The Scarlet Knights defeated Austin Peay 66-46 in the opening round of the South Padre Island Invitational. Not having listened to or watched the game, I have little more to add than what I read on the RU Athletics page. You can read it here.
It was good to see that Quincy Douby and Marquis Webb have good games with 19 and 17 points respectively. On the other hand, some additional scorers are going to be needed if this team is going to be competitive.
Looking at the roster, it is interesting to note the following:
(1) There is only one senior on the squad and the starting five consists of two freshmen, two juniors and one sophomore. This bodes well if they develop—if they stagnate, well, it could be a long year.
(2) Six players are from NJ (as is redshirting sophomore Courtney Nelson) while two are from the NYC area. It’s good to see some of the local talent staying home. Let’s just hope that is some of the better players.
(3) Only freshman JR Inman of these local players is over 6 ft. 5 in. Aren’t there any good local players over 6-6? At 6-9 Inman will team with 6-7 Ollie Bailey to do the inside work. They are undersized, even for forwards, and will often be overmatched. They did come up with 10 rebounds and 2 blocks against Austin Peay. Help off the bench in the form of 6-10 Zack Gibson (freshman) and 6-11 Dan Waterstradt (both from Michigan—must be the water, I hear the have a Great Lake) will be much needed. Against Austin Peay (whom they beat 45-26 in rebounding) there were only 16 points for the Knights in the paint (AP had 18).
This could be an interesting or frustrating year.
Next up: Delaware at the RAC on Tuesday.
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