[DALE]

He has basketball smarts and could be a real good PG if he works on his ball handling skills, but good lord he cant shoot worth a lick and could have cost us the game by throwing up 3's.

The kid took 5 shots today. One went in, 3 rimmed in and out, and the other one caught iron. He does what is told of him by the coaching staff and that is the reason he played 25 minutes compared to Galloway's 3 minutes, Miller's 7, and Liggins few. He's out there for a reason and the coaching staff has confidence in him or he would've been over there riding the pine because the game was tight the whole time. He averaged 20+ points a game in high school so he can shoot the rock. This made the second time this season he has got over 20 minutes in a game, with more minutes he'll become more comfortable and the shots will start to drop. He probably hasn't taken 15 shots all season, back in high school I'm sure he shot it that many times a game. There are many positives one can take away from this game, the folks I sat next to down in section 19 today thought he handled the pressure with poise of someone that is not a walkon freshman, fed the post, didn't turn the ball over, took no ill advised shots, and played solid defense today. I think most people that were there or watched the game with an open mind would take that away as well.