Hofstra
Posted by TTHS on February 6th, 2008
Woooo. Anyother hoops win, possibly the biggest of the year. And when the team is fighting for a bye in the CAA Tourney, every game is huge. Hofstra is very dangerous at their place, but lacks luster on the road which could really help the Tribe.
The Pride come into this game at 7-14 and 4-7 in the CAA. HU is 1-5 on the road in conference, and has some terrible OOC losses to teams like St. Francis NY and Stony Brook. They have an RPI of 246, and while Ken Pomeroy predicts they finish out the conference season winning 4 of their last 7 games, he has the Tribe pulling out a 5 point win on Wednesday night.
Antoine Agudio is a top 5 CAA player who is the main returning player from last year’s strong team. He is averaging an elite 22.6 points per game, and is averaging 39.6 minutes per. He has a negative assist/turnover ratio and has missed a few games due to injury, but has a nice rebounding average for a guard(3.9 per) and can flat out put the ball in the bucket. He is lethal from 3 at 43% so keeping him contained will be key.
Freshman guard Charles Jenkins has been a pleasant surprise for the Pride this year, as he is putting up 14.6 points per game and 4.5 boards. He has to be a frontrunner for CAA ROY, also leading the team in steals with 36 and free throw percentage at 76%. After these 2 players there is a huge dropoff so shutting them down is key.
Hofstra is a team the Tribe should beat at home, and if they play their normal defense they will. Hofstra is far in the negative in assist/turnover, and if their guards tire they do not have any depth. Expect it to be close early due to the Antoine Agudio show, but they will fade late and the Tribe wins by an enormous…..10.
WM-79
HU-69