By Mark Bacon
A few notable performances.
TRE CAMPBELL: 25 pts, 3-10 2 pt, 1-1 FT, 6-11 3 pt, 5 reb (3 off), 1 asst, 1 st, 8 TO
• Shot on target Sunday
• Not
always quick laterally on defense. Slower players can beat him off the
dribble. Karen Sina (transfer to GW from Seton Hall)
beat him badly off the dribble on one play, and Sina is not
particularly quick.
TREY MOURNING: 20 pts, 6-15 2 pt, 2-3 FT, 2-4 3 pt, 13 reb (4 off), 2 asst, 1 bl, 5 TO
• Trey had a real tough time defending UNC's Marcus Ginyard. Marcus is a very good, veteran player; strong, crafty, good outside shooter. Marcus was way too
quick/skilled for Trey, and killed him off the dribble. When Trey backed
off a bit to defend the drive, Marcus just pulled up and hit 3s.
Marcus probably scored well over 30 points, maybe even 40
• Both Trey and Tre got off
to real hot starts in the game - but then started trying to do a bit too
much, resulting in a lot of turnovers.
AKOY AGAU: 19 pts, 8-10 2 pt, 1-2 3pt, 5 reb (4 off), 1 asst, 2 st, 2 bl, 3 TO
• Displayed a very nice defensive sequence:
trapped on a pick and roll on the perimeter, then recovered to his man
inside to block a shot. Covered a lot of ground quickly
• Very consistent finisher
around the rim. Not real strong, but knows how to use his body,
fakes, and generally just has a feel for working the space inside. Can
finish smoothly with his left hand.
• Looked really comfortable shooting 3s
• Agau is now the type of player Louisville fans waited to see. Does a little
bit of everything, and does not have any glaring weaknesses. Runs the
court extremely well, and has good enough skill/hands to catch the ball
and finish at high speed in transition
• Georgetown's best lineup
just might be Agau at the 4 and Copeland at the 3. Tend to doubt that Agau will be a
starter/play starter minutes, but he has been the best little
surprise of the summer, and I think he can be key player over the next
few seasons.
D'VAUNTES SMITH-RIVERA: 11 pts, 4-6 2pt, 1-2 3pt, 1 reb, 1 asst, 1 bl, 3 TO
• Slow start. Trying to do a bit too much in the first half, but settled into a
groove in the second half and started scoring on his typical crafty
drives and pull up shots.
• Drew a bunch of fouls on the perimeter in the second half, when he was beating defenders off the dribble
• Left game with what
seemed to be a left foot injury in the second half. He seemed to have
hurt this foot a bit earlier in the summer. Probably best for him to sit
out the rest of Kenner to hopefully be healthy for the Hoyas' Italy trip.
LJ PEAK: 25 pt, 4-9 2pt, 2-3 FT, 5-9 3pt, 4 reb, 4 asst, 1 st, 3 bl, 2 TO
• Not as aggressive as usual taking the ball to the basket; not finishing his drives quite as successfully as usual
• Shot well outside. His outside/foul shooting has been encouraging
• Great sequence late in
game: down 5 with 25 seconds left, LJ was fouled while shooting a 3.
Hit first two FTs, missed the third. Grabbed the loose ball rebound,
then stepped back behind the line and hit a 3 to tie the game with about
16 seconds left
ISAAC COPELAND: 21 pt, 5-13 2 pt, 2-3 FT, 3-8 3 pt, 12 reb (3 off), 2 st, 2 TO
• Tends to
settle for pull up jumpers, because with his great elevation and size he
can get this shot off fairly cleanly pretty much whenever he wants to
• Has been working
more on attacking off the dribble. He has a few plays each game where
he makes a real nice off the dribble move, but fails to finish. With
experience and increased strength, he’ll finish more and more of these
shots.
JESSIE GOVAN: 18 pts, 6-11 2 pt, 6-9 FT, 9 reb (2 off), 2 bl, 2 TO
• He and Derrickson covered
each other for most of the game. Govan defended pretty well. Not many
good post ups for Marcus, and Govan did not get pulled outside and
beaten with jumpers/off the dribble (his main weakness right now) very
much
• Strong dribble power move across the lane for a running hook shot
• Has a great baseline spin move to his left
• Had a good drop step spin move to his left, too.
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