Nodaway Valley

[hawkeyetillidie]

Does anyone have a scouting report on them?

 

[HerkysAgent]

Don't give them open threes and hold Lamb under 20 points. I've seen them play a few times throughout the year and if I was coaching against them I'd go box and 1 or triangle and 2. Put your best defender on Lamb. If Venteicher is in the game possibly use a triangle and 2. He only shoots threes and doesn't shoot well when guarded. Let Schweitzer (sp?) shoot all game. Might make a couple but it's not his strong suit. Lay off of him giving him wide open threes. He will launch them and that will take away possessions from Lamb. The less times Lamb shoots the better chance you have to win. Though I will be very surprised if NV stays within 20 anyways against Gladbrook. They have no inside presence. Very small team.

 

[Drakefan]

They average about 6' and love to dunk!

 

[Saywhat2]

Originally posted by Drakefan:
They average about 6' and love to dunk!

Cool! Nothing like dunking!

 

[mtdew_fever]

Nodaway Valley has a chance to stay with Gladbrook-Reinbeck, but it'll be tough.

Over coming GR's size is one thing, but GR can hit the 3 just as good as NV.

With NV's lack of size, they will need to try to speed up the game as much as possible and also hit at least 10 three point shots.....which they have done.

 

[hawkeye ball]

GR:
50.9% field goal percentage
35.9% three point percentage (176 for 490)
73.8 points per game

NV:
43.4% field goal percentage
34.9% three point percentage (188 for 538)
62.8 points per game

 

[maxstabs13]

As mentioned, I would go Box and 1. I don't think GR will be in much trouble if they go straight man either, but with Box and 1 they can better protect the lane/help if Lamb beats Smoldt off the dribble.
Smoldt on Lamb

Force Lamb to shoot contested 3's, but mainly keep him from getting to the rim and drawing fouls. I would much rather see him shoot 5-6 3's then get 8-10 FT's if I am GR. Smoldt and Lamb will cancel each other out.

Clark/Holman on Andrews
Pierce/Clark on Armstrong
Kickbush/Holman/Smoldt on Venteicher
Dinsdale/Kickbush on Schweitzer
Smoldt/Dinsdale on Lamb

Reasoning behind Smoldt is he is equal size to Lamb and Dinsdale is smaller. Schweitzer is next most likely to drive, so Dinsdale on him. NV basically has 5 guards since the tallest player is 6'2. Andrews acts as a post rebounding wise, but comes outside. Putting Clark on him gives the length and decent enough speed to stay with Andrews. Pierce can take Armstrong who is really the only post player. Kickbush can take Venteicher who can shoot and doesn't drive as much as the others.
This post was edited on 3/6 12:32 AM by maxstabs13

 

[hawkeyetillidie]

If Lamb is their scorer, I would think Dinsdale would draw that assignment

 

[rushtoexcellence]

I would agree on Dinsdale getting the assignment on Lamb. Best defensive player for GR, only 1 inch difference between him and Smoldt and you protect Smoldt from foul trouble some by having Dinsdale guard Lamb.