Game Thread: OU vs. Detroit - MERCY
Jan 11, 2017 17:12:17 GMT -5
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Post by arsenal926 on Jan 11, 2017 17:12:17 GMT -5
Dead serious, this Detroit Mercy team is on track to be the worst Horizon League team in the last fifteen years. The spread will likely be more than 20 points. There is no excuse for this to be a competitive game.
Looking through Mercy's box-scores there's two ways they issues could arise.
1. Mercy forces a bunch of turnovers. In competitive games against Fort Wayne, Valpo, and Western Kentucky they were able to mitigate their horrendous half court offense by scoring easy buckets and forcing 18 turnovers a game.
2. Allen/Jenkins getting hot from three. Corey Allen looks to be a future all league player and we've all seen what happens when Jenkins gets in a rhythm. Both have volume scoring ability. If the duo gets it going in the same game things could get interesting.
I mentioned this last year but I think it's worth repeating. What a great opportunity for Mercy to play in front of local fans in a packed arena on national TV.
On another note, President Obama's farewell speech got me thinking about Mercy fans last night. I'd like to make a call for Oakland fans to empathize with the elderly Mercy fanbase.
A fanbase who has seen society pass their team/university by.
A fanbase who grew up with Marquette as their rival. That was fun because they were both top 25 teams.
A fanbase who's ceiling was just so damn high.
A fanbase who has attempted to embrace the rivalry, though it diminishes them
We have to pay attention, and listen.
Looking through Mercy's box-scores there's two ways they issues could arise.
1. Mercy forces a bunch of turnovers. In competitive games against Fort Wayne, Valpo, and Western Kentucky they were able to mitigate their horrendous half court offense by scoring easy buckets and forcing 18 turnovers a game.
2. Allen/Jenkins getting hot from three. Corey Allen looks to be a future all league player and we've all seen what happens when Jenkins gets in a rhythm. Both have volume scoring ability. If the duo gets it going in the same game things could get interesting.
I mentioned this last year but I think it's worth repeating. What a great opportunity for Mercy to play in front of local fans in a packed arena on national TV.
On another note, President Obama's farewell speech got me thinking about Mercy fans last night. I'd like to make a call for Oakland fans to empathize with the elderly Mercy fanbase.
A fanbase who has seen society pass their team/university by.
A fanbase who grew up with Marquette as their rival. That was fun because they were both top 25 teams.
A fanbase who's ceiling was just so damn high.
A fanbase who has attempted to embrace the rivalry, though it diminishes them
We have to pay attention, and listen.
