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Re: Alderson Broaddus Basketball
Not that this matters, but....I made every attempt to get to Rex Pyles last night. I left work at 3:30. Upon arriving in Cumberland, the snow was coming down hard. I continued. Going up I-68 to Frostburg, there were 4 salt trucks taking up all 3 lanes and the shoulder. They were all in a row. They were going 25 mph. There was a winter storm warning but I tried. I got to Finzel and it was awful. The next 60 miles would have been treacherous. I turned around at that exit and went home and watched the game. I should have known better.
I thought we played well first half. Two turning points:
*their big white guy hitting two consecutive 3's and another outside jumper. We had the momentum but that was a mismatch, although I thought Mitchell played as good as he could there. Give credit to that guy for nailing those shots. That turned the first half. It was 13-6 us and went to 14-13 them.
*It is ridiculous that we keep starting the 2nd half like we do. The first five minutes of the second half was the ball game. The first 3 they made was bad break. Haywood dove for a loose ball and threw it back in. Their guy got it, reversed the ball and hit an open 3. It is 39-34 at that point. Nothing you can do there. But then Haywood comes down and does some awful move and throws a laser behind him to nobody but one of their players who goes down and gets a layup. We are now down 7. Cooper (who really played well) missed a jumper....they go down hit a 3 and it really unraveled. I give credit that we didn't tank. But this scenario is playing out too often after halftime. We really have to run some plays to get the ball in Bocook's hands on the move. Run him off a double-screen and get him the ball. He is such a great passer that he doesn't have to score. He made a beautiful pass to Cooper in the first half last night. But you have to have your best basketball player getting the ball to start the second half. This poor start to second halfs happened at Cedarville, Ohio Valley was a complete cluster after halftime, Davis & Elkins used a 11-0 run to start the second half on us, Glenville at home, etc, etc. Something isn't translating coming out of the locker room.
I think AB fans should be hopeful after watching Cooper and Bocook play last night. They did well. We need to get some more players around them. I thought Mitchell and Manny got after it hard. Sanders does some good things with the ball. He also made some good fouls that would have been breakaways on transition. I thought he got a little carried away with his emotions near the end of the game. The refs should have called a jump ball much sooner while bodies were scrambling. That would have never have escalated had they called that sooner. Bocook didn't have his best game but they overplayed him a lot. He did do a lot of good things. I like that we ran some nice backdoors early.
The picture on the video looks good. However, I think the school is having some real issues with internet service up there. I don't know if that is a provider issue or what. I had to keep clicking back on the video link last night. That has happened a few times this season. I think the SID does a good job getting the video back up quick.
I plan on being at alumni weekend in two weeks.
Not that this matters, but....I made every attempt to get to Rex Pyles last night. I left work at 3:30. Upon arriving in Cumberland, the snow was coming down hard. I continued. Going up I-68 to Frostburg, there were 4 salt trucks taking up all 3 lanes and the shoulder. They were all in a row. They were going 25 mph. There was a winter storm warning but I tried. I got to Finzel and it was awful. The next 60 miles would have been treacherous. I turned around at that exit and went home and watched the game. I should have known better.
I thought we played well first half. Two turning points:
*their big white guy hitting two consecutive 3's and another outside jumper. We had the momentum but that was a mismatch, although I thought Mitchell played as good as he could there. Give credit to that guy for nailing those shots. That turned the first half. It was 13-6 us and went to 14-13 them.
*It is ridiculous that we keep starting the 2nd half like we do. The first five minutes of the second half was the ball game. The first 3 they made was bad break. Haywood dove for a loose ball and threw it back in. Their guy got it, reversed the ball and hit an open 3. It is 39-34 at that point. Nothing you can do there. But then Haywood comes down and does some awful move and throws a laser behind him to nobody but one of their players who goes down and gets a layup. We are now down 7. Cooper (who really played well) missed a jumper....they go down hit a 3 and it really unraveled. I give credit that we didn't tank. But this scenario is playing out too often after halftime. We really have to run some plays to get the ball in Bocook's hands on the move. Run him off a double-screen and get him the ball. He is such a great passer that he doesn't have to score. He made a beautiful pass to Cooper in the first half last night. But you have to have your best basketball player getting the ball to start the second half. This poor start to second halfs happened at Cedarville, Ohio Valley was a complete cluster after halftime, Davis & Elkins used a 11-0 run to start the second half on us, Glenville at home, etc, etc. Something isn't translating coming out of the locker room.
I think AB fans should be hopeful after watching Cooper and Bocook play last night. They did well. We need to get some more players around them. I thought Mitchell and Manny got after it hard. Sanders does some good things with the ball. He also made some good fouls that would have been breakaways on transition. I thought he got a little carried away with his emotions near the end of the game. The refs should have called a jump ball much sooner while bodies were scrambling. That would have never have escalated had they called that sooner. Bocook didn't have his best game but they overplayed him a lot. He did do a lot of good things. I like that we ran some nice backdoors early.
The picture on the video looks good. However, I think the school is having some real issues with internet service up there. I don't know if that is a provider issue or what. I had to keep clicking back on the video link last night. That has happened a few times this season. I think the SID does a good job getting the video back up quick.
I plan on being at alumni weekend in two weeks.
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