Sophomore F Jeriah Horne

The comparisons to Etou are inevitable. A borderline top 150 recruit who shows well in limited playing time for a mediocre Big 10 team, earns raves from the practice reports in his redshirt year, and jumps right into the starting lineup at TU. But it's important to remember that Junior Etou vastly exceeded expectations from Day 1 and you'll go broke expecting every player to pull that off. The reality is that Etou's graduation leaves an awfully big pair of empty shoes behind and no single player is going to fill that void. The good news is that Horne has 3 years to contribute at TU and he'll provide much-needed depth and flexibility at the 3/4 to complement DaQuan Jeffries.

2017 stats: 11.8mpg, 4.3ppg, 1.9rpg, 0.4apg, 0.2spg, 0.1bpg, 0.8topg, 50.0% 2PT, 33.3% 3PT, 66.7% FT
2019 proj.: 26.0mpg, 11.5ppg, 5.4rpg, 1.2apg, 0.4spg, 1.0bpg, 1.3topg, 51.6% 2PT, 29.5% 3PT, 68.5% FT

(10-10-2018 12:13 PM)DeMarioHooper Wrote:  Sophomore F Jeriah Horne

The comparisons to Etou are inevitable. A borderline top 150 recruit who shows well in limited playing time for a mediocre Big 10 team, earns raves from the practice reports in his redshirt year, and jumps right into the starting lineup at TU. But it's important to remember that Junior Etou vastly exceeded expectations from Day 1 and you'll go broke expecting every player to pull that off. The reality is that Etou's graduation leaves an awfully big pair of empty shoes behind and no single player is going to fill that void. The good news is that Horne has 3 years to contribute at TU and he'll provide much-needed depth and flexibility at the 3/4 to complement DaQuan Jeffries.

2017 stats: 11.8mpg, 4.3ppg, 1.9rpg, 0.4apg, 0.2spg, 0.1bpg, 0.8topg, 50.0% 2PT, 33.3% 3PT, 66.7% FT
2019 proj.: 20.0mpg, 8.8ppg, 4.2rpg, 0.9apg, 0.3spg, 0.8bpg, 1.0topg, 51.6% 2PT, 29.5% 3PT, 68.5% FT

Etou's loss will be a big deal, I see Jeffries taking his place as our go to guy. Taplin and Jeffries will take the leadership role. I think Igbanu can do big things for us as an interior force and help fill the stats we lost with Etou. It's tough though, he was the man for the team last year.