LIONS VS. HIGHLANDERS

[lion4life]

Not only Candice...we are winning without our starting post player and our only other true point guard who out for the season. With all that talent not playing we are still winning.
Sometimes a coach can only do so much, the girls on this team have a strong will to win.

[ironlions]

I presume you mean Sybesma. Do you know how long she is out for. I also heard Monica would be starting if she wasn't injured. Is this true?

[lion4life]

Not sure on the length Sybesma is out for or if Monica would be starting.
Cassady is having a tremendous season.
I do know that if everyone was healty we would be that much more dangerous.

[t]

Dec 16, 2008 15:43:56 GMT -5 @zagsfanforlife said:

And for you guys who mentioned Orlando Johnson and Deadweiler... place either of those players on next years squad and I would guarentee you both players (especially Deadweiler) would be struggling for any time at all.

Dec 18, 2008 2:51:29 GMT -5 @zagsfanforlife said:

.. was it as obvious on team as it was in person that Laron Armstead is going to be a superstar for the three remaining years?

Dragging the numbers to this spot for perusal:


Surrounded by a plethora of lower case “division ii” teammates Orlando Johnson’s 2007/2008 season went like this:

MINUTES
## Player GP GS Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Tot Avg
33 Johnson, Orlando 31 30 383 12.4 133 323 .412 40 125 .320 77 120 .642 65 87 152 4.9 80 3 65 80 12 18 807 26.0



His numbers comparable to anyone on this year’s more athletic but winless team:


SCORING TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS MINUTES
## Player GP GS Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Tot Avg
11 x-TEEL, Vernon 4 3 62 15.5 19 45 .422 0 5 .000 24 39 .615 10 20 30 7.5 11 1 9 15 0 6 101 25.3
0 DuBois, Jarred
11 11 123 11.2 38 127 .299 17 47 .362 30 34 .882 6 22 28 2.5 30 1 33 26 0 8 385 35.0
24 Armstead, LaRon
11 6 108 9.8 34 84 .405 1 7 .143 39 54 .722 15 47 62 5.6 22 0 14 27 2 6 335 30.5
01 Counts, Corey
11 9 98 8.9 32 73 .438 22 56 .393 12 13 .923 4 18 22 2.0 16 0 22 21 0 9 325 29.5
05 Hamilton, Ashley
6 5 43 7.2 15 45 .333 1 5 .200 12 15 .800 6 22 28 4.7 16 1 8 19 0 3 154 25.7
40 Young, Kevin 11 11 75 6.8 32 93 .344 3 22 .136 8 18 .444 31 44 75 6.8 39 2 9 28 6 12 320 29.1
12 Deric, Marko 11 8 42 3.8 17 58 .293 5 18 .278 3 4 .750 12 24 36 3.3 26 0 4 15 0 2 220 20.0
10 Sweezy, Brad
11 0 26 2.4 11 28 .393 0 2 .000 4 9 .444 13 30 43 3.9 27 2 6 13 1 4 225 20.5
32 x-DIEDERICHS, Tim 3 2 7 2.3 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 2 2 4 1.3 4 0 2 5 0 0 44 14.7
03 Kanne, Chris 10 0 10 1.0 3 19 .158 2 17 .118 2 2 1.000 5 5 10 1.0 0 0 7 4 0 1 83 8.3
25 Reilly, Griffin 2 0 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0


Plus statically superior to Larry Davis’ two seasons at Seton Kids-in-the Hall…:

DAVIS’ CAREER STATS
-3pt- -Rebounds-
Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
06-07 29 9 610 21.0 70 191 .366 32 80 .400 45 57 .789 39 61 100 3.4 51 0 45 36 10 35 217 7.5
07-08 32 13 675 21.1 61 192 .318 20 66 .303 44 64 .688 31 77 108 3.4 56 0 40 26 10 31 186 5.8



…and Drew Viney’s injury stunted year at OU, up there in the Northwest, playing for former Saint Mary’s coach Ernie Kent:
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----|
GP/GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Bk St Pts Avg
12/0 83 6.9 6-18 .333 4-12 .333 2-6 .333 4 10 14 1.2 16 0 2 5 2 1 18 1.5

Zagsfanforlife, you believe Laron’s going to be a star and Orlando would struggle for playing time on next year’s collective? I’m flummoxed by this particular thread of logic.


t

[ironlions]

Orlando would have gotten minutes for sure. However we would be quite loaded at his position. It will be interesting to see how O's numbers are at UCSB when he is surrounded by D1 players. I will certainly keep up with is progression.

[zagsfanforlife]

Its pretty easy to have decent numbers scoring wise when you are surrounded by Division 2 talent and are the center of the offense. Not to mention this years schedule is much tougher. Orlando in my eyes was always overrated, so for me to carry on this discussion would be like lionspride talking about his feelings for Diedrichs. OJ was a black hole. He was a solid player, but you really think he is better than Armstead, Teel, and Larry Davis? Because that is who he would have to beat out to play for next years team. In my eyes he is not. And if Armstead played on that laughing stock we called a team last year with at least 3 division 2 caliber players, he would have put up at least 15 a game.