Marlington Dukes 2023-24 Boys Basketball Preview

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Marlington Dukes

Head Coach: Nick Evanich
Years Head Coach (current school): 19th
Record (current school): 225-187
Years Head Coach (overall): 23rd
Record (overall): 263-236

Assistant Coaches:
Ryan Cernansky
Justin Woods
Mark Griggs

League Affiliation: Eastern Buckeye Conference
Record last season: 7-14 (3-7 EBC)
Scoring Offense: 53.7
Scoring Defense: 51.5
Last year's playoff results: 0-1 Defeated by Canfield in Sectional Final

Team's style of offense: Push the ball and then execute sets in the 1/2 court
Team's style of defense: Man to Man and Match-up Zone

Top players returning:
Beau Himmelheber 5’10” Senior Guard 13.1ppg, 3.2apg, 88%FTs, 2nd Team All-EBC and Honorable Mention All District IV.
Dylan Heatherington 6’3” Junior Forward 7.9ppg, 8.8rpg, 82%FTS Honorable Mention All-EBC and Honorable Mention All District IV.

Top players lost:
Casey Miller Starter, 14.6ppg, 8.3rpg, 2.4apg, 1st Team All District IV and 1st Team All EBC
Caden Bates: Starter
Drew Denham: Letterman
Jacob Smith: Letterman

New impact players:
Bo Bratten 6’5” Senior Center
Bryson Jones 5’9” Sophomore Guard
Brady Denham 5’8” Sophomore Guard
Carter Frank 6’1” Sophomore Forward
Noah Seaburn 6’2” Sophomore Center
Braydon Ellis 5’11” Sophomore Guard
Parker Woods 6’2” Freshman Guard
Cameron Evanich 6’2” Freshman Forward

Twitter:
@MarlingtonHoops

Final Comments:
Outlook:
We are excited for the 2023-2024 season as we are a young and hungry team led by two outstanding returning starters. We will focus on playing great team defense and use our defense to help us generate offense while we gain experience. On offense we will look to push the ball first and then execute our half court offense and sets efficiently. As always we will work to build ourselves into a single unit working together to maximize our opportunities and play our best basketball in March.

Keys to success:
We must commit to defending as a team, stopping dribble penetration, and finishing possession with rebounds allowing us to get out in the open court. Offensively, we must be willing to pass the ball up the court and keep it moving sharply in the half court while taking good care of the ball. Communication on both ends of the floor will be the key to us reaching our full potential.

Schedule:
EBC: I see Alliance and West Branch as the teams to beat in the league, but many teams are capable of winning on any given league night.

Non-League: We have some outstanding non-league opponents. Canfield, Northwest, Louisville, Canton South and Avon Lake are outstanding programs.
 
 
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