Team Without A Rudder

Tonight the top team in the Big East took the court and their name is Hunt. deploying Three guard , small forward and a power forward Hunt out ran out shot and held on to the ball in routing Rocky Mount 86-58.

Coach Mike Gainey going with the three big men lineup were no match for the outside shooters for Hunt.  Keenon Tabron blistered the Gryphons for 29 points.  Hunt full court pressure forced  22 turnovers  most coming from the big men handling the ball at midcourt due to the fact the Gryphons are still looking for a point guard who will take charge  so the big men can get in the low post.  Just about every guard on the team got one minute to show he could bring the ball up court and none accepted the role.

Sure looks to me that Gainey will have to go back to any two big men probably Battle and King and bring Bryant off the bench.  The shooting combo of Alston and Caudle and someone to be the point guard has to be employed just for the ability to cover the outside shooters.  I believe tonight was as bad of performance as I have ever seen from A Gryphon during the Mike Gainey era.

Hunt proved tonight that their victory over 2-A powerhouse Kinston was no fluke.  Donte Battle scored 17 of His 19 in the second half and Isaiah Alston with five threes for 15.  Hunt is now tied with Southern Nash a 66-56 winners over Northern Nash.

At the opposite end of the spectrum the Lady Gryphons have veteran guards and young inside people and tonight the tall Hunt Lady Warriors jump off to a 7-0 lead.  Hunt is the tallest team in the league but the constant full court pressure turned the tide but this one went to the wire.  Carmen Richardson broke a 51-51 tie with under a minute to play and the Lady Gryphons come home winners 55-51 over Hunt.  Hunt has the size to match Northern Nash but they cannot match the athletic ability of Northern.

Hunt out rebounded Rocky Mount 44-34 with Alexis Williams hauling down 19 boards.  The quickness of the Gryphons forced 20 turnovers.  Carmen Richardson lead RM  with 21 points. T T Thomas followed with 12 but Thomas lead the defensive push. The inside players of Keyanna Spivey, Tarmara Harper, Ashley Hatfield and Tiara Hinton though small against Hunt big inside have shown to understand how to get position on defense and this girls team has proven to be a big surprise this season.  The Lady Gryphons are tied a top the Big East  with Northern who beat Southern 54-28.