Plainfield Cardinals Basketball

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Plainfield vs MSIT (NY) Pre-Game Analysis


McKee Staten Island Tech (MSIT) will pay their first visit to Cardinal Country on 12/28 at 7:30 pm.    Robeson of Brooklyn was first schedule to play on Thursday but that game has now been moved to Friday at 7:30 pm.

MSIT will be looking for revenge in tomorrow night’s match up.  MSIT battled the Cardinals in a competitive game last year before the Cardinals outscored the school from Staten Island 16-2 in the final 8 minutes of the game to pull away.

McKee will have an advantage and disadvantage.

Advantage:  McKee is loaded with guards and at times may use an all guard line up on the floor.  All can shoot from deep.  6’2” guard Izevbuw Osa-Slayton is an up and coming guard who can play with the best of them.  Izevbuw will team up with Kareem Martin, who is a leading scorer for McKee along with Izevbuw.  Navdeep Singh, Nicolas Maetta and Ryan Markoe can all shoot from beyond the arc.  Izevbuw and Martin can also launch it from deep but prefer to take it to the rack.  The all guard lineup can press effectively. 

Disadvantage:  Height.  Plainfield will feature 6’8”, 6’6”, and 6’4” on their front line.  The Cardinals are use to playing against team bigger than them so this will be a different type of game.  McKee averages 6’2” across and will have to be lights out from the outside. 

Look for the Cardinals to control the glass.  McKee will more than likely press and/or play zone on defense and hope to push the ball off of Cardinal turnovers and miss shot attempts.  Martin and Izevbuw are quick and can push the ball with the best of them.

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