Watched 6 games yesterday. Here are my Gopher related thoughts:
Amir Coffey. Scored three times early around the rim, had an incredible block chasing a guy down in transition, made his foul shots, did a great job rebounding, had a beautiful bounce pass, and then with like 9mins to go in the first half he took a nasty nasty fall and hurt his back. Came back and played a little but then sat for the entire second half for precautionary reasons. Hope that back felt good this morning because the Trent vs Coffey round 2 is about to fill the Target Center tonight.
Gary Trent Jr. Blaine was totally overmatched coming out of a weak section and Gary score 23 points in 22 minutes and then sat for the rest of the night. His scores were on the attack as Blaine had nobody that could deal with him.
Tre Jones. Also played 23 minutes and say most of the second half. Controlled the pace of the game completely, scored four times, dished out 5 assists, was on the bench relaxing. Nothing to really take because the competition could do nothing with him.
Joe Hedstrom. Remember this name. He is a 6-foot-10 sophomore from Hopkins. Scored 10 points yesterday but usually doesn't play. Has an NDSU offer already. Guy is fantastic in position, has a really nice touch, and the best part is he is very aggressive at his size and moves well. Guarantee we will be talking about him a lot in the near future.
Goanar Mar/Gabe Kalscheur. Had what is really about a normal day for them. Both scored 6 field goals, both played well, Goanar had a double-double of 19/12 but had some turnover issues. Competition really wasn't very good (which is a terrible trend in MN HS basketball first round state tournament games) so not much you can take from it that we didn't already know.
Adam Trapp. I have never been more baffled by how a kid was used. He would get post position and it was obvious that the coach instructs his players to lob it up straight in the air and let it fall into his hands like snow falling. Well, he catches that but the floating lob lets two guys come down for a triple team, Adam losses position in the post that he had established, and the smaller guy can push him in the back off the block out of position because he no longer has leverage when he stands to get the ball. Tough day. Scored once, had to guard a 6-ft-5 small forward who has scholarship potential so that didn't go well (Annandale had their guy bring the ball up the floor which took Trapp away from the basket so he wasn't able to be the Post threat on D he usually he). Trapp is running better, and averaged 15/7/4 this year on a team that slows the game way down, but didn't show his touch much and has a hard time moving laterally .
Nate Reuvers. Scored his points from the fol line hitting all nine, had trouble with Reed Nikko who was much stronger and knocked Nate off balance on his shots often which led to the 5-13 fg but Nate fouled Reed out and had a nice double-double of 19/14.
Amir Coffey. Scored three times early around the rim, had an incredible block chasing a guy down in transition, made his foul shots, did a great job rebounding, had a beautiful bounce pass, and then with like 9mins to go in the first half he took a nasty nasty fall and hurt his back. Came back and played a little but then sat for the entire second half for precautionary reasons. Hope that back felt good this morning because the Trent vs Coffey round 2 is about to fill the Target Center tonight.
Gary Trent Jr. Blaine was totally overmatched coming out of a weak section and Gary score 23 points in 22 minutes and then sat for the rest of the night. His scores were on the attack as Blaine had nobody that could deal with him.
Tre Jones. Also played 23 minutes and say most of the second half. Controlled the pace of the game completely, scored four times, dished out 5 assists, was on the bench relaxing. Nothing to really take because the competition could do nothing with him.
Joe Hedstrom. Remember this name. He is a 6-foot-10 sophomore from Hopkins. Scored 10 points yesterday but usually doesn't play. Has an NDSU offer already. Guy is fantastic in position, has a really nice touch, and the best part is he is very aggressive at his size and moves well. Guarantee we will be talking about him a lot in the near future.
Goanar Mar/Gabe Kalscheur. Had what is really about a normal day for them. Both scored 6 field goals, both played well, Goanar had a double-double of 19/12 but had some turnover issues. Competition really wasn't very good (which is a terrible trend in MN HS basketball first round state tournament games) so not much you can take from it that we didn't already know.
Adam Trapp. I have never been more baffled by how a kid was used. He would get post position and it was obvious that the coach instructs his players to lob it up straight in the air and let it fall into his hands like snow falling. Well, he catches that but the floating lob lets two guys come down for a triple team, Adam losses position in the post that he had established, and the smaller guy can push him in the back off the block out of position because he no longer has leverage when he stands to get the ball. Tough day. Scored once, had to guard a 6-ft-5 small forward who has scholarship potential so that didn't go well (Annandale had their guy bring the ball up the floor which took Trapp away from the basket so he wasn't able to be the Post threat on D he usually he). Trapp is running better, and averaged 15/7/4 this year on a team that slows the game way down, but didn't show his touch much and has a hard time moving laterally .
Nate Reuvers. Scored his points from the fol line hitting all nine, had trouble with Reed Nikko who was much stronger and knocked Nate off balance on his shots often which led to the 5-13 fg but Nate fouled Reed out and had a nice double-double of 19/14.
