Okpara POG

[walkenvol]

Buncha Blocks and general rim protection,9 rebounds, 7 points. We don’t pull this one out without his contributions. Good job Felix!

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Dubar was big, too. We showed what we need to do more of towards the end of the game.
Dribble penetration!!

 

[Chris4Vols22]

He's my favorite player over the last two games.

Honorable mention to that beautiful late drive and layup by Zeigler in this one.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

He had a good game, but ZZ being able to break down the defense and get in to the lane in the second half made the difference for this win IMO. He quietly ended up with 16 points.

 

[camp_steveo]

Okpara wasn't gonna let CRB lose to Tex

 

[OrangeInKy]

Yes

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

He had a good game, but ZZ being able to break down the defense and get in to the lane in the second half made the difference for this win IMO. He quietly ended up with 16 points.

That was one of my big takeaways from this game. More ZZ dribble penetration and less dribbling around the top of the key. Wouldn't hurt Mashack to take it to the hole more either.

 

[Kosmalski]

Team win. Dubar was huge. POG per Steve Hamer

 

[Redheads]

Always gonna be ugly when we play these guys. Their coach was with Barnes for a lot of years and knows our offense better than our players. He knows how to stop it. I’m proud of Barnes for changing it up and using 2 guards for the high ball screen to free up ZZ to get down the lane and create. I also thought it was pretty funny that their coach knew he couldn’t beat our team defense so he just didn’t run any set plays. Just spread out and get your best player playing one on one. A real compliment to Barnes and his system.

 

[deezvols]

3 reasons this game was huge for me:

1. We found out what we had outside of CL
2. We finally had a presence down low
3. Big response after a bad game, especially when it seemed like everything UTjr threw up, went in

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

I prefer PAWGs

 

[Volfan1000]

Buncha Blocks and general rim protection,9 rebounds, 7 points. We don’t pull this one out without his contributions. Good job Felix!

Split the player of the game award to Dubar and Okpara.

Without their contributions, Barnes DOES NOT have a happy homecoming.

 

[kptvol1452]

That was one of my big takeaways from this game. More ZZ dribble penetration and less dribbling around the top of the key. Wouldn't hurt Mashack to take it to the hole more either.

Yes attack the basket get bucket
or get to foul line ...Go Vols

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Yes attack the basket get bucket
or get to foul line ...Go Vols

Yeppie...that or kick it out to a wide open shooter once you've collapsed the D

 

[BACKDOC]

Buncha Blocks and general rim protection,9 rebounds, 7 points. We don’t pull this one out without his contributions. Good job Felix!

Dubar

 

[VolZen]

He held up really well switching off on guards as well, generally avoided getting blown by. Aidoo could not do that. We are able to switch 1-5 without depending too much on help. He is a really good fit for our system. Going to enjoy watching his offense develop over the offseason into next year!

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Dubar earned more playing time today. Turn him loose and he will help us win the big games.