Every practice Bennett shows up as a solid defender and rebounder. He blocks and alters shots and deflects passes. Today he got some scoring going. Cousins found him down low twice with some nifty passes. He scored both of those and beat Cam with a good post move on one of them. He had three put backs for scores. One of them was one of those one handed slam downs. The crowd of 50+ appreciated it. He did flare out once and got open for a shot at the elbow. It looked gosh awful.
There is no way to sugar coat it. Woodard and Booker have just not shot well through these first five practices. Booker some the better of the two. But, he is still well below the sharp shooter he was advertised to be. They are freshmen.
The white team was Hornbeak, Cousins, Buddy, Cam and Bennett. The five on five was pretty one sided. That group defended well and the red's had a hard time all evening.
Cam was really good today. He shot well and probably scored the most. He looked like a good defender with the group he was playing with. Buddy was scoring and playing well on both sides of the ball again today. Cousin had another good practice. He may have had his best shooting day so far. His shot still doesn't look very fluid. As of now it might be hard to predict how consistent he is going to be. Hornbeak was fine again.
Execution seems to be getting some better every day. Of course, that is what practice is suppose to accomplish. There was more work again today on applying and breaking full court pressure. They make it look easy in practice. Hopefully that issue will be resolved before the regular season starts.
They were using a European ball in practice today. It is striped and seemed to be slicker. Some of the players had to go through a little adjustment. After the trip they will go back to one two hour practice a week till mid October. After the summer fix, at least it won't be cold turkey.
There is no way to sugar coat it. Woodard and Booker have just not shot well through these first five practices. Booker some the better of the two. But, he is still well below the sharp shooter he was advertised to be. They are freshmen.
The white team was Hornbeak, Cousins, Buddy, Cam and Bennett. The five on five was pretty one sided. That group defended well and the red's had a hard time all evening.
Cam was really good today. He shot well and probably scored the most. He looked like a good defender with the group he was playing with. Buddy was scoring and playing well on both sides of the ball again today. Cousin had another good practice. He may have had his best shooting day so far. His shot still doesn't look very fluid. As of now it might be hard to predict how consistent he is going to be. Hornbeak was fine again.
Execution seems to be getting some better every day. Of course, that is what practice is suppose to accomplish. There was more work again today on applying and breaking full court pressure. They make it look easy in practice. Hopefully that issue will be resolved before the regular season starts.
They were using a European ball in practice today. It is striped and seemed to be slicker. Some of the players had to go through a little adjustment. After the trip they will go back to one two hour practice a week till mid October. After the summer fix, at least it won't be cold turkey.
