Wayne County 70 Somerset 34

[Statsdontlie]

Wayne County with a huge blowout win. Is it panic time for the Jumpers? 

[RimRacker]

The loss doesn't surprise me as much as the score! Wayne is on a win streak and has a phenomenal coaching staff.  Somerset has talent but who knows what is going on with the jumpers. They had better right the ship its almost district tourney time. 

[LethalPG]

Ben Godby and Josh Bruner were both out with injuries.  Obviously, Godby being the bigger deal of the two.  I wouldn't say panic, but definitely need to get healthy and whole.   

[LethalPG]

Godby is 21 PPG and 7 Rebs, and could potentially be POY in the region so they definitely need to get him back.  

[LethalPG]

3 minutes ago, RimRacker said:

The loss doesn't surprise me as much as the score! Wayne is on a win streak and has a phenomenal coaching staff.  Somerset has talent but who knows what is going on with the jumpers. They had better right the ship its almost district tourney time. 

Wayne has all the ingredients to win the whole thing.  They're playing good ball.

[12th Region Fan]

5 minutes ago, RimRacker said:

The loss doesn't surprise me as much as the score! Wayne is on a win streak and has a phenomenal coaching staff.  Somerset has talent but who knows what is going on with the jumpers. They had better right the ship its almost district tourney time. 

I think at the beginning of the year this is the Wayne County everyone across the 12th expected. If Wayne gets good guard play then they are as good or better than anyone in the region. 

[wcfan14]

Before season started seen lots of posts about Wayne's guard and still some being posted now. We are solid at that position. Young man is a warrior that will battle you on bothsides of the court. As a freshman, he doesn't get pushed around like some competitors thought they might. Hopefully some mid season struggles are behind us and we continue to compete like we have the past couple weeks.

[Carl Spackler]

On 2/7/2024 at 8:15 AM, LethalPG said:

Godby is 21 PPG and 7 Rebs, and could potentially be POY in the region so they definitely need to get him back.  

Given Somerset's style of play there's not really a way to replace him.  The Jumpers have really good three point shooters, but Godby is really the only one that can consistently beat you off of the dribble in the half court sets.  When he is out teams can get right up on the shooters without too much fear of getting beat on drives to the basket.  DCA gave Somerset trouble because they had the big boy that could sit back and block shots when Godby slashed to the basket and they were able to overplay the rest of the shooters.  When he gets back he totally changes the way defenses have to approach Somerset's offense.  Hopefully he'll be back soon.  

[BasketballFan24]

30 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Given Somerset's style of play there's not really a way to replace him.  The Jumpers have really good three point shooters, but Godby is really the only one that can consistently beat you off of the dribble in the half court sets.  When he is out teams can get right up on the shooters without too much fear of getting beat on drives to the basket.  DCA gave Somerset trouble because they had the big boy that could sit back and block shots when Godby slashed to the basket and they were able to overplay the rest of the shooters.  When he gets back he totally changes the way defenses have to approach Somerset's offense.  Hopefully he'll be back soon.  

What is his injury?  Any timeline on a return?

[LethalPG]

28 minutes ago, BasketballFan24 said:

What is his injury?  Any timeline on a return?

Ankle sprain. Not sure, but shouldn’t be definite.