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In Jacksonville State's two exhibition games (both close games), they have shot 11-40 from 3-pt range, just 27.5%...
and they have been outrebounded by their D-II/NAIA opponents in those two games....84-77..
despite having one player (newcomer DJ Felder) who has grabbed 26 rebounds in his first two outings as a D-I player after transferring from juco.
Plus - in their two games they are only 38-61 on FT's - 62%
Only four of their bench players have scored at all - and only one of them has hit more than a single basket in either game - so they don't go very deep with their scoring.
One way in which they are a lot like us is a lot of newcomers...more than Bradley has.
They return 3 of their top five scorers but lose a large amount of their minutes played...almost 60%
They currently have four freshmen and five juco transfers who will be playing their first D-I game (Moore, Mitchem, Smith, Kuligoski, Laing, Watson, Felder, Clemmons, Hunter)..and several of those guys performed well in their exhibitions. Felder, Mitchem, & Hunter were starters.
..plus one player who played two years ago at JSU, then left & went to a juco and is now back (White) & two guys who only played minimally the last 2 years before redshirting (Louder, McReynolds).
We need to be physical - and do not allow them to score in the paint since that's the only place they are proficient - and if we put them on the line, they shouldn't hurt us too bad there -
plus - we cannot allow them to out-rebound - they didn't out-rebound their D-II opponent.
and they have been outrebounded by their D-II/NAIA opponents in those two games....84-77..
despite having one player (newcomer DJ Felder) who has grabbed 26 rebounds in his first two outings as a D-I player after transferring from juco.
Plus - in their two games they are only 38-61 on FT's - 62%
Only four of their bench players have scored at all - and only one of them has hit more than a single basket in either game - so they don't go very deep with their scoring.
One way in which they are a lot like us is a lot of newcomers...more than Bradley has.
They return 3 of their top five scorers but lose a large amount of their minutes played...almost 60%
They currently have four freshmen and five juco transfers who will be playing their first D-I game (Moore, Mitchem, Smith, Kuligoski, Laing, Watson, Felder, Clemmons, Hunter)..and several of those guys performed well in their exhibitions. Felder, Mitchem, & Hunter were starters.
..plus one player who played two years ago at JSU, then left & went to a juco and is now back (White) & two guys who only played minimally the last 2 years before redshirting (Louder, McReynolds).
We need to be physical - and do not allow them to score in the paint since that's the only place they are proficient - and if we put them on the line, they shouldn't hurt us too bad there -
plus - we cannot allow them to out-rebound - they didn't out-rebound their D-II opponent.
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