About St. Louis vs.the Spiders

[Gallipoli]

St. Louis is a strong defensive team. They pride themselves on playing bully ball defense; it is a physical, grind it out style. They might struggle defending the 3, leaving opportunities for Gilyard and Francis to dribble and drive to the basket. Look for them to pay extra attention to Golden. If so, Sherrod and Cayo will have to step up. However, St. Louis has a decided advantage in rebounding. If they hold the good guys to less than 38% in FG% and less than 30% from 3, then expect the Spiders to struggle getting a win. If we can get more solid play from the bench, and consistent scoring from 4 of 5 starters, we can pull out a W.

 

[gcarter52]

Based on you analysis, do expect the good "Spiders" to win this game today?

 

[Spider B]

If they double GG, we should get open looks from 3. If they don’t, I would like to see GG go right after French and get him in foul trouble. French is very good rebounder.

 

[spider23]

I thought Sherod played a really solid game all around vs URI last weekend. Need that again today. I think Burton will need to have a good game, play physical and grab 5 or more boards. Those are my keys to the game.

 

[Gallipoli]

Based on you analysis, do expect the good "Spiders" to win this game today?

It will either be a double digit win by the Spiders or a very close game, with a Spider W. Or not. If the good guys could lose, don't blame me.

 

[Gallipoli]

If they double GG, we should get open looks from 3. If they don’t, I would like to see GG go right after French and get him in foul trouble. French is very good rebounder.

If they overplay our guards, this will open opportunities for dribble/drives to the basket.

 

[nathanw19]

It will either be a double digit win by the Spiders or a very close game, with a Spider W. Or not. If the good guys could lose, don't blame me.

In summary, anything could happen.

 

[gcarter52]

French is also foul prone. This is a great game for a Spider victory. JG & Francis are due to have good games together today along with the bench players having an impact....Results Spider W.

 

[UR80sfan]

One of the keys to this game is having Sal and Matt play aggressive under the boards and hard foul their big men to force them to take FTs. The are the 2nd worst FT shooting team in D1. We do not want Grant in foul trouble.

 

[urmite]

What we don’t want is for French to have a game like he did against Belmont.
24 rebounds, 7 blocks, 4 assists...

 

[spider23]

One of the keys to this game is having Sal and Matt play aggressive under the boards and hard foul their big men to force them to take FTs. The are the 2nd worst FT shooting team in D1. We do not want Grant in foul trouble.

Good game plan, maybe you should have called Paul and had him relay it to Mooney.