clarkwgriswold

Here's the number for Victim Assistance- (330) 376-0040.

I'm not a soccer guy and can't say that I understand most of the rules, but one thing about the game that has frustrated me in my limited knowledge is just how many calls by the officials are largely subjective.

I too was skeptical of Lyles and figured at best he'd be a 10 or 12 minute guy some day and was likely a transfer portal candidate. As for Scott, I always had faith in him as it was obvious Groce had faith in him as he played him more and more at the end of games as his first season wound down. That's always a good measure of Groce's feelings about a player.

Probably the most talented, definitely the deepest. One area they continue to get beat on defense is on the perimeter. They are dedicated to playing help defense which has the defenders on the off side of the ball sagging into or close in the lane when the ball is on the other side of the floor. When the opponent swings the ball quickly they're caught responding late leaving open threes. They're also getting occasionally beat by cutters to the basket.

The Zips head to Vegas next Saturday to face to the Murray State Racers in the Jack Jones Classic. The Racers are 7-3 with wins over Bellarmine, Morehead State, George Washington, Little Rock, Nicholls, Mississippi Valley, Omaha, Northern State and Xavier, and losses to SMU, Middle Tennessee and McNeese State. Of their three losses, two came in the Caymans against Middle Tennessee, 90-87, and McNeese State, 73-70. Their other loss was 102-91 at SMU. From the Bellarmine website going into their game with Murray: MSU shoots 29.3 threes per game, 36th-most in the country, and ranks 99th connecting at a .360 clip. Defensively, the Racers are in the bottom third of the country allowing 77.3 points per game, a trait that could spell good fortune for the hot-shooting Knights on Saturday. Javon Jackson, playing at his fourth school in as many years, averages a team-best 16.3 points for MSU, 4th in The Valley. The senior guard has taken 116 shots, 52 more than anyone else on the team, but is shooting just .388. Fred King, a former Louisville commitment who played three seasons at Creighton, shoots a team-best .733 and is second behind Jackson with 12.2 points per game. On the perimeter, Bellarmine will need to keep an eye on Mason Miller, who is shooting .512 from deep.

My over 163.5 bet is in peril!

I held back as long as I could. LOL.

Not the 14 year old homers or 90 year old former coaches we usually get. The Marshall color guy was still the best.

This is just the type of thing that drives Groce crazy- this team's propensity to not step on the neck's of their opponents when they get a decent lead.

Enrique obviously has to play for the team that will sign him but I thing the T-wolves aren't a great fit for him.

Under/over 163.5.

Home and away. They come here next year.

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I suspect not from his persistent whining.

It will be interesting to see how the Zips handle the Tulane match up zone. The Zips often seem to have trouble in initially adjusting to a zone. The Tulane zone is different than what they've faced. I hope they can adjust quickly to it rather than get off to a slow start.