I watched Demarcus Phillips' play against Southwestern Illinois yesterday afternoon at SCC in a tournament. Here's what I've got on him:
Demarcus played almost exclusively at the 2 for MCC. He played the whole game except for maybe three minutes. Demarcus ended up with 27, and should have had more, but missed a ton of free throws. He is very quick, and very strong. Defensively, he has a tendency to occasionally miss a rotation, but made up for it with 5 (?) steals. He only shot once beyond the three point line, and was fouled on it, mostly b/c he didn't have too, as Southwestern Illinois, who was actually a solid defensive team, couldn't stop his penetration. He does have a tendency to occasionally play out of control, and had two travel penalties. Late in the game, with about 3 minutes remaining, MCC was down 8. They moved Demarcus to point, and just ran Iso's for him, and he scored 9 points in a row (Two straight and 1's, then fouled on a three) He brought them all the way back, and assisted on a basket with 20 seconds left to tie the game, but Southwestern Illinois managed to hit a bucket with 1.9 seconds left to win.
Edit: Demarcus also broke a guys ankles so bad he fell down. He did a hesitation move, then double crossovered back to the 18 footer, and the guy fell over that was guarding him
Best part of Demarcus game:
Strength
Athleticism
Quickness
Quick hands
Ballhandling
Ability to finish through contact
Rebounding, crashed from weakside multiple times and got put back
Weaknesses:
Can play out of control, sometimes not the best at moving w/o ball. Missed free throws.
And Will Clyburn is much, much improved....almost threw down the sickest dunk I've ever seen in person, very good defensively, very athletic. Still needs work on ball handling though.
Demarcus played almost exclusively at the 2 for MCC. He played the whole game except for maybe three minutes. Demarcus ended up with 27, and should have had more, but missed a ton of free throws. He is very quick, and very strong. Defensively, he has a tendency to occasionally miss a rotation, but made up for it with 5 (?) steals. He only shot once beyond the three point line, and was fouled on it, mostly b/c he didn't have too, as Southwestern Illinois, who was actually a solid defensive team, couldn't stop his penetration. He does have a tendency to occasionally play out of control, and had two travel penalties. Late in the game, with about 3 minutes remaining, MCC was down 8. They moved Demarcus to point, and just ran Iso's for him, and he scored 9 points in a row (Two straight and 1's, then fouled on a three) He brought them all the way back, and assisted on a basket with 20 seconds left to tie the game, but Southwestern Illinois managed to hit a bucket with 1.9 seconds left to win.
Edit: Demarcus also broke a guys ankles so bad he fell down. He did a hesitation move, then double crossovered back to the 18 footer, and the guy fell over that was guarding him
Best part of Demarcus game:
Strength
Athleticism
Quickness
Quick hands
Ballhandling
Ability to finish through contact
Rebounding, crashed from weakside multiple times and got put back
Weaknesses:
Can play out of control, sometimes not the best at moving w/o ball. Missed free throws.
And Will Clyburn is much, much improved....almost threw down the sickest dunk I've ever seen in person, very good defensively, very athletic. Still needs work on ball handling though.
