1st Assistant Coach David Woodruff
Injury Report: PF Marvin Reese broke his ankle while fighting for a rebound when another player landed on his leg when both crashed to the floor. Marvin is expected to be out 7-8 weeks. Big loss for us. We’ll experiment with 2 different options: (1) moving Sam Dickens to start at PF rather than SF and starting Michael Millford at SF; (2) starting Jason Caldwell at PF. We believe Sam can play well at either SF or PF. Michael had a very strong game coming in off the bench against Oklahoma. Jason was a strong starter last season.
2-Game Eval: Strong wins both times. I know they’re home games, but we weren’t playing pushovers. Out starters looked very good in both games. Our bench had a tough first game, but they came through in our second game, scoring 32 points and pulling down 15 rebounds. I like what we’ve been doing defensively thus far. We’ve worked hard on defense in practice and our guys have responded…very few defensive breakdowns. We’ve been able to keep both opponents off balance and our tight defense has made it difficult for them to get the ball in the hoop.
PF Marvin Reese
Man, I’m bummed by my broken ankle and having to miss a couple months of our basketball season. Things were really looking good for the team and me. Of course I’d played with James Lilly last season, but starting with the 3 new guys has been fun. They’ve brought a whole new energy to the team. The team’s still gonna do good, but not being part of that sucks. Doc says my ankle should heal up fine and I’ll be able to finish out BC’s season. Right now I have to keep weight off of the ankle so I’m sitting around and using some crutches when I have to move. But he says that soon I can wear a walking boot as the bones continue to heal.
This season I’m not the only Reese on the team. Many people assume Courtland Reese is my brother, but he isn’t. I’d never heard of him before he joined us. When she found out another guy named Reese was on the Eagle, my grandmother began doing some genealogical research. It turns out Courtland is a distant relative…a 3rd cousin I think she said. But he’s a part of the family that apparently my side has had no relationship with. Courtland and I now laughingly call each other “Cuz”. Some of our teammates call me Cuz1 and him Cuz2.