Info on BA, H'ville?

[Opperman]

Can anybody give a little interesting tidbits or anything about Brentwood Academy or Hendersonville (a basic scouting report on either or both would be nice too, but I can probably get that tomorrow anyway)?

 

I'm broadcasting the Bartlett-BA game tomorrow night and the Bartlett-Hendersonville one Saturday night, and filler material is good.

[TheEgoHasLanded]

BA has some under classmen at guards, freshman and sophomores.

 

Their front line is led by 6'7 King Dunlap, all state first team as an OL.

 

They have two others that are big, another 6'7 and a 6'8 I believe...The two 6'8's play together.

 

I'm about to go see BA play, I'll have more about them later on.

[TheEgoHasLanded]

I think BA made 1 three point shot in the game, the rest were inside.

 

They are led by talented 6'7 freshman Brandon Wright #34 who plays inside but handle the basketball. He played AAU last year for the TN Stars I believe. #54King Dunlap is their other go to guy and had some pretty good dunks tonight in a win over Briarcrest. Darren Mustin and David Holbert are some other football players that see a lot of work. Their guards probably are about 140 pounds and thats being generous...they start two freshman, 2 seniors, and a sophomore. Tyler Griffin is a decent player for them as well. I would press them since many of their players can not handle the ball, and then I would go to a zone. Knowing Hubie, he won't do it...but the team can't shoot threes so make them shoot it from the cheap seats over there at BHS. Pack it inside aso they can't give it to the big boys and then push the ball down the court. Pressing them is probably a good idea but the only way they can hang with BHS is if BHS gets into foul trouble. They really do a good job of getting the ball inside to Dunlap and Wright.

[itzme]

Thanks for the analysis, Ego. I've seen most of BA's games so far, and agree with the strengths/weaknesses you identify. Coach Pitts is still looking for the right combination, particularly at the 1&2. He has had probably had 4-5 different starting lineups, and plays a bunch of guys in different combinations. Sounds like they at least controlled their turnovers last night. They've been averaging about 20 per game. Still lots of work to do.

[Opperman]

BA looked pretty good today, actually. Their guards were generally weak with the ball, but they were pretty good defensively. Brandon Allen from Bartlett did a great job on Brandon Wright, held him to three. Dunlap had a good game, and they had random guards play pretty well.

[itzme]

What was the score?

[Opperman]

54-53 Bartlett in that one. Harding hammered them, I don't remember the final but 69-53 or so sounds right.

 

I *LOVE* Hendersonville. They need to finish games better (led 16 at halftime against Harding and let Harding come back and win, led 15 in the third tonight and let Bartlett as close as 6 before pulling away again), but they're a very good basketball team.