January 5, 2019
#14 Florida State (9-0) at LaSalle (8-4)
LaSalle is on even footing with us at 89 OVR (90 off/89 def/93 sht/88 reb/87 coach). Their losses are to NCAA Tourament caliber teams in Texas Tech and Georgia Tech,a 9-2 UAB team and a poor loss to Drake. They beat North Carolina by 11.
Scouting
PG Clarence Ba – SR – 79 OVR – 91 speed/83 quickness. 88 defense/76 steals. 82 handling/88 passing, just an average ball handler but an excellent passer. 87 close/77 med/82 3/84 off the dribble. 2.9 ppg/1.8 apg. Not much of a playmaker out there, but a decent defende.r
SG Raynardo Tafo – JR – 85 OVR – 86 speed/87 quickness. 79 defense/80 steals. That defense seems quite low. 89 close/83 med/93 3. 82 off the dribble/88 in traffic. Elite 3 point shooter. 12.1 ppg/5.0 apg. He's shooting 38% this year from 3.
SF Dan Barrow – SR – 86 OVR – 6'6” natural SF. 87 speed/81 quickness, 87 defense/76 steals... outstanding skills and athleticism for a SF. 92 close/82 med/71 3/86 off the dribble/91 in traffic. 96 dunker... A+ right there. 86 defensive awareness. This guy appears to be a legit superstar. 16.3 ppg/3.3 rpg so far this year.
PF Tiras King – SR- 85 OVR – 6'7” natural SF. 80 orb/86 drb, 80 post off/69 post def. Great rebounder for a SF, and not bad in the post eihter, his post defense is weak and we can hopefully take advantage of that. 87 close/89 in traffic. 16.2 ppg/6.2 rpg, he's really not bad at all as a PF. He has an 83 3 point rating as well and will shoot it, so we can't let him hang on the perimeter by himself either.
C Myron Robinson – JR – 81 OVR – 6'8” natural PF – 82 orb/83 drb. 86 post off/73 post def. 90 shotblocking, outstanding. 91 close/87 in traffic. Just 9.3 ppg/5.8 rpg.
They look to be more talented than us overall but the lack of defense at SG by Tafo and King playing out of position could hurt them. They have decent backups in PF Graves who can rebound and has a nice 3 point shot to go with an inside game and a backup guard Thues who can shoot a bit as well.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| LAS
| Notes
|
1
| 13:40
| 14
| 15
| Backups are in, Summers just picked up his 3rd foul. Duncan is a capable backup but ugh... We fell behind 9-3 but have since turned it on pretty well. Crosswhite with 2 3's and 7 total, Watson has 5 and Pugh 2.
|
1
| 10:05
| 22
| 25
| We're at 7 fouls, they're shooting.
|
1
| 7:00
| 30
| 27
| A solid 8-2 run forces a LaSalle timeout.
|
1
| 6:30
| 30
| 29
| I call a timeout to get the starters back in. 3rd string PG Moss in for now, Duncan will play the last 3 minutes of the half or so.
|
1
| 4:50
| 34
| 31
| They scored 4 straight to take the lead back,I score 4 straight and LaSalle with another timeout. Crosswhite has 11, this is the type of game I need out of my stars against quality opponents, outstanding.
|
1
| 4:05
| 39
| 35
| Duncan in at PG now.
|
1
| 3:30
| 42
| 37
| Pugh and Locklier both have 2 fouls inside now. I get them out for the rest of the half. Crosswhite and Duncan(SG/SF) are carrying us anyway on offense.
|
| HALF
| 51
| 43
| Incredible half for us on the offensive end. We shoot 56% overall to their 50%. We commit 12 fouls allowing them 18 free throws, and they go 15-18 at the line, totally keeping them in it. Center Robinson has 11, PG Ba has 8, and a number of guys have 4-5.
On our end its the Darrell Crosswhite show. 7-12 shooting, 5-8 at the line, add a free throw and it comes to 20 points. Watson(starting SF) has 8. Shiloh has 6 and Weisse 5 off the bench. As a team we're shooting 9-16 from 3. We do have foul trouble and lots of it. Summers, most notably, has 3 fouls. Pugh, Locklier and Duncan all have 2. We only drew 5 total, though 2 of them were on Tafo, their star SG.
|
2
| 14:40
| 61
| 58
| We hold a 6-8 point lead pretty consistently but they roll off a few straight here and have our lead down to 3. I call a timeout, I really don't want to let them go ahead and have to play from behind at all on the road.
|
2
| 6:20
| 76
| 68
| Chatting with my sister who just got home from work so I missed the flow of the game up through here, but basically... any time they get close, we get hot from 3. Starters are now back in to finish off the game. They just had the lead down to 2 and Weisse and Duncan each hit 3's, back up to 8.
|
2
| 4:25
| 76
| 74
| And there's another 6-0 run,a turnover in the post and a missed 3 on our end triggering 2 breaks. I call a timeout.
|
2
| 3:00
| 78
| 78
| We get a post bucket inside from Pugh, but they get 4 straight and have tied it up.
|
2
| 1:45
| 80
| 78
| Pugh with a hook shot from the right block and we go back up 2, LaSalle timeout. Crosswhite has been a lot colder this half so I'm trying to push inside slightly more.
|
2
| 1:30
| 80
| 80
| They tie it up, Summers with his 4th foul, they miss the FT on a 3 point play tho.
|
2
| 1:03
| 83
| 80
| Pugh kicks it out to Watson who hits an open 3 in the corner! Timeout LaSalle
|
We get a stop on the defensive end, there's about 48 seconds left in the game. Crosswhite takes a 3 with about 18 seconds on the game clock and drains it, essentially winning the game for us. They try a 3, miss and foul and we get 2 last points.
Florida State 88
LaSalle 80
Great win over a quality team on the road. They get 17 from their center, Robinson. 16 from SF Barrow and 12 from SG Tafo.
Three point shooting is really why we won this game. We hit 15 3's on the game.
Summers: 2 points/3 assists
Crosswhite: 30 points/3 assists (6-11 from 3)
Watson: 19 points (3-7 from 3)
Pugh: 6 points/1 boards
Locklier: 2 points/10 boards
Weisse: 8 points
Lasalle is very good. I would not be surprised to see them make the tournament. I'm still skeptical of what this team can do without one of those 87+ rated superstars... but we seem to be
really good here.