February 6, 2019
#9 Florida State (15-2, 5-2 ACC) at #7 Boston College (21-2, 5-2 ACC)
Boston College is currently rated 92 OVR (93 off/90 def/96 sht/96 reb/90 coach). They were at 91 OVR last time we met. Their SG Joiner put up 19, and Byfield 13 in the first meeting, no surprise there really.
BC's only two losses all season are the 3 point loss in Tallahassee and an 8 point loss at Clemson. They've beaten Georgia Tech but their other 4 ACC wins are over bottom feeders, they're starting a difficult stretch today with us, NC State, Duke and Clemson all in a row.
Something I didn't notice last time we played BC... the guy that burned us for 19, Joiner, is rated 87 OVR as a soph. He was the #1 recruit in the nation 2 years ago out of new york. If he somehow stays 4 years he'll be a monster.
Scouting
PG Salvatore Chambers – JR – 83 OVR – 91 speed/85 quickness. 86 def/77 steals. 88 hands/81 passing. 85 close/82 med/77 3/83 off the dribble. 8.0 ppg/3.1 apg
SG Deki Joiner – SO – 87 OVR – 89 speed/88 quickness – 87 defense/82 steals – great shooter: 84 close/83 med/82 3. He doesn't look like the type to create his own shot though. 8.4 ppg this year.
SF Rubeen Byfield – SR – 88 OVR – Byfield is listed as the best defender in the ACC. 90 defense/80 steals/76 blocks/81 defensive awareness... that looks pretty damn good. He is a natural SG. Great speed and quickness. 91 close/84 med/77 3/90 off the dribble/85 in traffic. He looks like a major scoring threat as well. 8.6 ppg/4.1 rpg.
PF Maynard McGrain – JR – 83 OVR – 6'7” - 88 orb/79 drb. 82 post off/71 post def. 92 close/93 in traffic. 12.4 ppg/4.2 rpg.
C Erroyl Snow – SR – 83 OVR – 6'11” quality big man. 88 orb/83 drb. 88 post off/75 post def. 95 close/93 in traffic. He leads the team with 17.3/4.7 rpg.
They seem to prefer the inside game but with the balanced playbook against us Byfield and Joiner get a lot more looks I assume.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| BC
| Notes
|
1
| 18:45
| 0
| 0
| Heh, we go inside on our first two possessions and Weisse and Crosswhite each get a shot blocked. Then Weisse gets out on a fast break and picks up a charge. Tough start.
|
1
| 17:40
| 0
| 0
| Heh this is crazy. Summers misses an open 3, Pugh with the board, kick to Crosswhite, misses an open 3. Pugh with the board, misses a putback. They work their offense and can't score and its our ball. Pugh has 6 rebounds already. They're 0-4, we're 0-5.
|
1
| 17:00
| 0
| 3
| Crosswhite burns his man and dinks a layup off the front rim. Byfield scores on a 3 pointer finally for them.
|
1
| 15:42
| 2
| 6
| Byfield with 6 for them. Pugh hits a turnaround jumper and we're finally on the board.
|
1
| 14:00
| 2
| 12
| So we've gotten off to better starts before... I get a timeout and get the backups in early. Starters will come back around 8 minutes instead of 7 or less like usual.
|
1
| 11:10
| 2
| 18
| Uh... wow? Byfield has 10 for them. We are 1-14 from the field. 0-4 from 3. I get a timeout.
|
1
| 10:02
| 4
| 20
| Watson drives past his man for a layup. We get our second basket of the game just before the 10 minute mark.
|
1
| 9:00
| 4
| 24
| Starters are back in. The goal is to get the lead down to 10 before halftime and we'll be fine. Seems like a lofty goal at this point though.
|
1
| 7:10
| 11
| 26
| A Crosswhite 3, a Pugh turnaround and a Crosswhite drive leading to 2 free throws, and we're making some progress.
|
1
| 3:40
| 15
| 34
| They take full control back when Byfield and Snow get back up off the bench. I call a timeout to try to keep things from getting worse.
|
| HALF
| 21
| 38
| The best we could manage was getting it down to 17 at the half. They get 14 from Byfield and after the slow start end up shooting 17-29 on the half. They also have an 18-12 edge on the boards, though the FG % discrepancy can account for much of that.
We shoot 9-30, just 1-9 from 3, and only get to the line twice in the half. Crosswhite has over half our points, he has 11. Pugh 4 but he's 2-6 from the field. He has 8 boards too. Summers has 2, Locklier 2, Watson 2. that's all 21 of our points. We basically need to hope to start the half hotter than the sun.
|
2
| 17:00
| 27
| 42
| We get the first 4 of the half but their solid center Snow scores 4 straight to offset that(he has 12). We're not getting the one thing we really need to make a run. Crosswhite and Weisse are both 0-2 for the half so far from 3. Unless we can force a lot of turnovers and get on a run that way, we have to make some 3's.
|
2
| 14:00
| 32
| 48
| Backups are in. Crosswhite remains our only scoring option. He hits a 3 finally and has 18. Pugh and Weisse are just unable to do anything.
|
2
| 11:50
| 36
| 55
| Timeout BC to get some subs in. This is just going terribly heh. Byfield with 17, Snow 12 for them.
|
2
| 8:40
| 39
| 61
| Snow just did a drop step move around Delic and went up for a monster 1 handed dunk... totally embarrassing if you're the defender trying to stop that.
I get Summers, Weisse and Pugh back in. Crosswhite and Locklier aren't quite ready yet.
|
They get a 25 point lead and I quick sim it out, can't even manage 50!
Boston College 83
Florida State 48
Reminds me a bit of the Ohio-UConn game I played last season where I fell behind something like 25-4 and just couldn't scramble back into it. Just a terrible loss. Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Boston College seem to be the 3 best teams in the league really, and we're not too far behind but this is a demoralizing loss.
They get 20 from Byfield and 20 from Snow, both were awesome today.
Summers: 5 points
Crosswhite: 20 points
Weisse: 4 points
Pugh: 6 points/10 boards
Locklier: 4 points/6 boards
We shoot 15-54. 2-23 from 3. that isn't going to get us much.