[Road Trip]

Everybody talking about Ashland defense, am not sold on it. Yeah they get a lot of turnovers but that accounts toward lower skilled competition. They struggle to sit down and guard letting others beat them off the dribble and get into the lane which has lead to foul trouble. When they face a team that has really skilled guards they'll be in trouble, East has better guards than they have face yet, so it might be closer than people think. They also struggle defending ball screens letting others turn the corner and penetrate. They also struggle defending in the post getting in foul trouble Kenser, Justice caused them problems, I know they did a good job on Anderson but not early they made an adjust with Robinson helping backside and Anderson doesn't move very well. However I got Ashland winning by 6.

"For those who don't know, now you know"

Ashland defense looked pretty good tonight. East Carter scores only 16 in first half. Only one East player gets double figures in game. I believe Stumbo (center) only had about 5 points. Only criticism I have of Ashland in this game is that they got a little sloppy in second half both offensively and defensively after building a 20 point lead. Possibly understandable due to margin at halftime, but Ashland needs to learn from this and not leave the door open for future opponents.