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Thursday, December 28, 2006
A few tidbits leftover in the HOOP TIME NOTEBOOK after Holy Cross' win at LaSalle Thursday night.
1-2-3 KICK: At times the Holy Cross defense sounded a little like a dance team as it switched things up in the 2-3 zone they played against Lasalle. From time to time, the Crusaders would audibly count the LaSalle passes, calling out "One, two, three, four as the ball moved from Explorer to Explorer.
After the game, Ralph Willard explained the pass counting was part of two variations on the 2-3, a 2-4 and a 2-5. No, they did not get to deploy extra defenders. The 4 and the 5 refer to the number of opponent passes to trigger a switch into a matchup.
The tactic worked well against LaSalle's young team. Switching to the matchup late in the possession seemed to confuse the Explorers. It also took away the opportuinty for LaSalle's athletes to exloit a gap in the zone with dribble penetration late in the shot clock.
An added benefit of the zone: Less demand on the legs, a key consideration with guys like Torey Thomas and Keith Simmons playing beaucoup minutes for the injury riddled Crusaders.
KYLE BY THE NUMBERS: 15 points, a new career high
1 bumber of career double figures games for the junior guard
9 total points Cruze had scored all season prior to the LaSalle game
1 number of times Cruze has been interviewed after a game in his 2-plus seasons at HC
27 total points Cruze scored his first two seasons at HC
1 number of three-pointers Cruze made in the first 11 games of this season
3 number of threes he had his first two seasons combined
3 number of threes he had against LaSalle
25.9 percent of HC's points Cruze accounted for against LaSalle
1.3 percent of HC's total points this season Cruze accounted for prior to the LaSalle game
PATERICK's POINTS: Freshman Zach Paterick scored his first career points on his first career three-pointer in the first half. Paterick. who spotted Torey Thomas at the point for two minutes in the first half also played some on the win beside Thomas.
A natural off guard who was expected top spend his first year getting strong enough to play Division I ball, has been pressed into service as an emergency point guard due to Pat Doherty's broken hand.
Paterick finished with five points. He turned the ball over the first time he brought it up, then played the rest of his 8 minutes without giving it away again. Paterick had only played in two prior games, totalling 1 minute of action.
SIMMONS UPDATE: HC's Keith Simmons played with just an elastic support on his injured knee. He shed the bulkier metal brace he'd used since spraining the knee at Duke after resting the knee during finals and over the holiday.
Willard said Simmons' cramping in the George Mason game was not like the cramping that caused Simmons problems last season. The cramp in the George Mason game was not as severe, and the brief incident is the only cramp Simmons has had all season, Willard said. Willard believes these cramps were caused by Simmons running an unnatural gait due to the injured knee. He showed few ill effects against LaSalle.
1-2-3 KICK: At times the Holy Cross defense sounded a little like a dance team as it switched things up in the 2-3 zone they played against Lasalle. From time to time, the Crusaders would audibly count the LaSalle passes, calling out "One, two, three, four as the ball moved from Explorer to Explorer.
After the game, Ralph Willard explained the pass counting was part of two variations on the 2-3, a 2-4 and a 2-5. No, they did not get to deploy extra defenders. The 4 and the 5 refer to the number of opponent passes to trigger a switch into a matchup.
The tactic worked well against LaSalle's young team. Switching to the matchup late in the possession seemed to confuse the Explorers. It also took away the opportuinty for LaSalle's athletes to exloit a gap in the zone with dribble penetration late in the shot clock.
An added benefit of the zone: Less demand on the legs, a key consideration with guys like Torey Thomas and Keith Simmons playing beaucoup minutes for the injury riddled Crusaders.
KYLE BY THE NUMBERS:
PATERICK's POINTS: Freshman Zach Paterick scored his first career points on his first career three-pointer in the first half. Paterick. who spotted Torey Thomas at the point for two minutes in the first half also played some on the win beside Thomas.
A natural off guard who was expected top spend his first year getting strong enough to play Division I ball, has been pressed into service as an emergency point guard due to Pat Doherty's broken hand.
Paterick finished with five points. He turned the ball over the first time he brought it up, then played the rest of his 8 minutes without giving it away again. Paterick had only played in two prior games, totalling 1 minute of action.
SIMMONS UPDATE: HC's Keith Simmons played with just an elastic support on his injured knee. He shed the bulkier metal brace he'd used since spraining the knee at Duke after resting the knee during finals and over the holiday.
Willard said Simmons' cramping in the George Mason game was not like the cramping that caused Simmons problems last season. The cramp in the George Mason game was not as severe, and the brief incident is the only cramp Simmons has had all season, Willard said. Willard believes these cramps were caused by Simmons running an unnatural gait due to the injured knee. He showed few ill effects against LaSalle.
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