February 1, 2010
Howard (9-14, 5-3 MEAC) at NC A&T (9-10, 5-3 MEAC)
Scouting
Here's a chance to get back to .500 overall.
PG Julius Hearn – SR – 61 OVR – 9.1 ppg – terrible shooter, but good speed and ball handling abilities, we'll look to stop him from driving.
SG Torrance Timothy – JR – 64 OVR – 11.4 ppg, an average 3 point shooter, average defender, average speed and driving ability. Quite average everywhere heh.
SF Curtis White – SR – 61 OVR – 9.7 ppg – White is their best 3 point shooter.
PF Emanuel Anderson – FR – 66 OVR – Good low post defender, decent offensive skills and pretty good rebounder. 8.1 ppg/7.9 rpg. 6'7” so he gives up a good bit to Coleman.
C Adam Walker – JR – 60 OVR – Good inside, good rebounder, not as good a defender as Anderson.6 ppg/4.4rpg. Only 6'8” so we've got a good height edge.
We seem to be dominating in the 2-3 zone so yeah, easy choice against a team with just one shooter.
Half
| Time
| NC A&T
| HOW
| Notes
|
1
| 12:45
| 13
| 21
| We're struggling to get out in transition against these guys and struggling in the half court offense too. Backups are in.
|
1
| 5:30
| 27
| 38
| Ugh, we had the lead down to 6... their SF White is killing us. He has 20 points and is making us rethink the zone heh. Starters back in.
|
| HALF
| 42
| 48
| They're shooting 59%, including 6/14 from 3, White is killing us with 22 points. Coleman leads us with 9.
|
2
| 11:45
| 55
| 68
| Very frustrating,we kept the lead at 6 most of the way so far, but never could get it below. Offensive rebounds arehurting us a lot. Backups are in.
|
2
| 4:00
| 72
| 81
| We had it down to 6 again, they just made a 3, and we get our starters back in for the finish.
|
We got the lead down to 3, 85-82 and Ewing had a 3 to tie with about 45 seconds left, but he missed and they made their free throws.
Howard 89
NC A&T 82
Tough loss at home coming off a few wins in a row. They had two shooters that were huting us, we switched to man to man for a bit in the second half and they just get the ball inside too easily then, so we ended up just taking our chances with their shooters, who came up big when it counted.
Alston: 17 points/6 assists
Ewing: 9 points
Shiloh: 2 points
Coleman: 13 points/11 boards
Hayes: 15 points/6 boards
Cruz: 12 points
Shepherd: 8 points
A bit lacking in the game description here, as I found out after I started the game that I needed to be ready to go out at 6:30 and had to rush to get this one done in time.