This is a good win. Honestly I was a little annoyed to be considered a 6 point underdog against YSU. If you look at their results, they've had a pretty good season scoring a bunch of points...but I still think we're better so if I were a gambling man I would have taken those points all day. Glad I was proven right.
YSU had 3 desperation threes that all fell, a late shot clock in each half plus the one at the end which was well defended and a very tough shot. Those 9 points were huge for YSU.
This was Jaylin Hunter's game all the way. Very much a Mark Sears like game, some mind bending drives to the hoop and all around great ball skills dishing 7 assists, grabbing 3 steals and being very efficient with well selected shots behind the arc to go 3 for 4. He was absolutely outstanding. I don't expect his shooting to be that good very often but he has GREAT ball skills.
Baker also had a much better night of shooting than he has so far. Much better shot selection.
I again say Clayton has clearly improved 500% in rebounding, both his committing to doing it and his execution. It's been huge lately and will be huge come MAC play.
AJ Brown needs 25+ minutes a game, if that comes in the form of a 6th man like it did in this game that is fine with me...but he needs to be in there. He is already a well above average player in the MAC. Keep him happy and growing this year and he can come back and be our leading scorer next year.
I'm still not sure an 11 man rotation is sustainable (and that is counting Adelodun out). I like the other 3 freshmen a lot but barring injuries they may ultimately have to wait until next year to get much of a chance to prove their worth.