Army wrap up

What a wild night!
First, a couple of nuggets. The last time Central scored 100 was that regular season final shootout with SHU a couple of years ago. This was the most points for Central since Tristan Blackwood's 40-point game against SHU during the 2006-2007 season. Central scored 103 that night. Before those two games, you had to go back to the 4OT game at Detrick vs. LaSalle.
This is the 6th time Central has scored 100 points under coach Howie Dickenman, and the Blue Devils are 5-1 in those games.
This was the 2nd most points scored by a Dickenman team in regulation, the most being 107 against LIU in the 01-02 season.

Ok, onto tonight.
Crazy, crazy game. Let's break it down.

What worked
1) He's baaaaaack: Remember earlier tonight when I wrote that someone was questioning Ken Horton? Yeah forget that. He was tremendous. Even had some blocks on a night where no one played defense.
2) Resilience: Central fought through an incredible shooting performance by the other team. Lots of times a team kind of gives up when that happens, but Central rallied. The same is true after they built a lead late and Army erased it. On the road, that might be a better sign. Central fought the home team off.
3) Plus-minus: Central only had nine turnovers, but forced 15 and blocked two shots. It adds up to a win.

What needs work
1) Defense: While Army deserves credit for making so many shots, some of them could have been defended better.
2) Dependents: Central got a little too 3-point happy, even if it did make one shy of half of them.
3) Keep going: This is a great start, but we'll know more in 2 weeks.

Matt goes man-t0-man
(we NEED a better name for this. PLEASE email me ideas).

Ken Horton: 34 and 9, 11-of-15 from the floor. Not much else to say.

Shemik Thompson: Pressed a bit early, but was fantastic as the game went on. One turnover in 40 minutes. Oh, and he played 40 minutes.

Joe Efese: Foul trouble and a lack of chances hurt him. Perhaps we forgot that he's still just 2 games past his freshman year. There will be setbacks.

Markeys Deans: The good: he was much better offensively. The bad: Foul trouble limited his minutes.

Robby Ptacek: His "ridiculous" shooting from the preseason as Howie Dickenman called it is gone, but he got rebounds and earned trips to the line. Nice to see him find ways to help when his shot is gone.

Vince Rosario: He wasn't as good as he was vs. Hartford, but his timing was impeccable. Great clutch shooting. 4 boards and 4 assists as well.

Terrell Allen: Ate minutes without hurting the team.

Devan Bailey: Likewise.

De'Angelo Speech: Didn't make the trip, no word as to why. Will see what I can find out this week.