Bison137
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01-01-18 11:19 AM - Post#241683
In response to jkrun80
This one's going to be much tougher than American. Boston put up 90 pts vs. Army. The defense will need to tighten up.
Boston U has had an average offense this year, but as you note, they put up big points vs Army. There were a few reasons for that:
1. Army is one of the fastest-paced teams in the country, and there were a lot of possessions in this game.
2. Boston shot 12-26 (46%) on threes - well above their normal 37%.
3. Army played poor defense in the final minutes (maybe a futile press?) and then committed 8 intentional fouls in the last 1:14. Thus Boston scored 29 points in the final 7 minutes and went 11-16 from the FT line in the final 1:14.
4. Cedric Hankerson had a break-out game, ending with 34 points. He hit 5-6 on twos, 5-8 on threes, and 8-10 on FT's. Many will remember that Hankerson was one of the league's top players back in 2014-15, making 2nd team All-PL, before suffering two knee injuries. He also was a preseason 1st team All-PL the following season, but missed the whole year with injury. Then last year he was very mediocre. Has scored 20+ in three of the last four games. If he has suddenly become what he used to be, that would make them very tough.
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