10-27-2015, 02:07 PM
The Bucs should be focusing on 1st things first: Tusculum and Averitt. But it’s hard for us fans not to be taking a peek ahead at the challenge from Wisconsin Green Bay. So, for fans only…
Green Bay returns 3 guys from the 7 man rotation on a team that saw so much success the last 2 years with 1st and 2nd place Horizon League finishes. They are: Guard Carrington Love 6’1” 171 Sr., and Forwards Jordan Fouse, 6’7 225 Sr., 1st team All-Horizon preseason and Kenneth Lowe 6’8” 230 Jr..
However, all the losses (top 2 scorers and 4 of their top 6) cause them to be rated only 6th in the preseason Horizon League rankings.
Carrington Love 6’1”171: 31.2 min., 10 ppg on .302 from 3, 3.2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 t.o.’s, 1.7 steals
Jordan Fouse 6’7” 225: 32.1 min., 7.5 ppg on .498 from the field and only .233 from 3; with 7.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 t.o.’s and 1.9 steals. Like I said, he's preseason All-Horizon League
Kenneth Lowe 6’8” 230: 19.3 min., 3.4 ppg on .522 from the field and no 3’s with 2.6 rebounds
Green Bay is changing over almost as much as ETSU, but are bringing in fewer new guys (3 high quality recruits: freshmen twin guards from Lake Mineola Florida, Florida 6A (out of 8 divisions - biggest is 8A) Player Of the Year Anthony Brown, 6’1” 160 and his All-State twin brother 6’2” 165 Avery; and highly touted JUCO 6’4” 220 Jr. G. Charles Cooper, who finished second in the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) in points per game [18.8 ppg, but with only 17 made 3’s at .304], steals (58), and offensive rebounds (77) for a 23-9 Kaskaskia team). They are trying to fill more positions from last year’s bench.
As for team strengths and weaknesses: they are not good 3 point shooters, averaging a worst in the Horizon League 4.6 makes per game on .294 shooting. They were also worst in the Horizon in free throw shooting, with returnees averaging less than .600. Last year they defended very well, holding opponents to .405 shooting overall and maintaining a 7.4 point victory margin (68.2 to 60.8). They rebounded well with a +2.5 margin (35.6 to 33.1). They had a solid assist to t.o. ration of 1.2 with a +1.8 turnover margin over opponents and held opponents to the reverse. Although it’s a good bet that they will continue to be poor 3 point shooters, and not good free throw shooters, most of the rest is pretty speculative with so much change over.
Between 6’7” 225 Fouse and 6’8” 230 Lowe and a couple of big bench players, they have some size. Expect to see some action from 6’11” 240 Jr. Henry Uwadiae (Benin City, Nigeria) and 6’9” 245 So. Kerem Kanter (Istanbul, Turkey) who saw action in only half the games last year with little production: Uwadiae averaging 5.2 minutes with 0.9 points and 0.8 rebounds; and Kanter averaging 4.2 minutes with 1.6 points and 0.9 rebounds.
This team is in a similar position to Mercer last year – lots of big losses, but a core of talented players at both guard and forward used to playing and winning within this system. They should be very tough.
Green Bay returns 3 guys from the 7 man rotation on a team that saw so much success the last 2 years with 1st and 2nd place Horizon League finishes. They are: Guard Carrington Love 6’1” 171 Sr., and Forwards Jordan Fouse, 6’7 225 Sr., 1st team All-Horizon preseason and Kenneth Lowe 6’8” 230 Jr..
However, all the losses (top 2 scorers and 4 of their top 6) cause them to be rated only 6th in the preseason Horizon League rankings.
Carrington Love 6’1”171: 31.2 min., 10 ppg on .302 from 3, 3.2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 t.o.’s, 1.7 steals
Jordan Fouse 6’7” 225: 32.1 min., 7.5 ppg on .498 from the field and only .233 from 3; with 7.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 t.o.’s and 1.9 steals. Like I said, he's preseason All-Horizon League
Kenneth Lowe 6’8” 230: 19.3 min., 3.4 ppg on .522 from the field and no 3’s with 2.6 rebounds
Green Bay is changing over almost as much as ETSU, but are bringing in fewer new guys (3 high quality recruits: freshmen twin guards from Lake Mineola Florida, Florida 6A (out of 8 divisions - biggest is 8A) Player Of the Year Anthony Brown, 6’1” 160 and his All-State twin brother 6’2” 165 Avery; and highly touted JUCO 6’4” 220 Jr. G. Charles Cooper, who finished second in the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) in points per game [18.8 ppg, but with only 17 made 3’s at .304], steals (58), and offensive rebounds (77) for a 23-9 Kaskaskia team). They are trying to fill more positions from last year’s bench.
As for team strengths and weaknesses: they are not good 3 point shooters, averaging a worst in the Horizon League 4.6 makes per game on .294 shooting. They were also worst in the Horizon in free throw shooting, with returnees averaging less than .600. Last year they defended very well, holding opponents to .405 shooting overall and maintaining a 7.4 point victory margin (68.2 to 60.8). They rebounded well with a +2.5 margin (35.6 to 33.1). They had a solid assist to t.o. ration of 1.2 with a +1.8 turnover margin over opponents and held opponents to the reverse. Although it’s a good bet that they will continue to be poor 3 point shooters, and not good free throw shooters, most of the rest is pretty speculative with so much change over.
Between 6’7” 225 Fouse and 6’8” 230 Lowe and a couple of big bench players, they have some size. Expect to see some action from 6’11” 240 Jr. Henry Uwadiae (Benin City, Nigeria) and 6’9” 245 So. Kerem Kanter (Istanbul, Turkey) who saw action in only half the games last year with little production: Uwadiae averaging 5.2 minutes with 0.9 points and 0.8 rebounds; and Kanter averaging 4.2 minutes with 1.6 points and 0.9 rebounds.
This team is in a similar position to Mercer last year – lots of big losses, but a core of talented players at both guard and forward used to playing and winning within this system. They should be very tough.