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Eastbrook Sectional Previews & Predictions with Michelle Garmon & Grant Shouse (2.188.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome, high school basketball fans to the Central Indiana Sports Group port for an Eastbrook sectional preview, and with me I have Tipton Tribune, and I would call either sports editor, Michelle Garmin, who has seen many of these teams, and the guy who's calling the sectional for the action sports network, along with Kevin Helfrick, at his Grand
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[SPEAKER_03]: Nothing against first and Madison Grant, which by the way should be a really good game and game number two.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But most of our focus tonight, of course, is going to be on Blackford, Alexandria, because, of course, Waphani and Eastbrook are both capable of winning this sectional, but, game one out of the shoot, Blackford and Alexandria is a great one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, your thoughts on this one heading in to Tuesday night.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think you're poised for maybe two classic games to be honest with you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I like how both teams both games match up on paper, especially the first game with Black Fruit and Alexandria in a John Herald.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Actually has Alexandria favored by two.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Wow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Looking at the metrics, looking at stats, comparing some things.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Alexandria is playing really good basketball right now and the metric being that they've won seven arrow and since the turn of the calendar they're ten and two and they're two losses have been to O kill and lapel not a lot of teams of beaten O kill and lapel this year so there's that and I think that Alexandria has a good shot to beat black for now the task is going to be tall however just due to the fact that
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[SPEAKER_02]: Blackford's added to fix eight kid in Petro.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've got a Maori leg at, they've got Mason Kitterman.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've got other guys that play their roles and they're very well coach.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm impressed with Blackford.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What I've seen this year, they've beefed up their schedule.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've played teams that are tough to beat like a Fort Wayne slider.
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[SPEAKER_02]: One of those kind of teams.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I know that they kind of had a rough stretch here because like we said, an Alexandria's last seven games, they're seven on that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And Blackford's last seven games, they're three and four.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They have a losing record here down the stretch.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And they've played a tough stretch here.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's kind of started with the Frank Demos.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There were, I think, just, I, a lot of that is scouting and knowing how to kind of throw a wrinkle there that maybe Blackford wasn't expecting, so giving them a lot of credit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then they run in no kill.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, not a whole lot of teams are going to beat no kill.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If any for the rest of the year,
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, they could win the state championship.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Of course, I'm biased, but yeah, I think that really lost it was kind of not understandable was Monroe central and that was an over time, but other than that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, pretty understandable, you look at it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We talked to Coach Daniels and Michelle said Russ stretch and she was she correct yourself said tough stretch because that's probably the.
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[SPEAKER_03]: better work for it because absolutely schedule early on wasn't very tough the schedule light in the years been very tough Michelle.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yes, it has grant.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm going to ask you obviously you've probably covered Blackford and seen them play before Petro was playing varsity basketball.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Have you seen them sense and what kind of a difference does he make?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Do you think entering into the tournament?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I actually have not seen them with him yet until tomorrow
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[SPEAKER_02]: But I can tell you that going from not having a fixate guy to having a fixate guy surely is gonna make a difference, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: And he's a good fixate guy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Guys, he is a legit player.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, he is probably the third or fourth best player on the team, Jacob Dillon is also pretty nice player.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That makes their front line really tough.
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[SPEAKER_04]: What's going to say, and I want to imagine, his size will help against
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[SPEAKER_04]: Alexander is pressure.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I saw the first half of the Alexandria frantic game on I was watching it on my phone Why I was actually covering another game The life of a reporter these days and I saw Nick and go down and once he went down I watched the rest of the half but then I just the second half I concentrated on the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I was at because
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[SPEAKER_04]: I knew it would be really tough for Frank to do anything without him on the floor, but Alexandria's pressure was a bit gave Frank in some trouble.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I know Frank didn't have trouble with pressure this season, but I've late.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They had done better against it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And but I thought, L.A. was just their anticipation of passes.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But I guess when you can throw it up to a six eight guy who if he's a good
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[SPEAKER_04]: outlight.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's a nice breaker.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And Kitter, in particular, are very good pastors.
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[SPEAKER_02]: One of the points I wanted to make here about Alexandria is that, you know, typically with Coach Carroll, that they're going to throw the kitchens think at yon defense.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They're going to make a judge and they're going to switch things.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's kind of been their give year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: since Garth Cone, you know, that I mean, that's just how they've played.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, that's just how they've coached it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And so it black for can make adjustments.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, like you heard Coach Daniel say, that this is going to be a completely different game compared to the last Sunday played where Alexander really had a good shot to win the game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: All right, guys, let's hear from Alexander.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Head Coach, Marty Carroll.
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[SPEAKER_03]: All right, coach, seven wins in a row to end the regular season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: What is your team doing so well toward the end of the regular season there?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it starts with playing really hard and playing together and trusting and believing each other.
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[SPEAKER_03]: think before the tournament draw, there's seemed like a wide open sectional and now it seems even more like a wide open sectional.
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[SPEAKER_03]: There are 16s have to believe they can at least get to the sectional championship.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Four teams will legitimately win this when you look at the field, how do you assess it?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, three of the teams in it beat us earlier in the year, so I think all three of those teams are good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then, if it's the sectional and you never really, you know, in a one game deal,
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[SPEAKER_00]: who knows what can happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, somebody gets her, you know, some unfortunate for one team could change things or foul trouble or, you know, there's a million different things that can go wrong for somebody, but no one's going to walk through it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: little disappointed when you saw the draw that it shook out the way it did that you're going to have to beat maybe the two best teams in the sectional the first two games.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the draw have done this for 40 years and the draw is the draw and you put your best foot forward and figure out what you got to do and hopefully win a game so that you can prepare for another game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But everybody's in the same boat, you know, what I like to have Wapa
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[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, also sometimes I've seen teams that get a buy and come out and, and, you know, somebody's won a game and they're, uh, settled in, maybe, um, so who knows?
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[SPEAKER_03]: First of all, what makes Blackford so good?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Obviously, had one of their best seasons in program history.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And what has to be different the second time around to beat them on Tuesday?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, I don't first of all, they're really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've got a really good roster.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, Amari's are really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we can do a lot of different things.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then for us, the biggest thing, you know, might be their size for us.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We don't have that kind of size.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that'll be an issue.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I thought we played them well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The first game of the year, or the first time we played them fifth game of the year, I think.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Or see, I see again.
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[SPEAKER_00]: first CIC game and we actually didn't shoot the ball very well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's still basketball and the ball's got to go in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's got to go in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's that's still how they keep score.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So that affects things too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, it's just there's a lot of things that can go right and a lot of things that can go wrong.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Last question coach, what would a sexual championship mean to your program and to this community?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it'd be huge for our kids and and
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, we've struggled a bit recently and we've slowly feel like we've built something and and a lot of the kids that are playing play this freshman to senior class those those kids have played a lot of basketball not a lot of winning basketball, but like like we would have liked, but with you know, we feel like we're on the rise.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, you've seen the Alexandria Tigers a lot tell us about them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, again, Derek team that is filled with athletes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You see the guys that they have where a lot of their guys are three sport athletes, football, basketball, and baseball.
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[SPEAKER_02]: One of the guys that stands out to me is Bryson Eccler.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's their leading score, 12 points of game, shoots the ball well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And he's their, arguably their best athlete.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Him or Fuller, Mason Fuller is probably their best athlete.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Who really good one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And and Eccler I feel like has the ability and I've seen it this year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean you and I Greg sold it at inburg back between Christmas and New Year's that he has the capability to kind of just turn it on at any time and go take over a game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's not really well-since then.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and so I was impressed with him in the O'Kill game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, Cam Mackey is their point guard.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I would say, in a way, he's the engine of the offense.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And he's one of the best, you know, Coach Carrown I talk a lot.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And he's so many that Cam Mackey is probably the best player in their program right now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He thinks that he's capable of being a thousand point score, I think, Cam Mackey.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, I'm...
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm impressed that Alexander, of course, you mentioned Mason Foller and Jackson, Brazil, and Diane, this is a really good team.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They are better than 15 and 8, and it's shown here, like we said, since the turn of the calendar where they're 10 and 2 in their last 12 games.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've been really impressed with the way they've played, and Blackford's going to have to come ready to play on Tuesday night if they want to try and beat Alexander.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, if Alexandria were to win, I'm not so sure.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'd call it a huge upset.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, because I think both I really think it'll be a good game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it can be a toss that also.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, hopefully both teams show up at their at their full strength and are ready to go because I'm ready for a good turn at basketball game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Hey, it might be the first even section.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And that's yeah, that could be very well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Although I think Eastbrook at home is going to be awfully tough for whoever wins that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You know, one guy you didn't mention Grant was Brady Gast and Miss speaking of which the sectional gods kind of owe Alexandria one dump the.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, that's funny.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, they kind of do here and and to I'm pulling for him just I've covered him a lot seen and talk to coach Carol a lot this year and and I have they can get it done.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they can.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they're capable
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[SPEAKER_04]: Grant, how big of the key is rebounding going to be in this game, especially because if Alexandria struggles to knock down outside shot, I mean, I mean, I mean three point shots at all with Blackford size and length, it's probably going to be very important for the tigers to keep them off the boards.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Rebounding is key in every single game, but especially this game, this is one of
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[SPEAKER_02]: In a way, in a way, and I hope both of you kind of understand this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think Alexandria may have a little bit of an athleticism advantage, just in the way that they have athletes that know how to compete, and have had success, and either go into their undersized, they haven't really seemed undersized.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, I 100% agree.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They gave Oak Hill a heck of a game for
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[SPEAKER_02]: midway through the first half and Oak Hill kind of turned it on.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oak Hill only beat him by 16 points.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, it's to the point now where with Oak Hill, I think they're one of those teams were like, oh yeah, we only lost by 16 points.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, that bad.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Oak Hill is that team that
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[SPEAKER_04]: is like a dominant wrestler in a wrestling match.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It has somebody that they know they can work on.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Make sure it's on and toy with them.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I kind of think that Oakkill is at that point and at that level that there are teams that they're going to play that maybe get with him.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I'm not saying yelling didn't deserve to be in 2016.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But a team does not get inside 20, 25 points against Oakkill.
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[SPEAKER_04]: mainly because it'll kill is working on things and things to fit off the gas.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, so working on something for their long-term goal, which like you said, is to be back as to be down at Cambridge and hopefully coming down the next day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Just wait till next year, man.
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[SPEAKER_02]: back with this game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The rebounding is going to be big.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think Alexander really crashed isn't the glass hard and just the way they they can rebound the basketball.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again adding adding the Petro kid for Blackford is that it creates a different dynamic here because you don't have a six eight guy to go up against and practice.
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[SPEAKER_02]: when you're preparing and when you're working.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So that kind of changes it a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So hopefully that Alexandria can kind of combat that and try it out rebound, cause that's gonna be one of the big keys to victory on Tuesday is like whoever wins the rebounding battle can win the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: How deep does it go to where if they would get into a little bit of a foul trouble early adjusting to like Petro and his size, cause you know, you can sit there and say what you want, but sometimes when you're used to being
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[SPEAKER_04]: I guess, guys, your size, you might get a little bit taller up up there, but against a petro, if you don't have positioning, you can end up in foundry.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's a good question.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Alexander goes about 70 with their five of Connor category, Camacotty, Bryson Eckler, Mason Fuller, and Jackson, Bryson Dine, and then they'll bring in Brady Gast off the bench, and then they'll bring in John A.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Met off the bench, and they actually changed that about midway through the year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: they put a fuller back in the lineup and they took aim and out and that really is made a difference for them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So they're actually pretty deep.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think 70 is about, I think it's solid deep for a for a Disa high school basketball team at this level.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And so they go about 70.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I think that really can kind of hinder on Tuesday night.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Guys Blackford, one of their issues all years
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[SPEAKER_03]: Petro helps that for sure.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Coach Janice said more than anything gives kids a break because they were playing five guys 32 minutes for a while, but Let's hear from Coach Daniels about the Tigers and his team and Eli Petro, and of course, the star Mari Lega and the pieces around him, and we'll come back and make our predictions for the sectional.
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[SPEAKER_03]: coach the last couple of weeks of the season may have been your best two weeks.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Are you feeling about your team heading into this sectional?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm feel pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We definitely went through a stretch there that was tough down the stretch there with we started with the bad loss with Frank then at home and it's kind of just kind of skidded a little bit but then we got things going and got going again and beat it a good Northwestern team at home.
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[SPEAKER_01]: then went to four wins night or at the end of the year put a great effort together almost you know came away with the victory there and then took care of Burris at home and our you know season finale there and so I'm feeling really good about where we're at.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like truly we're playing our best possible here at the end of the season which really going into sectional time that's all you can ask for and yeah we've had some bumps and roads but I think we're better for it um
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, just, you know, we played a tough schedule here as of late and we've taken some lumps, but at the same time, I think we put together some good basketball and I think going into tournament play, we're playing our best basketball, I think people realize that and I think we've got a good product to put on the floor.
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[SPEAKER_02]: coach, this is an Alexandria team you're going to play on Tuesday is playing their best basketball of the season.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've won seven in a row, coming into the tournament and talk about the challenge or the challenges that Alexandria is going to bring on Tuesday night to you guys are going to have to try and combat.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and it's a totally different game than early in the year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We played them in December.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're two totally different ball teams now that we were then.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they've got different kids that are stepping up and playing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We've got different kids that are stepping up and playing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But the one constant remains is that they play extremely hard and they feed off of their defense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And you've got to take care of the basketball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that hasn't changed from to December to now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the other part is we still have more ligate in the way he performs and different things.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, so they're a really well coach ball team and they've continued to get better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, they went through the same similar stretch that we did, but there's was early on the year and they've read it to ship a lot earlier than we did.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm there coming into this game with seven wins, they're feeling really good about themselves.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've had some huge wins here down the stretch and they're interesting.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If you do not play, uh, one of your best basketball games in the year, they're capable of beating anyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just like we feel we are as long as we can continue, but things together.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Coach, how's one of your biggest wins early in the year wasn't it?
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[SPEAKER_01]: It was and we knew that Alexander had gone into the year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They didn't graduate much last year and we knew that red could wasn't super strong last year but we saw the quality of kids they had and we knew going into the year that they were going to be one of the favorites on the conference and in the section one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So when we got them early in the year on the road at Alexander, we turned over it on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We felt really good about that when and I don't think on paper looked as good until late But we knew what kind of basketball team that Alexandria had and and they're good I mean, they've they've got depth.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They play extremely hard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've got a lot of things that you need to have to make a tournament run in March Coach, I know leg it draws a lot of attention
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[SPEAKER_04]: Have you think through this ruffster arm, I shouldn't say ruffster, it's just tough schedule part towards the end that his teammates have learned to step up and look to fill the slack when he's being doubled or triple teamed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's a great question.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's probably the number one thing that we've grown.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think some of it is as teammates stepping up and making place, but I think a lot of it is really just Mari.
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[SPEAKER_01]: When Mari realizes that, you know, when you do get triple-teamed, the other guys are willing to step up and make the plays, but Mari has to trust them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he has to be willing to pass the ball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: when he's got three people and Frank didn't kind of was the first team that kind of threw that defense at us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They threw three guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They put length on him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think early he was still trying to make those plays and we told Mari, there's going to be nights where you're going to need you to score 50 points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that sounds ridiculous, but he's that kind of talent.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he's a kind of kid that can go out and get 30 or 40 on the night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But we also tell him there's also going to be nights where, you know, Northwestern where they put three guys on, you're going to have to
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[SPEAKER_01]: that game and so I think one is is Mari deciding that you know I'm gonna take what the defense is given me and if they're guarding you three people I'm gonna have a lot of assists early and we're gonna get the others involved but then I think the other fold is is that we've got to trust our teammates we know we have good players
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[SPEAKER_01]: not only in the year it was confusing to all of us because we knew that our role players were good and people just weren't guarding them and we couldn't figure out you know how to get things going and things I'm gonna think a lot of that is the trust that we've built through through this tough stretch and I think it really showed at Northwestern you know we we took on a team at home that
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, it was a good basketball team and they just really had no answer when they doubled Murray.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He found open guys when we made shots and when they didn't, you know, he was able to get to the basket and score.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so when you have that ability and we have other guys that can score, it just makes us that much more dangerous.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I think a lot of it is just Murray learning to read and react and grow up a little bit and there's times even myself that I've got to remember that he's a 16 year old soft one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We put an awful lot of pressure on him.
21:25
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he's a fantastic ball that they're there.
21:29
[SPEAKER_02]: It goes one of the things I wanted to ask you here and I'm calling the game tomorrow night.
21:33
[SPEAKER_02]: So we may talk more in debt about it tomorrow, but obviously, legate garners a lot of attention for your team.
21:41
[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, he's obviously the engine to your offense.
21:44
[SPEAKER_02]: He makes it go.
21:45
[SPEAKER_02]: But what about guys like Mason Kidderman who have, I don't want to say, lived in the shadows, but it's kind of been your second option.
21:52
[SPEAKER_02]: And he's a guy that would probably play on almost every team in the state everywhere else.
21:57
[SPEAKER_01]: I try to tell people as much as I can because the kid deserves the credit.
22:01
[SPEAKER_01]: But Mason Kitterman would be a thousand point score on most two-way basketball teams in the state of Indiana.
22:08
[SPEAKER_01]: He got sandwiched between a thousand point score last year.
22:10
[SPEAKER_01]: And Mari was a freshman last year, average in 14 a game.
22:14
[SPEAKER_01]: And now he's got a high power five kid.
22:16
[SPEAKER_01]: That's a sophomore, a balloon.
22:18
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what makes us so dangerous.
22:20
[SPEAKER_01]: And he tells people all the time if we can make a tournament run, it's all going to be worth it.
22:27
[SPEAKER_01]: player.
22:27
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he is probably an NAIA caliber player.
22:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, six foot four.
22:31
[SPEAKER_01]: He shoots it really well.
22:33
[SPEAKER_01]: And when he gets going, it just makes us that much better.
22:36
[SPEAKER_01]: And that, you know, that for a kid to be the second option, we knew we were going to have a one, two punch going into the year.
22:41
[SPEAKER_01]: We knew we were going to be really hard to guard because of those two.
22:44
[SPEAKER_01]: And he just comes the work every single day.
22:46
[SPEAKER_01]: It does everything we've asked of him.
22:48
[SPEAKER_01]: And you're exactly right.
22:49
[SPEAKER_01]: Most nights, we have the best two players on the floor.
22:52
[SPEAKER_01]: When you have the best two players on floor, you always feel like you have a chance to win.
22:56
[SPEAKER_01]: He just brings an added element that's hard to defend because Martin, you've gone there so much attention.
23:02
[SPEAKER_01]: And then now you add in Elijah Petro, you know, who we got, I'm just a couple of weeks ago.
23:07
[SPEAKER_01]: It just makes us even harder to guard because it gives us an inside presence and a kid that can score it as well.
23:12
[SPEAKER_01]: And it just makes us dangerous.
23:14
[SPEAKER_04]: I know you got hit your back and or got him and it's been a couple of weeks has there been any trouble adjusting with his teammates the flow in game come I'm sure he's been practicing with you but when you go gets to live opponent it's a little bit different.
23:32
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a lot different.
23:34
[SPEAKER_01]: You're exactly right and in December and we got him and he'd been pricing with us and it seems like everything would be all good and easy and he's started to play some JV but it's just different and until you get him out on the basketball court it's just hard to match and so the first two games and we got him at Northwestern and Snyder and he was starting to learn and we were trying to do some things that we out of our realm and making some passes and it just
23:55
[SPEAKER_01]: you're exactly right.
23:56
[SPEAKER_01]: It took some time to get him into the flow and then I felt like last week at with Burris at home.
24:02
[SPEAKER_01]: He had 15 points and I think he finally started to realize the flow of the game.
24:06
[SPEAKER_01]: Defense Lee's been really good for us because he's so long and athletic and I think that was easier to pick up on but offensively at the JV level.
24:13
[SPEAKER_01]: He had a dribble.
24:14
[SPEAKER_01]: He had to be the guy.
24:15
[SPEAKER_01]: But then when you get Murray by get it's a lot more of stepping in off penetration and
24:19
[SPEAKER_01]: reading and reacting to what they're doing and it has taken some time.
24:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I still think it's going to take some time here in the tournament run.
24:25
[SPEAKER_01]: We hope he can get it earlier than later, but he's such a special talent that just his presence alone on the defensive end gives us a little added something and we know it'll take some more time to get him going, but we think he's starting to fit in really nicely there.
24:39
[SPEAKER_03]: Coach Daniels, thank you so much for your time.
24:41
[SPEAKER_03]: We look forward to hearing you from you on Tuesday night and good luck.
24:45
[SPEAKER_03]: at Eastbrook.
24:46
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, good luck, coach.
24:47
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you guys so much.
24:48
[SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate the coverage.
24:49
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you guys for all you do.
24:56
[SPEAKER_03]: All right, guys, sorry to have Burris and Madison Grant, but we didn't spend much time on that, but let's start with that grant in your prediction.
25:03
[SPEAKER_03]: The R-Giles are the help.
25:07
[SPEAKER_02]: That's a good question.
25:08
[SPEAKER_02]: I know they played last week and Muthie Burris beat him by three.
25:15
[SPEAKER_02]: saw Madison Grant last Friday against Daleville, and it was the game that they just, they got off tonight's start Daleville hit a bunch of threes on him, and Madison Grant tried to dig him stuff out of the holes to want jobs, and at 29 points and went against Daleville.
25:32
[SPEAKER_02]: rock bar on her head 13 other than that.
25:35
[SPEAKER_02]: They just don't have a third guy.
25:37
[SPEAKER_03]: You know, is often times they have two of the best players on the floor, but just not haven't been able to find the rest of his guy.
25:45
[SPEAKER_02]: And consistency has not been a big key for Madison Grant, which has been tough for their success.
25:52
[SPEAKER_02]: It's the younger.
25:53
[SPEAKER_02]: It's actually a team I think can be really good next year if they can get in the gym and
25:58
[SPEAKER_02]: and get stronger and get ready because and go chendric since told me this I'm sure he still do this Greg is that a lot of his guys when the season end will not pick up a basketball until June with time to play in some summer leagues and then after that won't pick up the ball again until November and that is one of the frustrating things as a coach is to share an athlete at a small school Madison grants going to be one a next year we all know that
26:23
[SPEAKER_02]: That's going to be one of those things where hopefully if they can get in the agenda, they're going to be a good team next year.
26:28
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm going to take Muncie Burris to win that game on Tuesday night.
26:32
[SPEAKER_02]: I think it'll be another competitive game.
26:34
[SPEAKER_02]: But Muncie Burris has had a pretty good season by their standard.
26:38
[SPEAKER_02]: And I like to beat Matt.
26:39
[SPEAKER_02]: It's a great on Tuesday.
26:42
[SPEAKER_04]: Okay.
26:42
[SPEAKER_04]: Here's my thing.
26:44
[SPEAKER_04]: Great.
26:45
[SPEAKER_04]: I kind of feel for you.
26:46
[SPEAKER_04]: I guess.
26:48
[SPEAKER_04]: You'll be fresher for that first game, but it's kind of almost like covering a varsity game and then a JV game.
26:55
[SPEAKER_02]: I, yeah, I know it's mean you kind of wish it would flip the little bit.
26:59
[SPEAKER_02]: If you're doing both games can be tough and because we ain't really anticipate the first game with Ellicon Black for to be a classic.
27:07
[SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully both games are a classic to show your pick.
27:11
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm actually going to take the archives.
27:14
[SPEAKER_04]: I like Coach Hendrickson.
27:16
[SPEAKER_03]: been a rough year for medicine grant, but like I said, they probably have the two best players on the floor.
27:20
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm going to take the R dials in that one, and we'll go and reverse the order.
27:25
[SPEAKER_03]: I've been back and forth on this.
27:28
[SPEAKER_03]: I just think Alexander is playing so well.
27:30
[SPEAKER_03]: Give me the Tigers against Blackford, Michelle.
27:33
[SPEAKER_04]: Now, I hate to do this because I like Marty, and I like his sons and everything, but I've covered sectionals for so many years, and I've seen it if you have the best
27:46
[SPEAKER_04]: like with legged and you just give it him another weapon.
27:49
[SPEAKER_04]: I won't take black for it because I think a guard can just take over a game.
27:54
[SPEAKER_04]: I've seen it at tipped in through years and I just think that legged is that guy.
28:00
[SPEAKER_04]: I think it's going to be a great game and I actually think this could be a game that goes one or two over times.
28:06
[SPEAKER_04]: How's that?
28:07
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, interesting.
28:12
[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, you're the rubber match.
28:15
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
28:17
[SPEAKER_02]: I can't stand you guys for fit me in the spot.
28:19
[SPEAKER_02]: I am.
28:23
[SPEAKER_02]: I like Alexandria on Tuesday.
28:26
[SPEAKER_02]: I do.
28:27
[SPEAKER_03]: You like Alexander to win the sectional grant?
28:31
[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, if they win Tuesday, I think so.
28:34
[SPEAKER_02]: You know, I saw them again.
28:36
[SPEAKER_02]: Seats broke.
28:36
[SPEAKER_02]: I saw, I saw them again Swapahani.
28:41
[SPEAKER_02]: They lost both the edge, saw those on back to back night to be honest.
28:45
[SPEAKER_02]: This is a different Alexander team than when they played Blackford, Eastfork and Wapahane the last time.
28:52
[SPEAKER_02]: They played Blackford, Eastfork and Wapahane in a three game stretch in the middle of December.
28:57
[SPEAKER_02]: There is a good chance they could play all three of them again all in a row the same order.
29:03
[SPEAKER_02]: This week.
29:04
[SPEAKER_02]: And they lost all three of those games.
29:06
[SPEAKER_02]: I think they're capable of
29:08
[SPEAKER_02]: rewriting the ship here, and being able to pull some up said to knock them off.
29:15
[SPEAKER_02]: Sorry, I like Alexandria to beat Blackford on Tuesday night, and none with Michelle, I could see it being a multiple overtime kind of game.
29:22
[SPEAKER_02]: And I hope it is.
29:24
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm showing you Dick and Blackford doing the whole sectional.
29:28
[SPEAKER_04]: I think if they get through that, they'll have a hard time against Eastbrook, but because all those three teams are
29:33
[SPEAKER_04]: C.I.C.
29:33
[SPEAKER_04]: teams, I don't think you have that necessarily that let down, but I think Wapahani is positioned to win that sectional because I think whoever comes out of that black for her, Elliott Game, has another nail-binding tough game with Eastbrook and a thick pull out and if that Eastbrook game, semi-final game, is really ragged, I don't think Wapahani's gonna co-so.
29:55
[SPEAKER_04]: I think they're in position to win the sectional.
29:57
[SPEAKER_03]: So you're taking a walk behind me and I'm gonna take Eastbrook at home and so three different picks and none of them are blackford.
30:05
[SPEAKER_03]: Let's not tell you about this section.
30:07
[SPEAKER_03]: Why'd open?
30:09
[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, Michelle thank you so much for your time.
30:11
[SPEAKER_03]: Everybody go listen to the L Wood sectional preview with Grant and Michelle.
30:16
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much, guys.
30:17
[SPEAKER_04]: Thank you.
30:19
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30:35
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks again, guys.
30:37
[SPEAKER_04]: Thank you, Grant.
30:37
[SPEAKER_04]: Have fun.
30:38
[SPEAKER_04]: I think you're going to get to see a great opening game tomorrow night.
30:42
[SPEAKER_02]: I hope so.
30:43
[SPEAKER_02]: I can't wait.
30:44
[SPEAKER_02]: Appreciate Greg.
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