November 18, 2040
Paradise Shootout, First Round
(1) #1 Villanova 105, (8) Rice 56
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Rice (0-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
George Cooper C 23 2-6 0-0 0 1 0 3 4
Marvin Brandon PF 14 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 4 0
Quentin Bellows SF 11 3-3 1-1 1 3 0 4 7
John Lavin SG 21 7-11 4-4 0 2 1 1 20
W. Fitzgerald PG 24 0-4 1-2 0 3 3 2 1
Dave Floyd SF 23 3-10 0-0 0 0 0 3 8
Levi Ammerman C 27 1-3 0-0 1 5 0 3 2
Americo Sanz SG 20 1-4 0-0 2 2 3 3 2
Ronald Baker PF 19 1-3 1-3 4 8 1 0 3
George Malinowski PG 13 4-5 0-0 0 2 0 0 9
Justin Davis PF 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Turnovers: 30 (G.Cooper 1, M.Brandon 1, Q.Bellows 1,
J.Lavin 4, W.Fitzgerald 5, D.Floyd 3, L.Ammerman 5,
A.Sanz 4, G.Malinowski 5, J.Davis 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (G.Cooper 1, L.Ammerman 1)
Steals: 7 (M.Brandon 1, W.Fitzgerald 1, L.Ammerman 1,
A.Sanz 1, R.Baker 1, G.Malinowski 2)
3P FGs: 5-18 (J.Lavin 2-4, W.Fitzgerald 0-4, D.Floyd
2-8, A.Sanz 0-1, G.Malinowski 1-1)
Villanova (1-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dan O'Halloran C 28 7-9 1-2 4 7 2 1 15
Chris Wilson PF 27 6-11 2-2 2 7 2 2 14
Israel Moody SF 24 6-16 6-9 2 4 1 1 18
DeAndre Brown SG 17 2-4 2-2 3 7 1 0 7
Kai Smith PG 21 0-1 0-0 0 0 6 3 0
John Cannon SF 24 9-13 4-5 2 4 1 4 28
Zak Marshall PF 18 4-7 3-4 4 6 0 2 11
Nick Spencer SG 22 1-2 2-2 0 1 8 2 4
Jordi Ballester PF 9 2-5 1-2 3 5 0 0 5
Nick O'Brien PG 9 0-1 3-5 0 0 1 1 3
Turnovers: 13 (D.O'Halloran 2, C.Wilson 1, I.Moody 3,
D.Brown 1, K.Smith 1, J.Cannon 1, Z.Marshall 2,
N.Spencer 1, J.Ballester 1)
Blocked Shots: 8 (D.O'Halloran 1, C.Wilson 5,
Z.Marshall 2)
Steals: 22 (D.O'Halloran 3, C.Wilson 3, I.Moody 2,
D.Brown 3, J.Cannon 6, Z.Marshall 1, N.Spencer 3,
N.O'Brien 1)
3P FGs: 7-13 (D.Brown 1-2, K.Smith 0-1, J.Cannon 6-8,
N.Spencer 0-1, N.O'Brien 0-1)
Player of Game: SF John Cannon (VLNV)
We open our season in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where we run out to a comfortable victory over Rice in the opening round of the Paradise Shootout. We're up 64-29 at halftime.
I'm posting the box score so you can see how today's rotation works. I'd say it works well, wouldn't you?
Our 22 steals are a new program record.
John Cannon contributes 6 of these, along with the career-high 28 points he scores off the bench.
Record: 1-0.
November 20, 2040
Paradise Shootout Semifinal
(1) #1 Villanova 76, (5) Florida State 51
This game looks a lot different from the Rice game, but the result's still very pleasant. Again, we keep our opponent from doing the things they want to do.
John Cannon leads us in scoring again, finishing with 24 points and 4 assists.
Israel Moody adds 18 with 4 steals and 3 blocks;
Chris Wilson scores 14, takes down 9 rebounds, and blocks another 5 shots.
Kai Smith finishes with 7 assists,
Nick Spencer 5 with 3 steals.
Record: 2-0.
November 22, 2040
Paradise Shootout Championship
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(1) #1 Villanova 80, (6) Washington State 63
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Washington State (2-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Gilbert Paniagua C 25 1-6 0-1 2 6 1 2 2
John Rodrigue PF 30 2-6 0-0 1 5 1 4 4
Robert Merkle SF 27 7-12 1-4 4 8 3 4 15
Chase Wescott SG 33 4-7 2-5 0 3 3 3 13
Brian Hamilton PG 33 8-10 7-8 0 4 1 2 28
Frank Norvell PG 14 0-4 0-0 0 1 4 4 0
Mikel Dennis PG 8 0-1 0-0 2 3 0 1 0
Charlie Hatchett PG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Fetter C 12 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 2 0
Robert Guffey C 12 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 1 1
Mack Russ SF 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Rainer Kolbl PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 21 (G.Paniagua 2, J.Rodrigue 1, R.Merkle 2,
C.Wescott 4, B.Hamilton 7, F.Norvell 4, M.Dennis 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (J.Rodrigue 3, C.Wescott 1, B.Hamilton
1, T.Fetter 1)
Steals: 6 (G.Paniagua 1, R.Merkle 1, C.Wescott 1,
B.Hamilton 1, F.Norvell 1, T.Fetter 1)
3P FGs: 8-18 (R.Merkle 0-1, C.Wescott 3-4, B.Hamilton
5-6, F.Norvell 0-3, M.Dennis 0-1, C.Hatchett 0-1,
M.Russ 0-2)
Villanova (3-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Dan O'Halloran C 30 2-5 3-4 2 5 4 3 7
Chris Wilson PF 31 10-15 4-6 4 11 3 3 24
Israel Moody SF 29 9-20 3-4 5 6 1 2 21
DeAndre Brown SG 22 1-5 2-2 1 3 6 3 4
Kai Smith PG 26 2-4 2-3 0 0 4 4 7
John Cannon SG 11 0-2 0-0 2 4 0 4 0
Zak Marshall PF 19 2-6 0-0 1 7 1 1 4
Nick Spencer SG 18 0-5 2-2 0 2 2 2 2
Jordi Ballester PF 6 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 1
Nick O'Brien PG 7 2-4 4-4 1 1 0 1 10
Turnovers: 11 (C.Wilson 2, I.Moody 3, D.Brown 2,
K.Smith 2, J.Cannon 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (Z.Marshall 2)
Steals: 9 (D.O'Halloran 1, I.Moody 3, D.Brown 2,
K.Smith 2, Z.Marshall 1)
3P FGs: 3-14 (D.Brown 0-4, K.Smith 1-2, J.Cannon 0-1,
N.Spencer 0-3, N.O'Brien 2-4)
Player of Game: PF Chris Wilson (VLNV)
Washington State upset Wake Forest and Mississippi State to earn a spot in the Shootout final. At halftime, we lead by only three points (40-37), but we play much better during the second 20 minutes and win the tournament trophy.
Chris Wilson and
Israel Moody have no problems scoring against the WSU players who try to guard them.
On the other hand, we shoot threes like it's last year; our 3-for-14 includes a pair from walk-on
Nick O'Brien. I might have to restrict our players' tendency to jack up three-pointers again this season.
Record: 3-0.
