low, so except for a couple of jags of carelessness I was proud of the guys for playing through it. We toughened up on keeping control on contested rebounds and interior passes. If you get soft with the rock inside against Cuse they will wear you out.
- Most of our shaky stretches came from impatience. Right after a nice possession to start the Second Half with an extra pass that led to a KW 3, we went 4 straight possessions NOT making the extra pass and Cuse got right back in the game.
- Kenny and Joel played some nasty defense together, and other than sloughing too much off shooters on drives, our Team D movement was very good.
- Speaking of JB, we know he can create his shot when he feels the need (as he did in the first half), but knowing we needed to stick with our Zone-O he sacrificed his scoring in the second half to keep making that extra pass, which again, is so important to defeating a strong Zone. They were also making a concerted effort to shade him on reversals but they paid for that with easier Wing entry lanes opening up. Joel also welcomed their transfer Gillon to the ACC, holding him to 1/7 shooting.
- And how cool is it to have a 6' PG who can stone their red-hot 6'9 Stretch guy on a key late possession? Lydon thought he had something when JB switched on him. Key thing is Berry made no effort to switch back --- he wanted that gig, and not only did he not let him get off a 3, I was saying out loud "C'mon Lydon, put it on the floor and see what happens!" Sure enough, dog got his hands on the ball and caused a lost possession.
- Our conditioning (and their lack of quality depth) paid dividends in crunch time.
- Personally, my Player of the Game was big Kennedy Meeks. Dude was exceptionally spry tonight and playing some badd-ass defense, even out to the 3-pt line, and hustling for loose balls and getting his paws on Offensive Boards. I think KM really, really wanted this one for Coach.
Great way to celebrate win #800 for Ol' Roy, coaching against his buddy Boeheim. Now let's get healthy and get ready for a trap game at BC Saturday. No time to let up!
stats
- Big game for our Bigs. Even missing Tony's length we still dominated inside. 20 and 8 for Hicks, 15 and 12 for Meeks w/ 2 Steals. 6 big Offensive Rebounds for Kennedy among those. We out-rebounded them by 20, folks!
- speaking of Rebounding, Buckets was forcing too much and had a rough shooting night but IMO had his best rebounding game ever, getting 10 Boards (5 Offensive) on sheer hustle and determination, and ended up scrapping his way to 19 pts.
- We won this one inside. Shooting 51.5% despite going a miserable 7/24 from 3 proves that point.
- We had 13 Fast Break pts (but 7 of those were late when they were gassed). Biggest concern was only 6 from the Secondary. I'll credit Cuse here. Last season we flat wore them out on Secondary Breaks and they made a concerted effort tonight to get back and cover the spacing.
- I'll tell ya, Theo makes a big difference against Zones. You attack a 2-3 best with Wing entries, and as we know Theo is fearless when it comes to getting the ball inside the Zone, whether to the middle, the short-corner or the alley-oop. 5 Dimes and general good ball movement for TP.
- On the bad side, geez... Lydon couldn't friggin miss --- 11/14 FGs and 3/5 from 3, and we bit on too many drives allowing White wear us out from deep (5/9). Fortunately we were able to finally put a stop to that nonsense down the stretch (see below)
stuff
- We saw the long-awaited debut of Theo at the 2 in the second half --- first with Nate while JB was getting a blow, then with Berry for a long stretch. It looked a tad awkward at first as he and JJ were feeling each other out for floor space, but it finally settled in and worked
- A loose whistle like tonight's is usually not good for us, with a lotta hands allowed down low, so except for a couple of jags of carelessness I was proud of the guys for playing through it. We toughened up on keeping control on contested rebounds and interior passes. If you get soft with the rock inside against Cuse they will wear you out.
- Most of our shaky stretches came from impatience. Right after a nice possession to start the Second Half with an extra pass that led to a KW 3, we went 4 straight possessions NOT making the extra pass and Cuse got right back in the game.
- Kenny and Joel played some nasty defense together, and other than sloughing too much off shooters on drives, our Team D movement was very good.
- Speaking of JB, we know he can create his shot when he feels the need (as he did in the first half), but knowing we needed to stick with our Zone-O he sacrificed his scoring in the second half to keep making that extra pass, which again, is so important to defeating a strong Zone. They were also making a concerted effort to shade him on reversals but they paid for that with easier Wing entry lanes opening up. Joel also welcomed their transfer Gillon to the ACC, holding him to 1/7 shooting.
- And how cool is it to have a 6' PG who can stone their red-hot 6'9 Stretch guy on a key late possession? Lydon thought he had something when JB switched on him. Key thing is Berry made no effort to switch back --- he wanted that gig, and not only did he not let him get off a 3, I was saying out loud "C'mon Lydon, put it on the floor and see what happens!" Sure enough, dog got his hands on the ball and caused a lost possession.
- Our conditioning (and their lack of quality depth) paid dividends in crunch time.
- Personally, my Player of the Game was big Kennedy Meeks. Dude was exceptionally spry tonight and playing some badd-ass defense, even out to the 3-pt line, and hustling for loose balls and getting his paws on Offensive Boards. I think KM really, really wanted this one for Coach.
Great way to celebrate win #800 for Ol' Roy, coaching against his buddy Boeheim. Now let's get healthy and get ready for a trap game at BC Saturday. No time to let up!
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