January 12, 2019
#10 Florida State (11-0, 1-0 ACC) at Miami (9-6, 0-1 ACC)
Miami is the lowest rated team in the league. 80 OVR (79 off/81 def/80 sht/87 reb/86 coach).
Scouting
PG Nathan Douglas – SR – 77 OVR – 89 speed/84 quickness. 87 def/72 steals. 83 close/71 med/72 3. 87 off the dribble, a guy that can create his own shot. 90 hands/79 passing, a superb ball handler but just average passer. 9.8 ppg/3.5 apg this year.
SG Bruno Malaman – SR – 78 OVR – 89 speed/84 quickness/82 vert/78 hustle... good athlete. 84 defense/82 steals, both solid. 87 close/76 med/70 3. 84 off the dribble. He's a slasher who isn't as big a threat from outside, which for a SG in the ACC is probalby a weakness. He does have 12.3 ppg this year so far.
SF Bruno Clemente – SR – 75 OVR – 6'8” natural SF – 81 speed/77 quickness. 75 defense/69 steals, not great on the perimeter playing defense. 84 close/75 med/67 3. 86 in traffic is alright, but he is too weak to be a quality ACC swingman. 8.7 ppg/5.1 rpg.
PF Ralph Hogan – SO – 68 OVR – 6'9” - 77 orb/76 drb. 80 post off/70 post def. 87 close/82 in traffic. Not terribly strong for a big man. 7.1 ppg.
C Jared Bing – SO – 71 OVR – 6'10” - 79 orb/77 drb. 70 post off/78 post def. 88 close/81 in traffic. 7.5 ppg/5.5 rpg.
Most of miami's backups are in the 68-71 OVR range. They have a severe lack of rebounding it seems. Its our first road conference game in the ACC so I'm a bit worried, but we have a massive talent edge.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| MIA
| Notes
|
1
| 13:05
| 16
| 14
| We're scoring well but so are they. Pugh has 6 and everyone in the lineup has scored. Pugh also has 2 fouls, only 3 on the half for the team though. Backups are in.
|
1
| 6:30
| 27
| 19
| They hit a 3 to make it 18-17, then we run off 7 straight to take an 8 point lead. That's the lead we've got as the starters return.
|
1
| 5:20
| 29
| 21
| Still 8, but miami with a timeout.
|
1
| 1:05
| 34
| 32
| 6-0 run and Miami cuts it to 2 at 29-27, we've kept the lead since but call a timeout after a Miami 3 last possession.
|
| HALF
| 36
| 32
| We had a couple chances to pull away but Miami did a good job keeping it close. They've managed to take 8 more shots than us with a rebound edge and turnover edge(neither big, but just a couple turnovers and offensive boards add up). They have two guys with 5 points and 4 guys with 4, no one is standing out at all. SF Clemente and SG Malaman are 2-7 and 2-6... so they're taking all the shots but not hitting.
Crosswhite leads us with 10 on 5-9 shooting. 0-2 from 3. Pugh with 6, Watson 5. Weisse has 5 off the bench. Shore up the boards and do everything else the same.. or hit a few more 3's, whatever.
|
2
| 17:40
| 45
| 34
| They score first to cut it to two, then we explode for 9 straight. Crosswhite with a jumper, a three, and a steal and a dunk for the last 7 straight and all of a sudden he has 17.
|
2
| 14:00
| 52
| 41
| Backups are in, this run has tired the starters slightly earlier than usual. Crosswhite 17, Watson 12.
|
2
| 10:40
| 58
| 45
| Backups are holding and even extending the lead out a bit. We seem to have full control of the game right now.
|
2
| 8:00
| 63
| 50
| Another timeout Miami and we're still up exactly 13.
|
2
| 6:30
| 65
| 54
| I get a timeout to get my starters back in to finish the game. Weisse was outstanding for the backups whenever I needed a bucket.
|
2
| 4:40
| 65
| 54
| Well we've missed a couple good looks but they aren't scoring either, still up 11.
|
2
| 1:50
| 67
| 56
| We continue to struggle on offense but it doesn't matter as we've totally locked them down on their end of the floor.
|
We expected to win this one but still its a road conference game vs an in state rival... its good to actually go into the game and pull it out as expected.
Florida State 71
Miami 58
Bing and Clemente (their C/SF) get 12 each, Malaman 11. But they were 26-67 on the game, just didn't shoot anywhere close to good enough to beat us.
Summers: 2 points/2 assists
Crosswhite: 19 points
Watson: 14 points
Pugh: 6 points/11 boards
Locklier: 6 points/7 boards
Weisse: 13 points