Quickzips Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Oral Roberts sweeps into town tomorow night to close out the non-conference season. This one has all the makings of the classic trap game for the Zips. Final OOC game of the season, at home, big matchup with the Golden Felons looming to open the MAC regular season schedule, underperforming team that has some talent. The Zips can't look past the Golden Eagles in this one. Despite a 5-10 record, they have some good talent. They are lead by a dynamic 6'6" wing-forward in Dominique Morrison who leads the team in scoring (18.4/game), is second in assists (2.3/game) and third in rebounding (4.9/game). Morrison can score from anywhere on the floor and is shotting 51% from the floor and 43% from 3 point range. 6'10" Sophomore Center Damen Bell-Holter leads the team in rebounding at just over 7 per game while also contributing just under 12 points per game and will be a tough matchup for Zeke. Bell-Holter is also a capable outside shooter having knocked down 7 of 17 from outside this season. The Eagles' frontcourt is rounded out by Steven Roundtree, a 6'7" freshman. He's a capable rebounder at 6.7 boards per game and he can put the ball in the hoop scoring 12.5 per game. Sophomore Guard Warren Niles from Cincinnati also averages 12 points per game and likes to jack the ball up from 3. The rest of their lineup doesn't seem too involved in the offense, and if they have one big weakness it is depth. As a team they only go about 7 or 8 deep. Beyond that, the Golden Eagles are a pretty solid team. If the Zips want to take some momentum into the MAC schedule they can't overlook this Oral Roberts team, they've played a tough schedule (Missouri State, Tulsa, Utah, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Missouri, Miami(FL), Oakland) and are a better team than their record indicates. Don't look past the Golden Eagles in anticipation of the Golden Felons. Let's get out of the OOC season on a high note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm hoping to see the Zips bring the kind of intensity into this game that they plan to bring to the Can't game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Let's hope we dont overlook these guys, but I don't see that happening. I'm seeing a fairly easy win, by 10-15 points as it's about time for Zeke to go off again. ASN Preview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Use this game as an "audition" for the right to play against Can't. If you can't bring the intensity required to beat the flushes against ORU, we'll play someone who can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 As of 12:30 pm EST, there is no line on the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm hoping to see the Zips bring the kind of intensity into this game that they plan to bring to the Can't game. When was the last time the Zips brought any sort of intensity to a K.e.n.t game? K.e.n.t has intimidated us big-time over the past 2 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 As of 12:30 pm EST, there is no line on the game. Update: 5Dimes has the Zips as 5 point favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 As of 12:30 pm EST, there is no line on the game. Update: 5Dimes has the Zips as 5 point favorites. If the Zips come out with the kind of intensity they did against Pine-Bluff they should win by at least 5, probably 10 or more. I doubt you will see a 30 point blowout like you did against Pine-Bluff, but a pretty sound win SHOULD be in store. That said, this Zips team is pretty hard to predict. If the 3's aren't falling, and Nik and Zeke start getting frustrated down low, this could be a long night. As for Can't, I really have no idea what to expect at this point. I really want to see how the Zips come out of tonight before thinking about Saturday. This Can't team is not the same Can't team we've seen the last two years, and without Guyton they are struggling to find their way. To be fair though, the Zips have been a roller-coaster ride all year themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 When was the last time the Zips brought any sort of intensity to a K.e.n.t game?The year Boz swung that elbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 When was the last time the Zips brought any sort of intensity to a K.e.n.t game?The year Boz swung that elbow. I wouldn't count out the game when Wood hit the game tying three-ball before Can't wont it on the last shot. We were down a lot and we really fought hard in the second half. That would have been the best Zips win of all-time in basketball if we would have pulled that one off. And it was pandemonium in the JAR late in that game, best crowd i've ever seen there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Sagarin says the Zips should win by 4.35 points. That's absurd. Give the points and take the Zips who will win by 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Sagarin says the Zips should win by 4.35 points. That's absurd. Give the points and take the Zips who will win by 14. Who's absurd now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Who's absurd now? Sagarin by about .35 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Hard to grab a lot of rebounds when your opponent is shooting 60%+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdZip Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Hard to grab a lot of rebounds when your opponent is shooting 60%+. If you assume defensive rebounds are easier to come by than offensive rebounds, ORU had 8 offensive rebounds so even if we held them to 0 our total would only have been 22. Another key statistic is that ORU turned the ball over 21 times to our 6. That's 15 less chances to get a defensive rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Hard to grab a lot of rebounds when your opponent is shooting 60%+. If you assume defensive rebounds are easier to come by than offensive rebounds, ORU had 8 offensive rebounds so even if we held them to 0 our total would only have been 22. Another key statistic is that ORU turned the ball over 21 times to our 6. That's 15 less chances to get a defensive rebound. It was actually 39-20 in rebounds according to the official box score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Hard to grab a lot of rebounds when your opponent is shooting 60%+. If you assume defensive rebounds are easier to come by than offensive rebounds, ORU had 8 offensive rebounds so even if we held them to 0 our total would only have been 22. Another key statistic is that ORU turned the ball over 21 times to our 6. That's 15 less chances to get a defensive rebound. Agreed, last night's rebounding differential is pretty misleading. Not saying that we are a good rebounding team or anything. We've been dealing with problems cleaning the glass all season, but last night is a night that I can give a bit of a pass on. When you look at the much larger turnover differential and the fact that ORU only missed 20 field goals all night compared to 34 misses for the Zips (the turnover differential lead to 14 more field goal attempts for the Zips), you get a much clearer picture of what went on last night. The bigger issue for us last night was absolutely horrible interior defense. When ORU had the ball last night it was pretty well guaranteed that one of 3 things was going to happen. Either ORU was going to turn it over out front, Zeke was going to block a shot around the rim or ORU was getting an easy layup. We can't count on our opponents turning the ball over 23 times and Zeke blocking 4 shots every night. We HAVE to play better defense around the basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Hard to grab a lot of rebounds when your opponent is shooting 60%+. If you assume defensive rebounds are easier to come by than offensive rebounds, ORU had 8 offensive rebounds so even if we held them to 0 our total would only have been 22. Another key statistic is that ORU turned the ball over 21 times to our 6. That's 15 less chances to get a defensive rebound. It was actually 39-20 in rebounds according to the official box score. Somebody tell these guys..... http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=310032006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Outrebounded 37 to 14!!! Hard to grab a lot of rebounds when your opponent is shooting 60%+. If you assume defensive rebounds are easier to come by than offensive rebounds, ORU had 8 offensive rebounds so even if we held them to 0 our total would only have been 22. Another key statistic is that ORU turned the ball over 21 times to our 6. That's 15 less chances to get a defensive rebound. It was actually 39-20 in rebounds according to the official box score. Somebody tell these guys..... http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=310032006 They are missing two team rebounds by ORU and six by Akron. I don't think i've ever seen that many team rebounds in a game though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I know he's given a lot of heart and effort to the team, but I was wondering last evening if it wouldn't have been better to have given a few of Bardo's minutes to Egner. He surely wasn't going to do much worse than the others were on defense and he has a much higher offensive potential. Plus he needs some experience for the "real" season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezy123 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 One thing I did not like last night was the Zips after Abreu fouled out. Dambrot has to take the blame on the conservative play with about 6:00 minutes left in the game. The Zips were playing not to lose the game rather than playing to win the game. I don't mind killing time when you're up by 20 points, but being only up by about 10 or 11 is to passive to win a game. Good teams are aggressive and take any chance out of coming back by pouring the pressure on opponents rather than moping around killing time and not hitting shots and then getting burned in transition. A win is a win, but next time I would like to see the Zips attack at the end instead of playing like the prevent defense NFL teams do which always cost them the game. KD rally your troops man, MAC season is here and this is no time to let up on the gas. Pour it on more than ever at the end of the game. A deserving win, but barely.zips.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 One thing I did not like last night was the Zips after Abreu fouled out. Steve French would agree. I wasn't able to attend Monday night's game, but I listened online, and Frenchy mentioned on two separate occassions - after Abreu had been substituted for - that "the Zips are back to their old ways of running offense." He was referring to the low-scoring, pass-pass-pass-pass-pass around the perimeter & finally launch up a contested 3. Abreu for team MVP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromdaBurgh Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I heard somebody say that they need to stop playing NOT TO LOSE and play to WIN!. I thought that was a very interested perspective! Any thoughts ZN fam?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I heard somebody say that they need to stop playing NOT TO LOSE and play to WIN!. I thought that was a very interested perspective! Any thoughts ZN fam?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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