Emerging Rams?
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because of" foul problems.
So here comes 6-7 back-up Mau
rice Edmunds to lake up the slack.
Edmunds, not noted for his scoring,
put in a solid 20 minutes, ending the
night with nine points_ailii_eight
boards. But to better measure
Edmunds' contributions, it's more
important to look back at when and
how he scored and rebounded moreso
than what his hnal totals were.
In several sequences during the
game, Edmunds made up his mind to
take his man to the basket with strong
moves instead of passing the ball
back to the guards. He didn't always
score when he drove to the hole.
However, his decision to become
more aggressive offensively, made
Hampton change their defensive
thinking.
Aware that Edmunds doesn't look
for the shot, the tendency was to lay
back and wait for him to pass, then
look to double team Hardin, who is
the team's most dangerous low post
scoring threat. But wi-th Edmunds
going to the hoop, his defender was
caught off guard and out of position
for the rebound in case of a miss
because of the attention that defenses
pay to Hardin.
Hardin, by the way, didn't have
one of his. most stellar games. But he
continued to play strong inside the
paint. Even'though his shot^wasn't
-falling with great regularity, he went
to foul line enough to help him score
20 points to go along with eight
rebounds.
The story in the backcourt
involves three people ? Kevin
Edwards, Phillips, and Lorenzo
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Edwards is a 6-1, 190, muscular
type, who can hit the outside jumper
which discourages defenses from
clogging the middle of the lane.
Edwards is also strong enough to go
inside against bigger people and
score, or at least get to the foul line.
Against the Pirates, Edwards
demonstrated that he could be the guy
that Gaines has been looking for. He
drilled Hampton for 29 points, which
included three for six shooting from
three-point range. When Edwards
wasn't bombing away from the
perimeter, he would find open scams
in the Pirates defense on the back
door route, or penetrate into the lane
to challenge HU's interior defense.
Phillips, WSSU's defensive ace,
did his usual job as a defender, play
ing the tough, chest-to-chest defense
that makes him a valuable commodity
for Gaines. But on this night, Phillips
became more offensive oriented and
which enabled the Rams to open up
the floor even more, so they could
use some of their quickness. He tal
lied 12 points and eight rebounds for
the evening. Deeper still, his ability to
adequately bring the ball upcourt
helped the Rams to withstand the
Photo by T Leo
Maurice Edmunds (52) will help the Rams accelerate their climb back to respectability if he
continues to play like he did against the Pirates.
Pirates pressing defense. This was everyone involved in ihe offense
particularly critical since starting while keeping the tempo moderate
point man Lorcn/o White played just enough so the Rams don't rushIhcir
21 minutes because of foul difficul- shots when they go into their offense.
tics. In earlier games, the Rams found
0 ... ..... . themselves getting into deep trouble
But while White was on the . . . v
n , . f I. . . .. . ., early in games because they were in
floor, he was the fella that held it all \. fcr , . :
, r . n , A f . too big of a hurry-to shtx)t -- even
together for the Rams. The 6-0 fresh- . , / . , , .... .
? , ,. r with a 45 seconds shot clock. With
man's chief asset is his ability to get
White around to foster more patience
when the Rams have the ball, they
make better decisions on shot selcc
Tion.
However, this team is still learn
ing to deal with itscll. The Rams got
another opportunity to see how far
they had conic*in a Tuesday night
home encounter against rival North
Carolina A & T at (he Coliseum. But
more importantly, they will get a true
eonfercncc test when they travel to
meet Virginia Union on Dee. 14.
"Bighousc" & Co. should know a
lot more about themselves after they
deal with the Panthers in Richmond.
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