Game two of week 8 was the 3-4 Goyle taking on 5-2 Everything Zeng. Losers of their previous two games, Goyle needed a win to avoid badly and would have a challenge as EZ was coming into the game on a two game win streak. Goyle fans were excited for the return of Kodra who had missed the previous 2 games. Both teams were fully staffed and ready for action.

Murphy started off the scoring with a hoop and a foul but couldn’t convert the free. EZ was not covering Jake, who hit back to back threes. Goyle then went on a run as Kodra led the way with a pair of threes and a bucket. After this run Goyle had established an 11 point lead. EZ would cut the lead to 7 with a Murphy and-1 and some Zeng free throws but Goyle would throw another punch to close out the half. Chas was playing great defense on Weinstein, who was limited to 4 first half points. Matty had a series of buckets late in the half and Goyle went into the half up 13.

 Coming out of the break Clarke and Chas had buckets for Goyle. Weinstein had a nice steal which led to a fast break layup, but it was all Goyle for the beginning of the second half. EZ kept fighting, Weinstein hit a three and Murphy also cashed one from deep. Randall got a nice bucket at the rim to cut the lead to 10. Murphy went on a big run at this point, getting buckets in the post and hitting two more threes on his way to 17 second half points. Murphy was even fouled on a three point make but was unable to convert the 4 point play at the line. Goyle’s atrocious free throw shooting (5-17 on the game) was a factor in allowing EZ to get back in the game. Chas might want to have his boys work on that during the week. Despite this, Goyle would hang on to win 59-55.

Goyle

Chas A great defense and vocal leadership

Jake A huge impact on the defensive end in addition to usual offensive production

Kodra A big 16/10/5 with 4 stocks in his return, he makes this team dangerous

Ben B- hustle was there but needs to cut down on turnovers

TC C rather quiet in his return to the bench

Matty B+ solid game, assists were huge

Everything Zeng

Randall C average game

Weinstein C- came alive in the 2^nd half but they needed more from him

Murphy A excellent performance, would be an A+ if he hit his free throws

Danner D not much of an impact

Hammond D see above

Zeng C had a nice stretch off the bench

Kicking off week 7 was a matchup between Chas’ Goyle Dawgs and Helldivers. Sitting at 3-3 Goyle has had some ups and downs this season and struggled to get to full attendance. Kodra would be missing once again this week. On the other side, EJ’s team has faced really bad luck with injuries to DP, Piasta and Kindle throughout the season. EJ would also be missing Ben Butterworth for this one.

Kindle and Kap were hot for Helldivers off the jump, Kap was getting to the basket and Kindle hit a three. EJ added another three and Helldivers were off to a blazing 14-3 run to start the game. Matty stopped the bleeding for Goyle by getting an and-1 off the dribble. He was looking to attack the basket throughout the game, which was just what Goyle needed to get back into it. After a Matty 3, Helldivers lead was down to 6. After a slow start, Jake started to heat up for Goyle and they continued to eat away at the leads until is was down to a 3 point  game. Goyle would eventually tie, but a Kap three put Helldivers back on top. EJ’s squad went into the half up 24-22.

Jake and Kap traded buckets to start the 2^nd half, Kap had a great and-1 and the score remained generally level. Chas started to heat up and got a layup and really deep 3 to land. Outside of Chas, Goyle was struggling from range and would end the game shooting just 3 or 16 from three. Kap had the answer, scoring 7 straight points for Helldivers. After another deep 3 from Chas his team was right back in it. At this point Chas had some constructive criticism for Parks and was hit with a technical. Kap would only make 1 of the free throws but it gave Helldivers a 6 point lead with 5 minutes left. Kindle had some key late buckets and Helldivers ran away with it and got a much needed late season win. They improve to  2-5 and Goyle slides to 3-4.

Goyle

Chas C- gave his team a spark in the second half but the tech was costly

Clarke D really quiet game for TC

Jake D the bar has been raised for Jake this season and this was an underwhelming performance

Ben C wasn’t out there all that much

Matty B+ solid outing, helped his team climb back in the game

Helldivers

Kap A near triple double. A beast on defense with 6 stocks

Skelley C missed so many layups!

Kindle A really nice showing from Ron. Midrange game looked nice

EJ C could’ve got some more threes to fall