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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Portland State vs. UCSB Men's Basketball Game Preview, by Gaucho Freg
UCSB vs. Portland State
Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 7PM
Quick Bite: The Gauchos are coming off a 19 point victory over NAIA Menlo in a game that was competitive through about halfway through the second half. Amadou Sow had a career high 25 points on 9-10 free throws and added 10 boards for the double-double. Devearl Ramsey sat the game out nursing a minor (hopefully) injury and is expected to play. The Vikings defeated Grambling in the Thunderdome yesterday 84-74. Neither the Gauchos or the Vikings are very good at defense so expect the scoreboard to be busy.
By the Numbers
Portland State:
Best win (NET): SJSU (A)
Worst Loss (NET): Portland (H)
Trend: Won 2
Portland St.-UCSB History
UCSB All-time record vs. Vikings: 6-2
Last game (2018): UCSB 76-69, in Boise
Last year’s game recap: Four Gauchos scored in double figures, led by Armond Davis with 20, as UCSB took the lead at the end of the first half on a Davis 3 and did not relinquish it. Jarriese Blackmon had a near double-double with 11 points and 9 boards. Amadou Sow had his worst game of his season last year with just a single point and 2 boards.
Head Coach:
Third year Coach Barrett Peery did a great job in his first season, taking the Vikings to their first 20 win season in 10 years while not playing a single home game on campus as their new arena was being built. With a lot of roster turnover, the Vikings stepped back a bit last year going 16-16, showing improvement during Big Sky play. His overall record is now 36-30. Before joining the Vikings, he was Assc. HC at Santa Clara and was an extremely successful HC of two JCs, including College of Southern Idaho (Armond Davis, Roberto Gittens)
Roster
For the second consecutive year, Coach Peery has a roster with a lot of new faces. Looks like he shook up the roster as only a few players return from last year’s team with only a couple lost to graduation. He does return top scorer and assist maker in Junior Holland Woods and his top rebounder, third leading scorer in Sal Nuhu. Grad transfers Markus Golder (Valpo) and Alonzo Walker (Idaho State) were rated two of the best by CBB Central, each adding athleticism, defensive ability, and the ability to play a role to the mix. Meanwhile, the presence of Santa Clara import Matt Hauser has freed up Woods to score more while adding scoring punch himself..
PSU has led the country in full-court press frequency in each of Peery’s two seasons at the helm. Last year, the Vikings pressed 44% of the time, a significantly higher mark than 2nd-place UNC Greensboro’s 36% clip and earn a lot of steals in the process.Peery extends his athletic guards and wings across the entire floor and relies on anchor Sal Nuhu to protect the paint. Unfortunately, while this style is unique and “sexy”, it has yet to produce any real results, as PSU’s defense ranked 8th in the Big Sky in 2017-18 and 9th (and bottom 50 in the country) last year per KenPom. Issues have come from allowing too much near the rim despite Nuhu’s presence and sending opponents to the free throw line at a much-too-high-rate. The Vikings have done well forcing turnovers and limiting outside chances, but they must improve their hacking and back-line help to challenge for a conference title.
Offensively, the Vikings have relied heavily on the offensive glass to score points. PSU ranked #1 in the country in OR% last year (17th in 2018-19), a result of hard glass crashing, skilled rebounders all over the floor, and brutal outside shooting.
Possible Starters
Guard Matt Hauser #3 6’0”, 170 lb, Senior (transfer from Santa Clara) 17.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 33 mpg
Leading 3pt shooter (38.2%), also leads team in minutes played (34) Sat out last season. Was a starter most of his junior hear @ Santa Clara.
Guard Holland Woods #3 6’0”, 170 lb, Junior, 18.5 ppg, 5.6 apg, 2.5 rbp, 2.8 spg. 34 mpg
Leeds the team in getting to the line, shooting 85%, and in assists. Second in 3pt makes.
Guard Chris Whitaker #3 6’3”, 200 lb, JC Transfer Sophomore, 7.0 ppg, 3.2 rbp, 19 mpg
Points come off drives to the paint, not a 3 pt shoter.
Forward Alonzo Walker #22 6’6” 210lb GT (Idaho St) 11.3 ppg, 6.8 rbg, 26 mpg
F/C Sal Nuhu #10 6’8”, 215 lb, Senior 6.8 ppg, 4 rpg, 21 mpg.
Not an accurate shooter for a big, only 38% and 50% FTs
Possible Key Reserves:
Forward Rashad Goolsby #23 6’7”, 200 lb, Senior 7.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg
Playing starter minutes, 27 pg and leads the team in rebounding.
Wing Marcus Golder #2 6’6”, 195 lb, Senior (Valpo) 5.8 ppg, 14 mpg
Started about half the games in his last year @ Valpo, averging 9 ppg and 4 rpg. Last season went to a JC.
Guard Ian Burke #5 6’5”, 185 lb, Sophomore (Seattle), 2.5 ppg, 13 mpg
Solid 3 pt shooter, 5-15 for the year.
Guard Kyle Greely #5 6’5”, 185 lb, RS Freshman, 6.0 ppg, 9 mpg
Has played just 4 games
Forward Trey Wood #23 6’9”, 210 lb, RS Freshman 2.5 ppg, 11 mpg
Match-up overview:
The story for this game is defense, or the lack thereof. Both teams rank near the bottom in this category so expect an entertaining, high scoring game. Like last year, the matchup between Ramsey and Woods will be one to watch. Woods was just 2-6 from the field but had 9 ft attempts, making 7. He had 2 assists vs 2 TOs and 4 fouls. Ramsey was just 1-9 from the field while dishing 3 assists vs 2 TOs and had 3 fouls. Given that Ramsey has not been himself and it may be that the groin injury suffered in the BWT has had a lingering impact, this matchup is worrisome. If Ramsey is not up to task, then McLaughlin will likely fill in and he’s not been great defensively this year either. Portland St has two forwards that rebound the ball well in Walker and Goolsby so Sow will need to work hard to keep them off the glass. Neither of those players are big and it could be interesting to see if Idehen can earn Pasternak’s trust and spend less time on the bench than he has and see if SB can exploit a size advantage.
Keys to the game for the Gauchos:
- Improvement in perimeter defense. UCSB has been getting torched by guard penetration and this is a strength for the Vikings. Ramsey sat out last game and his defense & play in general has not been where it was last year. It could be he did not fully recover from the injury suffered in the BWT. McLaughlin has not been all that great either on defense and he may have to have to have a greater role if Ramsey is not able. Cyrus could be key in slowing down Woods and/or Hauser.
- Improvement in help defense in the paint. While Freeman has been everything as billed on offense, shooting an outstanding 45% from deep and scoring 10ppg, he has been a liability on defense. Not sure if he has the footspeed to change that overnight so help defense from the guards and from Sow needs to happen. Help defense on guard penetration too, lets see an increase in charging fouls against the opponents.
- Heidegger to get through his mini two game slump.
Prediction: Should be a fun up-tempo game with a lot of offense and little defense. With advantages in the front court, JP should choose to slow it down once to get Sow, Idehen and Freeman more touches. Gaucho depth & frontcourt prevail, UCSB 85 Portland State 79
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Fun fact about Portland State:
Portland State became a full-fledged university in 1969 but existed in various forms prior, starting as a school of higher learning for WWII vets in 1946 on a junior high school campus. Large, about 29k students, it has a lot of transfer & commuter students. Of hoops interest, Freeman Williams, ’78, is the second all-time NCAA scoring leader, trailing only Pistol Pete Maravich. He accomplished this in only 106 games and without the benefit of the three point line.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 7PM
Quick Bite: The Gauchos are coming off a 19 point victory over NAIA Menlo in a game that was competitive through about halfway through the second half. Amadou Sow had a career high 25 points on 9-10 free throws and added 10 boards for the double-double. Devearl Ramsey sat the game out nursing a minor (hopefully) injury and is expected to play. The Vikings defeated Grambling in the Thunderdome yesterday 84-74. Neither the Gauchos or the Vikings are very good at defense so expect the scoreboard to be busy.
By the Numbers
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| Record | 3-3 | 1-3 |
| Away/Home (D1 only) | 2-2 (A) | 1-1 (H) |
| National Rankings | ||
| Composite (DCI 1&2, BPI, SOR, KP, Massey, Sagarin) |
213 | 206 |
| NET | N/A | N/A |
| SOS | 232 | 220 |
| CBS Preseason Rank | 216 | 162 |
| SI Preseason Rank | 302 | 137 |
| Preseason Poll Pick | 6th | 1st – 2nd |
| Efficiency Rankings (Pomeroy) | ||
| Offense | 168 | 94 |
| Defense | 327 | 280 |
| Scoring | 82.2 | 76.0 |
| FG% | 42.7% | 50.2% |
| 3Pt % | 29.8% | 32.0% |
| FT% | 71.0% | 80.7% |
| PPG Allowed | 78.2 | 73.6 |
| FG % Defense | 47.2 % | 47.7 |
| 3Pt % Defense | 36.9% | 41.9 |
| Steals PG | 11.7 | 3.6 |
| Blocks PG | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| Rebounding Margin | 0.0 | +7.6 |
| Assists/Turnovers PG | 12.4/13.0 | 15.8/13.0 |
Portland State:
Best win (NET): SJSU (A)
Worst Loss (NET): Portland (H)
Trend: Won 2
Portland St.-UCSB History
UCSB All-time record vs. Vikings: 6-2
Last game (2018): UCSB 76-69, in Boise
Last year’s game recap: Four Gauchos scored in double figures, led by Armond Davis with 20, as UCSB took the lead at the end of the first half on a Davis 3 and did not relinquish it. Jarriese Blackmon had a near double-double with 11 points and 9 boards. Amadou Sow had his worst game of his season last year with just a single point and 2 boards.
Head Coach:
Third year Coach Barrett Peery did a great job in his first season, taking the Vikings to their first 20 win season in 10 years while not playing a single home game on campus as their new arena was being built. With a lot of roster turnover, the Vikings stepped back a bit last year going 16-16, showing improvement during Big Sky play. His overall record is now 36-30. Before joining the Vikings, he was Assc. HC at Santa Clara and was an extremely successful HC of two JCs, including College of Southern Idaho (Armond Davis, Roberto Gittens)
Roster
For the second consecutive year, Coach Peery has a roster with a lot of new faces. Looks like he shook up the roster as only a few players return from last year’s team with only a couple lost to graduation. He does return top scorer and assist maker in Junior Holland Woods and his top rebounder, third leading scorer in Sal Nuhu. Grad transfers Markus Golder (Valpo) and Alonzo Walker (Idaho State) were rated two of the best by CBB Central, each adding athleticism, defensive ability, and the ability to play a role to the mix. Meanwhile, the presence of Santa Clara import Matt Hauser has freed up Woods to score more while adding scoring punch himself..
PSU has led the country in full-court press frequency in each of Peery’s two seasons at the helm. Last year, the Vikings pressed 44% of the time, a significantly higher mark than 2nd-place UNC Greensboro’s 36% clip and earn a lot of steals in the process.Peery extends his athletic guards and wings across the entire floor and relies on anchor Sal Nuhu to protect the paint. Unfortunately, while this style is unique and “sexy”, it has yet to produce any real results, as PSU’s defense ranked 8th in the Big Sky in 2017-18 and 9th (and bottom 50 in the country) last year per KenPom. Issues have come from allowing too much near the rim despite Nuhu’s presence and sending opponents to the free throw line at a much-too-high-rate. The Vikings have done well forcing turnovers and limiting outside chances, but they must improve their hacking and back-line help to challenge for a conference title.
Offensively, the Vikings have relied heavily on the offensive glass to score points. PSU ranked #1 in the country in OR% last year (17th in 2018-19), a result of hard glass crashing, skilled rebounders all over the floor, and brutal outside shooting.
Possible Starters
Guard Matt Hauser #3 6’0”, 170 lb, Senior (transfer from Santa Clara) 17.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 33 mpg
Leading 3pt shooter (38.2%), also leads team in minutes played (34) Sat out last season. Was a starter most of his junior hear @ Santa Clara.
Guard Holland Woods #3 6’0”, 170 lb, Junior, 18.5 ppg, 5.6 apg, 2.5 rbp, 2.8 spg. 34 mpg
Leeds the team in getting to the line, shooting 85%, and in assists. Second in 3pt makes.
Guard Chris Whitaker #3 6’3”, 200 lb, JC Transfer Sophomore, 7.0 ppg, 3.2 rbp, 19 mpg
Points come off drives to the paint, not a 3 pt shoter.
Forward Alonzo Walker #22 6’6” 210lb GT (Idaho St) 11.3 ppg, 6.8 rbg, 26 mpg
F/C Sal Nuhu #10 6’8”, 215 lb, Senior 6.8 ppg, 4 rpg, 21 mpg.
Not an accurate shooter for a big, only 38% and 50% FTs
Possible Key Reserves:
Forward Rashad Goolsby #23 6’7”, 200 lb, Senior 7.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg
Playing starter minutes, 27 pg and leads the team in rebounding.
Wing Marcus Golder #2 6’6”, 195 lb, Senior (Valpo) 5.8 ppg, 14 mpg
Started about half the games in his last year @ Valpo, averging 9 ppg and 4 rpg. Last season went to a JC.
Guard Ian Burke #5 6’5”, 185 lb, Sophomore (Seattle), 2.5 ppg, 13 mpg
Solid 3 pt shooter, 5-15 for the year.
Guard Kyle Greely #5 6’5”, 185 lb, RS Freshman, 6.0 ppg, 9 mpg
Has played just 4 games
Forward Trey Wood #23 6’9”, 210 lb, RS Freshman 2.5 ppg, 11 mpg
Match-up overview:
The story for this game is defense, or the lack thereof. Both teams rank near the bottom in this category so expect an entertaining, high scoring game. Like last year, the matchup between Ramsey and Woods will be one to watch. Woods was just 2-6 from the field but had 9 ft attempts, making 7. He had 2 assists vs 2 TOs and 4 fouls. Ramsey was just 1-9 from the field while dishing 3 assists vs 2 TOs and had 3 fouls. Given that Ramsey has not been himself and it may be that the groin injury suffered in the BWT has had a lingering impact, this matchup is worrisome. If Ramsey is not up to task, then McLaughlin will likely fill in and he’s not been great defensively this year either. Portland St has two forwards that rebound the ball well in Walker and Goolsby so Sow will need to work hard to keep them off the glass. Neither of those players are big and it could be interesting to see if Idehen can earn Pasternak’s trust and spend less time on the bench than he has and see if SB can exploit a size advantage.
Keys to the game for the Gauchos:
- Improvement in perimeter defense. UCSB has been getting torched by guard penetration and this is a strength for the Vikings. Ramsey sat out last game and his defense & play in general has not been where it was last year. It could be he did not fully recover from the injury suffered in the BWT. McLaughlin has not been all that great either on defense and he may have to have to have a greater role if Ramsey is not able. Cyrus could be key in slowing down Woods and/or Hauser.
- Improvement in help defense in the paint. While Freeman has been everything as billed on offense, shooting an outstanding 45% from deep and scoring 10ppg, he has been a liability on defense. Not sure if he has the footspeed to change that overnight so help defense from the guards and from Sow needs to happen. Help defense on guard penetration too, lets see an increase in charging fouls against the opponents.
- Heidegger to get through his mini two game slump.
Prediction: Should be a fun up-tempo game with a lot of offense and little defense. With advantages in the front court, JP should choose to slow it down once to get Sow, Idehen and Freeman more touches. Gaucho depth & frontcourt prevail, UCSB 85 Portland State 79
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Fun fact about Portland State:
Portland State became a full-fledged university in 1969 but existed in various forms prior, starting as a school of higher learning for WWII vets in 1946 on a junior high school campus. Large, about 29k students, it has a lot of transfer & commuter students. Of hoops interest, Freeman Williams, ’78, is the second all-time NCAA scoring leader, trailing only Pistol Pete Maravich. He accomplished this in only 106 games and without the benefit of the three point line.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
UCSB vs. Oregon State Men's Basketball Game Preview, by Gaucho Freg
UCSB @ Oregon State
Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 7pm
Quick Bite: Coach Wayne Tinkle has an experienced core of players to build around. Optimism is high at Oregon State for the 2019-20 men’s basketball season, as the Beavers return three of five starters, including Pac-12 player of the year candidate Tres Tinkle, plus a promising freshman class. He will need to find some depth if this group is going to take a big step forward in 2019-2020.
By the Numbers
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| 2019-20 Record | 3-1 | 1-2 | |
| Home/away vs D1 | 2-0 (H) | 0-1 (A) | |
| National Rankings | |||
| Composite (DCI 1&2, BPI, SOR, KP, Massey, RPI, Sagarin) | 74 | 189 | |
| NET | N/A | N/A | |
| SOS | 170 | 262 | |
| CBS Preseason Rank | 78 | 162 | |
| SI Preseason Rank | 74 | 137 | |
| Preseason Poll Pick | 6th-9th | 2nd | |
| Efficiency Rankings (Pomeroy) | |||
| Offense | 39 | 92 | |
| Defense | 95 | 274 | |
| Scoring | 79.8 | 75.0 | |
| FG% | 46% | 54% | |
| 3Pt % | 42% | 38% | |
| FT% | 71% | 79% | |
| PPG Allowed | 70.2 | ||
| FG % Defense | 42% | ||
| 3Pt % Defense | 33% | ||
| Steals PG | 5.3 | 4.3 | |
| Blocks PG | 5.8 | 3.3 | |
| Rebounding Margin | + 4.3 | + 0.3 | |
Best win: Iowa St.
Worst Loss: Oklahoma
OSU-UCSB History
UCSB All-time record vs. Beavers: 2-3
Last game (2015): OSU defeated UCSB in Santa Barbara 71-59, following their 2014 victory over the Gauchos in Corvallis the year before. UCSB last defeated the Beavers in 1988, in Santa Barbara by a score of 71-70. It was Gary Payton’s freshman year.
The Arena: Gill Coliseum opened in 1949 and seats 9,604. Last year home attendance averaged 5,161. It has hosted the NCAA tournament 11 times, the last in 1983 which included the famous NC State comeback victory over Pepperdine in the 1st round, on their way to their improbable national championship. They are averaging 4,798 this season.
Head Coach: Wayne Tinkle enters his 6th season at the helm of the Beavers, with a record of 78-84. Previously he had a successful 8 year run at Montana and has an overall record of 233-174. He led the Beavers to their most successful conference season in over 25 years last year, a 4th place finish in the P12 and first winning conference record since 1990. At Montana, he won two Big Sky COY honors and led the Grizzlies to the NCAAs three times.
Roster & Overview: Return 3 of their top 5 scorers including preseason All Pac 12 Tress Tinkle who is averaging a double-double so far this season. Oregon State ranked 151st nationally in scoring offense last year, averaging 73.4 points per contest. Much of the Beavers’ offensive inconsistency could be attributed to a poor 32.1 three-point percentage: 293rd among all Division One teams. “We have to shoot it better. We didn’t shoot it well from three last year as a team,” said Tinkle. “The fact that we have more threats in the paint will help us, because we’ll make the defense collapse more than we were able to a year ago.”
The Beavers’ rebounding numbers weren’t much better, as they clocked in at 104th nationally in rebounding margin. Despite having size in the post with Kelley and Rakocevic, allowing opponents to crash the offensive glass was a critical weakness of last year’s squad. Improvement on the boards has been a major point of emphasis in practice throughout the offseason.
“If our bigs are rebounding it, then our guys like Tres and Ethan can be running the wings where they’re very dangerous,” Tinkle explained. “We haven’t been able to take advantage of that, because those two have been our leading rebounders. We continue to focus on it. It’s something that we work on every day in practice, but then they’ve got to carry it out come game time.”
Tres Tinkle will again be the top player for the Beavers. As a junior last season the 6’8” forward averaged 20.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals. Tinkle does it all for this team and he can carry them a long way. Oregon State runs a lot of screening and cutting action away from the ball, designed to create open looks by exploiting overextended and undisciplined off-ball defense. Tinkle has the lateral mobility, handle, shooting touch and passing vision most guards envy and will often run this offense as a point-forward. His height allows him to see passing lanes over the defender, while his quickness enables him to attack a less athletic forward off-the-dribble.
Ethan Thompson will help too and be the #2 scorer on the team. The 6-5 junior averaged 13.7 points, 3.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds. Big man Kylor Kelley is excellent off the pick & roll though he doesn’t do much scoring on his own. The seven-footer ranked second in the nation with 104 blocks and added 5.0 rebounds per game. Forward Alfred Hollins only averaged 4.8 points and 3.7 rebounds, but he is a solid glue guy who does a lot of the dirty work. Payton Dastrup, a transfer from BYU, highlights the group of newcomers. He did not play much during his two seasons with the Cougars, yet he does have the size and experience to make a big impact. Freshmen Jarod Lucas, Gianni Hunt and Julien Franklin are talented guards that will need to provide some quality depth right away. Tinkle and Thompson can carry Oregon State to the postseason, but in order to make the NCAA Tournament, a couple others will have to emerge as consistent scoring threats.
Possible Starters
Ethan Thompson #5 Guard, Junior, 6’5” 195 lbs 13.3 ppg, 32% from deep, 5.5 rpg, 4.5 apg, 35 mpg
Zach Reichle #11 Guard, Junior, 6’5” 205 11 ppg, 47% from deep 5 rpb, 26 mpg
Tress Tinkle #3 Forward, Senior 6’7” 215 lbs 21.5 ppg, 45% from deep, 10.5 rpg, 4.8 apg, 36 mpg
Alfred Hollins #3 Forward, Junior 6’6” 205 lbs, 6 ppg, 24 mpg
Kylor Kelly #23 Forward/Center Senior, 7’0” 215 lbs 12.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 26 mpg
Possible Key Reserves:
Jarod Lucas #2 Guard, Freshman, 6’3, 195lb, 5.3 ppg, 18 mpg big time scorer, 5-10 from deep
Gianni Hunt, #0 Guard, Freshman, 6’3, 180lb, 3-6 from deep, 10 mpg
Payton Dastrup #15 Forward, Junior, 6’10”, 240 lb. Transfer from BYU
Match-up & prediction:
Oregon State is one of the best offensive teams in the country and UCSB is one of the worst defensive teams. We don’t have a player that can stop Tinkle. OSU is big too, their smallest starting player is 6’5” Prior to the season, I thought the Gauchos had a shot at this but unless something radical has happened to the team’s defense since Saturday afternoon, the Gauchos will again get run out the door in the second half. We are good enough on the offensive side of the court0 to compete for a while before the legs wear out and the shots stop falling.
Keys to the game for the Gauchos:
· Can we please have the 2018-19 versions of Devearl Ramsey and Jaquori McLaughlin back please?
· Cyrus shows us the defense Pasternack praised him for prior to the season.
· Sow & Idehen stay out of foul trouble.
· Miracle Max.
Prediction: OSU 82 UCSB 71
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Fun facts about OSU:
In basketball, OSU made the Final Four in 1963, losing to two-time defending champion Cincinnati. They made the Elite 8 in 1982 but those wins were later vacated. This was in the middle of one of the best runs in school history in the 70s & 80s under coach Ralph Miller, who’s name graces the court in Gill Coliseum. OSU was ranked #1 in the country for around half of the 1980-81 season but were upset in the first round of the tournament as one seed. They’ve made it to the tournament just one time in the last 29 years, losing in the first round in 2016 as a 7 seed.
Current UCSB junior Jaquori McLaughlin played his freshman year in Corvallis and owns the OSU freshman 3 pointers record. He’s their 7th on their all-time freshmen scoring list.
The school was founded in 1868. Dick Fosbury, one the greatest innovators in all of sports as the inventor of the Fosbury Flop (High Jump), competed at OSU winning both the NCAA championship and the gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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Rice vs. UCSB Men's Basketball Game Preview, by Gaucho Freg
UCSB vs. Rice
Saturday, November 16, 2019, 2pm
Quick Bite: The Rice Owls of Conference USA make their first trip to Santa Barbara in 46 years in the return game of a home & home series. The Owls were absolutely trounced in their opener at Arkansas 91-43 but have won three straight since, including an extremely impressive 19 pt win at home over Penn which was picked to finish 2nd in the Ivy.
By the Numbers
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| Record (D1 only) | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Home/Away vs D1 | 1-1 (A) | 1-0 (H) |
| Composite National Ranking | ||
| DCI 1&2, BPI, KP, Massey, RPI, Sagarin | 180 | 168 |
| NET | NA | NA |
| SOS | 183 | 206 |
| CBS Preseason Rank | 295 | 162 |
| SI Preseason Rank | 233 | 137 |
| Preseason Poll Pick | 12th-13th | 1st – 2nd |
| Efficiency Rankings (Pomeroy) | ||
| Offense | 143 | 104 |
| Defense | 213 | 244 |
| OFFENSE | ||
| Scoring | 67 | 72 |
| FG% | 39.1 | 52.6 |
| 3Pt % | 29.5 | 37.2 |
| FT% | 73.8 | 69.7 |
| Assists Per Game | 13.3 | 14.5 |
| ATO | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | ||
| PPG Allowed | 66.5 | 60.3 |
| FG % Defense | 41.4 | 36.5 |
| 3Pt % Defense | 28.9 |
24.5 |
| Steals Per Game | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| Blocks Per Game | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| Rebounding Margin | +4.2 | +3 |
Best win (NET): Penn
Worst Loss (NET): Arkansas
Head Coach: Scott Pera enters his third season at the helm of the Owls, which is his first head coaching gig. His first two years were rebuilding seasons and he has an overall record of 20-43. The first year was with a roster decimated by graduation and transfers (including one Marcus Jackson to UCSB) and the Owls went just 7-24. Last year they improved to 13-19.
Prior to Rice, Para was an assistant at Penn University and before that at ASU under Herb Sendek. Earlier, he was a successful prep school coach at Artesia in Southern California.
Roster The Owls gave three freshmen major minutes last year and this season all three are starting. They are complemented by two seniors in the starting lineup. Two of their Sophomores are leading the way in wings Trey Murphy and Drew Peterson. Overall, the Owls return their top three scorers from last season. They did take a significant hit to their front court with the transfer of promising center Quentin Millora Brown who left for Vanderbilt after a successful first year and with the graduation of graduation of GT Jack Williams (Long Beach/UOP).
Probable Starters
Guard – Chris Mullins. #24 6’3”, 170 lb, Sophomore 5 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Had an excellent freshman year, struggling so far this season
Guard – Ako Adams #3 6’3”, 175 lb, Senior 11 ppg, 3.0 apg. 2 TO pg, 22 mpg, 35% from three, 10-10 free throws.
Leads team in 3 point attempts, assists.
Wing– Trey Murphy. #2 6’8”, 200 lb, Sophomore 14.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 2 TO pg 29 mpg.
Murphy is a force on both sides of the court, leading the team in scoring, steals and blocks.
Forward - Drew Peterson #23 6’8”, 180 lb, Sophomore 8 ppg, 7.2 rbg, 2.7 apg and 2.7 TO pg. 29 mpg
Forward - Robert Martin #10 6’5”, 185 lb, Senior 6.5 ppg, 5.3 rbg 25 mpg.
Led the Owls in both scoring and rebounding last year. An excellent three point shooter, hit 49 of them at a 43% clip, last year, just 4-12 this season.
Probable Key Reserves
Guard – Quincy Olivari #4 6’2”, 190 lb, Freshman 8.7ppg in 13 minutes played.
Forward - Max Fielder - #15 6’10”, 235 lb. Freshman. 6.7 ppg, 8.3 rpg in 16 mpg. Leads team in blocks. 3* recruit from Florida
Guard – Payton Moore #0 6’4”, 175 lb, Sophomore 4.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg in 14 mpg
Guard Josh Parrish #35 6’4”, 215 lb, RS Junior, 11 mpg
Forward- Zach Crisler #15 6’9”, 215 lb, Freshman
Forward- Tim Harrison #35 6’8”, 220 lb, Senior
Rice-UCSB History
UCSB leads the series, 3-0. The Gauchos & the Owls had a home & home (Houston then Santa Barbara) series back in the 1972-73 & the 1973-74 seasons with UCSB winning both games by 3 & 4 points respectively. Last year in Houston, the teams went to OT in a high scoring affair with the Gauchos prevailing 99-89
Last year’s game recap: It was the first game back from his concussion for Heidegger and he made quite the splash with 22 points on 8-9 from the charity stripe. The even bigger star for the Gauchos was McLaughlin who also had 22 points but much more efficiently including 6-8 from three. UCSB was ahead by as much as 12 and trailed by the same amount including by 7 at HT. The Gauchos dominated in OT however to pull away. Rice outrebounded UCSB 40-28, with Forward Robert Martin doing most of the damage with 24 points and 11 boards. Guard Chris Mullins added 21 points including 7-9 from the FT stripe.
Match-up overview:
After being one of the youngest teams in the country Rice now has experience and skill in their backcourt. In addition, Pera made some adjustments in his defense and they were better on that end of the court after the UCSB game last year. One thing they do pretty well is steal the ball and force turnovers while UCSB has turned the ball over far more this year than they did last year so the turnover battle is something to keep an eye on. Rice has two good wings Murphy & Peterson, I expect we’ll see a lot of Cyrus in this game to keep Murphy in check. The Owl’s achilies heel will be their frontcourt where they lack size and are going to rely heavily on newcomers.
Keys to the game for the Gauchos:
· Ramsey cleans up his game and cuts down on his turnovers, with McLaughlin & Toure following suit.
· Better defensive effort than the last time around in Houston.
· Exploit the inexperience in the Owl front court and, should Pera have the defense pack it in, let the guards bomb away from outside. I think Sow gets 20 in this one and if he does, Gauchos should win.
Prediction: UCSB 73 Rice 64
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