Thursday, May 31, 2007

Bahamas News!

With last night's win over another Bahamian club team, the Lobos will return from the Bahamas with a 3-1 record. They split two games with the Bahamian Select team, then blew out two club teams. This was a good opportunity for last year's team to show the new staff just what they could do, and some players did just that. Let's take a look at who helped themselves and who hurt themselves. Keep in mind that these games weren't broadcast anywhere, so this is based solely off of stats and game recaps.

On the Rise:

Roman Martinez - Always known as a hustle player, Roman as usual did a little bit of everything and probably helped his stock more than any other player. He led the team in rebounding with 9 a game and also was third in scoring with 10.5 a game. Roman also shot over 70% from the field.

Tony Danridge - Of course, he's going to play a lot and probably be the leading scorer of next year's team but he helped his cause in a bunch of different ways. First, he averaged 20 points a game. We know Tony can score. In addition to that, Tony also rebounded (5.5/game) and distributed (3.75 apg). He was also second on the team with 8 steals. The only real negative was that Tony had 19 turnovers in 4 games. Ouch.

Daniel Faris - First of all, he still needs to work on staying out of foul trouble, but Daniel averaged 13 points and 9 rebounds while also leading the team in blocks with two a game. He also shot over 60% from the field. Good numbers.

On the Decline:

Darren Prentice - Shot poorly for much of the trip but he made up for it by leading the team in assists.

Chad Toppert - Toppert battled injuries for part of the trip, but he just wasn't shooting the ball like we're used to seeing. He was only 7-28 from three for 25%, practically half of his shooting average last season.

Jamaal Smith - Smith shot a lot and shot poorly, going 2-19 from three and 23% altogether from the field. The only bright spot is at least the guy can hit his free throws, going 11-12. He also had more assists than turnovers.

David Kanyinda - He did little to assert himself in the guard rotation, going 3-11 from three and 18% from the field. He did lead the team in steals and had the best A/TO ratio on the team.

Blake Harden - He didn't do much on the stat sheet, but he missed all four of his three point attempts. He likely won't play much next year.

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