January 7, 2025
#21 San Diego State (14-1) #8 Florida State (12-0)
TEAM: FSU|SDSU
OVR: 91|87
OFF: 91|87
DEF: 91|88
SHT: 94|88
REB: 89|89
COA: 91|84
This is our last non-conference game of the season.
Well, its time to play our first game without Roberto Mayer. Our overall rating drops to 91 from 93 OVR without him. We play a good San Diego State team today. They have two very good players and have small holes elsewhere. They have not played anyone though. Their one loss is to a 7-6 Depaul team, and they have only one win against a team with a winning record.
Scouting
PG Phil Ager – SR – 86 OVR – 92 speed/80 quickness. 86 defense/82 steals. 89 hands/88 passing. 82 close/82 med/76 3/86 off the dribble. Coach on the floor, 80/85 off/def awareness. Outstanding hustle, poor leaper and not very strong. But he's a great ball handler, good speed and a decent shooter, clearly the #2 threat on the team. 9.9 ppg/5.9 apg.
SG Rhett Lloyd – JR – 77 OVR – 88 speed/82 quickness. 77 def/79 steals. 82 close/80 med/82 3/76 off the dribble. Poor awareness, only 68 on offense, 74 defense, a bit better there. Not much of an athlete, he'll score when he's open and that's about it. 6.9 ppg.
SF Jorge Carlson – SR – 86 OVR – 6'7” SF – 85 speed/88 quickness. 85 defense/71 steals. 89 close/77 med/78 3/81 off the dribble/84 in traffic. Outstanding defensive awareness(84), poor offensive awareness(69). Solid athlete, this is a very good player. 10.7 ppg/6.2 rpg.
PF Lance Rowland – SO – 78 OVR – 6'8” PF – 79 orb/85 drb. 79 post off/76 post def. 78 blocks. 87 close/85 in traffic. Decent strength, decent awareness, a good but not great player. 7.5 ppg/5.3 rpg, Millar ought to handle him fine I would think.
C D'or Roberson – SR – 78 OVR – 6'9” C – 79 orb/84 drb. 86 post off/79 post def. 86 blocks. 89 close/82 in traffic. Looks almost identical to Rowland. An ok player but Black is better. Whoa. WHOA, heh. 21.7 ppg/5.5 rpg. Ok, so his post offensive ratings are very good, and his shoting tendencies inside are maxxed out, but Carlson is so much better an athlete. That's a surprise.
These are their best 5 players. Some 76 and 72 rated guards come off the bench, they have big man depth but its poor, 70 OVR or so. We should be in very good shape against their bench.
With a coach on the floor, and with Mayer out/Dearman in, SDSU has a unity edge. Also, they run a 2-3 defense primarily, so that might give us some trouble.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| SDSU
| Notes
|
1
| 16:00
| 7
| 7
| We might be in for a fight here if they stay in a 2-3 all game, depends on our shooting. We can run when they miss though, at least reasonably well. Tight early. Their big man Roberson has 6 of their first 7.
|
1
| 13:35
| 11
| 13
| Backups are in. Roberson has 10, their PF has 2 and they are dominating us inside. Black has 4 for us, Day hit 1 trey.
|
1
| 12:10
| 11
| 21
| We miss two threes by Porter. They hit two threes and get a layup in transition after one of our misses, we're down 10 and get a timeout. SDSU is playing a near perfect game on offense.
|
1
| 8:05
| 19
| 27
| We scored 6 straight, cut the lead to 21-17, then they ran off 6 on their end, 27-17... Porter is getting a lot of wide open looks and nothing is falling, he's 0-4 from 3. SDSU calls a timeout after we score near the 8 minute mark.
|
1
| 6:55
| 24
| 31
| Porter finally hits a 3, they attack very well inside and we can't seem to stop that. Starters come back in.
|
1
| 5:00
| 30
| 34
| We take advantage of a steal and a couple solid looks and cut the lead down to 4. We actually got a second steal and Modica misses a wide open 3 that could have cut it to 1.
|
1
| 4:20
| 32
| 34
| SDSU uses the entire shot clock and misses a bad jumper. We get Dearman on the run and he cuts it to two. Timeout Aztecs.
|
1
| 3:30
| 36
| 34
| Two more misses, two more solid fast breaks and we take the lead! 6th man boost on the last rebound that led to our going up 2.
|
1
| 2:45
| 38
| 36
| Roberson gets his 12th point for SDSU. They just need to score so we can't fast break to limit our edge. Millar with a good post move on our end, timeout SDSU.
|
| HALF
| 46
| 40
| We end the half strong and end up going into the locker room with the lead. The key is their missing shots. Even with SDSU going cold late in the half, they're still shooting 62%. Our run gets us up near 60% as well.
Roberson is 8-9 for SDSU, he has 16. No one else has more than 5.
We have better balance, Day leads us with 11, just 1-3 from 3 but solid in transiton. Dearman and Black both have 8. Carlisle and Jolly lead the backups with 4 each. SDSU has the edge on the boards but has 9 turnovers, lots of bad passes into the post trying to feed those guys.
If we can slow Roberson and/or force enough misses that we can continue to run, we will win. If we have to play in the half court the rest of the game, it'll depend a lot on if we heat up from 3 (just 2-10 this half).
|
2
| 15:50
| 53
| 40
| Great,great start to the half. SDSU has yet to score. We've had some tough possessions but just ran off 5 straight in the last 20 seconds. Day has all of our points this half. SDSU timeout.
|
2
| 10:25
| 57
| 50
| Our run slows a bit, but we still lead by 6. Backups are in. Day has 20.
|
2
| 9:10
| 57
| 56
| They hit two threes in a row and all of a sudden its a 1 point game again.
|
2
| 8:00
| 57
| 58
| And we miss again and we trail by one as they score, ugh.
|
2
| 4:35
| 61
| 65
| We tie it up at 61, they score 4 in a row. I get a timeout and the starters are finally ready to get back into the game to try to finish this off. Their man Roberson only has 4 this half to get up to 16, but their talented SF, Carlson, has 12 now when he had 4 or less at the half. We need to get it together quick.
|
2
| 3:30
| 61
| 65
| Still down 4 with 3 ½ to go. Day misses a 3, Black misses a hook and interferes going for the offensive board.
|
2
| 2:40
| 61
| 69
| Day misses two threes in a row and we trail by 8, ugh ugh ugh.
|
2
| 2:00
| 63
| 69
| Day drives by his man and hits a layup. We trail by 6 with 2 left.
|
2
| 1:00
| 63
| 69
| We get two stops in a row, but turn it over once, and Dearman misses a 3 with the other... down 6, one minute left, their ball.
|
2
| 0:40
| 65
| 69
| Block shot by Black, leading to a dunk by Dearman. We're down 4 and its time to foul.
|
2
| 0:38
| 65
| 71
| Their PG makes 1... and 2.
|
2
| 0:15
| 65
| 72
| Day has a quick 3 blocked. They miss the front end, but we miss another 3 on our end, and its going to be all over.
|
Tough loss, I hate the 2-3 zone!
#21 San Diego State 72
#8 Florida State 65
Day just can't come up as a go to guy at the end, but he did a great job keeping us in the game until the end, so I can't fault him too much. Roberson ends up with 16 for them, Calson 13, their PG Ager has 9, SG Lloyd 8, PF Rowland 7. Solid play all over. They shoot 31-61 on the game, 6-13 from 3.
Modica: 6 points
Day: 22 points
Dearman: 10 points/2 boards
Millar: 2 points/8 boards
Black: 8 points/12 boards
Porter: 7 points
We did ok when we could get it inside in the half court set. But holy crap, 3 point shooting, seriously? 3-26. Porter 1-7, Day 2-11, Modica 0-4, Carlisle 0-2, Dearman 0-1, Naymick 0-1. Shoot a 20% clip and we win. Just a terrible performance there.