11/13 +11/14 box score bits

Box Score Bits 11-13-11

 

 

I am very glad I chose this game to watch. This game is the biggest upset so far, but it primarily shows that Cleveland St will compete even without Norris Cole. D’Aundray Brown was the main contributor for Cleveland St, he scored 18pts, played great defense and rebounded well. This team could definitely win the Horizon since Butler has already lost and Detroit is without Holman for some time.

 

Vanderbilt looks to be in a little bit of trouble without Ezeli. Gouldbourne and Tcheinchang both played well defensively but they simply don’t live up to Ezeli offensively. Because Taylor isn’t really a scorer, Vandy needs someone else to step up to be a second scorer along with John Jenkins and honestly I don’t know who can be that guy. Jenkins didn’t shoot the ball that great today, but he still finished with 17points.

 

 

I’m going to preview this week’s games today. With the College Basketball Marathon on Tuesday and pre conference tourney’s starting up there is a good slate of games this week. I have listed the best games Tuesday-Friday and the best 5 games are in bold.

 

 

Kentucky at Kansas- This is where we see what KU is made of. We know Kentucky has talent, but we don’t know who will step up to be a perimeter scorer next to Robinson’s inside game. KU’s depth has to hurt as well since they have only 7 or 8 scholarship players and Kentucky’s 7^th man is Mcdonald’s All American Kyle Wiltjer. The key matchup is Anthony Davis vs Thomas Robinson down low.

 

Duke at Michigan St- In this game, we will take a look at the frontcourts of both teams. For the Spartans, Draymond Green and Brandon Dawson need to hit the boards like they did against Carolina and provide a little more scoring. Duke also leans on their frontcourt for a little bit of scoring, Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee in particular, but primarily gets scoring from the guards. This is what will hinder MSU, they lack a perimeter scorer and as we saw with UCLA, you can only go so far with bigs. They key matchup here is Draymond Green vs Mason Plumlee.

 

Florida at Ohio St- Another great game between two terrific teams. Ohio St has a balanced offense led by Sullinger and Buford and a great pass first point guard in Aaron Craft. Florida has the best backcourt in the country with four great guards who can all score the basketball. In this game, we have another big man key matchup with Sullinger vs the defensive minded Patric Young.

 

Washington St at Gonzaga

Northern Iowa at St Mary’s

Kent St at West Virginia

URI at Texas

Rutgers at Miami

Santa Clara at UCSB

 

 

LBSU at Pitt

Sam Houston St at Notre Dame

Creighton at UAB

Indiana at Evansville

New Mexico St at New Mexico

Hofstra at Oregon St

 

 

St Johns at Arizona- Here is a matchup between two athletic teams with big question marks. First, Arizona is led by Kyle Fogg and Jesse Perry who have both had 2 good games and 1 bad game. Freshman Josiah Turner is really struggling and was benched for his performance. The other two impact freshman, Nick Johnson and Angelo Chol, have played well of the bench so far. St Johns has played great pressure defense against bad teams but we need to see what they can do against good competition. Achuiwa has proven to be a beast so far, but again we need to see what he’ll do against guys like Oriakhi in the Big East. Key matchup, Kyle Fogg vs Nurideen Lindsey.

 

Texas A&M at Mississippi St- Both teams are shorthanded here. Middleton is out for a few weeks with a knee injury and Sidney may be out with an injury too. The Bull dogs were upset by a good Akron team last week, but Dee Bost, Rodney Hood, and Arnett Moultrie played pretty well. A&M was led by Ray and Elston Turner who provided a good inside outside scoring punch. The key matchup is Ray Turner vs Arnett Moultrie on the inside.

 

Maryland at Alabama

Purdue at Iona

LSU at Northwestern

VCU at Seton Hall

Fairfield at Minnesota

Wichita St at Colorado

 

Houston at Arkansas

New Mexico at Arizona St

 

 

 

Moe Harkless, PF St Johns- 18pts, 4reb, 3stl, 3blk, 7/11fg

Nurideen Lindsey, SG St Johns- 15pts, 10reb, 9ast, 2stl, 5to’s

D’Angleo Harrison, SG St Johns- 17pts, 5reb, 3ast, 3stl

God’sgift Achiuwa, C St Johns- 15pts, 8reb, 4/5fg, 7/7ft

 

John Jenkins, SG Vandy- 17pts, 5/14fg, 2/8 3pt

Jeff Taylor, SF Vandy- 9pts, 4reb, 6to’s

 

Tyler Zeller, C UNC- 27pts, 8reb, 8/13fg

Jon Henson, PF UNC- 20pts, 12reb, 2blk

Harrison Barnes, SF UNC- 17pts, 5reb, 6to’s

Kendall Marshall, PG UNC- 6pts, 15ast, 1to

 

Peyton Siva, PG Lville- 11pts, 3ast, 3to’s

Chane Behannen, PF Lville- 10pts, 13reb, 4/7fg

Gorgui Dieng, C Lville- 7pts, 9reb, 4blk

 

Victor Oladipo, SF Indiana- 21pts, 5reb, 6/9fg

Cody Zeller, PF Indiana- 7pts, 5reb, 6stl

Verdell Jones III, G Indiana- 16pts, 3reb, 2ast, 4stl

 

Ashton Gibbs, SG Pitt- 24pts, 5reb, 6/14 3pt

Travon Woodall, PG Pitt- 17pts, 10ast, 7reb

Nasir Robinson, PF Pitt- 22pts, 6reb, 4ast, 9/10fg

 

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, SG Georgia- 11pts, 6reb, 5/8fg

Gerald Robinson, PG Georgia- 15pts, 5reb, 6ast, 4to’s

 

Kyle Fogg, SG Arizona- 21pts, 3reb, 3/5 3pt

Solomon Hill, SF Arizona- 16pts, 11reb, 3ast, 4/6fg

 

Anthony Jones, F Baylor- 11pts, 5reb, 2blk

Quincy Miller, SF Baylor- 17pts, 4reb, 3ast, 2blk

Quincy Acy, F Baylor- 14pts, 4/5fg, 2stl, 2blk

 

J’Covan Brown, SG Texas- 28pts, 8ast, 4reb, 1stl

Myck Kabongo, PG Texas- 6pts, 7ast, 2stl, 2to

Julien Lewis, SG Texas- 18pts, 4reb

 

Sean Kilpatrick, SG Cincinnati- 13pts, 9reb

Yancy Gates, PF Cincinnati- 15pts, 11reb, 1blk, 2stl

 

Jorge Guitterez, PG Cal- 15pts, 4reb, 5ast, 2stl, 5to’s

Allen Crabbe, SG Cal- 21pts, 5reb

 

Aziz N’Daiye, C Washington- 13pts, 12reb, 3blk

Abdul Gaddy, PG Washington- 15pts, 6ast, 3to’s

CJ Wilcox, SG Washington- 19pts, 4reb, 4stl, 2blk

Terrence Ross, SG Washington- 14pts, 5reb, 2ast, 2blk

Tony Wroten, PG Washington- 7pts, 3reb, 4ast, 5to’s

 

Doug Mcdermont, SF Creighton- 21pts, 8reb, 10/12fg, 20 min

Mike Scott, PF Virginia- 8pts, 15reb, 2ast

Ray Turner, PF Texas A&M- 20pts, 8reb, 9/11fg

Richard Howell, PF NCST- 25pts, 8reb, 2blk, 11/13fg

Jamaal Franklin, SG SDSU- 31pts, 6reb, 3stl

Jarrod Jones, PF Ball St- 25pts, 9reb, 11/15fg

John Shurna, SF Northwestern- 15pts, 5reb, 2ast, 2stl

Terrell Stoglin, PG Maryland- 22pts, 4reb

 

11-14-11

 

 

This game was not as lopsided as the score indicated. Florida St used their impressive defense and extraordinary length to gain momentum in the first half which they carried throughout the game. UCF is led by power forward Keith Clanton who had a decent game but his offense was definitely compromised by the play of Xavier Gibson and Bernard James on the interior. Marcus Jordan, the second best player and leading scorer last season for the Knights made many mistakes and committed many turnovers.

 

Florida St’s offense was non-existent in the first half until diminutive point guard Jeff Peterson sparked the offense with three straight finishes. It looks like Florida St will have another top defense this year with the length and toughness of Gibson, Kreft, and James down low. One player who really caught my eye was the 6’11’ power forward Xavier Gibson. Gibson showed his nice touch around the rim, taking his guy off the dribble and finishing with a variety of moves around the rim. He also showed his stroke by hitting a trailer three early in the first half. His combination of size, skill set and athleticism is great both offensively and defensively. The one thing that worries me with him is motor which was inconsistent throughout the game.

 

 

Shabazz Napier, PG Uconn- 21pts, 1ast, 6to’s

Jeremy Lamb, SG Uconn- 20pts, 7reb

Tyler Olander, PF Uconn- 7pts, 7reb, 3ast

Alex Oriakhi, PF/C Uconn- 8pts, 9reb, 1blk

Andre Drummond, PF/C Uconn- 8pts, 5reb, 2blk

 

DJO, SG Marquette- 24pts, 6ast, 2reb

Vander Blue, SG Marquette- 14pts, 6ast, 4reb

Jae Crowder, F Marquette- 25pts, 10reb, 4ast, 3stl

 

Augustus Gilchrist, PF/C USF- 11pts, 12reb, 4blk, 5/12fg

Victor Rudd Jr, SF USF- 30pts, 2reb, 3ast

 

JaMychal Green, PF Bama- 18pts, 5reb, 2blk

Tony Mitchell, SF Bama- 12pts, 9reb, 4ast, 3to’s

 

Bernard James, C Florida St- 18pts, 11reb, 3blk, 8/9fg

Xavier Gibson, PF Florida St- 12pts, 7reb, 1blk, 4fls

Michael Snaer, SG Florida St- 15pts, 5reb, 3ast

 

Marcus Denmon, SG Missouri- 12pts, 5reb, 3ast, 2stl

Kim English, SG Missouri- 18pts, 3reb, 5/8fg

Phil Pressey, PG Missouri- 22pts, 3reb, 4ast, 5stl, 4to’s

 

Cleveland Melvin, PF DePaul- 16pts, 8reb,

Jeremiah Kelly, SG DePaul- 24pts, 5ast, 3stl

Brandon Young, G DePaul- 19pts, 5ast, 3reb

Meyers Leonard, C Illinois- 8pts, 11reb, 5blk

DJ Richardson, SF Illinois- 20pts, 3ast, 2reb

 

Melsahn Basabe, PF Iowa- 15pts, 10reb, 1blk

Eric May, SF Iowa- 20pts, 9reb

Matt Gatens, G Iowa- 27pts, 6reb, 4ast, 2stl

 

Daniel Miller, C Georgia Tech- 14pts, 15reb, 6ast 2to’s

Kameron Holsey, PF Georgia Tech- 21pts, 4reb, 9/10fg

 

Vincent Council, PG Providence- 26pts, 7ast, 4reb, 5to

Bryce Cotton, SG Providence- 24pts, 8/11fg, 6/7ft

 

Jason Clark, SG Gtown- 17pts, 5reb, 3ast, 3stl

Hollis Thompson, SF Gtown- 19pts, 4reb, 18min, 5/6 3pt

 

Robbie Hummel, SF Purdue- 18pts, 5reb, 4ast

Ryne Smith, SG Purdue- 26pts, 3reb

 

Tony Wroten, PG Washington- 11pts, 5reb, 6ast, 3stl

Terrence Ross, SG Washington- 24pts, 3reb, 9/13fg

CJ Wilcox, SG Washington- 17pts, 4reb, 3ast, 2stl

Abdul Gaddy, PG Washington- 15pts, 5reb, 5ast

 

Trevor Mbakwe, PF Minnesota- 17pts, 10reb, 4blk, 6/7fg

Tim Hardaway, SG Michigan- 15pts, 3/7 3pt

Rakim Sanders, SG/SF Fairfield- 25pts, 9reb, 2ast

Juan Fernandez, PG Temple- 19pts, 5ast, 3reb

Keith Clanton, PF UCF- 11pts, 6reb, 5to’s

Murphy Holloway, PF Ole Miss- 14pts, 10reb, 1blk

Tim Frazier, PG Penn St- 20pts, 10ast, 6reb

Ryan Anderson, PF Boston College- 13pts, 10reb

Ray Mccallum, G Detroit- 20pts, 7reb, 4ast

Eric Atkins, PG Notre Dame- 13pts, 4ast, 2reb

Ryan Pearson, PF George Mason- 18pts, 10reb, 3ast

Jared Cunningham, SG Oregon St- 17pts, 3reb, 5/7fg

Aaron Bright, SG Stanford- 21pts, 4ast, 5/7fg

Deonte Burton, PG Nevada- 28pts, 4reb, 3ast