12/25/98: (3) Sam Houston St (10-3) vs (1) Vanderbilt (9-3)
Scouting Report
1. Primary defense: M2M
2. Offense focus: Outside (slow)
3. Key players: Jr SG Michael Bryson (12.8 ppg)
4. Two things they do well is shoot high percentage from the field (50% OeFG - #5 Nat'l), and go the FT line a lot (20 FTApg)
Initial instructions
[INDENT]1. Offense Sets / Focus: Auto / Favor Inside
2. Offense Pace / Freedom: 8 / 35%
3. Off / Def Rebounding Crash: 9 / 8
4. Defense Sets / Intensity: M2M / 8
5. Pressure Set / Frequency: Auto / 7
They beat us earlier in the season, 85-84. We allowed them to shoot 51% FG, including 8-13 3PT
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Tip off (1st Half)
15:22, Up 5-4
Both teams are cold, shooting below 30% FG. We'll shift to balanced offense, as VANDY mixes up their defense with 2-3 zone
11:17, Up 13-7
PF Tyrone Walls enjoying a good start, 7 pts, 5 rebs
7:52, Up 23-9
PF Rashif McCoy continuing his good form lately, now with 6 pts, 3 stls off the bench
3:58, Up 34-13
Halftime, Up 36-23
We lapsed to a series of turnovers and allowed VANDY to close the gap.
PF Tyrone Walls leads all scorers with 11 pts, 5 rebs
VANDY's SG Michael Bryson with 8 pts, mostly from the FT line. VANDY scored 13 of their 23 pts from the FT line.
Start of 2nd Half
15:24, Up 44-29
11:58, Up 52-35
We're missing too many shots on our half-court sets, but making up on fast break opportunities
7:59, Up 58-43
We're in the penalty, so this game is far from over. VANDY is +11 in FTA, and can capitalize even further
2:08, Up 75-61
We managed to hit some clutch FGs to offset the FTs being shot by VANDY on almost all of their possessions
JAG Holiday Invitational Champions!
Final score: Sam Houston St - 80, Vanderbilt - 64
Box Score
[INDENT]Walls 19, 7, 0 (*)
Johnson 15, 3, 4, 3 tos
Fredrick 12, 8, 0, 2 blks
McCoy 10, 5, 4, 4 stls
Holmes 8, 5, 4
Field 8, 4, 3, fouled out
Newby 6, 2, 2
Wallace 2, 2, 1
Baxter 0, 1, 0
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Team Stats Comparisons
[INDENT]FG: 48-38%
REB: +8
TO: -5 (13-18)
Paint: +16 (38-22)
2nd Chance : +8
Fast Break: +20 (22-2)
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Post Game Notes
[INDENT]1. We won comfortably despite not having big productions from SG Keith Field and SF Jafar Newby. Much better perimeter defense today as compared to our 1st meeting with VANDY
2. 41 total fouls called, resulting in 55 FTAs combined. VANDY shot 26-32 FT, while we shot 20-23 FT.
3. SG Michael Bryson had a good 2nd half for VANDY, finishing with 20 pts, 7-7 FT
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