Great W for our Dawgs. We were the bigger, more physical team and it showed early and often. Tx Southern was in foul trouble early and couldn’t hit a thing. They finished the game shooting 20 less foul shots than us and were 1 for 19 from three. That will get you beat everytime. Crazily though, they only turned the ball over four times.
Going to do some player analysis tonight:
1) Tyrin Lawrence - has been playing really hard but it just felt like he wasn’t fitting on offense. Well he hit three 3’s tonight and you could almost see the confidence injected into him.
2) Dakota Leffew - felt like he was finally human from three and still ended up 5 for 10 from deep 😁😂😁😂. Was more of the off the ball threat tonight and wasn’t able to dominate the other guards with his handle and passes like the first game, but was very good off the ball.
3) Newell - just a quiet 14 points, 4 board night. When you can do that quietly, you’ve got game. Nice performance. He like all of our bigs, did get tested some in one on one D, and some of the results were mixed.
4) Blue Cain - didn’t force the issue, let the offense come to him. Finished with a double double of 12 points and 11 boards. He really added to our physical nature tonight, crashing the boards so well.
5) Demary - helped get them in fouled trouble with his drives, and was able to knock down 2 threes which I know felt great.
6) Cyril - had 4 nice blocks, but it was a few passes that caught one’s attention. Still really raw, but can mix it up on D when things are going well
7) RJ Godfrey. He has a decent little move down there to get a bucket. Continues to play hard on D and rebounding.
8) Dylan James. White mentioned that we are training him also as a guard. Still needs lots more training. Probably would be better just to stick to big man type stuff until the future.
9) Abson - no points but 6 boards. Solid work.
10) Savo - good to see him bang a quick three. Shows really nice vision. Has to keep his man in front of him on D. Had a couple of easy blow bys given up.
Positive Takeaways:
1. We played extremely hard on D from the start and were really physical on both ends. Leading to a huge rebounding advantage (53-23)
2. Hit 12 threes. If this team can hit from deep, things get fun because we have some guys that can take it to the rack.
Questions:
1) do we have enough down low? Yes we are more athletically gifted down there. Yes Asa is fantastic. But as the older, more experienced dudes come, can we hold up? Also, can we score enough down there? Newell with 14 tonight. Godfrey, Abson, and Cyril combined for 5.
2) our guards got a little loose with the ball. 9 assists to 9 turnovers for our three starting guards. Can we handle it when the heat gets turned up?
all W’s are good W’s and 28 point W’s are REALLY nice. Go Dawgs!
Going to do some player analysis tonight:
1) Tyrin Lawrence - has been playing really hard but it just felt like he wasn’t fitting on offense. Well he hit three 3’s tonight and you could almost see the confidence injected into him.
2) Dakota Leffew - felt like he was finally human from three and still ended up 5 for 10 from deep 😁😂😁😂. Was more of the off the ball threat tonight and wasn’t able to dominate the other guards with his handle and passes like the first game, but was very good off the ball.
3) Newell - just a quiet 14 points, 4 board night. When you can do that quietly, you’ve got game. Nice performance. He like all of our bigs, did get tested some in one on one D, and some of the results were mixed.
4) Blue Cain - didn’t force the issue, let the offense come to him. Finished with a double double of 12 points and 11 boards. He really added to our physical nature tonight, crashing the boards so well.
5) Demary - helped get them in fouled trouble with his drives, and was able to knock down 2 threes which I know felt great.
6) Cyril - had 4 nice blocks, but it was a few passes that caught one’s attention. Still really raw, but can mix it up on D when things are going well
7) RJ Godfrey. He has a decent little move down there to get a bucket. Continues to play hard on D and rebounding.
8) Dylan James. White mentioned that we are training him also as a guard. Still needs lots more training. Probably would be better just to stick to big man type stuff until the future.
9) Abson - no points but 6 boards. Solid work.
10) Savo - good to see him bang a quick three. Shows really nice vision. Has to keep his man in front of him on D. Had a couple of easy blow bys given up.
Positive Takeaways:
1. We played extremely hard on D from the start and were really physical on both ends. Leading to a huge rebounding advantage (53-23)
2. Hit 12 threes. If this team can hit from deep, things get fun because we have some guys that can take it to the rack.
Questions:
1) do we have enough down low? Yes we are more athletically gifted down there. Yes Asa is fantastic. But as the older, more experienced dudes come, can we hold up? Also, can we score enough down there? Newell with 14 tonight. Godfrey, Abson, and Cyril combined for 5.
2) our guards got a little loose with the ball. 9 assists to 9 turnovers for our three starting guards. Can we handle it when the heat gets turned up?
all W’s are good W’s and 28 point W’s are REALLY nice. Go Dawgs!
