Kelly continues to impress. He came back into the game with 12 minutes to go and finished the game. I have been impressed with his improvement in stamina this year, especially his 41 minutes on the floor vs Southern Utah. He also now has the ability to watch his defender's hands and change his shot to avoid them, even while he is in the air. Kelly has improved in every single offensive category, scoring, and all his shooting percentages. He gets down the floor little bit faster now, and is not always last. I only hope that Fox does not run him into the ground like he did with Betley, who was last season's best scorer. He needs to play Lars enough to keep Kelly fresh for the stretch run in each game, like he did in this game.
The 5 on the floor for the last 10 minutes, Kelly, Grant, Brown, Shepherd, and Celestine may be the 5 fox trusts the most.
Shepherd is a scorer, but he has to take too many shots to get those points. He usually makes a low percentage of his shots. Instead of taking a low percentage shot, I'd like to see him look for an open teammate instead, or at least kick out to a teammate. If Grant or Celestine can pick up their scoring, perhaps Shepherd could shoot less often. Right now, the team needs his scoring, desperately.
Brown played more under control. Foreman seems to play with confidence as a backup point guard, and is the best backup to Brown, unless Hyder really comes around. He doesn't make much of an impact out there. If Foreman is not able to play, I sure hope Hyder can pick up the slack. Brown can not go full bore for 40 minutes every night.
Celestine hasn't made much impact offensively all year, and this game was no different. I guess Fox likes his defense.
Kuany has really matured. He has confidence and he is aggressive now, on both ends, and on the boards. He seems to have a knack for anticipating loose balls and other opportunities. He needs to develop some other shots, but he has come along nicely.
Grant is in a shooting slump, and he has a good stroke, so he needs to stop taking shots when he is well defended. His shots will start dropping. I think he is pressing a little bit. His rebounding is impressive. Still he does not get offensive rebounds. Cal has been rebounding well, overall, but we need to get on the offensive boards much more, where we can have a chance at easy baskets.
Lars has improved, learned some skills, and is capable of filling minutes now, and having very good games against weaker teams. I hope he gets more minutes than the 5 minutes he got in this game, or the 9.5 minutes which he has been getting.
Alajiki is raw, but impressive on offense. I did see him lose his man on 3 occasions and each time the man scored, so maybe that is why his minutes are being limited. I also saw Kelly lose his man 3 times as well for scores, as I remember. Help defense must be hard to learn, because this happens too often. I don't like seeing players alone and looking for someone to guard, which doesn't happen as often in man-to-man defense.
Other than that, I'd like to see some backdoor cuts, especially to Kuany or Alajiki, and I'd like to see some other plays. I still don't understand this offense, where we use up so much clock, and still don't get a good shot. I think we should have beaten Dartmouth by 15.
The 5 on the floor for the last 10 minutes, Kelly, Grant, Brown, Shepherd, and Celestine may be the 5 fox trusts the most.
Shepherd is a scorer, but he has to take too many shots to get those points. He usually makes a low percentage of his shots. Instead of taking a low percentage shot, I'd like to see him look for an open teammate instead, or at least kick out to a teammate. If Grant or Celestine can pick up their scoring, perhaps Shepherd could shoot less often. Right now, the team needs his scoring, desperately.
Brown played more under control. Foreman seems to play with confidence as a backup point guard, and is the best backup to Brown, unless Hyder really comes around. He doesn't make much of an impact out there. If Foreman is not able to play, I sure hope Hyder can pick up the slack. Brown can not go full bore for 40 minutes every night.
Celestine hasn't made much impact offensively all year, and this game was no different. I guess Fox likes his defense.
Kuany has really matured. He has confidence and he is aggressive now, on both ends, and on the boards. He seems to have a knack for anticipating loose balls and other opportunities. He needs to develop some other shots, but he has come along nicely.
Grant is in a shooting slump, and he has a good stroke, so he needs to stop taking shots when he is well defended. His shots will start dropping. I think he is pressing a little bit. His rebounding is impressive. Still he does not get offensive rebounds. Cal has been rebounding well, overall, but we need to get on the offensive boards much more, where we can have a chance at easy baskets.
Lars has improved, learned some skills, and is capable of filling minutes now, and having very good games against weaker teams. I hope he gets more minutes than the 5 minutes he got in this game, or the 9.5 minutes which he has been getting.
Alajiki is raw, but impressive on offense. I did see him lose his man on 3 occasions and each time the man scored, so maybe that is why his minutes are being limited. I also saw Kelly lose his man 3 times as well for scores, as I remember. Help defense must be hard to learn, because this happens too often. I don't like seeing players alone and looking for someone to guard, which doesn't happen as often in man-to-man defense.
Other than that, I'd like to see some backdoor cuts, especially to Kuany or Alajiki, and I'd like to see some other plays. I still don't understand this offense, where we use up so much clock, and still don't get a good shot. I think we should have beaten Dartmouth by 15.
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