With Mendoza out I'm going to see how many minutes I can get out of Murphy. I'll let Santiago get more minutes at SG than usual and use Lamkin as a backup PG.
January 14, 2016
Kent State (9-6, 1-1 MAC) at Ohio (10-3, 1-1 MAC)
Kent State is the team that stunned us, beating us by 1 at home last year after we'd run off 8 straight conference games. No worries about that kind of upset this year. But we'd like to put some distance between that Ball State beating and our next loss for sure.
Kent State is rated 80 OVR after a bump(they were 79 at the start of the year). 80 off/81 def/84 sht/87 reb.
We've gained overall too, Ohio is now rated 84 OVR (84 off/82 def/87 sht/88 reb). Watson has a day to day injury which probably explains the lower rebound numbers? Also I had their SF, Montgomery, marked as a senior last year. He was a soph, typo by me. This means they return all 5 starters from a team that beat us.
Scouting
PG R. Parsons – JR – 71 OVR – 86 speed but only 79 quickness. Outstanding defender(88), not a steals guy so that's good. 78 close/75 med/72 3, not great but can't leave him open. 82 off the dribble. 8.8 ppg. Average ball handler/passer for a PG.
SG Theodore Holland – JR – 74 OVR – A 3 point shooting specialist, rated 86 from behind the arc. He doesn't look to do much else. 81 defense. 6.6 ppg.
SF :Logan Montgomery – JR – 81 OVR – 83 speed/83 quickness, good for a SF. 84 vertical/81 hustle, both exceptional. 78 defensive awareness, almost unheard of for this level. Good defense for a SF(82), 87 close/75 med/79 3, 79 off the dribble, 89 in traffic. 11 ppg.
PF Herman Bro – SR – 75 OVR – 6'9”, poor rebounder (77 o/73 d). Average on the blocks (76 post offense/75 post defense). 92 close range and 80 in traffic. 10.1 ppg this year.
C Roburt Maye – JR – 71 OVR – 7'1”, a good defensive rebounder(86) but terrible on the offensive glass(72). 69 post offense/77 post d. 86 close/84 in traffic. He's improved in close quite a bit, and with B- potential will continue to improve into a solid player. 12 ppg/6 rpg.
They go 8 deep with 3 backups rated 69/69/68. it gets thin after that.
Half
| Time
| OHIO
| KSU
| Notes
|
1
| 16:30
| 10
| 4
| We start off on a 7-0 run today. Murphy has 2 3's. I go ahead and bring Santiago in for Lamkin.
|
1
| 14:30
| 16
| 6
| 3's from Lufkin and Santiago push our lead to 10, we're making the open shots so far today. Lamkin in for Murphy. I get the feeling I'm going to rotate those two frequently.
|
1
| 13:10
| 20
| 6
| All the Kent State timeouts are helping with fatigue hah.
|
1
| 10:10
| 32
| 11
| We're on fire, killing them. We've been rotating players individually today instead of all the backups at once.
|
1
| 6:00
| 37
| 18
| They score 7 straight and make it 32-18 before we run off a few more here. I call a timeout to get a couple subs in. Current lineup is our starting 5 except Keller instead of Watson.
|
| HALF
| 54
| 29
| That's more like it. The offense we had against Ball State shows up again, and this game we decide to play some defense too. They shoot 11-28, 2-9 from 3. We're 9-17 from 3.
Their backup SG, Laws, has 8 points with both of their 3 pointers. We have 17 from Lufkin in a House-like performance, and 12 from Murphy as he has magically woken up from 3 lately(4-7). Santiago has 9.
|
2
| 15:00
| 64
| 42
| I was hoping to get the lead up to 30 and finish this fast,but they're scoring a lot better this half. Murphy has 2 more 3's and is on fire. Santiago came in for Lamkin and missed 2 wide open 3's right away. Timeout Kent State down 22 here.
|
2
| 12:35
| 72
| 48
| Timeout to get some subs in.
|
With 9 minutes left and a 23 point lead we sim to the end. They cut the lead down to 13 but we win easily.
Ohio 94
Kent State 81
Their star, Montgomery, gets 23. Maye, their center, with 12, couple backups in double figures as well.
Murphy: 23 points (6-9 from 3)
Lamkin: 9 poitns/4 assists
Lufkin: 21 points/5 assists
Bright: 8 points/9 boards
Watson: 3 points/4 boards/5 assists
Santiago: 19 points (5-12 from 3 again)
Garcia: 7 points