Buddy was 6-19 with zero assists. Too much dribbling. Ball movement was more like the first half of the season than recent games. Jesse looked like a raw freshman instead of the player he’s been all season, maybe going against a fellow countryman got in his head. Joe was the bad Joe in the first half. Yet we won on the road.
Swider has become the player we hoped he would be. Confident, not anxious. No more line drives off the front rim.
I’ve been thinking we might need to bring in two scorers from the portal. I would be very happy if those two scorers were Cole Swider and Judah Mintz. I like a starting lineup of Girard, Mintz, Benny, Swider, and Jesse. Benny looks like he’s beginning to turn the corner. Playing a little more comfortable and stronger, even visibly looking stronger than earlier in the season. I think he makes a progression similar to Jeremie Grant, who went from 3ppg as a freshman to 12 his sophomore season.
Credit to new BC coach Earl Grant. He inherited a team with little offensive talent, yet BC scraps their way to being competitive most games.