[zaga_fan]

Alas, a beatdown.

I have to be quick tonight boys because it's Valentine's Day and the wife has plans that if I break I'll be in the doghouse until after the next time these teams play.

You get one last post from me tonight until I come back tomorrow and fight with all of you losers in the name of all that is good and Perry Central.

But anyway...
Knott hit shots and killed it on the boards and that won them the game.

Perry was one-and-done on countless trips while the Commodores gave Knott several looks at the basket each time.

Hoskins HAS to realize that his best lineup is Beverly, Turner, Toomer, Tobler and Johnson. I don't know if he's just saving that for later or what... but this Tyler Fugate and Justin Johnson business isn't going to get it done. Tobler and Johnson could have battled on the boards if JJ wasn't worried about looking up into the stands after every play.

Justice was unstoppable but they pretty much played him straight up... that won't happen come tournament time. He had 41 and went 17/17 from the FT line.

6 technical FTs for Justice is never going to end well. That's basically 6 pts these guys just let Knott have.

Congrats Knott on the win and I'm interested in seeing what these teams bring to the table in the postseason.

No "excuses" from me - as I never give excuses for a team to get beat by nearly twenty points. Although I'm sure you guys have been waiting for my "excuses" while I was driving home.

I'm a Perry fan, but I'm not blind. Going into this game I said Perry was the top team in the region and coming out of it I can't say that. Knott is the best team in the region right now.

But! (you knew it was coming)
I don't think you can take a lot from this game since you don't know what each team was holding and you didn't get to say Perry's best lineup (in my opinion) on the floor for any decent stretch of time. I think those five guys may have gotten in when it was too late for it to matter. I know for a fact that they were never on the floor together in the first 3 quarters.