Gables Canes
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Great win on the road against a decent team, albeit that was ugly. A lot of our recent games have been low scoring and ugly, we just made a few more plays down the stretch this time than the opponent did. A few thoughts:
- Wong was a beast. Even when Lykes comes back, Wong needs to be our #1 go to. He’s simply our most gifted offensive player and it’s not really close
- Timberlake showed some positive signs of development tonight. His handle is still sloppy and his shot is still ugly, but his defense continues to get better each game and he found ways to score inside. He deserves props for hitting the clutch free throws at the end to ice it too
- Olanyi has settled into a nice groove after an ugly first couple of games for him. I actually think he’s not being utilized enough. Would like to see more of him and less of Beverly.
- speaking of Beverly, he is quietly turning into a very good defender. If he could just cut down some of his terrible turnovers, he’d be a much better player
- Cross has such a good shooting stroke. I don’t think he’s shooting it enough (Beverly should never take 3’s)
- Both Gak and Brooks were atrocious, especially Gak. It’s incredible we won this game given how truly awful and unproductive our frontcourt was. We don’t need dominant bigs to win, but **** they couldn’t even grab rebounds tonight. Just 3 combined for them. It’s sad when your guards are consistently out rebounding your bigs. We absolutely desperately need that West Virginia transfer and at least another big or two for next season. The state of this frontcourt has been abysmal for several seasons straight now.
- I mentioned it above, but I think we need to let Walker play thru some of his mistakes. While he’s not a true “big”, he’s at least athletic and has a much higher ceiling than brooks and Gak. I’d rather play small and have Walker/cross out there before Gak ever plays.
- Wong was a beast. Even when Lykes comes back, Wong needs to be our #1 go to. He’s simply our most gifted offensive player and it’s not really close
- Timberlake showed some positive signs of development tonight. His handle is still sloppy and his shot is still ugly, but his defense continues to get better each game and he found ways to score inside. He deserves props for hitting the clutch free throws at the end to ice it too
- Olanyi has settled into a nice groove after an ugly first couple of games for him. I actually think he’s not being utilized enough. Would like to see more of him and less of Beverly.
- speaking of Beverly, he is quietly turning into a very good defender. If he could just cut down some of his terrible turnovers, he’d be a much better player
- Cross has such a good shooting stroke. I don’t think he’s shooting it enough (Beverly should never take 3’s)
- Both Gak and Brooks were atrocious, especially Gak. It’s incredible we won this game given how truly awful and unproductive our frontcourt was. We don’t need dominant bigs to win, but **** they couldn’t even grab rebounds tonight. Just 3 combined for them. It’s sad when your guards are consistently out rebounding your bigs. We absolutely desperately need that West Virginia transfer and at least another big or two for next season. The state of this frontcourt has been abysmal for several seasons straight now.
- I mentioned it above, but I think we need to let Walker play thru some of his mistakes. While he’s not a true “big”, he’s at least athletic and has a much higher ceiling than brooks and Gak. I’d rather play small and have Walker/cross out there before Gak ever plays.
