Friday's night's competition is a competition between two young and up and coming teams. Georgia Southern suffered a through a 5-27 campaign last year as they battled injuries and played a whole host of freshman who have done a lot of growing up. The Eagles will be lead by guards Willie Powers and Ben Drayton. Powers is considered by some to be an NBA prospect point guard while Drayton will provide a challenge for the Crusaders on both ends of the floor.
Add to that last year's freshman class lead by Eric Ferguson will add depth and athleticism to the Eagles squad. The Eagles are short on inside depth as returning big man Marvin Baynham suffered from poor free throw shooting and had trouble staying in games due to foul trouble. They have added two freshman in Tyrone Brown and Kameron Dunnican will be asked to contribute a lot early to what is a thin front line.
All in all, Georgia Southern is going to look to get out in open space and run as much as possible and use their depth to wear out the Crusaders. Their guard play will be the key to the game for them as they are going to look to limit long possessions and find quick, open shots. This Georgia Southern squad will be much better than last year's squad and is going to provide a tough challenge to the Crusaders.
Keys to the game for Valpo.
Offense
- KVW is going to have to pick up where he left off on Monday and bully Georgia Southern's front line around.
- They must make open shots that were missed on Monday night.
- Somebody has to step up and be a third scorer.
- No dry spells!
- On the ball screens must be better.
Defense
- Keep the GSU guards from penetrating the lane.
- Slow the game down.
- Crash the boards.
- No open shots.
- Make the big men make plays.
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