Preseason Preview: Essex

[LukeFeddersen]

School:


Essex

Head Coach:

A.J. Smith




Assistant
coaches:



Denny Perry




2005-2006
Varsity Record:

22-2




2005-2006 Conference Record:

10-0


Starters Lost:

Nick Isenhower, 6' 7.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.5 spg, 1.25 apg

Casey Tunnell, 6'3" 7.8 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.5 spg, 1.08 bpg

Will Young, 6'2" 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.5 spg, 4.2 apg

Adam Maher, 6' 8.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.25 spg 2.95 apg



Players to Watch (* Denotes
returning starter):



Name
Year
Height
PPG
RPG


Matt Nicholas *
SR
5-10
7.5
2.0


Cody Burns
SR
6-0
1.4
2.4


Chris Jones
SR
6-1
2.2
1.5


Kaleb Tillman
SR
6-0
3.3
4.4


Seth Ward
JR
6-0
3.3
1.1


Zach Ward
JR
6-0
3.3
1.7


Tyler Burns
JR
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Brett Maher
JR
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Team Strengths:

Quickness and speed

Question Marks:

Height and replacing four starters

Overview:

Essex played some great basketball all of last year and that helped the team
finish at 22-2. Although they didn't get as far as they hoped in the
postseason, that doesn't take away from all that they accomplished. This
season will be a much different looking team. With four starters graduated
and a small team, there are a lot of question marks that will need to be
answered. Matt Nicholas is the lone returning starter and he finished the
year scoring over seven points per game. Now that he is older, Nicholas
must step forward and prove he can be a team leader.
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