Coach 01

14 minutes ago, Cu Chulainn said:

To me Orangefield's biggest issue when we play elite caliber teams is the fact that they face guard Scales and the others try to play 4 on 4 rather than finding ways to keep our best scorer involved. He had 15 in the 1st quarter against EC the other night, but only 5 more for the rest of the game. He finished 7/11 for a game high 20 points. At the half, no one else had scored outside of Wrinkle and Scales. What would the score have been if there was more focus on screening to get Scales free and clearing out the floor? He doesnt average near the shot attempts that others get to put up the same kinds of numbers. I realize that if they facegaurd and commit others to not letting Scales get any decent looks then it should leave others open to score, but that doesnt work for us against really elite teams that can put up big points like we can when Scales is involved. Wrinkle consistently puts up numbers along with Scales but we have to get more from the supporting cast to be able to beat Kountze's, the Westwoods, and the Chappel Hills. And by consistency, I dont always mean scoring, I mean doing whatever it takes to win. Playing D, rebounding the basketball, sprinting up the floor. Passing up a decent shot to get a great shot, etc . Alot of our downfalls against the really good teams, is just nerves and some of the boys needing to s  ettle in under the bright lights.

Coach Whitmire has had alot of success against Coach Joubert in the past 7-8 years. It’s going to be a lot of fun watching what these two have planned. Two talented teams, and two very good coaches. It should be a lot of fun.

Sounds pretty obvious and not a real deep take, but if Kountze is shooting it well, they should pull away. If they have one of their notoriously bad shooting nights from deep, Orangfield has the shooters to get hot and pull the road upset.

It should be a heck of a game. I expect them to be a lot more competitive than last years games.

Just now, AggiesAreWe said:

For the Tuesday game or tomorrow?

Sorry, for the Orangefield/Kountze match up Tuesday

6 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I do agree that Kountze has played the much tougher schedule.

Those losses to Westwood and Tyler Chapel Hill kind of stick out to me in regards to Orangefield.

But, that's why we play the games.

I certainly will be there Tuesday night.

What’s your line?

EC has a couple talented Freshman guards. They won’t struggle for long. But as we saw with Kountze last year, young teams struggled against heavy upperclass teams that have a lot of experience.

Final 

Kountze 92

Anahuac 56

End of 3

Kountze 75

Anahuac 37

3:21 3rd

Kountze 71

Anahuac 30

Halftime

Kountze 48

Anahuac 21

Sounds like a good one!

End of 1

Kountze 21

Anahuac 8

5:11 1st

Kountze 11

Anahuac 0

Tip off incoming 

1 hour ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I'll be attending the PA Memorial at Nederland game Tuesday night. Really think this will be a doozy of a game. Both teams have been playing well of late.

A couple of other Tuesday night games that are interesting. West Brook and United in the Montagne Center is always a treat. Probably go to this one the 2nd time around. For the small school folks, San Augustine at Corrigan-Camden should be a good one. Two teams battling for first in their district.

As for Friday, I'm thinking about going to either WO-S at Silsbee, Central Heights at Hemphill, Orangefield at Anahuac or Brookeland at Leggett.

If Nederland wins Tuesday night, then their game at Barbers Hill Friday will currently be for 1st place in district. Might have to give that one some consideration.

I am up to 93 teams and 78 games this season. At sometime this season I want to see San Augustine, Hemphill and Leggett. All the other teams I have listed in this post I have seen this season.

I seen San Augustine at the Tenaha tournament I believe. They have an athletic squad but struggled if I’m thinking of the right team. 
 

As far as Ned/Pam, I think Nederland edges them out in a close one.

Kountze at Anahuac is an interesting game. Kountze can struggle with big Centers, and Anahuac has a pretty good one. They going to need to limit 2nd chance points.

2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Here are some big time match ups for this week, Jan. 8-13:

 

Tuesday, Jan. 9

Beaumont West Brook at Beaumont United (Montagne Center)     7pm

Summer Creek at CE King     7pm

Port Arthur Memorial at Nederland       7pm

Little Cypress-Mauriceville at Lumberton    7:30pm

Hardin-Jefferson at Huffman               7pm

Pollok Central at Woodville          7:30pm

Anahuac at Kountze              7:30pm

East Chambers at Orangefield     7:30pm

Onalaska at Crockett             7:30pm

San Augustine at Corrigan-Camden       7pm

 

Friday, Jan. 12

Atascocita at Summer Creek            7pm

CE King at Beaumont West Brook      7pm

Nederland at Barbers Hill               7pm

Crosby at Port Arthur Memorial         7pm

West Orange-Stark at Silsbee              7:30pm

Hamshire-Fannett at Hardin-Jefferson (Sat.)     2pm

Central Heights at Hemphill     7:30pm

Orangefield at Anahuac            7:30pm

Evadale at West Hardin           7pm

Brookeland at Leggett            7:30pm

 

Thoughts on any of these games?

 

There is an error on schedules. Kountze will play in Anahuac Tuesday.

Is that Booker T Washington out of Florida? The bracket shows it being a Florida team.

Also curious to hear a bit more from FootballFan11 about how things are going so far..

22-3A could come down to the wite, as usuall with last couple playoffs spots. Anahuac is a bit better than I originally thought they would be. With Buna and Orangefield playing a fairly tight district opener, it should be a fun district to watch.

50 minutes ago, BBfan061 said:

I knew East Chambers wouldn’t be as good as last year but Didn’t think they would lose by 49 at home to Kountze. Also what a different team for Kountze this year… What’s crazy is that in this blowout is Sells only had 9 points. Total team win.

He was a point away from a triple double. Offensively the points were spread, but as AAW provided, Kountze struggled shooting. As far as playoff runs, Kountze can make a run if the dominoes fall right. In my opinion their best run will be next year. Essentially bringing all their minutes back next year.

It didn’t feel like they had a ton of opportunities. They are really working to get the ball up the floor.

Kountze didn’t shoot the ball very well at all that half.

6 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Has anything changed?

Nothing major on this end. I was curious if the slow start vs Warren for Kountze or the loss to Anahuac for EC Tuesday changed your impression on tonight’s game.

2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I'll be court side for this one tonight. I'll provide updates and stats.

Still -9?