I'll give you the full report, live from Starbucks, hahaha.
The Good -->
Springfield looked good running offense and making decisions. I've only seen them twice: Coventry and Waterloo, and both times they looked like they had a game plan and did a good job of executing it. The difference is Coventry can make a team like Springfield look bad and Waterloo can make a team like Springfield look good. That being said, for a team with one win coming in, they did a lot of things better than I thought they would. Their guards look like they are shooting better than they were last time I saw them, and they made a lot more good basketball reads than they did last month when I saw them. They did a really nice job of using their post players and got them touches all over the floor. The big kid did a much better job than he did when he sat most of the game at Coventry. He and Dorsey matched each other in scoring all night.
The BAD: I'll be careful how I say this, so I don't upset people in the Springfield forum. They played well, but to be honest, their guards just aren't that skilled yet and need to continue developing. There was one athletic senior guard who played a lot, and he does not have a jump shot. They played at least 5 sophomores, 2-3 juniors, and a freshmen on varsity - according to the roster. The younger guards looked like they will be good down the road, but they look like JV kids trying to learn how to play on varsity. I caught the end of the JV game, and the JV team looked solid. Someone told me they're 9-3. I'm not fact checking a JV team, so I don't know how accurate that is
. Their best varsity guard would probably be the first guard off the bench on a good PTC team and MAYBE the 8th or 9th guy at Ellet.
Summary: Springfield jumped out to a 17-4 lead in the first quarter and looked like they had them scouted/gameplanned pretty well. It never really got closer to that the rest of the night. They got a big lead and attacked on offense until they got a good shot. Dorsey kept it within twenty as the score would fluctuate between twenty and fifteen all night. He hit A LOT of hard shots. Waterloo got a three near the end of the first, a deep three from Dorsey over two guys right before half, and a 75 footer from Dorsey at the end of 3 to keep the score respectable. Springfield didn't shoot anything other than free throws and lay-ups the last five minutes of the game, and they forced Waterloo to come out and guard them. It looked the coaches were trying to prepare them for closing out games against better competition. They subbed out the juniors and seniors once the game was in hand.
I didn't keep any stats at all.