richmond is 3-2 including an impressive 91-82 road victory at wake forest & competes in the atlantic 10 conference
the spiders are led by human bulldozers 6'8" 240 lbs terry allen (19.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg & an unselfish 3.6 apg) & 6'9" 235 lbs tj cline (15.6 ppg with a .500 3 point %, 4.6 rpg & a facilitating 3.4 apg) with support from 5'11" 165 lbs shawnee' jones (15.2 ppg) & 6'8" 220 lbs marshall woods (10.2 ppg & 5.2 rpg)...they have significant size yet still distribute the ball for 18 assists vs only 11 turnovers per game
this game will be very revealing re: the dna of this year's california golden bears, will they learn from yesterday's mistakes & bounce back with energy?...t-wall gotta huge size advantage vs their guards & has gotta show leadership when opponents make the inevitable runs in game, wallace needs to be the calming on court presence for the bears to weather the storm...the spiders offense runs thru their highly skilled bigs, are jaylen & ivan gonna avoid foul trouble vs more experienced & highly physical veterans?
cal needs to do a much better job in decisively sharing the ball, the bears were too slow in recognizing passing opportunities last nite in breaking the press, finding open looks vs the zone with the shot clock winding down & feeding young ivee down low...there were also breakdowns defending the aztecs breakaways
last nite there were several bears that were visibly frustrated with themselves & their teammates, guys need to stay together...and yeah, the bench including the assistant coaches could be more vocal, this is not a chess match, ok?
the preseason is a time of building blocks for a strong pac 12 foundation, the richmond spiders are gonna be another challenging opponent
let's do this