Time to bounce back against the #1-seed-slaying UMBC Good Boys of the America East Conference.
These guys will be one of the smallest teams we've faced so far this season and they rebound like it. I would expect 6'8 forward Louie Jordan to match up with DO and Prince George's County's own 6'6 forward Josh Odunowo to line up with Baye. They could have a big night as UMBC doesn't even try to rebound the ball on the offensive end, with an ORB% at 350/364 in Division 1. They don't rebound particularly well on the defensive glass either, giving up ORBs on 34% of misses which is good for 306/364. One thing to note however is that teams love to chuck against them on the perimeter, which likely leads to lots of offensive rebounds for their opponents. This could be in part to their breakneck pace on offense as the 22nd fastest team in Division 1. I hope to see some growth in the transition and fast break game tomorrow, but I will hesitate to take much away from it knowing what style of ball the Retrivers play. All things considered, they have not beaten anybody impressive this season and lost to their two power conference opponents by 49 and 24.
I am unfortunately out of town for this one and will be tuning in via ESPN+ but go spend a lovely evening in Midtown and give a warm, Atlanta welcome to our friend @spdrama who has traveled down from New York for our women's games against Rice and Nebraska and men's games against UMBC and Duke.
These guys will be one of the smallest teams we've faced so far this season and they rebound like it. I would expect 6'8 forward Louie Jordan to match up with DO and Prince George's County's own 6'6 forward Josh Odunowo to line up with Baye. They could have a big night as UMBC doesn't even try to rebound the ball on the offensive end, with an ORB% at 350/364 in Division 1. They don't rebound particularly well on the defensive glass either, giving up ORBs on 34% of misses which is good for 306/364. One thing to note however is that teams love to chuck against them on the perimeter, which likely leads to lots of offensive rebounds for their opponents. This could be in part to their breakneck pace on offense as the 22nd fastest team in Division 1. I hope to see some growth in the transition and fast break game tomorrow, but I will hesitate to take much away from it knowing what style of ball the Retrivers play. All things considered, they have not beaten anybody impressive this season and lost to their two power conference opponents by 49 and 24.
I am unfortunately out of town for this one and will be tuning in via ESPN+ but go spend a lovely evening in Midtown and give a warm, Atlanta welcome to our friend @spdrama who has traveled down from New York for our women's games against Rice and Nebraska and men's games against UMBC and Duke.
