UNC-Greensboro on Friday @ 7:00 PM CST preview

So I thought I would give a quick breakdown of our opponent on Friday. For those that dont know, UNC-G was a very good team last year finishing 27-8, and lost in the first round of the NCAAT by just 4 points to Gonzaga. They returned the vast majority of that team this year.

Their first game was against North Carolina A&T, one of the better end HBCUs, and won a closer than expected contest 74-66. They were actually down 38-39 at halftime, but took control of the game about halfway through the 2nd half and maintained a 10-ish point lead rest of way. Greensboro no doubt is a SIGNFICANT step up from the SELA team we just played who lost most of their team who won 22 games last year.

Greensboro is led by senior shooting guard Francis Alonso who is a 3 point monster. He averaged 15.6 points a game last year taking 8 three pointers a game and hitting just over 40% of them.

Starting Lineup
PF (6'10, 200) JR. James Dickey
PF (6'8, 215) JR. Kyrin Galloway
SG (6'3, 195) JR. Malik Massey
SG (6'3 185) SR. Francis Alonso
PG (6'0, 187) SR. Demetrius Troy

Notables off the bench
G (6'0, 180) SO. Isaiah Miller
F (6'9, 250) JR. Eric Hamilton
G (6'4, 190) FR. Kaleb Hunter

A quick run down of those guys beyond Alonso:
-Galloway is a skilled 4 man with 3 point range and is a solid rebounder
- Dickey is the Bigby-Williams for UNCG playing protect the rim and rebound
- Troy is a pretty forgettable PG
- Massey is not someone to be concerned with at all
- Miller had a fantastic game off the bench their first game, scored a bunch, nothing from 3 point range though...he was very good last year, but being undersized at 6'0 without a 3 point shot could be tough against us
- Hunter made a name for himself in his first ever action scoring 11 points in 13 minutes
- Hamilton is a transfer from Wichita State who is mostly going to be forgettable but provides them with some size