Zackery - some absolutely clutch buckets attacking the rim. So great to have another leader and ballhandler, but I am extremely impressed with his scoring.
Wiggins - this is the Wiggins I have been hoping for! What a great game by him. His length clearly bothered the players he was guarding and was extremely efficient on the offensive end.
Ian and Chase - both had off shooting nights, but gave unbelievable effort. To think we won with them scoring a combined 21 points on 6 of 28 shooting and 1-12 from 3 is wild.
Lahkin - Played exactly how we needed him to tonight. I'd still prefer he not shoot 3s but it is what it is. Stayed out of foul trouble for the most part and helped protect the rim defensively.
Hunter - Also played exactly how we needed him to tonight. Under control, made huge buckets, plus on defense
Foster and Jones - played great in limited minutes.
Reeves - very disappointing 1 minute of play.
2 Concerns for the future:
Foul trouble/depth of bigs - I think its inevitable that Chef or Lahkin (or both) get into foul trouble this year. If this happens we are absolutely cooked. Reeves was very poor in his one minute of play and evidently Brownell felt like we couldn't rely on him because we went small. Wiggins' size is extremely helpful in giving us options, but this is an ongoing concern of mine.
3 point shooting - this is the new world of basketball, but I don't think we want to get into a 3 point shooting competition with teams like UK. I don't like that our bigs combined to shoot 11 3s last night, that is just too many. I know Ian shot 47% last year and is struggling this year, but 8 threes from him is too many.
Wiggins - this is the Wiggins I have been hoping for! What a great game by him. His length clearly bothered the players he was guarding and was extremely efficient on the offensive end.
Ian and Chase - both had off shooting nights, but gave unbelievable effort. To think we won with them scoring a combined 21 points on 6 of 28 shooting and 1-12 from 3 is wild.
Lahkin - Played exactly how we needed him to tonight. I'd still prefer he not shoot 3s but it is what it is. Stayed out of foul trouble for the most part and helped protect the rim defensively.
Hunter - Also played exactly how we needed him to tonight. Under control, made huge buckets, plus on defense
Foster and Jones - played great in limited minutes.
Reeves - very disappointing 1 minute of play.
2 Concerns for the future:
Foul trouble/depth of bigs - I think its inevitable that Chef or Lahkin (or both) get into foul trouble this year. If this happens we are absolutely cooked. Reeves was very poor in his one minute of play and evidently Brownell felt like we couldn't rely on him because we went small. Wiggins' size is extremely helpful in giving us options, but this is an ongoing concern of mine.
3 point shooting - this is the new world of basketball, but I don't think we want to get into a 3 point shooting competition with teams like UK. I don't like that our bigs combined to shoot 11 3s last night, that is just too many. I know Ian shot 47% last year and is struggling this year, but 8 threes from him is too many.
