January 25th, 2015
Buffalo (9-8, 4-1 MAC) at Ohio (13-4, 5-0 MAC)
Buffalo is rated very poorly, 74 OVR (75 off/73 def/78 sht/80 reb). I notice that through some player development our rebounding rating as a team has improved to 92. Sweet.
Scouting
PG Clark Clement – SR – 74 OVR – 92 speed but 77 quickness. Very good passer, good defender (86). 85 close/69 med/74 3, not great but he'll make shots if open. 9.2 ppg/5.3 apg. 2
nd team All-MAC last year.
SG Derwin Sherrod – SO – 70 OVR – Average everywhere. 82 close/73 med/73 3, just 76 off the dribble,don't leave him open but he isn't going to kill me. 80 defense is average, maybe a bit above, but Cooper should do fine anyway. 87 speed/74 quickness. 8.4 ppg.
SF Donovan Becker – SO – 66 OVR – A natural PF, stuck here b/c of an injury to their starter. He's awful. 64 on ball defense, 70 speed, 82 close/68 med/59 3. 79 in traffic. Average vertical and hustle. If they play a man to man defense House might score 40. I'm not exaggerating.
PF Elton Falls – JR – 79 OVR – 6'9”, Average on the boards (80 o/80 d), great in the post (85 o/88 d), and a solid scorer. 91 close/87 in traffic, can step out and shoot too, 77 med/71 3. He's a good leaper and is strong for a PF(79 str/B+). 18.2 ppg/7.4 rpg are outstanding.
C JJ Arnold – SO – 73 OVR – badly undersized, 6'7” 235 lbs. Average rebounder (76 o/83 d). Good post offense (83) but horrific post defense(67). 84 close/77 in traffic. 9.0 ppg/7.9 rpg. His rebound totals shock me.
This is a team with some talent, Clement and Falls are outstanding players. But they're missing a starter in 76 rated Ronnie Burleson at SF. And worse than that, they only have 6 guys rated over 60 on the roster. That includes Burleson. With him out, they have 5, their starters... their best backup is rated 54 OVR.
Half
| Time
| OHIO
| BUF
| Notes
|
1
| 13:00
| 17
| 14
| Well, Elton Falls is singlehandedly keeping Buffalo in the game. He scored their first 10 points before sitting to rest a couple minutes ago. House has 10 too. Backups are in.
|
1
| 9:30
| 26
| 16
| Falls came back in and he has 12 now, but the rest of their team is completely shut down. Grundy has 7 against their backup big man(Falls is set up at center, Grundy at PF). Timeout Buffalo.
|
1
| 6:25
| 36
| 21
| We start to pull away. Grundy just demolishes their backup big man inside, I think he has 10 or 12 now. Starters are back in.
|
1
| 2:15
| 47
| 26
| Ugh, we're running to put the game away and House is fouled in transition going for a monster dunk. Lufkin comes in as House is hurt... fingers crossed.
|
| HALF
| 56
| 30
| House is 10-11 from 20 points. Grundy is 4-4/3-4 at the line, 11 points. Lufkin is 3-3/2-2 at the line, 8 points. Falls has 14 for Buffalo, nearly half their points still.
No word on House's injury yet.
|
2
| 18:40
| 58
| 32
| House has strained ligaments in his knee. Day to day. Whew.
|
I go up 30 with about 17 minutes left and sim to the end. Holy crap, we didn't let up apparently.
Ohio 112
Buffalo 66
That's just mean.
Murphy: 9 points/4 assists
Cooper: 22 points
House: 23 points
Bright: 0 points/6 boards
Watson: 4 points/6 boards
Mendoza: 14 points
Grundy: 13 points/7 boards
Lufkin: 11 points
Yeah...