mobrien
Masters Student
Posts: 403
Loc: New York
Reg: 04-18-17
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01-25-24 11:58 AM - Post#362098
It's been a long time since we've played anywhere close to a full 40 minutes of good basketball; we'll need to to beat Yale.
Yale tends to have their bigs drop down pretty far on ball screens, which is why stretch fours like Baker and Djuricic have historically given them fits on pick and pops. The game could easily come down to whether Okpara makes those shots this time (especially when we're playing small lineups with him at the five).
The big matchup on offense, though, will be Mack vs the reigning Ivy DOY in Mbeng. I'd be surprised if Yale starts the game out doubling Mack given how strong a defender Mbeng is, but they might throw a few at him on ball screens. We'll need to be ready to have Lesmond set some more of those again. In any case, there shouldn't be much of a feeling out process for either of them; Mack and Mbeng played against each in the WCAC, so they should have a pretty good idea about what the other likes to do.
Every home game is big.
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