Week 3 opened with Chas’ Hot Goyle Dojo taking on Harry’s Amir Mortals. Goyle was coming off a tough 1 point loss to Bros last week and Amir Mortals were coming off a strong showing taking home a win against DropStep Murphys. Goyle would be up against it, playing without Weinstein and Ian Marlier. Amir Mortals would be missing Amir himself. I was excited for this matchup as previous Goyle mainstay James Bohnaker was stolen by Harry in the draft and I was hoping to see if this would be a revenge game.
Kodra opened the scoring with a 3 and Harry walked up into a midrange J. Roberts got in the post for 2 and point-god Harry found Bohnaker for 3. Roberts and Kodra would get some buckets for Goyle and Harry would cash two more midrange shots to lead all scorers at that point. Harry would have to sub out with an apparent shoulder injury, it’s possible his shoulder was sore from carrying his team’s offense up to that point.
McPherson would step into a 3 and it was 13-12 Goyle with 12 minutes left in the half. Roberts, who was having a great game for Goyle was bleeding all over his jersey from a cut on his finger, but after wrapping it up, he would be back in the game. Jake Gold would hit a layup and a 3 and Piasta contributed on the offensive glass for Mortals. Harry and Ian Cundall added buckets for Mortals but Jake Gold would score 6 straight for Goyle and they took a 1 point lead into the break.
Coming out of the break, Roberts found Jake running the floor for 2 and hit a 3 of his own and he continued his strong play. McPherson got another 3, but overall he was having a poor shooting game. Chas, who was having a rough shooting night as well, found Jake for 3 and Roberts added another bucket. After Mcpherson got to the line and hit 1 of 2, Goyle was up 36-29 with 16:00 left.
At this point the scoring completely dried up for Mortals and Goyle would start to blow the top off the game. Roberts would bully his way for 6 straight points and was having a dominant game. Jake Gold hit another 3 and dimed up Chas for a layup and Goyle was on another level at this point with pace and ball movement. Mortals seemed stagnant and couldn’t get anything to fall. Roberts and Kodra primarily continued to add it on for Goyle and lead would get up to as high as 20 and Golye would run away with the shorthanded win, 60-44.
Goyle
Chas B- The shot was not falling, but contributed with strong defense, passing and leadership
Jake A shot well and contributed across the board
Roberts A+ 21/10/5, was a monster down low, and made heady plays. Left with a bloody jersey and the W
Kodra B – played strong defense on made great reads
Amir Mortals
McPherson C – I feel like there he has another gear he may be saving for the stretch run
Piasta A – great game, 12/12, lead AM in scoring and rebounding
Bohnaker C – went cold for a long stretch, maybe he was sabotaging
Harry C- really strong first half but the wheels fell off in the 2nd half
Cundall D This was not a great game from Ian, missed a few open looks
Week 3 Game 2 ShawHanks Vs Astrik
Ray Trey right away with and 1 3-0, then adds spin shot 5-0.Matty in the building at the 17 min mark, but Joel makes hook7-0. Hull working hard gets a scoop, then Paul $ a corner 3 7-5. Joel doing post things gets 2, but Hanks reposnds with a trey 9-8. Ray gets a 3 to go,but Hanks goes off glass for 2 12-10 10 min. Ray with tough taken Slim Reaper finally in on the cat with a 3 17-10. Matty slashes in but Feinstein gets lay up 19-12. Hanks post bucket, then Hull 2-2, then Hull hustle leads to matty trey we were all tied at 19 all! Matty gets to cup, but MJ ties things with floater. Peteet J , Frano J, Joel gets scoop, but Peteet sticks another J Hanks up 27-23 half.
Joel Gets to post work right away, and than again 27-27. Hull 1-2, but there goes that man Hook shot Joel, but Hanks gets his own 2 in the post. Some crazy action but after Joel obrd hustle it was 34-30 Astrik up. Frano gets middy, but Ray to rack, Hanks not backing down gets 3, and Frano ies it with hook 37-37. Joel just magical tonight gets another lay in, MJ runner, followed by ray smooth move 43-37, then ray $ a 3. Team Shawhanks would not quit, Frano gets 2 off cut, Hull 2-2, Hull 3, and then again and they had the lead 47-46! Ray to rizack, but Hull balling obrd put in 49-48. Joel gets 2 with nice run, Ray hits J, Ray deep 3, MJ jumper, Matty would get 2 t’s and that would be the ball game, Asterisk comes away 64-51.
Asterisk
Ray-B+- Didnt shoot efficenly, but his engine/efoort level is crazy. He is a unstoppable force
MJ-B-) Didnt shoot as well as he had, but had some nice floaters/J’s. Like to see more dimes
Joel-A- Solid day from joel, very good on bothe ends. He plays like this they are very tough to beat.
Fein-C- Seems frustrated with lack of looks, saw some eye rolls
Danner-D+- My main man got the yips right now
Carey-D- Not much impact tonight, needs those 3’s to go down
ShawHanks
Hanks-C+- Scored /rebounded fine but Joel really got the better of him in the post.
Frano-C-) This team needs way more than 10 pts
Peteet-B-) Always does the little things, 4 nice dimes
Hull-A- He was ballingggggggggg 17 rbs!! Looks like he is getting his legs.
Paul-C- Cashed a 3, struggled outside of that
Matty-D- The techs didnt cost them the game, but hes gota keep his head. 7 pts aint gonna cut it.
Week 3 Game 3 Overhated VS EJ
Big Lu gets busy in the post right out of the gate, Ghost nails jimmy 4-0 17 min. Dutton widow work, than Kielley dives in, followed by Lane of glass 6-4. Kielley continues run with obrd finish 8-4. Ghost does Ghost things with j, but Dutton keeps pcae with middy of his own, Skelley post work, Dutton drive, Kielley 3 off Dutton hustle 17-8. Cavano finnay in on the act with runner, Dias gets scoop to go, Cavano 1-2, but Skeeley stops run with p n toll 19-13, Dutton adds obrd put in 21-13. Dias leans in, then Ghost hits J 21-17 half.
Lindsey trey ball to start half 24-17. Ghost sticks J, but Dutton foster, Keilley j Overhated was balling, kielley gets 2 more in the post, and then Kielley was nailing 3’s by the time I looked up it was 40-27, and team slick never got close or recovered. Overhahted proving the haters wrong 46-37 as they go to 2-1.
Overrated
Skelley-B- Didnt score it, but did everything else at a high level.
Kielley-A- Dude is balling right now, showing he was worth that 8 pick.
Dutton-A-) Really coming into his own, looking liek the elader and heart of this squad.
Lane-C- Hustled hard not much results
Lindsey-C+- Hit a big 3 to send his team on the run to win.
Team Slick
Cavano-B- Would not quit, kept hustling his ass off. I had to love it.
Fraher-C+- Started red hot than went ice cold
Lu-C-) Really struglled tonight, Skelley struggled.
EJ-D- Really rough game
Stull-D+- Hustled but not results
Dias-C-)Passed well, cant get a 3 to be close.
Week 3 Game 4 Brothers VS Drop Step
Cody gets this party started with middy, but than Civale 1-2 2-1. Cody gets a 3 to go 5-1 18 min. Dany $ 3, J.Mul $ 3, then dany $ 3 holy holy 8-7. Cody banks ina 3 , this is a 3 party!! Frongo scoop 13-7. Joey tough take, but Cody trey ball money, but Joey not quitting gets another tough drive 16-11. Dany walking fire ball hits 3 16-14. J.Mul post, but Dany…….you guessed it hits another 3 18-17. Cody wants to be on fire as he hits another 3, Frongi hook shot 26-18 8 min. Frongi gets hot now as he hits 3, than 3-3 from the line after foul, followed by J.Mul 3, then J.Mul obrd hustle it was a god awful 36-21. The half did not get much better as Cody contunued being a walking fire ball, Dany hiting a bunch of 3’s trying to keep pae but it was 50-33 at the break.
Drop step showed impressive fight here Joey and 1, Murphy post, Joey tough mofoen take, suddenly it was 5-40 they were within striking distance. J.Mul j, and Cody 3 put and end to the run though, and they would run away. Closest things got was 68-59, but the Brothers were just too good, too hot tonight. They win 85-74 go to 3-0.
Brothers
S.Mul-B-) He was fine, just a soectataor of the 3 ball magic
J.Mul-A-) Rock solid night, they are tough to beat when he plays like this.
Frongi-A- 11 dimessssssssss, and was very efficient all over the court.
Cody-A+++++++++++- 11 +’s for 11 3’s
Tomar-C-) Rough shooting night
Drop Step
Joey-B+- Dude showed nice fight, never quits, just keeps making plays
Civale-B-) liked his activity tonight, need more 3 attempts though.
Dany-A- What a light outs shooting night 8-13 wow!!
Murphy-C+- took him awile to get going, sparked a mini run but that was it.
Clarke -C+- Hustled hard, missed some bunnies
Choa-A- Sliced in for a tough hoop!!