(1) Minford vs (2) Southeastern - DIII District Final

[se-alum]

This should be a good one! Minford pulled away late vs Alexander, SE held on late against Eastern Brown. Skeens vs. Daniels. Was very impressed by Daniels last night vs Alexander. She was all over the court. Very smart ball player. If she wasn't lacking in foot speed and quickness, she would definitely have the skill set for D1 college basketball!

These two teams seem to matchup well with each other. From what I saw last night, expect Daniels and Skeens to be a wash, the bigs for each team are very similar players, not overly aggressive and have trouble finishing at times. I might actually give the advantage beyond those players to SE. SE has to work diligently on their press breakers over the next week though. EB exploited them, and Minford saw that. SE was outcoached last night, that can't happen against this Minford team.

Also, the officiating in the SE/EB game was horrific, both ways, lets hope that doesn't happen again.

[smurray]

Congratulations to Ella Skeens on becoming the ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN ROSS COUNTY HISTORY (boy or girl). She needed 17 to break the record of 2,255. She tied the record with a pair of FT's in the 3rd and then broke it with a bucket (also in the 3rd) to propel her to 2,257. She ended the night with 21 points and stands at 2,260.

[DrChipinski]

"Also, the officiating in the SE/EB game was horrific, both ways, lets hope that doesn't happen again."


I'm always curious when I see comments like this, especially with little or no explanation to support the statement.

[SCOH]

Lol. SE Ross shot 18-26 from FT line and EB shot 5-9 From FT line.
Also that’s the second game in a row that SE Ross lost a big half time lead. Up 21 on Oak Hill and 16 vs EB.
Can’t do that to Minford

[KRS]

When you have players that are much faster than the other team you are going to get the line. This was the case last night at nearly every position. Sardinia dug themselves into a hole early and had to press, gamble, and take chances to get back into the game, it put us on the line and we took advantage. This year Skeens has made a living at the line, making over 170 on the season so far which is top 20 in the state all time, including 14 trips last night . They definitely need to fix the third quarter situation, uncharacteristic of this team to let teams back in games like they have the last two.
Definite advantage to Minford, SE has nothing to lose. everything from here on out is just a bonus. Best of luck to both teams.

[se-alum]

When you have players that are much faster than the other team you are going to get the line. This was the case last night at nearly every position. Sardinia dug themselves into a hole early and had to press, gamble, and take chances to get back into the game, it put us on the line and we took advantage. This year Skeens has made a living at the line, making over 170 on the season so far which is top 20 in the state all time, including 14 trips last night . They definitely need to fix the third quarter situation, uncharacteristic of this team to let teams back in games like they have the last two.
Definite advantage to Minford, SE has nothing to lose. everything from here on out is just a bonus. Best of luck to both teams.

Ella only gets about half the calls she should get, kinda like the Shaq-affect. Officiating was rough toward EB though, especially in the 1st half. 10 fouls on EB, zero on SE, but SE was much more aggressive offensively than EB. EB plays a slow down offense to work through their bigs. The 2nd half was more helter skelter for both teams, not much that resembled offense. EB made their hay on scramble plays and offensive rebounds in the 2nd half. A bunch of missed travelling calls, and 3 seconds was non existent. It was just a bad group of officials overall. The officials in the Minford/Alex game were much better, and they had a faster paced game to call for sure.

[SCBC Basketball]

Wasn’t complaining bout refs. I had no issue with it was
Stating the FT for those who thought it was an issue. In the end it’s bout making shots. SE made more than EB. EB had their chance at the end just have to convert shots down the stretch.

[smurray]

Lol. SE Ross shot 18-26 from FT line and EB shot 5-9 From FT line.
Also that’s the second game in a row that SE Ross lost a big half time lead. Up 21 on Oak Hill and 16 vs EB.
Can’t do that to Minford

11 of those FT's came in the 4th period when EB had to foul.
Fouls in the first half were 9-0 as Southeastern's aggressive offense lead to most of those fouls. Not saying SE didn't foul, was somewhat surprised there weren't any called on SE but don't really remember anything that should have been called or missed.
Fouls in the 2nd half were 9 SE to 11 EB, 8 of EB's coming in the 4th when they had to.
There were a ton of additional fouls that could have been called against EB as they mugged Skeens all night.

Southeastern will need to play a lot better to beat Minford. They did not handle to press very well at all.

[KRS]

Agree they need to handle the pressure better to be competitive in this game and I expect they will. I was impressed with how Hard Minfod played and definitely have to match their intensity.
Pressure hasn’t really bothered SE in the games I watched this year but it did in the last game. For some reason they were having Skeens take the ball out or go to the middle and Eastern did a good job not letting her get it back. Haven’t really seen that press breaker much from the Panthers this year. They usually give the ball to Skeens or Morris and go try to make plays on the other end. I suspect they will go back to keeping the ball in their hands in any full court situations.
I know of one common opponent, Alexander and both teams got the W but they weren’t pretty Wins by any means. Hopefully it is a good ball game.

[se-alum]

I don't mind Skeens taking the ball out, but if that's the play, you need to bring Collins up, inbound to her, then hit Ella on the move. That's as basic as it gets against the man press EB ran at times. EB used the 1-3-1 press a lot also. Should be very easy to break, but you have to keep the ball moving. The few times Ella just took the ball and went, it turned out well for SE. Either a foul or SE got to the basket. Hopefully they get this all cleaned up this week.

[Bleeding Red]

I'll take Minford by 9

[RetiredLife]

When does Minford play again?

[Ironmanfan01]

When does Minford play again?

After Saturday's game they will play Wednesday, March 7th at 6:15 in Logan.

[KRS]

Winner gets Africentric. Best of luck to both teams .

[Ironmanfan01]

That's what I meant. If Minford wins they will play March 7th.

[a_c_m]

Lady Falcons 34
Lady Panthers 19

at the half

[Bleeding Red]

Not impressed with Skeens as far as the scoring records she set. Decent player but Daniels is 10 times the basketball player.

Minford the much better overall team in the first half.

[smurray]

SE jumped out 5-0 then Minford went on a 16-0 run. First period was 18-11 Minford

MINFORD FIRST HALF
Daniels 12
Blankenship 10
Risner 5
Puckett 4
Slusher 3
Minford was 3-11 from the line

SOUTHEASTERN
Skeens 7
Mitten 6
Collins 4
Hice 1
Southeastern was 5-8 from the line.

[smurray]

Not impressed with Skeens as far as the scoring records she set. Decent player but Daniels is 10 times the basketball player.

Minford the much better overall team in the first half.

She’s the all time leading scorer in Ross County so bash her for this one half all you want.
Minford is the better TEAM for sure, it’s not all Daniels. She is very good but she has a very good team around her.

[greygoose]

Not impressed with Skeens as far as the scoring records she set. Decent player but Daniels is 10 times the basketball player.

Minford the much better overall team in the first half.

Yeah she's only been SVC player of the year for 4 years now. You do realize that's freshman through senior year right?? Minford is the better team hands down and their sole focus is stopping Skeens. Not sure knocking her for being unable to carry her team is going to get you anywhere guessing you've never seen her play before judging by your snap judgment.