[WALL2WALL]

This game was a measuring stick for Cordia and they must step it up next week!

I came away from this game with so many thoughts so I have plenty to say. First, I believe that PCC is a 6-12 point better team than Cordia. the reason it got as bad as it got was because Cordia couldn't throw one in the ocean and PCC was on fire! Second, They controlled the tempo, they knew when to push and when to slow down and execute for a good shot. Third, the only way any team in this region has a shot at beating PCC is playing a zone defense. Breathitt who I believe is not a better team than Cordia has took PCC to a 2OT game and another close game and we all know Denny played his 1-2-2 zone. So Cordia should have slowed it down and played a zone instead of push because they settled while PCC took good shots.

I still say Emmanuel is the best player in the 14th. He is not a scoring pg(he has plenty of times this season but his tru game is a true pg) so he looks to get as much dimes as he can. Cordia shot horribly in the 1st so when your a true pg and you do not get any assists because your teammates are not hitting that makes you look bad. He is still a d-1 level pg and nobody will make me think different.

As long as PCC shoots the ball the way they did tonight, there is no team in this region that can play with them, not Hazard, not Knott. When your shooting the ball the way they did it is contagious.

I hated being at the game and not being able to cheer when PCC made a play or when Cordia made a play. I would have looked stupid clapping for both teams so I set there shocked through that first half because i felt like i was getting ready to see a really good game.

I do expect a different Cordia team in district play because they know how to guard Knott but they must learn how to guard Perry and man2man is not it. Rhodes and his staff has some game film to review and see that because if they try to play PCC man again if these two teams meet in region it will end up being the same result.

Congrats goes out to two of my old friends in Dalton Cornett and Austin Pray on two terrific careers at PCC, what a way to end your last home game at Perry! Good Luck to both teams in District play!