3-HS Games Friday and Saturday.
I missed the finals at 70th Bossier Tourney to watch the Cowboys game.
Bossier beat Natchitoches Central by 5. Both teams played 3 games Saturday. My Dad's favorite player J James led Bossier in scoring in the finals. (His father graduated from Parkway in '83 and played in college.)
Thoughts.
Best 3 players at Bossier Tourney. 1st two from Bossier.
Devonte Francis So.(MVP)-As I mentioned to you last year, he deflects and steals so many balls it is uncanny. He dribbles past people at will and led Bossier in Scoring in Tourney.
Jalen West-Jr. The best outside shooter I have not seen this year, throw in his talents at PG and he is special.
KJ Aaron-Jr, Natch Central-5'11? pg-Quick, Defensive hound,strong. (two hand slam in traffic down the baseline.) If he learns to shot a bit better he will be great next year. For some mysterious reason, Aaron did not make the all tourney team, he led them in scoring, likely steals and heart.
LSUS beat Loyola handily 91-65, the first big loss of the year for Loyola.
LSUS is ranked 6th in the nation. Loyola had two of the top scorers in the nation. Numbe 1 and 6 in NAIA.
Before the game, LSUS coach Chad McDowell shared some insight on how he was going to play the Loyola players and it worked perfectly. These two avg 46pts a game but they had 28 last night. He set his defense to be be set in the areas where they take most of their comfort shots instead of trying to chase them through the picks.
The Pilots played 12 people and pushed the pressure at both ends.
LSUS has all American candidate Derrick Parker, 6'6 out of Minden had 18pts and 23rbs. Year Avg 19pt 13rbs.
A tidbit I learned, Loyola runs a set offense that has movements and screens predicated on where the drive or first pass goes. It allows the slasher type players to be aggressively running around screens toward the ball from different angles. I do not know how many options that have with each half court set, but I would hate to try to guess where the next player is going.
LSUS has all American candidate Derrick Parker, 6'6 out of Minden had 18pts and 23rbs. Year Avg 19pt 13rbs.
A tidbit I learned, Loyola runs a set offense that has movements and screens predicated on where the drive or first pass goes. It allows the slasher type players to be aggressively running around screens toward the ball from different angles. I do not know how many options that have with each half court set, but I would hate to try to guess where the next player is going.
McDowell has the best prepared team in La, LSUS is lucky he likes the area.
Even his pre-game is scripted to include ball handling and shots while moving in games situations. He could win big at some other programs.
Ronnie and the girls had a rough night. Losing by 5 to Loyola.
I worry about the ability to score in the half court game.
They will be in all of the games, because of the defense. They made a few runs to win this game, but could not close the gap with the missed opportunities.
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