I have not watched them play this year; I remember Hinton and Pigge from last year.
How do we match up against them this year?
I would guess Abdullahi on Hinton, perhaps Clark on Barbour, Stanton on Eisendrath, Hicke on Pigge and Happy on Batties?
I think Abdullahi will play Pigge, who is bulky and plays inside. My guess sHicke plays Hinton.
Harvard has no true center, but all of their players are pretty tall. Davis will be a mismatch, but that is true at both ends.
Tough game. Go Tigers.
Hah! I didn’t think Davis would start.
If he starts, who sits? Clark or Stanton?
If Clark sits, we go even smaller.
I think Davis comes off the bench. It is working so far, and this starting group, win or lose, has largely avoided the prolonged scoring droughts at the beginning of games, as we have seen over the last few years.
I’d put Clark on Hinton. Having a 6-8 guard is useful against an elite midrange shooter like Hinton. Gonna be hard to back him down and shoot over him.
If Davis starts, I’d bring Stanton off the bench. He’s an instant offense type guy who seems to do better when he has the greenlight.
I kinda had Hinton pegged as a driver to the hoop, which is how I arrived at Abdullahi.
Barbour 6’4 leads team in 3’s attempts (96) with 41% make rate. 70% of his attempts are 3.. also leads the team in defensive rebounding by large margin. He also is comfortable shooting way behind the line so have to stay connected to him.
Batties 6’7 lead 2nd in team in 3’s attempted (56) with 51% make rate. leads team in offensive boards. 3rd in assist. leads the team in blocks.
Pigge - 6’5 (senior) 3rd in team in 3’s attempts(55) but only making 29%. 2nd on team in total attempts. 2nd at getting to the line. 2nd best at offensive boards. 1st in assists.
Hinton 6’5 (soph) least team in total FG attempt (202) shooting 49%. only 37 x 3’s attempts shooting 27%. 1st on team in FT attempts and % at 83%. 2nd on team in rebounding (mainly defensive)
Eisendrath 6’2 59 total FG attempts in 16 games.. only shooting 4/17 on 3’s. and 17 FT attempts. 2nd on the team in assist (44) 1st in TO’s. (he is an unwilling shooter)
Barbour = Hicke
Pigge = Malik strength and ability to keep him off the boards.
Hinton = Clark (length)
Batties - Huggins/Happy (guessing Huggins will play more)
Eisendrath - Stanton/Davis
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