Augusta Panthers even their record at 9-9 with a hardfought 5 point win at the Panther Den. Shoemaker with 27 and Laycock with a career high 19 lead Augusta to a modest, but much earned two game win streak.

Was interested to see how this game played out. Fleming having some growing pains. Heard they've been in every ball game despite what the scores say. Can you comment on their play?

Fleming has as much talent as anyone in the region, when they can get them on the floor together. Injuries and attitudes seem to be keeping them from reaching their potential.

My Panthers keep improving as predicted and the "Hickory Huckster" bus keeps following along.

Fleming has as much talent as anyone in the region, when they can get them on the floor together. Injuries and attitudes seem to be keeping them from reaching their potential.

 

They have had their "best" players (minus Waller who is out for the season) for the past few games. I agree that talent wise, their first 5 is as good as anyone they play.

"Attitude" is a complex issue and has a lot of things factoring into it.

Interested to know how the Cordle kid is developing at Augusta? I saw him at a camp a couple years back and he had skill and knew how to use his body.

Offensively, Fleming has 3-4 players who can get 12-20 pts on a given night and they typically have 3-4 in double figures. But defense, bad turnovers and/or poor free throw shooting, any one of which rears its ugly head on a given night, will get you beat even against teams you should beat. The coaching staff did a good job at St. pat getting them to play defense and taking care of the ball after a year or so. I expect the same thing to happen here after the staff has them a year and in the summer.

 

Glasscock has a chance to be a top 10 player next season. If he develops a consistent 3ptr next year he will be hard to contain.

Interested to know how the Cordle kid is developing at Augusta? I saw him at a camp a couple years back and he had skill and knew how to use his body.

 

He's getting better every game. Much more aggressive on both ends of the floor and has a nice touch inside. He's a "load" if he catches on the block. I believe he'll continue to improve his body and strength and pose significant match up problems for most 10th region teams over the next 2 years. Keep watching