March 24th, 2019 – NCAA Second Round
(4) Florida State (22-6) vs (5) BYU (28-6)
Tough matchup here as I try to make my second straight(and second ever) Sweet 16. BYU is rated 89 OVR (88 off/89 def/90 sht/96 reb/88 coach). They finished in a 3 way tie for first in the Mountain West with 6 seed San Diego State and 1 seed UNLV.
Their losses this year were on the road at 2 seed Syracuse, at a 22-9 Utah squad, 3 losses to UNLV(including in the Mountain West finals) and one vs San Diego State.
Scouting
PG Damien Lang – SR – 86 OVR – Lange has elite speed(95) but isn't nearly as quick(86/C+). He's a great defender, 89 def/86 steals. A solid PG with B handles/B- passing. 80 close/76 med/79 3, he can hurt you by scoring but it doesn't seem to be his main asset. 85 off the dribble/81 in traffic/80 clutch may add enough to his raw shooting though to make him a big threat. He does lead the team in scoring, barely, with 13 points/game. 3.3 assists/2.2 steals.
SG Jamual Rost – SR – 83 OVR – 90 speed/92 quickness. 82 defense/77 steals(seems a small weakness here). 88 close/76 med/68 3/82 off the dribble/82 in traffic. He's a coach on the floor with above 80 awareness on both ends. Just 6.9 ppg and the coach on the floor/awareness really seems the only reason he's in the lineup.
SF Rudy Nash – JR – 83 OVR – 6'7” SF, a good offensive rebounder but not so much on the other end. 89 close/82 med/80 3/80 off the dribble/88 in traffic. A good but not elite scorer. Average defense, average speed, average to below average ball handler... 6.9 ppg.
PF Jose Fray – SO – 77 OVR – 6'10” natural PF – 11.4 ppg/6.6 rpg. He's solid on the boards, 86 orb/85 drb. Solid in the post on offense(80), a bit weak on defense(72). 83 close/85 in traffic. He doesn't look like a big scoring threat really.
C Koki Gennie – FR – 76 OVR – 6'11” natural center. 87 orb/87 drb, will be an elite rebounder by the time he's done. 75 post off/73 post def. 81 close/87 in traffic. Seems like he's just a rebounder. 5.0 ppg/4.6 rpg.
Their second best player is Stanley Horton, rated 85 OVR, backup PG. A 94 rated defender, and a much better slasher with the ball(90 close/89 off the dribble). His awareness and some other physical ratings like str/hustle seem to be where Lang is better... but Horton is great off the bench, 8.5 ppg/3.1 apg.
They have a SG , RJ Murry, who looks better than Rost everywhere except for the awareness/coach on the floor abilities. Better shooter, better defender.
They have no big man depth. Getting inside seems to be the way to go here. If they go man to man Rost may be a bit exploitable as well. Locklier will guard Fray.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| BYU
| Notes
|
1
| 15:00
| 14
| 13
| We have not missed a shot yet. BYU has missed 2, but has an extra 3 pointer and we have a turnover...
|
1
| 12:10
| 22
| 19
| I get a timeout b/c my starters are exhausted. Play has not slowed much. They are 8-11, 3-5 from 3. We are 9-11, 2-2 from 3, 2-2 from the line. Crosswhite 9/Pugh 6 early. Backups in.
|
1
| 9:15
| 25
| 28
| Ugh, 3 straight turnovers allows an 8-0 BYU run. I guess this is how their PG gets all his points... he has 11, 8 of them on layups now I believe.
|
1
| 5:30
| 30
| 35
| Starters are back in. Outside of Watson I felt like the backups were pretty much outclassed when BYU got most of their starters on the floor.
|
1
| 4:15
| 35
| 37
| After 3 BYU 6th man boosts(including one when they went up 37-30) we get 5 points in a row and a 3 by Weisse gets us our first 6th man bonus.
|
1
| 2:05
| 39
| 37
| Another BYU timeout, we're on a 9-0 run.
|
| HALF
| 43
| 44
| Well neither team really ever started playing defense, it was either a turnover or a bucket. They are 19-30, 5-9 from 3. We are 17-24, 4-6 from 3. We've got 4 more free throws (5-6 vs 1-1).
Their backcourt is playing great, 13 from Lang, 13 from Rost. They're 11-13/3-5 from 3. Fray has 7 inside.
We have a strong 3 man scoring punch as well, Pugh leads us with 12 on 6-7 shooting inside. Any time I've been able to hit him in decent position he's put it in. Crosswhite has 11, Weisse 8.
Whoever plays 5 minutes of defense first wins.
|
2
| 18:30
| 43
| 51
| Well BYU came out to play early... Pugh misses 2 shots in a row down low and they score two easy buckets and a 3 point play... I go ahead and get a quick timeout.
|
2
| 14:22
| 47
| 60
| Another timeout as we just can't find our scorers. Pugh is ice cold, Crosswhite has a couple but has missed two good looks too. And of course, no defense. They're on a 16-4 run to start the half, I've used another timeout. Our biggest problem, btw, is rebounding. They now have 4 offensive boards on the half.
|
2
| 12:25
| 51
| 63
| Backups are in. another wide open 3 missed by Crosswhite and I just get my backups in for a change of pace, starters could have gone another minute but why?
|
2
| 11:50
| 51
| 65
| We force a miss, they get two rebounds before putting it in. Seriously with all the great shooting the rebound margin was like 9-7 at the half. It's 23-11 now in BYU's favor and BYU has 9 offensive boards. They have almost as many offensive boards as we have total rebounds. I call an unneeded timeout after that out of sheer frustration.
|
2
| 8:30
| 57
| 71
| Oh my god REBOUND. 26-12 total rebound margin now. 11-2 offensive boards. They call a timeout after we score. I get my starters back in. We've got the talent to come back if we could clean the defensive glass.
|
2
| 7:10
| 57
| 77
| They score on 3 straight possessions, only one of them on a putback so that's good news right? Crosswhite with a drive by his man but he's just abused inside by their PF Fray and cannot finish.
|
2
| 4:45
| 64
| 80
| They go up by 21 and then we go on a quick little 7-2 run. Its almost certainly too late but its something.
|
Yeah they get it right back up over 20 and we just can't do anything about it.
(5) BYU 93
(4) Florida State 70
After a 1 point game at the half, BYU outscores us 49-27 in the 2
nd to blow the game open. Rebounding is the entire story. I'm almst certain the rebound margin was 9-7 after a half, I noticed the totals as being low b/c we were both shooting so well. They had that 9-7 edge. Well, the margin at the end of the game? 38-19. They took 14 more field goal attempts AND 9 more free throws. They get 21 from Lang and Rost, 18 from PF Fray.
Summers: 2 points
Crosswhite: 13 points
Weisse: 13 points
Pugh: 16 points/2 boards
Locklier: 8 points/7 boards
Shiloh: 8 points