South Webster 57 Fairland 53 (Spartan Classic)
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:53 pm
South Webster 57
Fairland 51 a final
... for me, THIS matchup was THE game to see in the Spartan Classic Saturday ... I felt Fairland had "the game" to push South Webster to BE what most of us thought/think they should be - force the Jeeps to play D, force the Jeeps to get out , get up and down the floor both offensively & defensively, force the Jeeps to "show if they had maturity/patience" at the offensive end ... Fairland IS one of the top teams, programs in the SE District - have been for the 16 seasons that Coach Speed has been at the helm ... if you don't bring your "A" game you can be out of a game in a hurry - which goes both ways in this one - as South Webster can put you away early with the weapons they bring to the court ... with all of that said, when you have 2 quality TEAMS playing each other it usually isn't a blowout , it usually comes down to possessions, single possessions that are the difference in the game - an empty possession or 2, a possession where a bucket is nullified by a player control foul then goes the other direction for points, a possession where a team has a fastbreak with numbers in their favor that ends in a turnover - no shot on goal ... possessions that in the end turn out to "each be like gold" as the horn goes off signally the end of the final 8 minutes ... South Webster 57 Fairland 53 a final ...
... the Jeeps have arguably THE player in the SE District in 6-7 Eli Roberts - size/length/scores inside or outside/ handles the ball/can take a defender off the dribble/posts up/ hits the mid-range jumper/hits the 3 ball /delivers dimes ... ALL of this goes into an opponent having to come up with a game plan - What can we take away? let HIM get his and take away as much of the rest of the team as possible? take away HIM , see if you can limit what the rest of the team can do ? problem is HIM has the tools to get HIS from anywhere on the court, HIM finds the open man to get THEM involved - tough matchup no matter what strategy is taken ... Eli Roberts makes South Webster arguably a top 1,2,3 team in the SE District no matter the division ... oh yeah, there IS a "rest of the team" factor - Tyler Sommer, Dylan Shupert, Jack Timothy can play an any team in the SE district ... Christian White, Brock Campbell are perfect role players for this TEAM - willing to just "play their roles" not do more than they are asked to do within what the TEAM needs and although SW played 7 Owen Mault - a starter on the perimeter - hasn't played in a number of games due to injury ... the Jeeps are a solid, 1-8 rotation team with a "HIM" that makes the Jeeps scary good in D4 or ANY division ...
... the opening quarter had Tyler Sommer draining a triple (4pts in the qtr) ... Eli Roberts did "HIM" things - getting 7pts and Dylan Shupert added a transition 2pter for the Jeeps scoring ... for Fairland senior PG Chase Allen got to the rim for 2pts and added a medium range jumper - 4pts in the period ... Will Davis nursing an ankle injury got to the rim for 2 and Keegan Smith added a driving 2pter in the paint for FHS ... outside of the point differential the key stat was South Webster turning the Dragons over 5 times in the quarter while coughing up the rock 0 times in the opening 8 minutes - 5 more shots on goal for the Jeeps or 5 less opportunities for the Dragons ... South Webster 13 Fairland 8 after 1 ... as the 2nd period unfolded it looked like Roberts was going to be able to "get his" as the 6-7 junior added a quarter opening 3 pointer and 2 more deuces in the period (7pts/14 in the half) ... off the bench 6-3 Jack Timothy netted 9 on 4 putback buckets at the offensive end , Brock Campbell added a transition 2pts/Dylan Shupert with a 2 point bucket gave the Jeeps a 20-14 2nd quarter scoring advantage ... Chase Allen continued to find the bottom of the net as the FHS PG added a 3 ball/7pts in the qtr ... running mate on the perimeter junior Brody Buchanan added his own trey and a pair of 2 pointers (7pts) ... Fairland was 2/8 in the period from three and 2/10 for the half ... South Webster 33 Fairland 22 at the half ... in the 3rd quarter Fairland whether by design or just by playing solid D on anyone not named Roberts - held the Jeeps scoreless in the 3rd OTHER THAN Eli Roberts getting 10 points in the qtr on his own ball .... as a team in the 3rd the Jeeps went 0/5 from behind the arc , Fairland forced 3 SW turnovers with one being taken to the rim for Dragon points ... Chase Allen matched the Roberts scoring with his 2nd trey of the game and 2/2 from the line (11points in the period) Will Davis and Noah Marcum each netted a 2pointer as the Dragons for the 2nd qtr in a row took care of the ball only 1 turnover in the period getting back in the game with a 15-10 advantage in the qtr ... South Webster 43 Fairland 37 after 3 ... possessions - the ball in your hands, those ( possessions) in the opening quarter are as valuable as those in the final quarter yet when you look at the final 8 minutes EACH possession just seems MORE valuable - or maybe it's just they are just MORE IMPORTANT as they draw you closer if you convert or they stop an opponent from extending a lead or maybe they either keep momentum going or send it to the other end of the court ... Fairland outscored SW in the 4th 16-14 ... not enough to get the W ... at 4:03 on the game clock the Dragons had whittled the score down to a 48-44 South Webster advantage ... Brody Buchanan had drained a trey to open the quarter ... Roberts with 2 points in the paint and a trey of his own gave SW 48-40 lead ... back to back buckets from Allen and Marcum ... 48-44 South Webster ... Timothy with a bucket in the paint ... 50-44 Jeeps ... 2:21 on the clock ... Dragon drive and a bucket/foul called - player control foul against FHS - what could have gone the other way making it 50-46 "and one" to make it 1 possession game was not - instead going the other way - key possessions ... at :52.3 on the clock the Dragons trailing 50-47 following a Chase Allen 3 ball, steal Dragons 3 on 1 break - turnover Fairland ... possessions ... Jack Timothy added 2 pts in the paint, Campbell 1/2 from the line ... an Allen 3 pointer ... 53-50 SW :26.9 on the clock ... the Jeeps finished it off at the FT line 57-50 with Chase Allen hitting his 3rd trifecta of the quarter make the final South Webster 57 Fairland 53 a final ...
Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Fairland
Scoring ... Chase Allen 33, Brody Buchanan 10, Will Davis 4, Noah Marcum 4, Keegan Smith 2
3 Pointers ... 7/19 ... Chase Allen 5, Brody Buchanan 2
FTs ...... 2/4
TOs ... 11
PnP ..... 13 fgs/ 26 points in the paint
PnT ..... 2fgs/ 4 points in transition
Pbk ....... 0
Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - South Webster
Scoring ... Eli Roberts 31, Jack Timothy 11, Dylan Shupert 8, Tyler Sommer 4, Brock Campbell 3
3 Pointers .... 3/12 ... Eli Robert 2, Tyler Sommer 1
FTs ... 10/15
TOs ... 11
PnP .... 16fgs/ 32 points in the paint
PnT ... 3 fgs/ 6 points in transition
Pbk .... 6 fgs/ 12 points off the offense boards
... I told daniC who was sitting behind me at the game ... "South Webster might just be the best team in the SouthEast District" ... they are a good team without Roberts, they are an outstanding TEAM with HIM ...
Fairland 51 a final
... for me, THIS matchup was THE game to see in the Spartan Classic Saturday ... I felt Fairland had "the game" to push South Webster to BE what most of us thought/think they should be - force the Jeeps to play D, force the Jeeps to get out , get up and down the floor both offensively & defensively, force the Jeeps to "show if they had maturity/patience" at the offensive end ... Fairland IS one of the top teams, programs in the SE District - have been for the 16 seasons that Coach Speed has been at the helm ... if you don't bring your "A" game you can be out of a game in a hurry - which goes both ways in this one - as South Webster can put you away early with the weapons they bring to the court ... with all of that said, when you have 2 quality TEAMS playing each other it usually isn't a blowout , it usually comes down to possessions, single possessions that are the difference in the game - an empty possession or 2, a possession where a bucket is nullified by a player control foul then goes the other direction for points, a possession where a team has a fastbreak with numbers in their favor that ends in a turnover - no shot on goal ... possessions that in the end turn out to "each be like gold" as the horn goes off signally the end of the final 8 minutes ... South Webster 57 Fairland 53 a final ...
... the Jeeps have arguably THE player in the SE District in 6-7 Eli Roberts - size/length/scores inside or outside/ handles the ball/can take a defender off the dribble/posts up/ hits the mid-range jumper/hits the 3 ball /delivers dimes ... ALL of this goes into an opponent having to come up with a game plan - What can we take away? let HIM get his and take away as much of the rest of the team as possible? take away HIM , see if you can limit what the rest of the team can do ? problem is HIM has the tools to get HIS from anywhere on the court, HIM finds the open man to get THEM involved - tough matchup no matter what strategy is taken ... Eli Roberts makes South Webster arguably a top 1,2,3 team in the SE District no matter the division ... oh yeah, there IS a "rest of the team" factor - Tyler Sommer, Dylan Shupert, Jack Timothy can play an any team in the SE district ... Christian White, Brock Campbell are perfect role players for this TEAM - willing to just "play their roles" not do more than they are asked to do within what the TEAM needs and although SW played 7 Owen Mault - a starter on the perimeter - hasn't played in a number of games due to injury ... the Jeeps are a solid, 1-8 rotation team with a "HIM" that makes the Jeeps scary good in D4 or ANY division ...
... the opening quarter had Tyler Sommer draining a triple (4pts in the qtr) ... Eli Roberts did "HIM" things - getting 7pts and Dylan Shupert added a transition 2pter for the Jeeps scoring ... for Fairland senior PG Chase Allen got to the rim for 2pts and added a medium range jumper - 4pts in the period ... Will Davis nursing an ankle injury got to the rim for 2 and Keegan Smith added a driving 2pter in the paint for FHS ... outside of the point differential the key stat was South Webster turning the Dragons over 5 times in the quarter while coughing up the rock 0 times in the opening 8 minutes - 5 more shots on goal for the Jeeps or 5 less opportunities for the Dragons ... South Webster 13 Fairland 8 after 1 ... as the 2nd period unfolded it looked like Roberts was going to be able to "get his" as the 6-7 junior added a quarter opening 3 pointer and 2 more deuces in the period (7pts/14 in the half) ... off the bench 6-3 Jack Timothy netted 9 on 4 putback buckets at the offensive end , Brock Campbell added a transition 2pts/Dylan Shupert with a 2 point bucket gave the Jeeps a 20-14 2nd quarter scoring advantage ... Chase Allen continued to find the bottom of the net as the FHS PG added a 3 ball/7pts in the qtr ... running mate on the perimeter junior Brody Buchanan added his own trey and a pair of 2 pointers (7pts) ... Fairland was 2/8 in the period from three and 2/10 for the half ... South Webster 33 Fairland 22 at the half ... in the 3rd quarter Fairland whether by design or just by playing solid D on anyone not named Roberts - held the Jeeps scoreless in the 3rd OTHER THAN Eli Roberts getting 10 points in the qtr on his own ball .... as a team in the 3rd the Jeeps went 0/5 from behind the arc , Fairland forced 3 SW turnovers with one being taken to the rim for Dragon points ... Chase Allen matched the Roberts scoring with his 2nd trey of the game and 2/2 from the line (11points in the period) Will Davis and Noah Marcum each netted a 2pointer as the Dragons for the 2nd qtr in a row took care of the ball only 1 turnover in the period getting back in the game with a 15-10 advantage in the qtr ... South Webster 43 Fairland 37 after 3 ... possessions - the ball in your hands, those ( possessions) in the opening quarter are as valuable as those in the final quarter yet when you look at the final 8 minutes EACH possession just seems MORE valuable - or maybe it's just they are just MORE IMPORTANT as they draw you closer if you convert or they stop an opponent from extending a lead or maybe they either keep momentum going or send it to the other end of the court ... Fairland outscored SW in the 4th 16-14 ... not enough to get the W ... at 4:03 on the game clock the Dragons had whittled the score down to a 48-44 South Webster advantage ... Brody Buchanan had drained a trey to open the quarter ... Roberts with 2 points in the paint and a trey of his own gave SW 48-40 lead ... back to back buckets from Allen and Marcum ... 48-44 South Webster ... Timothy with a bucket in the paint ... 50-44 Jeeps ... 2:21 on the clock ... Dragon drive and a bucket/foul called - player control foul against FHS - what could have gone the other way making it 50-46 "and one" to make it 1 possession game was not - instead going the other way - key possessions ... at :52.3 on the clock the Dragons trailing 50-47 following a Chase Allen 3 ball, steal Dragons 3 on 1 break - turnover Fairland ... possessions ... Jack Timothy added 2 pts in the paint, Campbell 1/2 from the line ... an Allen 3 pointer ... 53-50 SW :26.9 on the clock ... the Jeeps finished it off at the FT line 57-50 with Chase Allen hitting his 3rd trifecta of the quarter make the final South Webster 57 Fairland 53 a final ...
Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Fairland
Scoring ... Chase Allen 33, Brody Buchanan 10, Will Davis 4, Noah Marcum 4, Keegan Smith 2
3 Pointers ... 7/19 ... Chase Allen 5, Brody Buchanan 2
FTs ...... 2/4
TOs ... 11
PnP ..... 13 fgs/ 26 points in the paint
PnT ..... 2fgs/ 4 points in transition
Pbk ....... 0
Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - South Webster
Scoring ... Eli Roberts 31, Jack Timothy 11, Dylan Shupert 8, Tyler Sommer 4, Brock Campbell 3
3 Pointers .... 3/12 ... Eli Robert 2, Tyler Sommer 1
FTs ... 10/15
TOs ... 11
PnP .... 16fgs/ 32 points in the paint
PnT ... 3 fgs/ 6 points in transition
Pbk .... 6 fgs/ 12 points off the offense boards
... I told daniC who was sitting behind me at the game ... "South Webster might just be the best team in the SouthEast District" ... they are a good team without Roberts, they are an outstanding TEAM with HIM ...