Hardin Jefferson vs. Yates

[BADSANTA]

HJ could lose by 90 and Silsbee knows what's ahead of them. Got games before e even think about Yates.

[whsalum]

Guard play wasn't the biggest factor last year on Silsbee beating Yates. The Yates big man spending over half the game on the bench in foul trouble and fouling out early in the 4th was the biggest factor in last years regional final. The Hawks are gritty and have played Silsbee twice, Pt Arthur Memorial, Lufkin, WB, and several more ranked clubs. I look for them to show up and play well. 

[indian15/16]

20 hours ago, BADSANTA said:

The team Yates played was horrible 

Actually....probably worse than horrible 

[indian15/16]

3 hours ago, ST413 said:

A couple points here i have a little trouble with, one,  i dont think the Tigers played their absolute best in that first half of the second game.  Defensively...maybe so.  Offensively...not so much...didnt shoot the ball as well as we can.   As far as Yates margin of victory over hj, i dont think thats of much significance.  Yates is a team that we better be aware of either way,  they are a team that can beat us if we dont play like we should and maybe even if we do.  Lots of variables can lead to a victory margin being wider or closer than they really should be.

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[ST413]

18 minutes ago, indian15/16 said:

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Sinply stating although my Tigers are the favorites we cant overlook Yates.......

[Kountzer]

I am sitting in the stands HJ warm up

 

[Sportsfan1999]

88-53 yates 

[Kountzer]

Yates warming up. They are long.

[Kountzer]

Went over and spoke to Aggie.

[Kountzer]

Drake music blasting.

[BADSANTA]

I'll got 92-65 Yates

[Kountzer]

16-15

[whsalum]

HJ 16 Yates 15 end of 1st

[bullets13]

7 hours ago, JimThorpe said:

And that's an interesting thing to analyze.  The Tigers dominated the Hawks in that second game.  Silsbee had the Hawks reeling in the first half, missing shoots at the basket making questionable passes, scoring only 55.  The margin was 26 points.  A convincing win. 

The Tigers played about as well as they are capable of playing in the first half and the score was 43-18. But then the Hawks gathered themselves and played much, much better in the second half.  They were outscored by only one point 38-37.  Some of it was Silsbee relaxing a little sitting on that 25 point halftime lead but that wasn't the whole story.  Remember too that Persohn fouled out relatively early in the 4th quarter and still HJ outscored Silsbee 22-19 in that period.  A lot of it had to do with that scrawny little blond kid who comes in off the bench.  I don't know what it is, but when he comes in the game we seem to score a little less and HJ seems to score a little more. And that was true in both games.  Go figure.

I assume that Yates will win but I'll be looking at the margin.  If it's 30 or below then okay, I'm sorry HJ loses but it shows that Yates isn't some kind of monster.  But if it's a 50 point drubbing then the Tigers will have to take notice and think hard about what they intend to do.  While the Tigers are clearly better than HJ they aren't 50 points better.   

 

Great point.  The hawks have found a way to play Silsbee dang near even in 3 of 4 halfs this year.  I’m not at all trying to find some moral victory, just kinda making the point that they’ve certainly shown they can hang with more talented teams.