Yep, they were a combined 0-15 at one point in the 2nd half, as I noted in the game thread. Both Spencer and Simpson were simply bad today, shooting-wise, when it counted, although Spencer did help fuel the comeback in the last 10 minutes with some nice plays and better defense than earlier. Simpson has a lot of potential and I'm sure will play better, especially when he can come off the bench to be the energy sub vs. being relied on to run the point, which he's not ready for against quality opponents, like Temple. Spencer is also better, IMO, as a complementary player on offense, rather than as a guy expected to be a scorer, since he's not great at creating his own shot against athletic guards. Fortunately, the announcers sounded optimistic about both Paul and Caleb being back soon - let's hope that's correct (and that they're not rushed back).
I have PTSD from years of watching other teams working and succeeding to get their sharpshooter open for threes. We haven’t done this one time and I’ve seen every minute of 4 regular games and 1 exhibition.
Simpson was thrust into a very difficult roll 4 games into his college career. He's going to be fine. If you can't see that, I don't know what to tell you.
You simply can't say a guy shooting 11-41 is going to be fine. He might be but that's not a proclamation you can just make with confidence.
Sure I can. You can disagree, that's fine. He passes the eye test for me. He instinctively knows how to play the game and has the physical talent to do so. Good enough for me. Btw... Same is true for Woolfork...imo
Looking at Caleb’s average points per game last year (7.5), doesn’t get the juices flowing for him being an offensive threat. Paul averaged approx. 4.5 ppg. No offensive juggernaut there as well. So if Spencer is not on his game, where will the major number of points come from?
He shot 10-30 in his first three games against lower level competition. It's not only skewed by the Temple game.
Exactly! The hope is that Caleb has developed a consistent offensive game to go with his lock down defense. Unfortunately that was not guaranteed meaning that Priority #1 for Pike after last season was to replace the points of Ron and Geo. I think that is exactly why Cam was brought in.
I worry about both Caleb and our fan base thinking he needs to score 15-20 pts a game this year. Yes he had a very nice offensive game against ND in the tournament last year but that struck me as an outlier performance. He can be a complementary offensive piece and will help keep opposing teams honest, I don't think we are successful if he is our leading scorer.
That was the key to the game right there. They had to make that adjustment or they get blown out.
And a bunch of stupid turnovers....and laughable shot selection.
Palmquisk had two wide open three point attempts, one from each corner, both rimmed out. Then he did not play again IIRC.
If you think we are getting scoring from the other 4 starters than I suppose he is not a worry. If he is going to be asked to be a primary scorer I am worried
Think he meant for this yr, not a kid who is currently still in high school
