Charleston Southern, 7 PM, ACC Network (and McCamish!)

[T-Bone Burdell]

Plenty of years where we lose a game like this.
Nice to see the win.

 

[MidtownJacket]

@HenryUsher hope your son heals up quickly. Hell of an effort tonight!

 

[deeznats]

Usher was clearly sick. Shivering and gasping for air at times. He is a hero to have played as he did. With no rim protection, the offense will have to carry us. And, Miles Kelly was really good tonight. Very encouraged. Debo couldn’t hit a three and struggled. Point guard play was better but still need more from those guys. Too many bad decisions.

Then after the game, he hugged every single player on Charleston Southern. Would have been a better if we were playing Duke.

 

[GTbball2016]

Watching replay now....Usher was awesome out there

 

[CuseJacket]

 

[CuseJacket]

Had to be done

 

[HenryUsher]

Had to be done

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Now that’s funny lol

 

[kg01]

Had to be done

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You win the internet today, sir.

 

[HenryUsher]

You win the internet today, sir.

Yes he did.

 

[GT11]

Don’t ever doubt the heart and desire of this young man as well as the rest of the team. Every GT supporter should be proud of this group. They play the game the way it should be played and give it all for each other every night

 

[GTbball2016]

Some observations, besides Usher being awesome:
- Kelly is a creative finisher, wouldn’t mind seeing him get more shots
- Coleman seems to either be very locked in for a game or not (experience will help this)
- Howard will foul out in ten minutes against legit interior guys if he doesn’t move his feet more
- Saba looked really good at the high post
- Smith needs to be stronger with the ball, especially when going to the rim
- far too many turnovers this year kicking the ball out to Khalid, only for him to be cutting to the rim and his teammate not knowing
- Once again, thank god for Usher. GT had 4 straight awful possessions late in the game that reminded me of Miami-Ohio game, but CSouthern went cold.

 

[KeystoneJacket]

Nice job getting the win under less than ideal circumstances. It was probably closer to a 25-point win but for a poor shooting team they hit some deep threes.

Deebo had a freshman game. Glad to get those out of the way against this type of opponent. He and Kelly will be key contributors. For Kelly, it's nice to see a freshman make some contested layups. It's a small thing, but it seems like it's been a while.

Saba has a nice touch. Hopefully he can eventually hit the elbow jumper with some consistency like Lammers did. Would open up the offense even more.

Defense is still coming around. Honestly, think part of it last night was the staff just not wanting to show much.

 

[GTbball2016]

Howard has finished around the rim way, way better than last year. I wish he would have taken a free throw line jumper once last night to keep them honest. CS wasn’t even defending him 12 feet from the hoop, and it made for some incredibly awkward passes by him.

 

[majorQ9]

Classic Joshium in the post game

 

[YlJacket]

With flu running through the team, just take the win and run. Type of game that we would have found a way to lose first part of last year. There were stretches of low energy - especially on the defensive end that could have been fatal but weren't. Write that off to flu and likely some of the other less than stellar play as well. Don't know who all was suffering.

The upside is Usher fighting through things and the solid play of the 5's. Also Sturdivant started doing what he was doing the end of last year - using his thickness to get where he wants to and getting his shot off. Won't be able to do it in the ACC like he did yesterday but still good to see him take advantage of the opportunity.

With more energy on the defensive end we win by 20+ with no sphincter tightening in the second half. Was good to see the defensive energy improve at the end of the game when we ran away.

 

[FEWrecker]

Thank you for the recap and evaluation of the Jackets in playing with Charleston Southern.
Any one has more information on Tristan Maxwell? He broke his right foot and did not play much last year but seems he has not played much or at all this year. The last game should be a coming out party but did not see him play at all.
Is he in Pastner's dog house?

 

[forensicbuzz]

Closer than the final score indicated, but happy with the win, especially with Devoe out. Got some players some good minutes tonight.

Not as close as the final score indicated. This game was never in question and was always a quick run or a cold streak by CS from being a blow-out.

 

[Golden Tornadoes]

After watching the game last night, I was very impressed with this team. Like others have said, this is the type of game that we would have lost in past seasons. Even with the flu, Devoe out, and low energy, we still found a way to battle through it and make it not as close as the score indicated. Even when they cut it to 6 in the second half, I never really felt worried that the team was going to cough up the game. Deivon showed last night why we went and got him from the transfer portal. He just needs a little more seasoning to be a really, really good player for us in the future. Sturdivant regained his form from the end of the year last year to really contribute to the game last night. I'm excited for Kelly to mature and really get his feet under him so that he can show what he can do on the court. Deebo had a typical freshman game, but after the past performances he put on, he gets a pass in my opinion. Saba had his coming out party last night and hopefully he can build on it.

 

[forensicbuzz]

After watching the game last night, I was very impressed with this team. Like others have said, this is the type of game that we would have lost in past seasons. Even with the flu, Devoe out, and low energy, we still found a way to battle through it and make it not as close as the score indicated. Even when they cut it to 6 in the second half, I never really felt worried that the team was going to cough up the game. Deivon showed last night why we went and got him from the transfer portal. He just needs a little more seasoning to be a really, really good player for us in the future. Sturdivant regained his form from the end of the year last year to really contribute to the game last night. I'm excited for Kelly to mature and really get his feet under him so that he can show what he can do on the court. Deebo had a typical freshman game, but after the past performances he put on, he gets a pass in my opinion. Saba had his coming out party last night and hopefully he can build on it.

Saba's still learning. He'll get there. He's still thinking about what he needs to do instead of just knowing and doing instinctually. At least that was my interpretation of what I saw.

 

[slugboy]

We definitely have some players who can use more game reps. We got 8 players into the game, and I wish we could have gone deeper.

Really good minutes for Sturdivant and Deivon. Aside from the fouls, Howard had a strong game. For only playing 12 minutes, Saba has some good stats.

	Basi
Starters	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jordan Usher	36	9	15	.600	6	11	.545	3	4	.750	3	4	.750	1	9	10	3	1	0	1	0	24
Kyle Sturdivant	31	7	13	.538	6	11	.545	1	2	.500	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	17
Deivon Smith	30	4	11	.364	4	10	.400	0	1	.000	3	5	.600	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	3	11
Rodney Howard	27	6	6	1.000	6	6	1.000	0	0		0	0		2	4	6	3	0	0	3	4	12
Khalid Moore	26	2	4	.500	2	4	.500	0	0		0	0		3	3	6	0	2	0	2	0	4
Miles Kelly	22	4	6	.667	4	4	1.000	0	2	.000	0	0		0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	8
Dallan Coleman	16	1	3	.333	1	1	1.000	0	2	.000	1	2	.500	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	3
Saba Gigiberia	12	2	3	.667	2	3	.667	0	0		2	2	1.000	0	3	3	3	1	2	0	1	6

Provided by CBB at Sports Reference: View Original Table
Generated 11/23/2021.

Advanced Stats are interesting. For feeling the flu, Usher had himself a game. I think these stats are right—I remember Coleman with some turnover issues.

	Adva
Starters	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	BPM
Jordan Usher	36	.716	.700	.267	.267	4.1	32.3	19.2	13.3	1.5	0.0	5.6	25.4	144	96	7.9
Kyle Sturdivant	31	.612	.577	.154	.154	0.0	4.2	2.2	14.9	0.0	0.0	12.6	26.4	116	107	-5.4
Deivon Smith	30	.417	.364	.091	.455	4.9	8.6	6.9	9.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	22.7	104	101	-10.0
Rodney Howard	27	1.000	1.000	.000	.000	11.0	19.1	15.3	17.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	17.2	135	102	0.2
Khalid Moore	26	.500	.500	.000	.000	17.1	14.9	15.9	0.0	4.2	0.0	33.3	11.9	92	95	-4.7
Miles Kelly	22	.667	.667	.333	.000	0.0	5.9	3.1	13.1	5.0	0.0	0.0	14.1	145	95	3.2
Dallan Coleman	16	.387	.333	.667	.667	0.0	8.1	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	34.0	18.9	52	105	-22.9
Saba Gigiberia	12	.773	.667	.000	.667	0.0	32.3	17.2	35.3	4.6	20.2	0.0	16.7	176	77	24.4
School Totals	200	.624	.607	.180	.246	25.9	77.4	53.4	45.7	9.6	6.1	12.9	100.0	116.4	95.9

Provided by CBB at Sports Reference: View Original Table
Generated 11/23/2021.