Well it was an intimate crowd of 1896 that witnessed out easiest win of the year. It was really Men v. Boys . We shot well from the field, the three point line, and the foul line . We had a season high 18 assists . We had a number of steals and one of our guys would leak out for easy transition layups or dunks. Our defense locked down their guards, and blocked the rest of their shots when they got by the guards. We took away their three point shooting threats as our energy level was high from the get go.
Individually almost everyone played well but Geo was superb tonight hitting mid range shot after mid range shot, hit all his foul shots, but even more impressively when playing the point , kept his dribble alive and penetrated finding our guys cutting to the basket. He had 11 assists to go along with his 19 points and most were spectacular both bounce passes and off of pick and rolls. He will be a tremendous 4 year player for us.
Corey also with 19 and 3 assists including a beautiful alley -oops to Geo and shot much better again like the NJIT game. How all of us would trade the made 2-3 shots tonight and could have used them against Michigan State, but his shot seems to be improved and he hit almost all his floaters and bank shots on drives.
Mike had 17 and got a number of them by being on the receiving end of Geo's assists being on the baseline and getting fouled twice as he reversed banked in the shot. He also got a number of rebounds and appeared as healthy as I have seen him all year.
Another special shout out to Issa. Besides hitting a few threes , he had 9 rebounds and played real good defense . He is starting to use his 6-9 frame and almost got the double double. .
Everybody else contributed and we did not really need Deshawn, Eugene or Duke much as the guards except Souf were dominant.
The failure of Doorson or Sa to really get in the flow and dominant a smaller team was not a good sign for the future Big 10 schedule.
I was a little surprised Pike did not empty the bench earlier as the walk-ons only got 3:45 , up 35, especially due to it being the 5th game in 10 days but that is the only thing I can quibble with. Pike is an outstanding coach that got his team focused against an inferior opponent and buried them early and he made sure the pedal kept to the metal, sharing the ball as well as they have all year, running the offense as efficiently as any game all year.
Individually almost everyone played well but Geo was superb tonight hitting mid range shot after mid range shot, hit all his foul shots, but even more impressively when playing the point , kept his dribble alive and penetrated finding our guys cutting to the basket. He had 11 assists to go along with his 19 points and most were spectacular both bounce passes and off of pick and rolls. He will be a tremendous 4 year player for us.
Corey also with 19 and 3 assists including a beautiful alley -oops to Geo and shot much better again like the NJIT game. How all of us would trade the made 2-3 shots tonight and could have used them against Michigan State, but his shot seems to be improved and he hit almost all his floaters and bank shots on drives.
Mike had 17 and got a number of them by being on the receiving end of Geo's assists being on the baseline and getting fouled twice as he reversed banked in the shot. He also got a number of rebounds and appeared as healthy as I have seen him all year.
Another special shout out to Issa. Besides hitting a few threes , he had 9 rebounds and played real good defense . He is starting to use his 6-9 frame and almost got the double double. .
Everybody else contributed and we did not really need Deshawn, Eugene or Duke much as the guards except Souf were dominant.
The failure of Doorson or Sa to really get in the flow and dominant a smaller team was not a good sign for the future Big 10 schedule.
I was a little surprised Pike did not empty the bench earlier as the walk-ons only got 3:45 , up 35, especially due to it being the 5th game in 10 days but that is the only thing I can quibble with. Pike is an outstanding coach that got his team focused against an inferior opponent and buried them early and he made sure the pedal kept to the metal, sharing the ball as well as they have all year, running the offense as efficiently as any game all year.
