American shoots about half of their attempts from 3. They go as their shooting goes. They do turn the ball over a lot. They have many of last season’s players back. Of course, they’ll shoot lights out vs us.
Coached by former Terp Duane Simpkins
No official LRA preview for this one.
American has a 6-5 record, with a NET ranking of 247. They’ve gotten a couple solid wins over GW and Harvard, both at home. The upset of GW capped a five-game win streak heading into a long exam break. Then St. Joseph’s throttled them 84-57 Wednesday in their first game in two weeks. UNC beat them by 50 in mid-November.
The coach is former Terp Duane Simpkins in his 2nd season there, first head coaching job. He seems to have them on the right track. They’ve passed on the portal, choosing to rely on homegrown players. The rotation is a blend of older guys Simpkins inherited along with a few promising underclassmen mixed in.
The two top scorers are both super seniors who’ve been there all five years, all-conference center Matt Rogers (14.6 PPG) is a stretch type big and guard Colin Smalls (12.5 PPG) is having a breakout year hitting 45% from 3. Sophomore forward Greg Jones (8.8 PPG), a recruiting steal from Alexandria, has come on strong lately.
They’re not so different from the other Patriot League team we saw, Holy Cross, only more experienced. Skilled team, everybody shoots the 3. But they lack athleticism. Poor defensive team.
I’m still excited about UVA hoops! Go Hoos! Let’s keep improving.
There’s a game today
Also have small lefty guard Elijah Stephens who was all League defenisive team and good scorer last year and double figures this year.
Looks like a guy that can get it going maybe
Stats:
StatMonitr Stat Feed.
Pbp - fake Doug e fresh
Color - Theo Pinson (interesting)
Wow Theo already
I thought he was still playing. I’m obv a few years behind
Today we beat America.
Seems just a season or two back I’ve seen Pinson at the end of an NBA bench cheering enthusiastically
This glitchy? Or just my cable?
Thanks Haney. Keep some respekt on my name!
Its not me its you
First possession airball fadeaway yeah I’m ready for March lol
Well youre not gonna like the second one either
There’s my first “Jesus fucking Christ” reaction of the day to our offense. Potentially many more to come.