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Just wonderin what everyone thinks about this matchup.

western has to much size and valley can't shoot so play zone and watch the rebounds and fast break points add up for the green indians instead of purple and gold ones

I say western by 10 at least with their size and valleys lack of size they will get pounded on the boards

Saturday at Zane Trace:

Lucasville Valley 62
Grandview Heights 59

Grandview's starting five: 6'6, 6'4, 6'3, 6'2, 5'11.
Grandview was 13-9 last year with all 5 starters back.

lol......Facts are funny

zane trace gym must have super large rims valley still cant shoot against a zone consistantly and i'm still trying to figure out the so called "half court offense" ? Hmmmm not under estimating them, just with they could shoot better and more consistantly, they play hard no doubt but if you dont know where the shot is coming from in the offense and they dont have confidence in that shot then you have to rebound the ball and i only see usually one valley player under the boards and then if you dont get back with the 4 other players then its trouble

No Earthly Clue why someone would want to put Valley down just cause their size....they're gonna surprise a lot if they're underestimated

2004 Sectional Finals

Westfall defeated Valley by 5 I believe.

Westfall started 6'3, 6'1, 5'10, 5'10, 5'9

Valley started 6'7, 6'6, 6'6, 6'5, 5'10

Size doesn't matter all the time.

i think that if smithson and shanks use their size, that western should be unstopable, however from what i have seen so far this year they have not used it and therefore in this case their size doesnt matter. Everyone says that its all about smithson and shanks but i think its gonna depend on how penwell and hall shoot.

last time i checked basketball wasnt about just one or two guys. if i remember right it was about a TEAM. one or two guys cant make or break ya. it takes the entire bench. whether or not you see playing time in all 4 quarters, or if you are just there to go in in a blow out game, you are still needed. but thats just my opinion.

they may not make up the whole team but when one or two players are playing badly, the team is gonna have trouble winning.

Valley 94
Western 62

WHAT!

WHAT!

Yep.. Valley 94 Western 62..
Thats so not what people thought it would be..
It was the worst game I have ever watched Western play..
Valley beat them BAD..

my earlier post suggested valley couldnt shoot but when your getting uncontested layups from 5'5 guards through the lane then outside shooting doesnt matter much. western absoulutely never got into their half court offense because they never had the ball more than 3 secs then turned it over to valley, and valley was unconsious. the shot chart keeper had to use carbon paper there were so many layups by valley

well....

Who were the high score(ers)? From both teams.

estimating yates 20 arbaugh 15 or 16 utley 15 or 16 western shanks 15 to 20 smithson 10 to 15 wolford 10 hall 6 or 8 penwell he was so taken out of it mentally that he was non factor but had 8 mabe. forgot winters from valley at least 20. dog gone forgot cunningham also probably 15

i said this once before and 60 ft. disagreed with me but smithson in this game was terrible as well. He didnt even score until the second half. And if you were watchin the game penwell was taken out because of the 4 fouls he had in the second and 3 with like 2 minutes left in the first and he had like 7 of their first 10 pts. shanks played week in the first quarter but started to get stronger as the game went on but didnt play like everyone said he should

yeah I disagreed because I thought that Smithson would show everyone that this is his and Vinces year, and they would continue their success....But this means nothing, this loss....Sure it hurts the momentum but heck its still preseason....This just gives coach a good look at everything before tourny time...