I sense that Boals values getting an offensive bump off the bench from Sekunda and Yeboah, plus you can't bench Saintel and Mitchell and have them enter the game with Almonacy, Iroegbu and Petras. That's a five that can't score whatsoever. Of course you can always stagger the substitutions but Boals seems comfortable with the two lineups, especially in the first half. Truthfully, who cares who starts? What matters is who gets the minutes, especially at the end of the game. Yeboah, Sekunda and Mitchell were even in minutes. I would like to see it slanted more toward the first two but you also have to rotate guys in and out. Yeboah and Sekunda went 1 for 12 with five points, and the latter in particular adds very little defensively. Kam isn't great but it's clear he's among the top 8 guys we have ... which doesn't say much for us but it is what it is.
Worse game: Sekunda 0 for 3, no boards, no assists, no points, 18 minutes. What were you doing out there, son?
It's one game - and he's allowed off nights too - but our success hinges so much on his perimeter shot. When he's getting looks and knocking them down, we can beat anybody. I give Vermont credit. I saw more challenged threes than I feel like I have all year. Manned up, hand up, every time.
We have to be concerned about our defense. 56 percent against is not going to get it done. Vermont got A LOT of layups and they missed a lot of them too. There is simply no reason not to go to the rack against us.
Ernie Duncan awakened. Not sure where he's been the last month but I thought he might break out. That he can shoot like he does AND put it on the floor some is a nice combination.
Lamb's a nice player. Three and a half more years of him #gulp
All this said, Vermont isn't so big and bad. We shot it poorly and couldn't quite get over the hump in the second half. It's early for us to be talking about going up there in March and winning, so let's go and get the 2 seed.
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