Cleveland State

Queens_NYC · 11-10-2022, 05:58 AM

Thursday, November 10th, 2022
8:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
ESPN+

The Bearcats' first D1 opponent of the regular season will make the 3.5 hour trip down I-71 to Clifton today and participate in the second part of a basketball double header which will feature the women's team taking on Tennessee Tech at 5 pm.

The Vikings are coming off a 20-11 21/22 season and are led by first-year head coach Daniyal Robinson who was previously an assistant coach at Iowa State.

Cleveland State also opened their season against a D2 opponent earlier this week but did not fare nearly as well as UC. They blew a double-digit lead with 6 minutes to go in the game and lost 72-68 to Notre Dame College (also located in Cleveland).

6'8 junior wing and Iowa State transfer Tristan Enaruna contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds. The team shot 4/17 from 3 and an abysmal 8/18 from the FT line.

The Bearcats are 20-point favorites.

sirthought · 11-10-2022, 10:39 AM

Thanks for framing these up, Queens.

skyblade · 11-10-2022, 07:09 PM

Early game makes it look like there's reason to be concerned about our defense and rebounding.

**sedziobs** · 11-10-2022, 07:35 PM

Davenport getting some run at the 3 here.

sirthought · 11-10-2022, 07:47 PM

pretty bad, honestly

Queens_NYC · 11-10-2022, 07:49 PM

Davenport had a nightmare of a half on defense.

We look really disjointed on offense.

skyblade · 11-10-2022, 09:04 PM

What we learned (in a one game sample size):

DDJ is our best player. Though you could make an argument for Lakhin. Nolley is a distant third.

Lakhin is our most important player. There is no room for debate with this statement. Lakhin's backups (Ody and Kalu) were both disasters on the floor. Late in the game Wes went with Ody over Kalu and Ody proceeded to stink it up, but it's a sign he sees the problem. Lakhin better work on his endurance as I foresee him getting far closer to 30 minutes than I would have thought before the season. It might be worth giving Hensley minutes at the 5, but Hensley could also perhaps use more minutes at the 4 if Davenport continues to play like he did tonight.

TheRealMick · 11-16-2022, 05:02 PM

You can score all 50 of your team pts and give up zero pts defending, if other team scored 100 your +/- -50

**waterhead** · 11-18-2022, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRealMick

You can score all 50 of your team pts and give up zero pts defending, if other team scored 100 your +/- -50

In one game the plus minus is less useful. Over time you find out how the team does when you are on the court and off. I track it starting off the season but after 10 games or so...it can tell a lot. 5 games maybe. So we are not there yet...but after Maui I think we are going to have some very useful data.

TheLongHaul · 11-18-2022, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterhead

In one game the plus minus is less useful. Over time you find out how the team does when you are on the court and off. I track it starting off the season but after 10 games or so...it can tell a lot. 5 games maybe. So we are not there yet...but after Maui I think we are going to have some very useful data.

right, so probably shouldn't be used to try to make any argument of single game performance?

11-10-2022, 05:58 AM	#1
Queens_NYC Epic Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,655	Cleveland State Thursday, November 10th, 2022 8:00 PM Fifth Third Arena ESPN+ The Bearcats' first D1 opponent of the regular season will make the 3.5 hour trip down I-71 to Clifton today and participate in the second part of a basketball double header which will feature the women's team taking on Tennessee Tech at 5 pm. The Vikings are coming off a 20-11 21/22 season and are led by first-year head coach Daniyal Robinson who was previously an assistant coach at Iowa State. Cleveland State also opened their season against a D2 opponent earlier this week but did not fare nearly as well as UC. They blew a double-digit lead with 6 minutes to go in the game and lost 72-68 to Notre Dame College (also located in Cleveland). 6'8 junior wing and Iowa State transfer Tristan Enaruna contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds. The team shot 4/17 from 3 and an abysmal 8/18 from the FT line. The Bearcats are 20-point favorites.

11-10-2022, 09:04 PM	#7
skyblade Epic Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1,790	What we learned (in a one game sample size): DDJ is our best player. Though you could make an argument for Lakhin. Nolley is a distant third. Lakhin is our most important player. There is no room for debate with this statement. Lakhin's backups (Ody and Kalu) were both disasters on the floor. Late in the game Wes went with Ody over Kalu and Ody proceeded to stink it up, but it's a sign he sees the problem. Lakhin better work on his endurance as I foresee him getting far closer to 30 minutes than I would have thought before the season. It might be worth giving Hensley minutes at the 5, but Hensley could also perhaps use more minutes at the 4 if Davenport continues to play like he did tonight. Last edited by skyblade; 11-10-2022 at 09:10 PM.

11-10-2022, 10:39 AM	#2
sirthought Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Down by river Posts: 317	Thanks for framing these up, Queens.

11-10-2022, 07:09 PM	#3
skyblade Epic Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1,790	Early game makes it look like there's reason to be concerned about our defense and rebounding.

11-10-2022, 07:35 PM	#4
sedziobs Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 2,395	Davenport getting some run at the 3 here.

11-10-2022, 07:47 PM	#5
sirthought Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Down by river Posts: 317	pretty bad, honestly

11-10-2022, 07:49 PM	#6
Queens_NYC Epic Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,655	Davenport had a nightmare of a half on defense. We look really disjointed on offense.

11-16-2022, 05:02 PM	#8
TheRealMick Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1,016	You can score all 50 of your team pts and give up zero pts defending, if other team scored 100 your +/- -50