Jackson State game Nov 12

[muskieman]

Jackson State Tigers 8:30 Cintas Center

Record 0-2 Last game against #8 Houston loss 97-40

TV: FS1 announcers Connor Onion and Phil Martelli
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW broadcast is also available on the Varsity Network and on Sirius XM.

starters in the last game
Romelle Mansel #13 F 6'9" 220 lbs 14.5 ap/g 5 ar/g

Shannon Grant #7 C 6'11" 290 lbs 3.5 ap/g. 2 ar/g

Jalum Tatum #2 G 6'4" 189 lbs 7ap/g 2.5 assits/game

Keiveon Hunt #5 G 5'10" 180 lbs

Juan. Reyna III #20 G 6'3" 200 lbs 2.5 ap/g

Bench

Dylan Canoville #14 F 6'5" 225 lbs 5ap/g

Dorian McMillian #1 G 6'3" 178 lbs 8.5 ap/g 2.5 ar/g

[skyhops]

They have size. I don’t expect Xavier to cover 26.5 points.

[pdxmuskie]

Houston winning by 57 suggests the spread is doable. Not saying X is as good as Houston as it is way too early to know but that is a significant beat down.

I'd love to see either a 25+ point win or a game where the X bench get significant minutes performing at a high level and pulling off a 15 point win. Smaller margin with excellent in game development for the bench should pay dividends later in the year.

[muskieman]

Hugley has a big, productive first half and signs it with a big block on an attempted dunk.

[muskieman]

They have size. I don’t expect Xavier to cover 26.5 points.

They just will not listen to you sky. Six players in double figures will do it every time it is 94-57 I think the guys from Jackson State are worn out from road games

[Kevin Reilly]

Good night for the Muskies. Freemantle is looking very good. Everyone's favorite Swain is playing well. Nice to see Maddux get a chance and play like that. I was wondering if he might start before the season started. Green had his best game in over a year. He even played some defense. Hugley had a nice game too. We have a ways to go but it looks like they are learning to play together. Defense and rebounding will be the story of the season. Go X.

[pdxmuskie]

The team seems to have shooters. Was a stretch with the bench in where they were slinging 3s unnecessarily but beyond that the shot selection was mostly good.

Swain missed a couple drives he will need to convert in future games but he was all over the court.

Great to see guys off the bench get hot. Hugley should have a solid year. 3 point defense was better.

This win will probably look better than it was assuming the Mcdonald's all American has an impact on wins once he is back. Doubtful he will be enough for them to beat good teams but could help them to compete in their conference.

Rebounding is the biggest area of concern for this team. X outrebounded JS but there were a number of times where X had position but couldn't come down with it. That will likely be more problematic against big aggressive teams. Luckily Swain seems to realize the team needs him to rebound aggressively.

[muskieman]

The team seems to have shooters. Was a stretch with the bench in where they were slinging 3s unnecessarily but beyond that the shot selection was mostly good.

Swain missed a couple drives he will need to convert in future games but he was all over the court.

Great to see guys off the bench get hot. Hugley should have a solid year. 3 point defense was better.

This win will probably look better than it was assuming the Mcdonald's all American has an impact on wins once he is back. Doubtful he will be enough for them to beat good teams but could help them to compete in their conference.

Rebounding is the biggest area of concern for this team. X outrebounded JS but there were a number of times where X had position but couldn't come down with it. That will likely be more problematic against big aggressive teams. Luckily Swain seems to realize the team needs him to rebound aggressively.

I think the bench players needed to see their shot go through the basket, so I gave them a pass on shooting them, especially Maddox. I thought Hugley is progressing nicely and teamed with Zach to make a productive pair. Hugley around the rim is so much better than Abou was last year, but the poor guy was beaten up physically tonight, and the shot to the groin area almost downed him. Swain is a stud, and with his rebound to the rim, tonight was just a fan's dream. Latly, McKnight needs some love because a couple of the fouls called on him were suspect. In his limited time tonight, he had 6 assists with one turnover. That is 16 assists and only 2 TOs outstanding for your point guard in 3 games.

[X-lucidity]

Kevin Reilly with a perfect summary so no need to add. Swain may be our best rebounder. When he is out of game it is very noticeable on that end. But as mentioned, shots dropped early and often so nice progress. I was at the game sitting near the X bench and Sean seemed to like the effort and only really got frustrated the last 6 or so minutes of the 1st half when we seemed to be sleepwalking a bit. Saturday is the 1st real test- I like where we are trending- but as K Reilly stated: defense & rebounding will be our litmus test all year.

[skyhops]

Agree with the above posts. I'm sure the Green and Maddox wanted to show their worth and get some baskets, I thought Green was really impressive. We cannot get into the trap of settling for threes against good teams. Rebounding was much better today and I thought Hugley played really well. The lack of interior defense worries me especially with Hunter struggling, but not much we can do about that with losing our best defensive big.