LU65
Sophomore
Posts: 133
Reg: 07-30-06
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12-06-07 11:49 AM - Post#39691
In response to LU65
What a fun night for the 794 on hand. Yeah, that includes a number of season ticket "no-shows," I'm sure.
Highs and Lows
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Coach Reed decides, for defensive purposes, to start the "more experienced" soph Dave Buckberger on one of the wings. He promptly drains his first shot and 7 of his next 9 (5 from beyond the arc)to finish with 21 points. The freshman he replaced in the starting lineup, Rob Keefer, didn't hang his head but instead calmly hit 3 of 5 (2 for 2 from long range) in his 17 minutes of play.
All 14 dressed for the game say action - even 5'6" frosh, Luke Pelullo. Me and everyone in Section 4 challenge the Media Guide that lists Luke at 5'9." Must have been a typo.
The way we broke the Stoney Brook full to 3/4 court zone press all night and committed only 10 TOs. The same pressure forced Kentucky into 23 TOs just one week ago.
Marquis Hall's 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 0 turnovers. He showed tremendous patience and maturity throughout the game and realized when his shot wasn't there to find the open man with a better look at the basket.
Brian White's 10 boards, 13 points and his baseline driving dunk over two defenders - a shot you'd expect to see if watching an NBA or top flight ACC game. It actually got the 150+ students on their feet along with half the others in the arena.
Bench play. The non-starters contributed 23 of the 76 points scored in the game. That 30% matches nicely the time they spent on the court (56 min/200 min) or 28%.
11 for 15 from beyond the arc. Lehigh improves its already fine mark in this regard, now canning .442 of its long-distance shots (2nd best in the PL). It's not like Stoney Brook is capable of guarding against the three. They held Dartmouth to 13.3% and Kentucky to 10.0% in their prior two games. Lehigh's rapid ball movement was the difference.
Michael Ojo. Will he ever miss a shot? The 6'5" guard/small forward, who can play above the rim, hit another three. That's 2 for 2 (the first being against Albany) in his college career spanning 6 minutes of playing time. Oddly enough, he didn't need all six minutes. The shots came within seconds of his stepping onto the court. Ojo should be fun to watch down the road.
First half ball pressure. It was frantic. Lehigh held SB to 6 for 22 shooting in the first 20 minutes of play.
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Offensive rebounding. While we out-rebounded SB, only 8 of our 37 boards were off the offensive glass. The negative trend continues. In the preceding three games the OR numbers were: 7, 10, and 10. Second and third chance points are not coming our way.
Attendance. Second worse in the PL - topping only Colgate. Let's hope the word spreads on campus and around the Valley that Lehigh has a young and talented team that is fun to watch and could surprise once PL play begins. If not this year, then next.
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