Orca
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Cam Williams played. He ran off a streak of 9 straight points in the late 3rd/early 4th quarter that gave Elder the lead for good.
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Cam played vs Turpin on 12/3
Never mind then. Yea, Elder may not be that good (I know Turpin isn’t).
Orca
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Winton Woods + Milford are the teams I think a lot more highly of now that I see how their transfer classes are. I'm not fully out on Turpin but they looked a lot sloppier vs. Elder than a team as experienced as them have any right to be.
Lakota East beat Goshen by 23 and Milford only beat Goshen in overtime. I wouldn’t say they’re that good either.
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Friday, December 6, 2024
Lebanon (1-0) at Turpin (0-1) (TURP -3.5, O/U 119.5)
Little Miami (1-0) at Anderson (0-0) (LM -11.5, O/U 102.5)
Milford (0-1) at Kings (0-0) (KINGS -3.5, O/U 117.5)
West Clermont (1-0) at Loveland (1-0) (WC -5.5, O/U 102.5)
Winton Woods (0-0) at Walnut Hills (0-0) (WW -4.5, O/U 99.5)
Lebanon (1-0) at Turpin (0-1) (TURP -3.5, O/U 119.5)
Little Miami (1-0) at Anderson (0-0) (LM -11.5, O/U 102.5)
Milford (0-1) at Kings (0-0) (KINGS -3.5, O/U 117.5)
West Clermont (1-0) at Loveland (1-0) (WC -5.5, O/U 102.5)
Winton Woods (0-0) at Walnut Hills (0-0) (WW -4.5, O/U 99.5)
oxat622
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Lebanon freshman guard Jashawn Coffey had 29(!) points in his high school debut. Watched most of the Miamisburg stream. Kid has the look and the assertiveness. I believe he has a Kent State offer already.
On the flip side, the one guy on the team with a glimmer of size and physicality, Bonny, went down with an injury in the first half and was on a crutch by the end of the game.
On the flip side, the one guy on the team with a glimmer of size and physicality, Bonny, went down with an injury in the first half and was on a crutch by the end of the game.
Milford? Please explain.
Orca
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Pence and Arington both looked like difference makers vs. Goshen. When a team has good talent who haven't played together much, I look at that as a solid opportunity for growth. I think they do better than the 8th I predicted them at earlier in this thread.
Timelineman
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I’m at the Milford Kings game. Milford not looking great. Kings up 38-21. Tommy looking like his typical self with 11, several assists and several steals. Myles Baker looking very good, and their depth at big man looks greatly improved.
Timelineman
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kings was up like 71-40 when I withdrew to catch some of the Moeller game. Kings looks to me like they’ll be marginally better than last year, which may be good enough to compete at the top of the conference. I missed the first quarter, but based on what I saw I think it’s possible Tommy could have had a triple double with points, assists and steals.
Understatement. The positives of the preseason flushed real quick with the reality of the regular season. Rough to watch. Seemed no plan or drive to improve for a winnable game Tuesday. Playing JV guys instead of trying to establish something with their rotation that will win them some games this year was a little strange. Not what we saw at all in the preseason. As has been the case, only way to go from that showing is up and I think they will! WW was pretty good tonight, so don’t want to take anything way from them.
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I watched the Turpin Lebanon replay on NFHS. I would agree, Coffee definitely has “the look”. He’s lightning fast, glides with the ball, has a super developed handle, looks really comfortable passing one handed with either hand. And you can tell just by how he carries himself and how he interacts with his teammates that he’s the dude on that team. The shot wasn’t really there. Defensively, he looks like a freshman. His speed and aggressiveness often carried him past the play, and then he’d get burned trying to compensate. And his over-assertiveness in the second half kind of took his team out of it. But as a freshman, he looks to me like he’s going to be one of the most entertaining players to watch this year. I’m going to have to go looking for a video of that 29 point outburst. Let’s hope we get to see at least a couple seasons of him in the ECC. Nobody else really stood out for Lebanon to me, though nobody stood out as an albatross either.
As for Turpin, I’d say the negativity is a bit premature. They were getting killed early, but after the first quarter, they stayed very composed, and seemed in control of the game most of the way. They definitely out-executed when the game was on the line. They looked like a balanced, senior-heavy team playing a young inexperienced team most of the way, and I don’t think the score reflected their control of the game. Shea and Lafkas stood out to me last year, but Nigam looked like the best player on the court to these eyes.
I’m hoping to catch Kings at Turpin Tuesday, I think that will tell us a lot more about who they are. But I’d expect them to be top half of the league. I’d guess Lebanon’s not as bad as expected, but probably bottom four.
Orca
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7 of each. Not too far off.
Timelineman
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Yeah, he was ice cold shooting the ball, but he still dominated the game, especially defensively.
Timelineman
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Bit of a rock fight at Turpin. 24-17 Kings. Some pretty tenacious D getting played on both sides. Kings missed a ton of free throws otherwise they would probably have been in control the whole way. I think they closed the first half on a 7-0 run, which is the difference so far.
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WALNUTPOSTING: Walnut Hills 64, Milford 55
After the debacle that was Friday's game, I was curious about what Walnut's basketball team actually looked like, having not gotten to see them play. Although they started slow, Walnut showed plenty of poise and toughness in taking the lead in the middle of the 2nd quarter and never letting go in a 64-55 victory.
Ty Austin enjoyed a career-best day, scoring 26 points. Notable was a series in the 3rd quarter where it felt like for five straight possessions the go-to play was #14 in the paint and let him hook it. Charlie Stoffregen also had a great day, posting a career-high 17 points and 6 offensive rebounds. Stoffregen made his living at the free throw line, going 10-14, most of which were in the fourth quarter. La Salle transfer Jarel Wilson scored a career-high 8 points and played a largely mistake-free game of basketball, converting all 4 of his free throw attempts for the 2nd game in a row (EDIT: he apparently missed one I forgot about). Rivers scored his first two varsity points on a putback in the 4th quarter (it was an and-one but he could not complete it with the FT). Piening did not play after leaving in the middle of the 2nd quarter without scoring any points. McDaniel went 0-8 from the field but got 8 rebounds, which is funny. Cam Arington scored 25 for Milford, although a lot of it was in the 4th.
Record increases to 1-1. Walnut's offense gets a stiffer test on Friday against Loveland.
After the debacle that was Friday's game, I was curious about what Walnut's basketball team actually looked like, having not gotten to see them play. Although they started slow, Walnut showed plenty of poise and toughness in taking the lead in the middle of the 2nd quarter and never letting go in a 64-55 victory.
Ty Austin enjoyed a career-best day, scoring 26 points. Notable was a series in the 3rd quarter where it felt like for five straight possessions the go-to play was #14 in the paint and let him hook it. Charlie Stoffregen also had a great day, posting a career-high 17 points and 6 offensive rebounds. Stoffregen made his living at the free throw line, going 10-14, most of which were in the fourth quarter. La Salle transfer Jarel Wilson scored a career-high 8 points and played a largely mistake-free game of basketball, converting all 4 of his free throw attempts for the 2nd game in a row (EDIT: he apparently missed one I forgot about). Rivers scored his first two varsity points on a putback in the 4th quarter (it was an and-one but he could not complete it with the FT). Piening did not play after leaving in the middle of the 2nd quarter without scoring any points. McDaniel went 0-8 from the field but got 8 rebounds, which is funny. Cam Arington scored 25 for Milford, although a lot of it was in the 4th.
Record increases to 1-1. Walnut's offense gets a stiffer test on Friday against Loveland.
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Timelineman
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Thrilling finish to a less than thrilling game. Turpin takes their first lead inside the last minute, then adds two free throws to make it 3 with about 35 seconds left. Kings gets three offensive rebounds from Meissner and finally finds Clarke for three at the top of the key to tie it with 20 left. Then on the last sequence, Meissner gets a steal down low, outlets to Lyman, who takes it all the way to the hole, gets fouled and makes two with 1.8 left. Lafkas then almost hits a sixty footer for the W. 41-39 final.
It looked like Turpin snatched away a game Kings controlled for 30 1/2 minutes, then Kings snatched it back.
It looked like Turpin snatched away a game Kings controlled for 30 1/2 minutes, then Kings snatched it back.
Orca
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The way you worded it originally, I thought he did hit the sixty-footer.
Milford is really bad this year as a team, minus Arington individually. Any team that plays even with them is going to be bottom tier as well. A down/rebuilding, whatever you want to call it, year for Milford. Walnut out-athlete’ed them pretty soundly, but playing the best team and the worst team in the league shows where Walnut will be. Lose by 35 to the best and in a two possession game at times in the 4th with the worst. I don’t expect much from Walnut beyond handling the few bad teams the league has. Their coaching will hold them back. They got one on the road, so always a good thing.
cincinnatieng82
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Game was wider than the 9 point margin of victory I believe they’ll still be top 3 or 4 in conference. A lot of guys adjusting to new roles. To bounce back from a blowout and get a conference win on the road shows they are headed in the right direction
Timelineman
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Yeah, the difference between Milford and Turpin, the two teams I’ve seen Kings play, is large. Playing Milford was like a warm knife through butter, while getting a win over Turpin was like cutting through the gristle of an overcooked beef shank with plastic utensils. They fight. Having caught Lebanon/Turpin on a replay, and a lot of people expecting Lebanon to be bringing up the rear of the conference, I’d take Lebanon over Milford.
Orca
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I picked Lebanon 10th because I didn't expect Coffey to be as good as he is as fast as he is. I'd still take Milford over Anderson.