Peggy Po'sGipson leads the team with 19. Put together some really nice stretches of play. More aggressive getting to the hoop and not settling for a hook off the block. Dribbled with purpose. Had a few nice boards. Got to the line and kept their bigs in foul trouble the entire game. Did not look tired, played 28 minutes, which should be about the top end for him.
3-3 in the Junkyard stats: Points in the paint-LUC 18,KS
30. Points off turnovers-LUC 11,KS
13. 2nd chance points-LUC 10,KS
24. Collectively the team should have had some more rebounds, more putbacks and put this game away sooner. There were a lot of tips and loose balls that weren't secured tonight that resulted in second chance opportunities for Loyola, or missed putbacks. Most of these were on the baseline and in the paint. Just poor bounces and hands, not lack of effort.
Sprads is Sprads yo. Ho-hum. 2-3 from 3 pt. No turnovers. 5-6 FT. 15 points. Solid D, drew his obligatory charge.
37 minutes of Shane. I know Martavious was out, but that's a lot of Shane. A typical Shane line. He seems content to be Akeem Wright with ball skills and vision. That plan, so far, seems to be getting him minutes. I was really surprised by the 5:2 A/TO, but he did have some nice feeds to Gip.
Nino! A weird stat line. 8 minutes, 4 points, 4 fouls. This game was called very tightly and our freshman struggled to find where the line was. Showed a ton of hustle, hit a 3, looked very interesting. Could develop in to a nice matchup problem for teams as his perimeter skills seem pretty decent and he is more than capable of playing in the post even though he is a little undersized. Left me wanting to see more of him.
Rod and J.O. Both had some real nice stretches and some stretches where they struggled. Jordan started off the game about as poorly as he could've with 4 turnovers. Just missed a double-double Rodney disappeared for stretches and only had 3 boards. Rod's shooting has started to warm.
Me and Mr. Jones. Pretty sure I confused you with Watson, then compared you to Omari, then predicted you'd be shuffled out of here with Omari. Well, I take it back. You played well if unspectacularly for 10 minutes. Those 10 minutes could have gone to Victor (if Frank was still sucking up to Semi), they could have gone to Omari, they probably would've gone to Martavious if he were healthy, but instead they went to you. I was cool with that.
Gallery # 2 Photo #8Nancy Neg'sFast break points-LUC 2,KS 2. Sorry, but this team sucks in transition. When Jones, and Angel first came in the game together the team moved the ball really well for a short stretch, but no points. That is me trying to be Peggy Po over here in Nancy Neg land.
Angel played like crap. Chucked 3's. Did not pass the ball well. Fouled (although a couple were poor calls). Has an ability to read passing lanes in transition defense/zone/press, but is not a very good on-ball defender. Whatever, not really worried unless Martavious is going to miss substantial time.
Opening stretch of the game. Sloppy, disgusting. Not any one thing to blame. Poor hands, no ability to score the basketball, solid defense but no transition to get us kick started. No second chance points at the start of the game. That was terrifying. It looked like Doc/Wooly ball.
Adrian Diaz is probably worse than freshman J.O. Come back Jamar. Come back.
