UK vs UF game talk

[bullish]

Prather did play great, but I believe Patrick Young almost singlehandily controlled the middle, rebounds, blocks, charges and steals. He even got 12 pts I believe. I bet Willie Cauley thought who was that on the block. Welcome to the little Man Mountain. LOL
Scottie played great, if he would have hit a few more shots in close I would agree he was MVP. His defense is uncanny. If you are a guard playing him, you better have a good handle.

[sec1]

i was wrong Young played great tonight and Noel was not a big factor , Prather and Scottie played great as well ....

[gtr2x]

Props to everybody, but if we are giving out laurels, I'd start with Young. Stats, don't always tell the story but tonight they did. He clearly was motivated to play against Noel and won the matchup imo. Cant recall him with so many blocks and rebounds. 11 rbs and 4 blocks and it seemed like he had even more.

[sec1]

i agree..

[rserina]

One thing I thought was essentially is that we spaced the floor, but didn't settle for threes. We only took 14 treys to 39 twos. We moved the ball efficiently (17 assists on 26 made baskets against 10 turnovers) and got to the rim or into the post when those shotblockers were out high guarding Murphy on the arc or the pick and roll stuff.

[dalwood13]

Originally Posted by rserina

One thing I thought was essentially is that we spaced the floor, but didn't settle for threes. We only took 14 treys to 39 twos. We moved the ball efficiently (17 assists on 26 made baskets against 10 turnovers) and got to the rim or into the post when those shotblockers were out high guarding Murphy on the arc or the pick and roll stuff.

Great ball movement tonight. Some careless turnovers in the first half but cleaned it up in the 2nd half and coasted to victory.

[HALLGATOR]

Originally Posted by rserina

One thing I thought was essentially is that we spaced the floor, but didn't settle for threes. We only took 14 treys to 39 twos. We moved the ball efficiently (17 assists on 26 made baskets against 10 turnovers) and got to the rim or into the post when those shotblockers were out high guarding Murphy on the arc or the pick and roll stuff.

This is a good point and it may have caught them a bit off guard.

[TampaGatorFan]

Points in the paint, folks...points in the paint.

[60sDCGator]

I was wrong as well. I never thought we would lose at home, but with Yeguete out, I was a little concerned about Patric as the lone ranger going up against Noel offensively. I was not concerned about his defense, but was looking for Noel to be more of a factor for them as a shot blocker. Patric stepped up, stayed out of foul trouble, which was key and played very well tonight. However the major factor for us tonight in my opinion was our tenacious team defense and the play of our guards, plus the outstanding play of our X factor off the bench in Casey Prather. I thought he was a the player of the game for us tonight considering his overall play on offense, defense and rebounding. We have all come to expect good play out of our starters, but Prather & Frazier have both really stepped up their games since Yeguete went out.