good effort tonight- PC was the better team. was it me or did they hit 100% of the FTs in the last few minutes??? pipkins was 10/10!
PC is good. they play a tough schedule, they grab lots of O-boards, hit FTs. their press worked. and we got into moderate foul trouble.
ill repeat what i recently wrote- garcia is the calming presence on this team. he might be our MVP or at least unsung hero. we need him to initiate more, i think.
Pipkins certainly helped ice the game for sure. PC is very athletic. Our high TO total hurt us, but love the way we fought to the end. I think Elijah, Garcia, and Foreman (aka 4man) are our top 3 guns. Elijah has really improved his shooting over last year, but still takes a few out-of-rhythm 3's that make you cringe. Foreman has had 2 bad shooting nights in a row, including a couple of bad 3's tonight. IMO, I give any of them the green light on shooting 3's, but they need to be a bit more prudent on choice of shots at times. Also, 33% shooting from 3 is equivalent to 50% from 2, and we shot 35.5% from 3 tonight, so as a team we did pretty good. Garcia is a complete player - really good on the inside, good rebounder, good defender, and all-around junk yard dog. He has a propensity to get into foul trouble though, largely due to his intense play. He continues to get better, and is definitely a leader on this team.