Griz @ EWU: second half notes
Alright, more running commentary for the second half. Plenty of room for improvement.
- "We'll be right back. Key game between two teams battling it out for sixth place." Ugh.
- Griz start second same way they started the first, by shooting the long ball. Hasquet and Staudacher make a pair of threes.
- Then Drew gets an offensive rebound and puts it back. 8-0 run to start the half. Well done. Good pep talk.
- Griz need to reign it in as Sharp and Hasquet huck up a couple long ones that don't fall.
- 32-30 at first media timeout.
- Pace picks up as EWU hits a pair of threes while the Griz get a couple plays off penetration. 36-36.
- The Griz just shot their first FT. There's 12:36 left in the second half.
- Staudacher hits another trey. 13 points. 5-5. How good can he get in two more years?
- 42-41. As Mick would say, we're not at crunch time right now, but you can almost see it from here. OK, normally he says it with like 6 minutes left, little early. I just don't want this to be another close game.
- Broadcasters calls this a "beautiful game." I disagree.
- Martin penetrates and kicks to CET, who makes a three. Nope, that isn't backwards.
- Staudacher drains one with a hand in his face. 6-6.
- 46-45 Griz. 9:00. Please, get a bigger lead.
- EWU gets two offensive rebounds. Bald guy gets basket and goes to the line for 3-point play. Come on fellas.
- Great give-and-go on what looked like an impromptu pick-and-roll between Qvale and Staudacher. Brian gets a dunk. My favorite play of the game.
- 50-48 Griz. 7:10.
- "Couple of baskets while we were away." Um, what? 52-50 Griz.
- Staudacher misses his first but hustles for the rebound, forces a foul. Griz ball. Great play. These are the type of hustle plays that win close games... unless you fail to score on the ensuing possession. Which is what happened.
- 52-51 Griz. 3:28. Martin just chucked a long 3 early in the shot clock. Need smarter play down the stretch.
- And there it is. Great penetration by Martin. Lays it off to Drew for a lay-in and 3-point opportunity. Makes it.
- 55-51 Griz. 2:30. Push it guys. Make it 6.
- Ahhh. Matt dribbles around with an open CET on the wing. Keeps it. Griz don't even get a shot off as EWU comes down and cuts it to two. 1:17 left. 55-53.
- Griz really need to prove they can win a close game.
- Jordan makes a very tough shot just inside the FT line. Ball bounces around as I nearly pass out then finally falls through.
- EWU misses a forced 3-pointer. Time to make FTs. Jordan makes a pair, 59-53, :26. Yes. Finally.
- CET misses the front-end. 59-57, :7.6. Come on. Ball has to go to Martin or Staudacher on this inbound. Be smart, don't try to make a risky pass.
- Martin does go to the line, misses the first. EWU runs down then DeLeon loses the handle doesn't get a shot off. Jesus. I was about 95% sure he was going to make a 3 for the win. Everyone shoots a 1,000 FTs tomorrow.
- Alright, Griz finally get a close win, even though they tried to give it away. I'll take it.
Excellent! A WIN.
It was nice to see Jordan put together a good game, especially after his debacle against Portland State. At least tonight, he proved he can score and rebound enough against the Eastern Washington mighty Mites to barley squeak out a win.
It would have been even better if he were able to do the same against a big team like Portland State.
Tonight Jordan got 15 points and 8 rebounds against a small team. It was a much better night than the 0 points and 2 rebounds against the big guys on Portland State.
Not to worry. Just because Jordan can't do well against big guys, if the Griz play Butte High, Jordan should eat them up.
I will assume you are being sarcastic about Hasquet's obvious limited abilities against real, big men. However, I did notice on the career stats sheet, the only one on the team with a worse 3 point average than Hasquet's .361, is Kyle Sharp's .222. We have other guys that should be putting up the 3's.
For those of you trying to give Hasquet a hard time for the way he played this week, the stats below prove that Hasquet had almost as good a week as Martin. Not quite, but very close.
Hasquet did OK this week, so cut him some slack.
Hasquet and Martin had VERY similar games this week.
Here are the stats to prove it, just in case some of you might think one of them did better than the other.
These stats show that neither was really any better than the other.
Anyone who would disagree, just doesn't want to face the reality of fact and unequivocal data.
These people, of course, would be
people who base their opinions on illogical, emotional feelings, and not facts.
Hasquet's & Martins total stats
for the two games this week.
1-31-08 Portland State and
2-3-08 Eastern Washington
Points
Hasquet 15
Martin 17
total Field goals
Hasquet 5 of 15
Martin 5 of 13
total Free Throws
Hasquet 2 of 2
Martin 4 of 5
total Rebounds
Hasquet 10
Martin 4
total Assists
Hasquet 3
Martin 10
total Turnovers
Hasquet 5
Martin 2
total Fouls
Hasquet 3
Martin 3
Gar,
I added to your idea of listing stats and followed through with the TOTAL 07-08 stats.
You are right. We should probably not be sarcastic or emotionally illogical.
All we have to do is look at the facts and we can see where each player stands and we can make up our own mind about the compared talent level of these guys.
TOTAL 07-08 SEASON STATS to date
Field goal percentage
Hasquet .448 %
Martin .448 %
three point percentage
Hasquet .361 %
Martin .420 %
free throw percentage
Hasquet .670 %
Martin .797 %
season rebound average
Hasquet 7.7 avg
Martin 2.2 avg
season assists
Hasquet 37
Martin 60
season turnovers
Hasquet 44
Martin 31
season steals
Hasquet 11
Martin 16
season fouls
Hasquet 54
Martin 37
So, as anyone can see:
Hasquet beats Martin in turnovers, fouls & rebounds.
Martin beats Hasquet in 3 point %, free throw %, assists and steals.
They tie in field goal %.
I suppose the reason Martin wins the statistical comparison is because, Martin is a senior and Hasquet is only a junior. The extra year of experience does help.
I am betting by the time Hasquet is half way through his senior year, like Martin is now, Hasquet will turn out to be as good a ball player as Martin is.
Adris DeLeon can lick my taint...that guy was a dousche when he came down here and played against us