Burlison on the BOD victory

From Frank Burlison:

"The Dragons trailed [Jaylen] Brown’s Wheeler club at intermission (38-37) when they struggled to get the ball cleanly into [Ivan] Rabb in or around the lane on offense.

That wasn’t the case over the final 16 minutes, though, during which Rabb often powered his way over or around multiple defenders to hit eight of nine shots, grab nine rebounds, block three shots and trigger numerous transition opportunities with outlet passes to help his club pull away from a team that came into the contest with a single loss.

Rabb, in helping push his team’s record to 10-3 with the 79-70 victory, finished with 24 points (11 of 15 from the field), 12 rebounds and five blocked shots.

He got plenty of help from his teammates, most notably Boise State-bound Paris Austin – among the more overtly underrated point guards in the national Class of 2015) – who scored 18 points to go with nine assists and mostly got the ball where his teammates needed it, by dribble or pass.

Foul issues may have chipped into his productivity – if not his aggressiveness –before he went to the bench with his fifth and disqualifying foul late in the contest.

But Brown muscled – literally, often – to 31 points (13 of 22 from the field) and snatched eight of his 12 rebounds when his team was in possession of the ball.

And the Dragons also a nice effort, especially during those dominating final 16 minutes, from the bench from a freshman left hander who is already on the path toward becoming “the next really good one” from the Lou Richie-coached program.

Elijah Hardy, who has scoring, handling and passing skill in abundance, was perfect from the field (on three attempts) and knocked in three of four free throws.

Another senior guard, Jeevin Sandhu, added 14 points, five rebounds and three assists for Richie’s crew."