This is My first Post about the team this season because last night was the first game I have seen them play. I will say that I have been very discouraged by our performance so far this year and all the negativity on the board has been tough to read that being said here are my observations from last night:
I had a chat with a poster before the game and stated that Goldwire and EJ need to step up or they need to take a seat on the bench.
Well, Lee certainly stepped up and he was awesome. I was very pleased with is shot selection and I though he did a great job of mixing it up and driving the ball to the basket at times. I thought his defense was very good and he did a great job of helping out on the boards. It was by far the best game I have ever seen him play and seeing him play like that gives me hope. If he can develope some sort of consistancy it will go a long way towards us having a successful season.
DeAngelo- He has one of the most horrendous starts offensively I have ever seen. But he hustles and I was pleased with his defense and very pleased with the way he hits the boards. He REALLY needs to do a better job with shot selection, but as I watched the game I didnāt realize he was shooting 5 for 17. I think he must have started out 1 for 10 and finished 4 for 7, I was pleased and surprised by his free throw shooting.
Mitch- I swear we had a PG two years ago named Mitch who was great at putting pressure on the defense by taking the ball to the basket and was awesome in transition, did he graduate or transfer??? I have never seen a player get worse offensively form their senior year in HS to their senior year of college, Mitch it the first. I know he will never be a great or even good shooter, but he can and has to give us more offensively. That being said, 10 assists to 1 turnover is incredible and he did a good job running the offense and putting people in a position to score. He played great defense and did a fantastic job helping on the boards, 10 rebounds is great.
Curt- Was very frustrated by the zone and could not figure out how he could score in it, the problem was when we shot them out of the zone he couldnāt figure out how to score again the man to man either. I think Curt is the type of player who need to get off early or he is not going to get off. I donāt understand why we didnāt isolate Curt and Lee on one side of the floor and let them work a two man game. I must cut down on his turnovers and we must put him in better positions to score. I had a lot of BS call on him and that took him out of the game as well.
Nance- Great game, was a beast on the boards and play very good defense(no one can stop the left handed hook) and he doesnāt for his offense. I would like to see him finish alittle stronger around the basket (but he probably deserved to get a couple more fouls called).
Bennet- Loved what I saw, he had several clutch plays down the stretch and does not force his shots. I would love to see him play more and shoot more( Deangelo need to give up some his shot to him)
Coleman- what a beast. Thought he played great and deserves more time. Great around the basket and the charge he drew was key. Gets alot of BS calls against him becasue of his size.
Williams- Looks athletic, didnāt show me much.
Brenden Winters- If we have this kid we would be sweet sixteen bound and beyond. He is awesome and is exactly what we are missing. Hopefully Ian Andersen will be a Brenden Winters for us in the future.