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3 Pros:
3 Cons:
Conclusion:
It was hard to only pick 3 Pros and hard to find 3 Cons. We were supposed to run through them, and we did. We played good offense to get open shots and we made them, this game was over after 5 minutes. Only really concerning part was that Tristen Newton got injured with around 2 and a half minutes left in the game. Not sure why a starter was in while up 40 with 2 minutes to go..looked like a groin thing, hopefully it's not serious and he's feeling alright. 5-0, on to Oregon!
- I know Delaware State is not good, but our defense was solid. The effort was there even though they knew this was a free win. Most of Delaware State's baskets were tough looks. We did foul a lot - they were in the double bonus with 4 min left in the first half and again with 3 min in the second half. AJax fouled out, Sanogo and Karaban with 4 each
- Offense against the zone looked pretty good. Saw a good mix of getting it into the midrange for a jumper, dropping off for open layups, and collapsing the defense/swinging for the open three. Our zone offense has been terrible for years, but it seems this squad is comfortable playing against it. Delaware State ditched the zone after a few possessions of it getting ripped apart
- Donovan Clingan is a very large man. Pulled down rebounds over 2-3 people consistently, controlled the paint, and played very efficiently. He's still learning through mistakes, but he was our 2nd leading scorer (16pts) and had 3 blocks.
3 Cons:
- Hawkins was ice cold. He did get some threes to drop, but overall shot 31%. A lot of his shots were pretty good looks. Obviously didn't impact the result of this game, but his consistent scoring will be crucial for us moving into PK85 and BE play. He did play great defense (including 2 blocks) and also led us in rebounding tonight with 9
- Free throw shooting was bad. 68%
- Andre Jackson had a rough game. Had 3 fouls in the first half and fouled out with 7:40 left in the game, pretty much all a result of just playing more aggressively than he had to. Was hoping we could see him look to score a couple baskets tonight (he did hit a 3!), but not the game he wanted to have
Conclusion:
It was hard to only pick 3 Pros and hard to find 3 Cons. We were supposed to run through them, and we did. We played good offense to get open shots and we made them, this game was over after 5 minutes. Only really concerning part was that Tristen Newton got injured with around 2 and a half minutes left in the game. Not sure why a starter was in while up 40 with 2 minutes to go..looked like a groin thing, hopefully it's not serious and he's feeling alright. 5-0, on to Oregon!