Saturday, November 22, 2014

Washington's two guard situation

Within Percy Allen's take on Washington's victory over Seattle:
"...Newcomer Quevyn Winters looks as if he found a spot in the rotation because of his long-range marksmanship. He played 21 minutes and finished with a game-high tying 12 points on 4-for-11 shooting. He was 4 of 9 on three-pointers. If not for Winters’ three first-half three-pointers, Washington would have trailed by more than 21-20 at halftime. Not sure if Winters can pass (he didn’t have an assist), rebound (he had two) or defend, but if he can shoot the way he did tonight then he’s invaluable because this is a team desperately needing perimeter shooters. Everyone else is too streaky as evidenced by Andrew Andrews who missed his first three three-pointers before hitting his next three. Aside from Andrews and Winters, no one else has shown they can consistently make shots on the perimeter. Friday the Huskies were 8 for 26 (30.8) on three-pointers. They were 3 of 21 (14.3 percent) in last week’s opener. After two games, Washington is 11 of 47 (.234) on three-pointers. Winters could potentially push sophomore Darin Johnson and freshman Donaven Dorsey to the bench. They were scoreless in the first half Friday and didn’t play the rest of the game. There aren’t many backups who play well on the road, but Winters, a junior-college transfer who spent a year at Dusquesne, is an experienced veteran who doesn’t appear to get rattled..."
It was just one game but the situation deserves monitoring.


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