Good question. He's a better defender than Jamal Hartwell. When you look at Davidson, you've got Kellan Grady who Greene is going to have the pleasure of having to guard, and Lee, who is a better version of Battle. If you're starting four guards, I want no part of Davidson finding a way to get Hartwell mismatched on whoever they want him mismatched on...but you might also consider starting Oduro and AJ together and just trying to pound them into the ground by crashing every board you can with a combo of Oduro, AJ, Miller.
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Good question. He's a better defender than Jamal Hartwell. When you look at Davidson, you've got Kellan Grady who Greene is going to have the pleasure of having to guard, and Lee, who is a better version of Battle. If you're starting four guards, I want no part of Davidson finding a way to get Hartwell mismatched on whoever they want him mismatched on...but you might also consider starting Oduro and AJ together and just trying to pound them into the ground by crashing every board you can with a combo of Oduro, AJ, Miller.
FreeGunston12
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Yeah. That's what I was thinking, looking at how we potentially match-up.
CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY
Hall of Famer
Probably a little of both. But kid couldn't even practice for a month this year, I'm not sure I have the guts to play him as much as DP.
Paying off a little now, but who knows what we get game to game from him. Look at Frazier, hasn't done much since his big game.
Start Hartwell, but looks like we're on the Polite train for good now.
Quentin Daniels
Hall of Famer
Seriously? He had a great night in scoring 17 and let's hope this is the opening of the flood gates for Polite. But for the months of Jan. and Feb. he scored a grand total of 21 points in 13 games and 128 minutes.
FreeGunston12
All-American
Well when your other option is Hartwell against a much bigger lineup, I think it is worth considering. Riding the hot hand in these games on back-to-back days can pay off too. Plus, our starting lineup today didn't exactly get off to a hot start. Would it be a risk? Sure. But the payoff could be huge. And if he doesn't play well, you can always pull him.
I do think we see some shakeup to the starting lineup tomorrow, hopefully involving Oduro.
By George.
Starter
Between the Petey love and Polite’s performance, not sure how I contained myself tonight. Something to be excited for - XJ continues to deal with cramping and knee injuries but if he can get healthy for next year we will see a ton of XJ and Polite lineups together. Both can attack the rim, with guys like Kolek, Miller and Oduro hitting jumpers, could be a pretty good 5.
emjayar08
Sixth Man
ESPN has him getting 0, but he definitely had at least the one at the end of the game after one of his dunks.
GoMason has him with 2...so if that's the official he has tied the record, yes?
https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2020-21/george-washington/boxscore/11176
Also, where is Javon now with steals?
ephoops
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FreeGunston12
All-American
Yeah. "Great adjustment" to actually play Oduro. It was like rocket science or something.
Great adjustments at halftime. DP coached his a** off in that 2nd half.
This is like the announcers giving DP credit for screaming "get the ball inside". Yeah, I'm screaming that at my television set from my couch too. Did either one of us have any actual plan to help the team accomplish that? Tough to say.
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