mattman_121
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Since apparently SD is asleep at the wheel I will give you the skinny on the game tomorrow for the Hornets.
Sac State is coming off a bad loss at Northern Arizona on Thursday and Southern Utah is coming off of a big win at Northern Arizona. Sac State lost 57-50 and Southern Utah won 90-77. This is the first year for SUU in the Big Sky after leaving the Summit league they are under their first year with coach Trent Robinson who was an assistant at LSU as well as a former player at Stanford.
SUU:
Shot 8/30 combined from 3pt range in the first two games of conference play but when on a 3pt shooting barrage last Saturday in the first half and ended up going 7/13 on the game, over the season they are a pitiful 28.3%. Sac State loves to give the opposition wide open threes consistently when they play zone so hopefully they miss or Sac is in trouble. SUU's best player is Jackson Stevenett (6-4) Sr. who is crafty and has a really nice mid range flanked by Aussie PG Damon Heuir who doesn't handle pressure very well and is reckless with the ball, he did a really good job of drawing fouls and making 14-16 and the charity stripe on Saturday. 6-11 Jr Jayson Cheesman doesn't have good post moves, but he is a very good shot blocker and SUU as a team is a very adept at blocking shots. I haven't seen them play anything but man to man so Sac State should be able to get rhythm on offense and score some points after being in a slump of late.
Keys to the Game
1) Take care of the basketball: the hornets have been one of the best teams in the conference this year at taking care of the ball and got away from that Thursday when the Hornets turned it over 22 times including a 7 TO performance from McKinney. Southern Utah on the other hand has made a habit out of turning the ball over consistently this year and they have the 5th worst TO% in the nation currently. If Sac State takes care of the ball SUU will give the Hornets extra possessions. TO's lead to run outs and easy buckets, just what the doctor ordered for a struggling offense.
2) Garrity Aggresssion: Garrity needs to come off of PNR looking to score the basketball and draw fouls when he does the offense is much better. Garrity has struggle the first 3 league games going 8/23 from the field and I think this has a lot to do with the amount of zone defense that Sac St has seen in the those games I'm pretty sure SUU plays exclusively man so we should see a better game. He needs to step onto the court every night with the attitude that he is the best player on the court. If they blitz the PNR look for the high-low to screener. SUU does not play good PNR defense so they Hornets should take advantage.
This is a game that the Hornets should win and is very important game for the Hornets because they are going to play 3 games this week and a 4 game road trip vs PSU/EWA then ISU/WSU.
Sac State is coming off a bad loss at Northern Arizona on Thursday and Southern Utah is coming off of a big win at Northern Arizona. Sac State lost 57-50 and Southern Utah won 90-77. This is the first year for SUU in the Big Sky after leaving the Summit league they are under their first year with coach Trent Robinson who was an assistant at LSU as well as a former player at Stanford.
SUU:
Shot 8/30 combined from 3pt range in the first two games of conference play but when on a 3pt shooting barrage last Saturday in the first half and ended up going 7/13 on the game, over the season they are a pitiful 28.3%. Sac State loves to give the opposition wide open threes consistently when they play zone so hopefully they miss or Sac is in trouble. SUU's best player is Jackson Stevenett (6-4) Sr. who is crafty and has a really nice mid range flanked by Aussie PG Damon Heuir who doesn't handle pressure very well and is reckless with the ball, he did a really good job of drawing fouls and making 14-16 and the charity stripe on Saturday. 6-11 Jr Jayson Cheesman doesn't have good post moves, but he is a very good shot blocker and SUU as a team is a very adept at blocking shots. I haven't seen them play anything but man to man so Sac State should be able to get rhythm on offense and score some points after being in a slump of late.
Keys to the Game
1) Take care of the basketball: the hornets have been one of the best teams in the conference this year at taking care of the ball and got away from that Thursday when the Hornets turned it over 22 times including a 7 TO performance from McKinney. Southern Utah on the other hand has made a habit out of turning the ball over consistently this year and they have the 5th worst TO% in the nation currently. If Sac State takes care of the ball SUU will give the Hornets extra possessions. TO's lead to run outs and easy buckets, just what the doctor ordered for a struggling offense.
2) Garrity Aggresssion: Garrity needs to come off of PNR looking to score the basketball and draw fouls when he does the offense is much better. Garrity has struggle the first 3 league games going 8/23 from the field and I think this has a lot to do with the amount of zone defense that Sac St has seen in the those games I'm pretty sure SUU plays exclusively man so we should see a better game. He needs to step onto the court every night with the attitude that he is the best player on the court. If they blitz the PNR look for the high-low to screener. SUU does not play good PNR defense so they Hornets should take advantage.
This is a game that the Hornets should win and is very important game for the Hornets because they are going to play 3 games this week and a 4 game road trip vs PSU/EWA then ISU/WSU.
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