February 26, 2011
Ohio (19-6, 10-3 MAC) at Bowling Green (16-9, 9-4 MAC)
Bowling Green has improved and is now rated 80 OVR.
Scouting
PG Joe Jakubowski – SR – 72 OVR – Game Experience is maxxed out, not sure i've seen that too often before. Good speed, quicks, handling and passing. Good shooter(82 close/77 med/77 3) and good off the dribble. 8.2 ppg/6.0 apg
SG Wallace Mason – JR – 81 OVR – Wow, this guy is a stud. 89 SPD/87 QCK, 85 DEF, 83 Close, 72 Med, 86 3-pt. Great off the dribble or in traffic, clutch rating of 82. Hell his defensive rebounding is 83! We are in trouble. He's averaging 15.2 ppg.
SF Anil Akins – SO – 75 OVR – Akins was hurt the first time around, this actually strengthens them quite a bit. Outstanding rebounder for a 6'6” SF(81/80), great steals guy, great midrange shot and good inside. Averaging 9 points per game.
PF Clif Ahvenniemi – SO – 69 OVR – 6'7”, a little undersized compared to pearson. better rebounder than Minter(79 D), extremely good low post defender(82), but poor post offense. Good clutch rating(74), good vertical and decent strength. 4.5 ppg/3.9 rpg.
C Tarick Minter – JR – 75 OVR – only 6'9”. Not a great rebounder(81 O/74 D). Better post offense than defense(79 O/73 D). ok but not great inside(83 close, 85 shtr). He is very strong and has great awareness. 13.9 ppg/4.0rpg.
Finally another team that we have some size over, nice for a change. They are still a solid rebounding team. In our first matchup Pearson and Freeman had very big days for us.
Half
| Time
| OHIO
| BGU
| Notes
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1
| 13:20
| 26
| 19
| We start out in a 2-3, and that worked well for awhile but they have gotten hot from 3 and we're going to have to switch to man defense. Our offense is really clicking. We have maybe 4 fast break points, but we have 4 3's(2 from Turner, 2 from Freeman), Washington has scored 4, and Dahi and Pearson have both gotten some good looks inside. Backups are coming in now, the game has moved at a pretty brisk pace with few whistles, so we're tired out.
|
1
| 6:50
| 33
| 35
| All the shots that they were missing at our place, they are making here. Our backups played well but they have confidence issues at this point, as they all think they should start apparently, so I have to take what I can get out of them. I burn a timeout as they take the lead and the crowd goes nuts. Starters back in.
|
1
| 4:05
| 36
| 44
| Bowling Green just lobbed up an alley oop pass from about 30 feet from the basket, their guy caught it over my PF and dunked it. I called a timeout to ponder what it is that I just witnessed.
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| HALF
| 43
| 54
| Turner misses a dunk with 2 seconds left in the half, a fitting end to a very difficult half for us.
Mason has 15 for them. SF Akins has 12, backup SF Knight has 10. They're 10-23 from 3. We just can't compete with that.
We're 6-14 from 3 and pretty pleased about that. Turner has 13, Freeman 10. Massey has 7 off the bench. We didn't do a good job getting the ball inside in the latter part of the half. Need to get Pearson going in the 2nd half.
|
2
| 18:30
| 51
| 58
| Two quick 3 point plays cut the lead down to 7. Both in transition, both generate fouls on Mason, his first two fouls. Freeman and Washington were the beneficiaries.
|
2
| 16:30
| 51
| 68
| Wow, just as quickly, they go on a 10-0 run. Mason has 8 of those points.
|
2
| 14:00
| 53
| 74
| We score a basket. At this point worth noting. That was a 16-0 Bowling Green run, it likely ended the game.
|
2
| 11:45
| 55
| 78
| Backups are in.
|
At the 10 minute mark we're down 25 and I throw in the towel.
Bowling Green 98
Ohio 81
This is more of what I feared when I saw Mason the first time around. He was a little off that entire game. Not this one. Mason led them with 33 points. Akins scored 21.
Turner: 16 points/6 assists
Freeman: 16 points
Washington: 12 points/7 boards
Pearson: 6 points/13 boards
Dahi: 6 points/7 boards
I tried a bit too hard to keep up with them from 3 point range, when I should have been working the ball inside more. But I think on this day it was unlikely to matter at all.