December 22, 2024
#9 Maryland (10-0) at #4 Florida State (10-0)
TEAM: FSU|UMD
OVR: 93|91
OFF: 93|90
DEF: 91|92
SHT: 95|93
REB: 91|86
COA: 91|93
Maryland graduated 4 starters last year but as we have seen with the limited number of players going pro early its possible to recruit well and reload even after that. They were rated 93 OVR in February last year, so still being up at 91 says a lot for them.
In fact, their PG is rated better than the one that graduated last year. There are small dropoffs in OVR ratings at all other positions, but nothing too huge. They are starting 3 freshmen, but all 3 are rated 80+. They'll be real good for awhile I assume.
Scouting
PG Austen Lenzly – SR – 87 OVR – 97 speed/90 quickness. 92 defense/85 steals. 87 hands/90 passing. 85 close/76 med/82 3/88 off the dribble. Above average, but not coach on the floor awareness (74 off 78 def). Maryland plays a tight pressure defense so having a strong PG, especially with Modica not being the best player in the world at PG on our end. 13.3 ppg/4.0 apg, leading the team in both.
SG Ian Neale – SR – 86 OVR – 97 speed/91 quickness. 86 defense/84 steals. 90 close/83 med/85 3/86 off the dribble. A natural PG. Average athlete at best, 70 off awareness/73 def awareness, ok but not great there. 8.4 ppg.
SF Spencer Grafs – FR – 80 OVR – 6'5” SF – 83 speed/81 quickness. 81 defense/70 steals. 82 close/74 med/68 3/85 in traffic. An incredible dunker(97/A+), great hustle, great leaper, good strength. Should be the guy playing PF instead of Peavy. 9.6 ppg/5.4 rpg.
PF Bryant Peavy – FR – 83 OVR – 6'6” SF – Last year they started a SF at center, size seems to be a consistent issue for the Terps. 64 orb/77 drb. 64 post off/72 post def. 92 close/80 in traffic. A solid shooter and scorer for a SF, and a very, very good freshman. But a poor post guy. 7.2 ppg.
C Jair Jeffers – FR – 80 OVR – 6'7” PF – 78 orb/80 drb. 81 post off/77 post def. 81 close/84 in traffic. 81 off awareness/80 def awareness, solid numbers there. Poor strength for a big,70/B. 8.5 ppg/5.6 rpg.
Their size and strength inside seems like it should be an issue. I've been trying to rely on Day as a secondary scorer behind Mayer, but at least against Maryland, it seems like I need to give heavy focus to Millar and Black inside in the half court.
Seems like a game we should win, but its our first real test so we'll see. Massive 72-38 unity edge inside.
Half
| Time
| FSU
| UMD
| Notes
|
1
| 14:50
| 13
| 11
| Grafs has 8 for Maryland. Black just got a 3 point play and drew foul #2 on Jeffers, so they're out of big men for the rest of the half.
|
1
| 13:00
| 15
| 16
| Backups are in. Mayer leads us with 6, Grafs leads them with 8.
|
1
| 7:00
| 27
| 30
| Maryland leads most of the time the backups are out. Porter scores our last 8 in a row, 3 point play, layup, 3 pointer, and it was tied at 27, a 3 pointer from Maryland puts them back up by 3 as the starters come back in.
|
1
| 4:55
| 33
| 30
| We score 6 in a row and take the lead, an offensive board by Black gets us a 6th man boost, though he misses the putback.
|
1
| 3:20
| 37
| 32
| Black is having a great half against their undersized, out of position players. We're up 5 as Maryland takes a timeout.
|
| HALF
| 47
| 36
| Great half against a top 10 team. We shoot 64%, they shoot 48%. We also draw a large number of fouls with our success going inside.
Their SF, Grafs, leads them with 10. PG Lenzly scores 8 and has 4 assists. They shoot 15-33, just 3-4 from 3, 3-5 at the line.
We're 16-25 from the field, 3-5 from 3, and 12-16 from the line. Mayer leads us with 15, 5-8 from the field, 5-6 at the line. Black has 11, 4-5 inside and 3 free throws, he's doing great inside for us today. Porter has 8, Modica has 5. Day hasn't attempted a 3 pointer heh.
|
2
| 15:25
| 62
| 42
| We get some defense and Mayer gets going big time, he's got our last 7 in a row, including a great 3 point play in traffic.
|
2
| 13:55
| 66
| 44
| Timeout Maryland as we go up 22.
|
2
| 12:20
| 68
| 48
| Backups are in. Mayer has 32.
|
2
| 11:00
| 74
| 50
| Carlisle hits 2 straight threes, we go up by 24, and Maryland takes a timeout.
|
2
| 7:50
| 78
| 55
| Still up big time.
|
They cut the lead to 18 at the 1:50 mark but I never bring the starters back in and just kill off the clock.
#4 Florida State 85
#9 Maryland 71
We ran off to a 15-6 start to the second half and never really looked back. The 14 point margin at the end is a solid 8-10 points closer than the second half actually played. We end up holding a massive 27-16 edge on the boards and Mayer was able to run in transition over a couple stretches, Black gave us a great half, and it was just too much for the Terps.
Their PG, Lenzly, went nuts in the 2
nd half, ending the game with 25 points total after just 8 in the first half. Neale scored 13, Grafs 12.
Modica: 5 points
Day: 3 points
Mayer: 32 points/4 boards/3 assists
Millar: 3 points/7 boards
Black: 13 points/5 boards
Carlisle: 14 points
Porter: 9 points
This was the freak early season conference game that shows up sometimes, so we still have a couple more non-conference games before the rest of the conference season ramps up. Very good win today!