Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:11 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 17, 2015 6:18 PM EDT
By Eric Crawford
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — It’s no surprise that Damion Lee can score. He was the No. 6 scorer in the nation last season at Drexel. He tends to pick up points in bunches, as he did in the first half Friday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center, when he scored 11 points in 93 seconds and 33 in the game (to go with 13 rebounds).
But freshman Deng Adel was the most impressive player on the court. He finished with 35 points and nine rebounds, to lead the Red squad past the White 97-81 before a crowd of 9,114 at the KFC Yum! Center.
A few takeaways:
1. PLAYER OF THE GAME: Adel was solid throughout, didn’t force things on offense, and played good defense, though he was matched up for most of the game on Damion Lee. Adel made a ton of two-point jumpers, took what was given to him and passed the ball well, too, finishing with six assists. “DA” as his teammates and coaches called him, scored in the lane, at the rim and even from beyond the arc. And perhaps as important as anything — he makes free-throws. He drew plenty of contact going to the basket on Saturday, and went 9 of 10 from the line. He finished it off with an emphatic breakaway slam with two minutes left, then a reverse layup on the next trip down.
2. THREE-POINT DISPLAY: You can’t use an intrasquad scrimmage to determine whether a team will be improved from the three-point line or not. But the Cardinals numbers in this scrimmage were impressive. With relatively few substitutions, the shooting percentages from beyond the arc were solid. The Red team finished 8 of 18 from three-point range. The White team as 13 of 25. Lee and Trey Lewis combined to go 9 for 15 from beyond the arc. David Levitch made 4 of 5 for the Red team.
3. NO SPALDING: Freshman Ray Spalding, who was probably the best of the freshman class over the course of the Puerto Rico trip, missed Saturday’s scrimmage with a sprained ankle. Mangok Mathiang, who missed the scrimmage two weeks ago, was back, but wore goggles after an eye injury.
4. STAT OF THE GAME: The Red team’s starting backcourt of David Levitch and Donovan Mitchell combined for 37 points, and Levitch was the Red team’s No. 2 scorer with 19 points. Just felt like typing those things.
5. QUOTABLE: Rick Pitino, at the end of the game, said: “There’s good and bad in every scrimmage, but when your second-string scores 95 points and beats your first team, it’s a good thing. When your starters give up 95 points, it’s not a good thing. We’ve got a lot of size, a lot of shot-blocking and a lot of bench support. We have 50 fouls to give, and we’re going to need them, the way we foul.”
Updated: Oct 17, 2015 6:18 PM EDT
By Eric Crawford
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — It’s no surprise that Damion Lee can score. He was the No. 6 scorer in the nation last season at Drexel. He tends to pick up points in bunches, as he did in the first half Friday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center, when he scored 11 points in 93 seconds and 33 in the game (to go with 13 rebounds).
But freshman Deng Adel was the most impressive player on the court. He finished with 35 points and nine rebounds, to lead the Red squad past the White 97-81 before a crowd of 9,114 at the KFC Yum! Center.
A few takeaways:
1. PLAYER OF THE GAME: Adel was solid throughout, didn’t force things on offense, and played good defense, though he was matched up for most of the game on Damion Lee. Adel made a ton of two-point jumpers, took what was given to him and passed the ball well, too, finishing with six assists. “DA” as his teammates and coaches called him, scored in the lane, at the rim and even from beyond the arc. And perhaps as important as anything — he makes free-throws. He drew plenty of contact going to the basket on Saturday, and went 9 of 10 from the line. He finished it off with an emphatic breakaway slam with two minutes left, then a reverse layup on the next trip down.
2. THREE-POINT DISPLAY: You can’t use an intrasquad scrimmage to determine whether a team will be improved from the three-point line or not. But the Cardinals numbers in this scrimmage were impressive. With relatively few substitutions, the shooting percentages from beyond the arc were solid. The Red team finished 8 of 18 from three-point range. The White team as 13 of 25. Lee and Trey Lewis combined to go 9 for 15 from beyond the arc. David Levitch made 4 of 5 for the Red team.
3. NO SPALDING: Freshman Ray Spalding, who was probably the best of the freshman class over the course of the Puerto Rico trip, missed Saturday’s scrimmage with a sprained ankle. Mangok Mathiang, who missed the scrimmage two weeks ago, was back, but wore goggles after an eye injury.
4. STAT OF THE GAME: The Red team’s starting backcourt of David Levitch and Donovan Mitchell combined for 37 points, and Levitch was the Red team’s No. 2 scorer with 19 points. Just felt like typing those things.
5. QUOTABLE: Rick Pitino, at the end of the game, said: “There’s good and bad in every scrimmage, but when your second-string scores 95 points and beats your first team, it’s a good thing. When your starters give up 95 points, it’s not a good thing. We’ve got a lot of size, a lot of shot-blocking and a lot of bench support. We have 50 fouls to give, and we’re going to need them, the way we foul.”
