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- From: kdelgado@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Kevin Delgado)
- Subject: FSU over CLEMSON
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 01:39:04 GMT
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- FSU defeated Clemson, at Clemson, Wednesday night, 89-71. In a matchup that
- put a HUGE Clemson team against a much smaller and lighter Seminole squad,
- FSU managed to out rebound the Tigers 40-26. Of all stats in the game, I felt
- that this ine was by far the most significant. Clemson had the ability to use
- thier size to dominate, but instead yielded to the quicker Noles. FSU's
- guard play was also a signinficant factor in the game. Between Bobby Sura,
- Charlie Ward, and Sam Cassell, they hit a combined 13(!) three pointers. That
- acounts for 8 more points than Clemson scored in the entire first half (31
- for those not good with math ;). With two or so minutes to go in the game,
- Kennedy put in the "bench gang" (Lo Hands, and the four freshmen: Robinson,
- Carroll, Shepherd, and Kerner) with a 24 point lead. He then got treated to
- an exibition of ineptness by freshman point Shepherd, as he made 3 straight
- turnovers which lead to easy baskets for the Tigers. Ahh, freshmen. FSU
- shot a very nice 53% from the field.
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- Player Analysis:
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- Charlie Ward: It looks like Ward has finally gotten back into the swing of
- things. He has started to become much more offense-minded, with
- him scoring a career high 19 points in the game (other reports
- have it at 20...but 19 was the official total). He also had 8
- assists and 3 3-pointers in the game. Ward is, as was pretty
- much expected, served as a calming force for the Noles, and a
- catalyst for both the defense and offense. Ward has gotten
- back to 100% just in time to meet up with Duke. Ward has said
- all year long that the two games he most looked forward to
- were the two meetings with Duke (so he could go up against the
- "best point gaurd in the game"...his words, not mine).
-
- Doug Edwards: Due to the size advantage of Clemson (hell, just about every
- other ACC team), Edwards was not the scoring factor that he can
- be (with a big man on the court...FSU really misses Reid
- inside). However, he was a major force in FSU's dominance on
- the boards. I listened to the game on radio, and it seemed like
- almost every time Clemson missed a shot all I heard was, "...
- and Edwards comes down with the rebound!", from one of the more
- annoying announcers: Gene Deckerhoff. I must say, however, that
- I didn't mind hearing those particular words.
-
- Rodney Dobard: Had a shitty night. He had a very poor shooting night, scoring
- only 9 points. He was, however, his usual effective self on
- the defensive side, and in grabbing the rebounds along with
- Edwards. The loss of Reid has forced Dobard to move to the
- center spot which he is 1) not big enough for, and 2) not very
- comfortable with. If Reid was in the lineup, Dobard could go
- back to his normal forward spot, and be more effective.
-
- Bob Sura: Bobby hit 4 "key three pointers" (everyone's fav cliche') in the
- game and scored 19 points...14 of which came in the second half.
- He seems to just keep rolling along.
-
- Sam Cassell: He scored from the paint, he scored from outside, and he scored
- from way deep. All in all, he ended up with 30 points in the
- game to lead all scorers. He shot a blistering 6-6 from three
- point land, and 12-14 overall from the field. With Carlie Ward
- back at the point guard spot, Cassell has been allowed to go
- back to his game...SCORING. Anyone thinks that the addition of
- Ward back to the team is not significant should take a look at
- what his presence allows...Cassell to score.
-
- Steve Gruhl: Didn't get to play. I was bummed. You would think that with a
- 24 point lead Kennedy would give the guy a shot...I bet HE
- wouldn't make 3 consecutive turnovers ;). By the way, Gruhl is
- the only guy on the team to average more points than minutes. :)
-
- Kevin (Sunday=Funday)
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