Dover - Smyrna
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57-41 Smyrna end of 3rd quarter. Matthews has like 27 but Dover is giving him way too much space to just shoot...big difference from Tuesday night when Cape guards denied & harassed him the length of the floor all night.
I’m willing to bet that Dover gets in tournament even w/ a record of 9-11 or maybe even 8-12. They get Brandywine, Sussex Central, Middletown & Polytech all in one stretch coming up then Delmarva Christian later in the season. These 2 losses each vs Smyrna & Cape will still get them 2 pts which is the same as a win vs a team under .500. Then the same could end up being said for losses to Sussex Tech & CR are as well & even if not 2 pts they’ll still get 1 pt for them being over .500. Put it like this...Dover is now 4-8 & if the tournament started today they would get 2 pts each for all 8 of their losses. The Henlopen North will get 5 out of their 7 teams in. If Dover beats the teams that they are expected to beat then they will get in.
I agree with j12, so far this season, they have played one of the toughest schedules in the state. If you go by the current rankings, they have to play 5 top 10 teams twice plus if you include Sussex Tech plus Willam Penn who is playing some of the best ball in the state imo
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Good teams find ways to win, especially when they are having a off night
Yea i agree.. My eye test telling me.. There is great shot that state champions come out of the Henlopen North...
And that was in OT. Delcastle has played a few teams tough down to the wire this year before coming up short...except for Cape this past Tuesday who handled them pretty easily which I’m sure has you smiling. LMAO!!!
Smyrna vs Dover was a great game.... Smyrna looked like themselves last night. I love to see Bloodsworth with him handling the ball and ended up with ten assist last night and twenty pts.. I hope they keep that momentum going throughout the season. Does anyone know if Bloodsworth been picked up by a college yet?
Hmmmmm... I was speaking on the energy they had last night verses what energy they had when they played Cape... They were not playing like Smyrna....The Smyrna I know. It could of been any team, I just seen the boys played hard and look like Smyrna... When they played Cape, they did not LOOK like Smyrna. I'm just stating! IMO
Bloodsworth did have a great game last night which I think was because he came out aggressive. Somebody asked about colleges interested in him which I don’t know of...what I do know is that he is a true point guard w/ a very high basketball IQ but it is hard to draw attention at the next level when your are 5’7-5’8. I’m interested in seeing where he ends up.
I agree that Smyrna looked like a totally different team last night vs Dover than vs Cape but I gotta give credit where credit is due & that was because Cape applied the pressure end to end on Smyrna denying Matthews & staying up in his shooting pocket. Last night what I saw was straight target practice...Dover allowed Matthews to catch the ball & look at the basket while playing like 3 feet off of him. He probably didn’t get 1 attempt like that all night vs Cape.
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Totally agree! Smyrna didn't play like they wanted it and I think they all know it and hopefully they will see each other at the end. They are two great teams and I wish them the best of luck! Bloodsworth is only 5'7 with a BIG heart... I've seen him play against much taller players in AAU and this boy is not scared of height at all. He plays extremely well with what ever comes his way.
I’ll say it again and by no means am I taking a shot at Smyrna ( I still think they are the favorites to repeat imo) but playing against a inexperienced and small Dover team, a bigger more experienced team should play different. Against Cape they were limited in second chance buckets and Capes guards are gaining momentum and can play more aggressive, if the man you’re guarding gets by you they have the bigs in the paint challenging shots. It boils down to the level of competition
Guys are loose when they can get any shot they want, when you’re making shots the rest of the game comes much easier , stress free basketball fellas
Exactly...Dover allowed Matthews to get a few good looks earlier & everybody knows as a shooter when that happens the Basket just keeps getting bigger.
