I did a quick run-through of Furman on CBB Analytics:
This is a team that shoots more 3’s than Princeton, and has a higher assist rate than Princeton, so they must pass well. However, their shooting percentage (of 3’s) is somewhat lower than P.
Best player is PJ Smith, a shooting guard, who excels at all three levels: 3’s, midrange, and finishing at the hoop.
Their other guard Nick Anderson does not appear to finish well at the hoop, but shoots the 3 and midrange well.
#1 big man Garrett Hien is an excellent corner-3 shooter, so he may stretch the D (perhaps this allows PJay to finish at the hoop?). The two other bigs are Bowser and Johnston. Bowser does not shoot outside the paint. Johnston seems to be a good shooter but doesn’t get the minutes of Bowser, likely because he does not defend or rebound as well.
Thanks for the report. They are big, so
I think we see our new starting 5 again.
Not sure who guards Smith. Match-ups
like this are why we miss Austin.
We need to play hard and hope some
of our shooters are on. That is likely
a recurring theme against good teams.
St. Jo game announcers said that P arrived one hour before the game and did not practice shooting. Byriel especially shot well that game, so I propose late arrival and no shooting practice for Furman game.
Any news on Jack Scott? He was a key contributor off the bench last year, I was expecting him to be an important part of the backcourt rotation this season given his experience and size.
Didn’t see any news. He struggled mightily even before his thumb injury and I can’t see him playing over Abdullahi or even Seals. Also, I hate to mention this but…
Scott made two HUGE mistakes in the ILT loss vs. Brown that really bothered me - a basket interference that cost us 2pts and an unnecessary foul down 3 with 40s left that iced the win for Brown. Mental mistakes like that are inexcusable from a non-freshman.
He seems like a great guy, but if he’s playing meaningful minutes, we’re in deep trouble.
Unfortunate that Scott made those errors in that game but I will be surprised if he doesn’t play meaningful minutes and make a contribution to this year’s team once Ivy play gets in gear.
My memories of Jack Scott from last season are a lot different than yours. In the Rutgers game he had a key back-cut for a layup late in the shot clock in the second half that stopped one of several Rutgers rallies. In the Cornell game he made a key 3 point shot from right in front of the Princeton bench that gave Princeton the lead (my tickets are right behind the bench, I could see him lining up the shot while the ball was still on the other side of the court). In the Yale home game he ended up guarding Wolf on several possessions in the second half and did a terrific job, despite giving up a lot of height. And in several Ivy games while Princeton was nursing a small lead late he was a valuable player, a very good ball-handler who was also tall enough to enable Princeton to play essentially 4 play guards on offense.
