Saint Joseph’s University came into today’s game against
Princeton coming off a shaky win against Columbia. The plan coming into both
games was to distribute the ball evenly throughout the court, keeping the
pressure off DeAndre Bembry. However, this game plan did not work for the Hawks
tonight. Princeton put early pressure on the Hawks, keeping them from ever
getting their game started. From the start of this game it looked to be a lost
cause for either team.
If you wanted to watch a bad all around basketball game then
this was the perfect game. The Hawks put up their fewest points of the season.
The offense never got anything going and was purely being run on DeAndre
Bembry. Bembry single handedly won this game, scoring 27. There were nine guys
who hit the floor tonight; only five were able to score. Throughout, this
season Coach Martelli has preached the importance of distributing the ball to
lead to scores. This did not happen for SJU, and that was due to the fact that
they could not hit a shot. Once again the pressure was on DeAndre to score and
get the rebounds, really showing what he was made of. However, Bembry did
struggle from three again; a shot he has to improve on.
Tonight was truly a game to forget about. Coach Martelli
said in his press conference that the team will watch film of what they are
doing right. Two guys we are starting to see have their minutes dwindled are
Javon and Oliva. In tonight’s game Oliva only hit the court for 21mins and
Javon did not see action. If the Hawks
are going to compete and reach that goal of 10-2 before A-10, we will need guys
to step up. This team has the talent, however they have yet to utilize it to
their full potential. The Hawks next game is against Temple where they hope to
kick-start the offense!
-Brett
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