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jkrun80 
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12-06-18 08:46 PM - Post#268228    
    In response to KenZ

Let me preface this by saying, I agree 100% with res. It is still early and a lot of newer players are still developing. I expected (and posted elsewhere) that there would likely be some inconsistency with great wins and bad losses. That has proven to be true.

I also agree that Toomer and Moore have really picked up their level of play the last few games, which is great to see. They seem to have recognized they need to be serious scoring options, not just defensive specialist.

I used the word "baffling" earlier to describe the Fairfield and Canisius losses. Perhaps not the right word, but with Sestina out for those two games I expected our three most experienced players to step up then to fill the gap left by Nate and cover for Newman to some extent.

Instead Newman admirably held his own for a guy who played only 74 minutes last year, mostly in garbage time. He played nearly that much in these two games alone.

Not to be critical, but numbers don't lie and Moore and Toomer were basically MIA and Mackenzie did not play up to his normal level. Here are the combined stats for those two games.

---PTS/FG/3FG/FT
PN- 25/ 9-18/ 0-0/ 7-11
KM- 25/ 9-29/ 6-15/ 7-9
BM- 8/ 1-10/ 0-3/ 6-6
AT- 12/ 5-11/ 2-7/ 0-5

Hopefully, we're over that hump (though Kimbal's shooting slump worries me). The team is clearly improving, which is great to see. Res is right that the very fact we can think about being competitive in the PL this year is a great thing. I hope that means a shot at winning it all, but it's going to be an interesting ride.

Edited by jkrun80 on 12-06-18 08:48 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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