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Post by bballraider on Dec 6, 2007 11:06:47 GMT -5
Thanks Rock70, I am not sure who will guard Haanpaa because he is a tough matchup with his size. I think I would use Todd, at first and see how that goes. I think J.D. will get some minutes against Haanpaa too. If we use Vaughn against Haanpaa then we will have to try to deny the ball to Haanpaa. I would also expect us to press and trap Valpo because they have had some turnover issues in a couple games.
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Post by rock70 on Dec 6, 2007 14:24:52 GMT -5
Tonights game with Valparaiso has been tabbed as the mid major game of the night. www.midmajority.com/2007/12/game-of-the-night-1262007-valp.phpGame! Of! The! Night! 12/6/2007: Valparaiso at Wright State By Kyle Whelliston on December 6, 2007 9:34 AM | Permalink Valparaiso at Wright State (Horizon) Ervin J. Nutter Center - Dayton, OH 7:00 PM EST An embarrassment of small-conference league-game riches tonight. Among other contests, we've got Sacred Heart at CCSU in the NEC, ambitious Morehead State will take on league champs Austin Peay in the OVC, and South Dakota State -- a team we like -- will begin its life in the Summit League Badlands Conference tonight at surprising Centenary. But this one's got serious early-season implications in a conference that could very well send two (or more) teams to the party in March. Tonight we welcome Valparaiso, one of the classic mid-major schools for its late-Nineties Tournament heroics, to the Horizon League. The Crusaders spent their last season in the ex-Mid-Continent building and tooling towards the type of team that will do well in this conference, and the result of a 16-15 shakeout season is a big, tough, defensively-skilled team that could very well win the league in its first try. Valpo has already beaten two potential NCAA teams in Peay and the MAC's Western Michigan, and are ranked second nationally in 3-point field goal defense (22.2 percent). And with a scoring frontcourt of Urule Igbavboa and Shawn Huff (23.4 ppg combined), these 'Sada Boys are definitely going to "crank dat." Wright State won this conference despite all the Butler hubbub last season, remember? And, perhaps, the reason why people aren't talking too much about them is because they've only played three games. The Raiders started late (Nov. 19), plowed Coastal Carolina and Marshall, then lost badly to rebuilding Marist. And Wright is in transition as well, having lost focal point Dashaun Wood (19.6 ppg) over the summer to the cap-and-gown team. But two sophomore guards -- Vaughn Duggins and Todd Brown -- who served in key roles as frosh during the championship campaign, have stepped up to take Wood's points. Duggins and Brown are scoring 33 points between them, and will be the keys if the Horizon League will experience Wright repetition.
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Post by Bomber on Dec 6, 2007 19:59:48 GMT -5
Valparaiso 34 Wright St. 30 at the half
WSU blew an 11 point lead. We need to pick up the intensity.
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Post by Raider Alumni on Dec 6, 2007 20:02:35 GMT -5
We have been lost against their zone. All we do is keep passing the ball around the key until the shot clock runs down then jack up a three. Why doesn't anyone attack the zone and draw a foul for christ sake?
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Post by Doliboabros on Dec 6, 2007 20:06:50 GMT -5
Valpo went on a 20-6 run to end the half. We were up 24-12 at one point.
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Post by Bomber on Dec 6, 2007 20:41:52 GMT -5
WTF, does Gavin think you have to foul everyone attempting to shoot a 3. That's like the third or fourth time he has done that this year.
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Post by Raider Alumni on Dec 6, 2007 20:44:05 GMT -5
We need to put Scottie and Jordan back in.
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Post by Doliboabros on Dec 6, 2007 21:16:02 GMT -5
Wright State 66 Valpo 71
Wright State gave that one away.
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Post by Raiderdog on Dec 6, 2007 21:36:41 GMT -5
Yeah, bummer. Definitely gave that one away. This is where we'll miss Dashaun for a while.....a guy who will take over the game at the end. We'll figure it out, but it may take a bit. Our sophs are very good, but they need to develop into "the guys" down the stretch. That takes a mental toughness as well as a physical one. We'll be ok. Another tough one up next.
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Post by Nutt House on Dec 6, 2007 21:57:59 GMT -5
Horrible way to end the game. Three straight turnovers to give up the lead, then Todd takes an ill advised shot when we were only down by 2. Valpo won because they relied on their experience. We choked.
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Post by Bomber on Dec 6, 2007 22:00:25 GMT -5
Horrible way to end the game. Three straight turnovers to give up the lead, then Todd takes an ill advised shot when we were only down by 2. Valpo won because they relied on their experience. We choked. Makes you want to rethink our early season scheduling. Valpo had already played 7 games going into tonight. We only played 3. With such a young team, we really should have played more non-conference games leading into HL play.
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Post by Tipp City Raider on Dec 6, 2007 22:03:46 GMT -5
That was a good game between 2 talented and well coached teams. We ended up on the wrong side of the win lose column, but it was an enjoyable game to watch.
Good luck the rest of the season Valpo.
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Post by Class of '83 on Dec 6, 2007 22:06:21 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Dec 6, 2007 22:15:22 GMT -5
Give Valpo credit. We took it to them early and they came right back. We went on a nice run at the end of the game and they came right back. They were more poised when they needed to be.
I really like our team, but we need to spend more time running our offense and creating open looks. We spend too much time passing around the top of the key wasting the shot clock. whenever we attacked the basket, good things happened.
Gavin, Ronnie, and Cooper need to adjust to college basketball fast. There is too much of a drop off when Jordan and Scottie are out of the game.
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Post by Willie on Dec 6, 2007 22:26:24 GMT -5
Men Drop 71-66 Decision to Valparaiso in Horizon League Opener Game features 11 lead changes and three ties Dec. 6, 2007 In a back-and-forth game that featured 11 lead changes and three ties, it was Valparaiso that had the final say as the Crusaders scored the final eight points to pick up a 71-66 win over Wright State in the Horizon League men's basketball opener for both teams at the Nutter Center Thursday night. WSU was in control early, using a John David Gardner three and a Vaughn Duggins jumper to go up 24-12 with 7:04 remaining in the first half, but the Crusaders responded with a 20-3 run over the next six minutes, eight coming from Shawn Huff and six by Urule Igbavboa, to go in front 32-27. A Duggins three trimmed the deficit to two, but Jarryd Loyd connected with Huff on a dunk in the closin seconds to give Valparaiso a 34-30 advantage at the break. A three followed by a layup by Brandon McPherson extended the Crusader lead to 39-30 a minute into the second half, but back came the Raiders as they scored 14 of the next 16 points, six each from Todd Brown and Jordan Pleiman, to regain the lead at 44-41. Valparaiso again went up four thanks in part to two Loyd threes, but after a Duggins jumper, two threes from the sophomore guard along with a triple from Scottie Wilson gave Wright State a 55-50 lead at the 9:46 mark. The Crusaders scored 11 of the next 12 points, including two more Loyd threes, to make it 61-56, only to see the Raiders go up 66-63 with a 10-2 burst, capped off with a Duggins three with 2:37 remaining. That turned out to be the final points of the night, however, for WSU as a Huff three tied it with 1:05 left and, following a steal, Loyd had a fast-break layup to put Valparaiso in front for good with 31 seconds to play. Two Igbavboa foul shots at the 14.5-second mark made it a two-possession game and Igbavboa hit another with 3.5 seconds left to round out the scoring. Valparaiso shot 47 percent overall for the game, including 50 percent in the second half and 42 percent from three-point range, while Wright State was at 40 percent despite hitting 12 of 19 threes for 63 percent. The Raiders held a slight 33-30 edge on the boards, including a 12-5 differential on the offensive end, which resulted in a 12-0 margin in second-chance points, but the Crusaders made up for that at the foul line where they were 18 of 24 compared to just eight of 12 for Wright State. Duggins led all scorers with 18 for WSU while Brown had 12 as did Wilson along with seven rebounds. Gardner added nine off the bench while Pleiman had eight points and six boards. Loyd paced Valparaiso (7-1, 1-0 Horizon) with 18 points off the bench, 14 coming in the second half, while both Igbavboa and Huff each had 16 and Jake Diebler 12. Wright State, now 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the Horizon League, faces #13 ranked Butler (8-0, 1-0 Horizon) Saturday night at the Nutter Center starting at 7:00. wsuraiders.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120607aaa.html
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