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Title: Wright State
Post by: Penquin68 on January 05, 2021, 06:48:20 PM
Big weekend coming.  On national TV on Friday, ESPN2.  Naz will be fine as will Q and Mays. The rest I worry about. We need some mid range production, not just 3's and try's at layups. Our full court pressure needs to be limited or they we kill us with easy baskets. And David and Garret need to be productive for us to have a chance.  The new guys sure have a chance to step up, namely Vargo, Dunn, Hunter, and Traore. Dunn and Traore seem to be tall enough for an inside presence, but Dunn needs to bulk up some to survive inside and Traore probably needs some practice / playing time to get ready. Even David A could be more effective inside and help so much, but he likes to shoot 3's and that is not his game at this time. Unfortunately none of the redshirt freshman seem to be ready to contribute. I am not totally sure who the redshirt freshman are, Ogoro for sure and maybe Ganley.

We need to start fast to have a chance I think.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ucfpengbuck on January 06, 2021, 06:39:53 AM
Big weekend coming.  On national TV on Friday, ESPN2.  Naz will be fine as will Q and Mays. The rest I worry about. We need some mid range production, not just 3's and try's at layups. Our full court pressure needs to be limited or they we kill us with easy baskets. And David and Garret need to be productive for us to have a chance.  The new guys sure have a chance to step up, namely Vargo, Dunn, Hunter, and Traore. Dunn and Traore seem to be tall enough for an inside presence, but Dunn needs to bulk up some to survive inside and Traore probably needs some practice / playing time to get ready. Even David A could be more effective inside and help so much, but he likes to shoot 3's and that is not his game at this time. Unfortunately none of the redshirt freshman seem to be ready to contribute. I am not totally sure who the redshirt freshman are, Ogoro for sure and maybe Ganley.

We need to start fast to have a chance I think.

Who is David ?
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Penquin68 on January 06, 2021, 07:32:21 AM
My error.  David is Michael.  But I think anyone who has watched the games would have known.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: mudclods on January 06, 2021, 07:16:07 PM
Akuchie always seems to be the difference.  When he plays well and gets into double figures, YSU seems to win; there's a statistic out there I've seen before and it's pretty telling.  It seems like when Akuchie gets going his game goes to a different level, but when he's off his D lacks, he gets frustrated and bad fouls ensue.  Same can be said for Covington at times.  I just really wish these two were more consistent.

The defense is the key.  Last year, YSU was in most all of the games because of their defensive intensity even games when they weren't shooting the greatest.  Outside of the 2nd half of the Binghamton game and the 2nd NKU game, this year has felt like the early Calhoun years.  YSU needs to keep Wright State in the 60s this weekend to have a shot.  Last year, YSU was nearly unbeatable when they kept teams under 70.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: mudclods on January 08, 2021, 01:23:14 PM
YSU is an 11.5-12 point dog tonight at Wright State.  Even with how YSU has played, that seems a little high especially without fans and for a team that YSU should be.

I expect a really good effort tonight especially being on ESPN2, time to prepare, and hopefully DQ is closer to 100%.  YSU really needs him to get going and hit some 3's along with having Akuchie be productive. 

My only concern is if YSU puts everything into tonight and comes up a little short, will they have gas in the tank for tomorrow?  At 2-4, YSU really needs to be able to split these next 2 weekends on the road so they don't really put themselves in a big hole. 
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Double ET on January 08, 2021, 03:25:26 PM
I hope they can put in a good effort tonight.
IMO, we are lacking reliable 10-12 ft mid range jump shots in the zone. Those shots were provided by the 3 departed guys (Cathcart, Morgan & Simmons) last year.

Naz cannot continue to try to do inside layups facing taller teams. Since we don’t have the mid range jump shots , opponents extended the zone defense to 20+ feet that made our 3pts shots more difficult.
Somebody needs to find that gap inside the zone to make those shots.
Do we have person. Hey, Covington, please step up.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ucfpengbuck on January 08, 2021, 04:55:29 PM
 A lot of great points about tonights game.   Big concern is DQ playing at maybe 70% with a lingering ankle issue.
Overall size in the paint and a bench made up with potential  but young and inexperienced frosh.

They need to double the post and hopefully we can recover on their shooters on the post pass.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ucfpengbuck on January 08, 2021, 05:40:25 PM
DQ is out tonight. >:(
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ytownchief22 on January 08, 2021, 08:46:42 PM
G at the buzzer! Gutsy win!
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Double ET on January 08, 2021, 08:51:43 PM
Great pass by Naz to Covington for the layup as time expired. Good guys 74-72
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ucfpengbuck on January 08, 2021, 09:08:10 PM
I'm too excited to post.   Guys scrapped all 40 minutes.  All 3 seniors played like we all expected and can only wonder how much better it would have with a healthy DQ.  A lot of frosh played tonight with Myles Hunter giving the X factor.

I have a bad feeling we're going to see an improved effort from Louden Love tomorrow.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ucfpengbuck on January 08, 2021, 09:24:32 PM
https://twitter.com/NCAABuzzerBters/status/1347721766953644033
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Penquin68 on January 08, 2021, 09:53:48 PM
Great game for YSU.  Strong start really helped and the seniors played well with Naz the huge difference.  As the game winded down all the new guys were mostly standing around on offense almost not wanting the ball.  Not Naz, he took control and won the game. He made many strong moves to the basket covered by multiple players and still scored. Just amazing.  Glad for Michael A having a good game.  He had good arch on his 3's and they went in. At times his shot is flat, like a line drive, and the percentages go down. We need his height and experience to be competitive. The freshman are needed but inexperienced and put in really tough situations without much practice or playing time to get ready. Hope for a repeat tomorrow, but Wright State will be motivated and ready. Hopefully the new guys will learn from these games and grow as players.  They have skill and are really needed with Q down for now.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Wick250 on January 08, 2021, 10:22:38 PM
For several minutes around the 8 minute mark of the second half, we actually had four freshmen on the court at the same time. And they kept the game within reach until Naz could take it over down the stretch.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: chezmustache on January 09, 2021, 10:28:32 AM
     A number of factors were responsible for YSU's win last night.  The ones with the most direct impact were:
 
(1) Naz BOHANNON's ability to make free throws,
(2) high defensive intensity for forty minutes (which seeded an impressive series of fast breaks in the first half), and
(3) good coaching, to include game planning and game management.     
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Double ET on January 09, 2021, 10:35:11 AM
Does anyone know if DQ will play tonight.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: guinpen on January 09, 2021, 04:59:18 PM
What the heck happened?

Was storing away the Christmas decorations and missed it.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: ucfpengbuck on January 09, 2021, 05:13:50 PM
One team has energy and motivation.  outrebounded 47 to 25.  YSU shot 18 of 59 credit WSU.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Penquin68 on January 09, 2021, 06:07:07 PM
Wow! We were really exposed today. One team looked experienced and the other not so much. Offensive rebounds in the first half were like 11 to 1 against us.  Size is some of it, but experience, effort, etc is also a part of it.  Our new guys are getting a baptism by fire.  I sure hope they learn.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: Double ET on January 09, 2021, 06:41:39 PM
What the heck happened?

Was storing away the Christmas decorations and missed it.

They doubled team Naz down low and were also able (most of the game) to keep Naz outside around the 10-12 ft distance.
Naz was missing layups (some were blocked). Unfortunately, he was also unable to hit the mid range jump shots.
They even stole the ball off his dribble a few times.

The ball also bounced off the rim to WSU’s way during the first part of the first half on their offensive end. We could not overcome the 12-1 offensive rebound disadvantages.
Title: Re: Wright State
Post by: mudclods on January 10, 2021, 12:16:29 AM
Just getting caught up with the 2 games this weekend. Friday night felt like last year and what we expected from YSU this year...played good defensive, a lot of energy and intensity- pretty much a full 40-minute effort something the team has been lacking.  I said the other day, YSU needed to keep to keep WSU in the 60s to win and just about did until their final 3.   

I expected a let down on Saturday and knew a sweep would be very difficult, but never expected a total blow out.  WSU beat YSU is every phase including coaching.  It had that feel YSU was in trouble early and once it got away from then it was over.  Saturday felt like what could have happened the way YSU has played in much of the league games. 

I said the other day the statistic for YSU's win % is amazing when Akuchie hits double figures.  He did Friday and somehow only took 1 shot on Saturday.  Myles Hunter was certainly impressive this weekend.  Have to wonder how bad DQ's ankle is. 

Was surprised Christian Bentley saw no playing time again.  Just seems very odd to me especially when DQ has been out so much this year.  He played very well on Monday against Carlow, and thought he might see some action.  I believe he was the only one that didn't play Saturday.

I'll take the split with WSU.  Would have felt a lot better if YSU didn't let the 2nd CSU game and/or losing the 2nd game to GB.  Really surprised by the fact CSU swept NKU and is 8-0 in league play.  Also really surprised GB swept Oakland- that's 3 straight for GB after starting off 0-9 and 0-5 in the league. 

Would sure like see YSU sweep Oakland to get back into this as the final 10 games are a much easier slate compared to the first 10 especially with 8 of them at home.  Just a shame it was announced no fans for the rest of the season in the league.