Over-30 Legends Week 1 Write-Ups
by Jason on
By CHAS BELLS & CHRIS HANKS
GAME 1
Woke and Swole outmuscle Goyle
For the first matchup of the fall 23 Over30 season we had Roberts’ Woke and Swole taking on Chas’ Hot Goyle Departed. Fresh off winning a championship with Goyle Roberts would be matched up against the remains of his squad from the previous season. Roberts had a great draft, putting together a contender with plenty of size and shooting. Goyle returns without a key piece in Kodra and with some new faces. This game would be a battle between the size and Strength of Roberts team against the shooting and quickness of Goyle. Weinstein opened the scoring by cashing a three, but MacPherson answered by crashing the offensive glass of a put back. After the draft, I predicted a big season for MacPherson coming off somewhat of a quiet Over-30 debut last season, and this game would indicate a trend in that direction. Swole would go on a run led by Macpherson and Danny. Goyle would be in a hole at this point in the half and big Lu would call out his team on the defensive end. He backed that up by snatching a steal at midcourt and drawing a foul. Weinstein would make some buckets and get to the line and Swole’s lead would drop to 5. Swole would keep applying pressure on both ends, with McPherson and Danny continuing to score and Clarke getting a nice block. Jake Gold would score 8 straight for Goyle to keep them in it. With time winding down in the half Jeffries walked into a 3 and Goyle would go into the half only trailing by 4.
Coming out of the half, Joel sparked a run for Swole, hitting a rare three and getting some great looks in the post. He was really looking to run and pushing the ball in transition. The second half was all Swole and the lead would balloon to around 20 points. Goyle did not have the size to compete against Swole’s bigger lineup and Swole would take home the 30-point victory. Goyle may have issues going forward against some of the bigger teams in this league, such as Jimsanity and the Mulholland Bros.
Goyle
Chas C – not a great opening game from Chas. Expect bigger games going forward
Jefferies C played ok, could’ve been dishing it out a bit more.
Weinstein B – average game for Weinstein, he is capable of a lot more
Perry C- hit the offensive glass, but didn’t contribute much else
Luigi C+ the fire was there but this might be a long season for big Lu being the only size on this team
Jake A- kept Goyle in the game for a bit before things got away
Swole
Joel A played really well in the second half, looks motivated after last season’s last place finish
Ian C hustled and hit the boards, but failed to convert his two free throw attempts
MacPherson A led all scored and was big on both sides of the ball
Roberts A- had some nice buckets and was distributing well
Clarke A – did all the TC things, blocking shots and getting boards
Danny B – kind of a quiet night likely due to the big lead.
Game 2 Corp X VS Drop
Step Murpheys Kerr looked spry out of the gate as he gathered an obrd put in, Murphy with a post bucket for a quick 4-0 lead. Stevenson gets Corp on the board, and Bonvie gives them the lead with a trey 5-4.Mazz 2-2, than Bonvie again they were on a 10-0 run. Hanks stops the bleeding with paint bucket, Matty obrd finish, but Ian responds with scoop, Stephenson adds another J for the 16-8 lead. After a Kerr hoop Mazz finally hit a 3 19-10, and then hits another after a Hanks J 22-12. Zeng beautiful cut, Hanks 3, but Mazz nails 2 straight deep 3’s 29-20. Matty O got a 3 to go, kerr gets 2 off hustle, Randal 3, and his team was fighting well as Hanks would hit a 3 making it 34-32 at the half with his team up.
Randalls team would keep their foot on Corp, Kerr 2-2, Zeng up n under. Drop Step would maintain a 10 pt lead throughout the 2nd half as Kerr was using his size/huslte to get easy hoops and keep Corp in check. Corp would make a push but Zeng hit a big J. Corp would show shome fight at the end getting steals and hoops but it was not enough. Randall starts his boys off well 66-59.
DSM
Kerr-A-) Wasnt spectacular but dman effective. His size his a problem.
Randall-B-) Thought he kept his boys calm, they played the matchups well. Good captain game here.
Matty-B-) He was solid on both ends, nothing crazy just good.
Murphy-B+- Did it all kinda. PASSED well/ 3 steals 1 block, very nice night.
Zeng-A- I dont think he missed a shot, was very active.
Hanks-A- Shot them back into the game. Making you all pay for letting him fall in the draft.
Corp X
Mazz-A-) 30 pts in no joke, but I wanted him to be even more aggressive wth Dennis/B.Robb out. Thought he fought despite the frustaration good sign for Corp going forward.
Ian-B-) he was just ok, they needed so more shooting from him.
Stephenson-C+- Strated red hot, but kinda disappeared.
Bovie-C- Same thing as Ben, on fire to start but faded hard.
B.Robbb-N/A- Was very late.
Game 3 Ej Vs Blood Line
EJ comes in hot as he canned a 3 right away, Frano followed that with a Pnroll hoop 5-0. Liam gets his boys in it with a trey, but Kap to the rizack7-3. Kap middy, than Frano scoop, followed by Kap slash 14-3 they were rolling. Carey hits a big momentum 3 14-6, but Kap nails deeps 3 right abc at them 17-6. EJ another 3 and this game was getting ugle, as BloodLine O was puke worthy, not getting any good looks, no energy, honestly not a ton of fight. The half would end with a Frano J making it 28-16 at the break. The closest the score would get 33-24, as EJ’s squad looked like they were on a mission all over the floor. Kap was hounding Frongi the former MVP’s life, Amir splashing 3’s, and this game really never was in doubt. EJ got his boys balling they win 56-38.
Team Slick
Frano-B+- Rock solid night, wasnt as aggressive when the lead was big, but really looked good.
Kap-A- Would have been an A+ if he shot the 3 more effecently, but man did he ball out all over the court.
Butter-B-) D was good O was not.
EJ-A-) Solid EJ game, took good shots, played good D.
Amir-A- Doing his J O B which is nail open 3’s.
BloodLine
Cawley-B-) Saves his day with some great hustle and D, they need 20 ppg from him or they are in trouble.
Harry-D- Where is the fight, wheres the Harry yelling “what the fuck are we doing”. Week 1 I guess but I dont like a complacent Hareld.
Frongi-C- Kap really bothered him, he was so hesitant like Kap was in his head.
Liam-B-)He was steady, nothing crazy either way.
Carey-A-Leave him open and see 3’s go throught he hoop.
Danner-D- my man struggled out there. He will have better nights.
Game 4 Bros Vs Buddys
J.Mul looking sexy and confident nailed the 3 ball. Lane hustling his ass off gets Obrd assist to Kielley 3-3. J.Mul locked in slashes 3, Jet floater and hesssssssss backkkkkkkkkkkk 8-3. Eth nice cutting hoop 10-3. Skelley sick reveurse lay in, then adds an Obrd finish. J.Mul had the answer with a middy, but Worth drains a 3 14-10. Lane cutting hoop to cut the lead to 2, but Lane hustle leads to another Kielley cutting hoop 15-14. Skelley post for the lead but Eth right back at him. J.Mul would finish his strong half with some hoops and it was 22-17 at the break.
J.Mul a killer today, nails another middy, but Kielley responds with tough finish 25-19. J.Mul unconscious hits another trey 28-19. This game stayed within the 9 to ll point range as Brothers defesne was stifling, there was nothing easy out there for the Buddy’s, and the Bros continue their successes together 42-36.
Buddys
Skelley-A-) Thought he was a bright spot, hustled hard, and his finsihsing gets better every session.
Kielley-B-) Not a terrible game, but they will need much more from him if they are gonna get w’s.
Worth-D- Grade is harsh because we all know he can play way better, his team neds him to.
Lane-B+- His hustle was crazy 5 obrs, 3 steals, I loved it!!!
Bro’s
Jet-B-) Shot was a lil off, but it was awseome to wathc him flyyyyyyyyyy again.
ETH-B-) Lil rusty getting his legs/wind back, but saw some Eth flashes.
J.Mul-A+- He was awesome , MVP level play.
S.Mul-B- only guy who can geta B scoring 0. His D is so nuts.
Stull-C- Hustled hard but 0-6 is 0-6.