RE: Hawks v. Hofstra
It was the 92nd time from 2010-2011 to now that a team had at least 17 assists and 5 or fewer turnovers in a loss.
Dodd played 2 minutes, and your starters played 180. Mike said you had a bad ending because you got tired.
Typing about players one of you mentioned, Zion Bethea debuted. Omar Silverio played in all 7 nonconference games. He now averages 6.4 points, albeit he won't finish the season with three-fourths of the games in order to qualify. He transferred to Hofstra after one season and led Hofstra's bench with 3.1 points as a sophomore last season. His 17 points were 4 above his previous career-high. Kvonn Cramer tied his career-high with 16. Isaac Kante scored 18, and Jalen Ray scored 17. In addition to Coburn not playing, point guard Cale Burgess shot field goals 0-7 and free throws 1-4, albeit he had 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Those four guys combined to score 68 and shoot field goals 27/39 = .692. Both teams shot twos much better than threes, and you had a higher percent of your attempts be threes. All of Gadsden's attempts were threes.
Hofstra got 29 points from freshmen today, with 16 by Cramer, 7 by David Green (who entered shooting poorly but didn't miss today), and 6 by Vukasin Masic (who started). At that pace, Hofstra would get more points from freshmen in two games than in the previous two seasons. Hofstra has 212 points from freshmen, which is 18.6 percent. Hofstra had 41 points by freshmen last season and 10 two seasons ago. Of Hofstra's four freshmen last season, one is a walk-on who hasn't played this season, and two transferred. Burgess is Hofstra's only sophomore to play this season.
Coburn will not play tomorrow. I wonder if Hofstra will start Silverio over Masic. Silverio's only career start was once last season when Ray was injured, albeit Hofstra got desperate and brought Ray in late in that game. Hofstra has started seven players, which is the same amount as last season, and Silverio could make eight. Forward Stafford Trueheart could start for Senior Day, but with all winter athletes getting another season of eligibility, there's no way of knowing who will leave and who will play as a graduate student. Two of Hofstra's three seniors, Coburn and Trueheart, already had redshirt seasons, so to play next season they will have to spend six seasons in school.
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2021 05:47 PM by EvanJ.)
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