by randy » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:59 am
1/9/96: #18 Sam Houston St (15-0, 2-0) @ Texas A&M Corpus Christi (6-9, 1-1)
TAMCC is -5 in team prestige; we lost at their home court last season
Scouting Report
1. Primary defense: Man
2. Offense focus: Outside
3. Key players: SG Tony Driver (15.5 ppg) and man-mountain 275-lb C Regie Kamouna (7.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg). Both Driver and Kamouna were named 1st Team All Conference last season. They are deep though, with 5 other players capable of scoring
Initial instructions
[INDENT]1. Offense Sets / Focus: Auto / Balanced
2. Offense Pace / Freedom: 7 / 65%
3. Off / Def Rebounding Crash: 9 / 8
4. Defense Sets / Intensity: Auto / 8
5. Pressure Set / Frequency: Auto / 9
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Tip off (1st Half)
15:16, Up 11-4
Rowles relishing the challenge of going up against Kamouna; he has 4 pts and 3 rebs. TAMCC shooting 1-6 FG
11:58, Up 13-10
TAMCC's Driver with 2 fouls.
7:33, Up 22-19
Rowles with 9 and 6. TAMCC already with 9 team fouls
Halftime, Up 39-30
It's old-school basketball out there, with 2 opposing big men batling each other out. Rowles having a monster game with 15 and 6; his counterpart, Kamouna, has 8 pts on 4-4 FG for TAMCC. Burditt contributed 7 pts, while TAMCC's leading scorer, Tony Driver, only with 2 pts on 1-5 shooting. We need to do a better job on the FT line; we shot only 9-14
Start of 2nd Half
14:48, Up 47-36
Off rebounds are 11-2 to our advantage; K Griffin, Rowles, and Doss just muscling their way against the big men of TAMCC
9:40, Up 51-44
This is far from over. We're shooting poorly than TAMCC, 42-44%
5:45, Up 58-53
I'm bringing back Burditt after a short rest. Rowles now with 21 and 9.
3:29, Up 60-57
Slowly but surely, TAMCC has climbed back to this game
Burditt drives to the basket and knocks down the shot. Burditt has 13 pts, but only 6-17 FG. We'll go man defense all the way, and increase defense and rebounding intensities
3:18, Up 62-57
We fouled their PF Wormley on the act of shooting. 2 FTs. He hits both
3:00, Up 62-59
F Griffin throws a terrible pass over the head of Thomas. His 4th turn over. TAMCC ball
TAMCC's SG Driver only has 4 pts, 2-11 FG. But he's their go to guy. He drives to the lane and got fouled by Burditt. 2 FTs. Driver missed the 1st. Gets the 2nd
2:39, Up 62-60
We go to Rowles at the post. he puts up a shot. Block by Kamouna! TAMCC recovers the ball. It's now with their PG Hunter. Hunter attempts to make a pass. A horrible pass by Hunter! Turn over #14 for TAMCC. I called a time out. We'll run motion, hoping to get the ball to Rowles at the low post again, with Thomas as the passer
1:39, Up 62-60
Thomas has the ball. He sees the open lane. He drives and puts up a shot. It was a little strong. Thomas gets the offensive rebound. Looks for the open man. Finds K Griffin. K Griffin shoots, and hits a tough shot in traffic! Not the play we had in mind, bu we'll take it
1:23, Up 64-60
TAMCC's SF Richardson missed. TAMCC's SG Driver didn't even touched the ball on that possession; he was visibly pissed with his team mates. Thomas grabs the offensive rebound. I call another timeout. This time, Burditt will get the inbound pass, and just do his thing
0:57, Up 64-60
They immediately foul Burditt. Only their 3rd team foul. Four more fouls given up by TAMCC. And boy, the clock seems to run very slow during these situations. 5 successive fouls by TAMCC only took 5 secs off the clock!
0:52, Up 64-60
F Griffin missed the front end of the 1-and-1. But Rowles with another offensive rebound; his 10th rebound. They immediately foul Rowles
Rowles gets the 1st. And the 2nd. Rowles has 25 pts. TAMCC calls a time out
0:40, Up 66-60
Burditt picks off the bad pass from TAMCC's PF Wormley. Long outlet to Thomas who is ahead of everybody else. Slam dunk! TAMCC calls another time out
0:28, Up 68-60
Kamouna missed the shot. Driver gets the offensive rebound. Thomas fouls Driver immediately. Smart play; it's only our 4th team foul. 0:10 left. They missed a desperation 3. Game over
Final score: #18 Sam Houston St - 68, Texas A&M CC - 60
Box Score
[INDENT]Rowles 25, 10, 0, 9-12 FG
Burditt 13, 4, 1, 3 tos
K Griffin 11, 3, 1
Thomas 10, 3, 4
F Griffin 7, 3, 5, 4 tos
Jeffries 2, 2, 0
Doss 0, 8, 2
Cook 0, 1, 0, 2 stls
Slater 0, 1, 0
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Team Stats Comparisons
[INDENT]FG: 44-44%
REB: +6 (13-5 off)
TO: -3 (12-15)
Paint: +10
2nd Chance : +12 (14-2)
Fast Break: +6
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Other Notes
[INDENT]1. After cutting down our lead to 2 in the 2:39 mark, 62-60, TAMCC went scoreless for the remainder of the game. Their inability to get the ball to their main men, Driver and Kamouna, cost them the game.
2. Both teams failed miserably from the outside; TAMCC shot 4-21 (19%) from 3PT, ours only a little better at 3-11 (27%)
3. TAMCC's C Regie Kamouna went scoreless in the 2nd half, while SG Tony Driver finished with only 5 pts
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Southland Conference Standings
[INDENT]Sam Houston St, 3-0
Texas San Antonio, 2-1
Central Arkansas, 2-1
Texas St, 2-1
Lamar, 1-2
Texas A&M CC, 1-2
Texas Arlington, 1-2
Nicholls St, 0-3[/INDENT]