Film Study: Archers’ high pick-n-rolls
The Archers’ open Twins set has been their bread-and-butter since 2019. But in 2021, they introduced a high pick-n-roll action with Tom Schreiber playing point guard that opened up some quality shots.
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Crease Collapse of the Week: Connor Kirst
By PLL Analyst On Saturday night against Chaos LC, the young Whipsnakes rope unit stepped up. Colin Squires (6GB, 1-for-2 FO) was everywhere in Michael Ehrhardt‘s absence. James Barclay, a member of the 2019 Whipsnakes Championship team, scooped a couple groundballs and took LSM runs after being claimed from Chrome’s reserve roster midweek. “Without Mike…
Jonathan Donville: Lyle’s new favorite picker
Lyle Thompson shot 12-for-36 (33.3%) off pick-n-rolls in 2021. Entering the weekend, he had shot 1-for-10 (10.0%) in those scenarios in 2022.
Lyle misses his favorite picker: Paul Rabil.
Crease Collapse of the Week: Zach Geddes
Chaos is sliding more in ’22 than during their championship run. Typically they trust their 1-on-1 matchups across the board. Opponents rarely created assisted shots against them in August/September of ’21 (35.5% of settled shots against were assisted) and they couldn’t score off the dodge (less than 15.0% unassisted shooting against).
Waterdogs SSDMs: Blindsiding dodges and blocking shots
Halfway through 2021, the Waterdogs defense was getting torched. Opponents were shooting 38.6% in settled sets. They made a few changes: Moving Liam Byrnes from LSM to close, dressing Ben Randall regularly, and maybe most importantly: Inserting Matt Whitcher into the lineup.
Waterdogs hand Whipsnakes first loss of season, 11-10
By | Whipsnakes LC has trailed at halftime every game this season. And every time, they’ve come back for a win — until Saturday night in Minnesota when Kieran McArdle (3G) and the Waterdogs held off the Whipsnakes’ second half surge. McArdle buried a natural hat trick in the fourth quarter. He put on a…
Marcus Holman moves into 10th all-time in points
10th-year pro Marcus Holman’s 386th career point passed Hall of Fame midfielder Matt Striebel for 10th all-time.
Crease Collapse of the Week: Jack Kielty
The Cannons shook their defense up drastically in Week 4. Brodie Merrill, after whom the league’s LSM of the Year Award is named, was a healthy scratch. SSDM Tyson Bell picked up a pole. Rookie Matt Rahill (Maryland) got his first start down low.
How the Whipsnakes are winning run outs to the endline
The Whipsnakes defense has run out a preposterously, incomprehensibly high percentage of misses. They’re out-hustling opposing offenses to the endline or sideline on 32.6% of missed shots.