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Gonzaga 97
North Dakota 66
A good victory. Six players in double figures. I like how we are passing the ball around. Kispert led the scoring with 20 and Petrusive with 19. Watson had 15 Timme 16 on 8-10 shooting. Gilder and Ayayi each contributed ten points. Petrusive had 15 rebounds, Woolridge and Watson with 8 each. Nice job guys. The Zags shot 57.7% from the field and 43% from beyond the 3 point line. Kispert shot 3-6 and Ayayi 2-4. Great Ninja shooting you two. Zags only committed ten turnovers so that was good.
Petrusive could have gotten 30 if the Zags had wanted that. He was just big and too tall for North Dakota. Watson is smooth, Timme is pretty clumsy, but dang he somehow finds the basket and gets it in (8-10 shooting).
IMO The Zags have a lot of work to do on the defense. I've watched a couple of games by top 10 teams and their defense seemed much tougher than Gonzaga's. So far I don't see any tough guys inside. Timme is pretty tough and has the body to be a force on D, but he just doesn't have the footwork at all, or knowledge or instincts. He could also be a better rebounder. The Zags seem to lose their man often, and seem to deep in the middle and left North Dakota wide open for a lot of 3 point shots. I didn't like the spacing on defense, and maybe because we are not tough enough down low we need our wings playing off their men and in a helping position on the inside.
I'm getting tired of seeing Gonzaga shoot mostly layups or 2,3, 4 foot shots. Kispert is the only player who I have seen shoot a mid-range pull-up jump shot. Woolridge goes to the hoop almost 100% of the time. And imo he does it way too often. I don't see him being a passer/assist man that I feel we need from our point guard. I like how Ayayi, Kispert and Watson pass. I am most impressed with these guys making good, solid passes to the post. I hate to say it, but I am not impressed with Gilder at all so far, neither on offense or defense. He got beat time after time after time by that North Dakota point guard. I heard so much about his tough defense. I sure haven't seen it yet. Petrusive did a real good job passing out of the double team the second half, and I thought that that was really good for this early in the year. He is looking very, very good. Much better than I thought he'd be. I thought he'd be an outside shooter, but he's a darn good post player.
I like Watson's game. He's unselfish. No ego. He works hard and is constantly moving. He's a good passer and seems to constantly looks for an open player to get the ball too. Kispert too.
Yes. I'm being picky. I know we got 97 points, but the way we are playing now will not be the same against Texas A&M. One thing that does look good is our fast break and pace. We are playing at a very fast pace and I wonder if teams will be ready for that this early in the year.
That's a rap. Have a good night and a great day tomorrow.
Go Zags!!!
North Dakota 66
A good victory. Six players in double figures. I like how we are passing the ball around. Kispert led the scoring with 20 and Petrusive with 19. Watson had 15 Timme 16 on 8-10 shooting. Gilder and Ayayi each contributed ten points. Petrusive had 15 rebounds, Woolridge and Watson with 8 each. Nice job guys. The Zags shot 57.7% from the field and 43% from beyond the 3 point line. Kispert shot 3-6 and Ayayi 2-4. Great Ninja shooting you two. Zags only committed ten turnovers so that was good.
Petrusive could have gotten 30 if the Zags had wanted that. He was just big and too tall for North Dakota. Watson is smooth, Timme is pretty clumsy, but dang he somehow finds the basket and gets it in (8-10 shooting).
IMO The Zags have a lot of work to do on the defense. I've watched a couple of games by top 10 teams and their defense seemed much tougher than Gonzaga's. So far I don't see any tough guys inside. Timme is pretty tough and has the body to be a force on D, but he just doesn't have the footwork at all, or knowledge or instincts. He could also be a better rebounder. The Zags seem to lose their man often, and seem to deep in the middle and left North Dakota wide open for a lot of 3 point shots. I didn't like the spacing on defense, and maybe because we are not tough enough down low we need our wings playing off their men and in a helping position on the inside.
I'm getting tired of seeing Gonzaga shoot mostly layups or 2,3, 4 foot shots. Kispert is the only player who I have seen shoot a mid-range pull-up jump shot. Woolridge goes to the hoop almost 100% of the time. And imo he does it way too often. I don't see him being a passer/assist man that I feel we need from our point guard. I like how Ayayi, Kispert and Watson pass. I am most impressed with these guys making good, solid passes to the post. I hate to say it, but I am not impressed with Gilder at all so far, neither on offense or defense. He got beat time after time after time by that North Dakota point guard. I heard so much about his tough defense. I sure haven't seen it yet. Petrusive did a real good job passing out of the double team the second half, and I thought that that was really good for this early in the year. He is looking very, very good. Much better than I thought he'd be. I thought he'd be an outside shooter, but he's a darn good post player.
I like Watson's game. He's unselfish. No ego. He works hard and is constantly moving. He's a good passer and seems to constantly looks for an open player to get the ball too. Kispert too.
Yes. I'm being picky. I know we got 97 points, but the way we are playing now will not be the same against Texas A&M. One thing that does look good is our fast break and pace. We are playing at a very fast pace and I wonder if teams will be ready for that this early in the year.
That's a rap. Have a good night and a great day tomorrow.
Go Zags!!!
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