Wake Forest 47, DIAMOND CUTTERS
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With ‘the Rifleman’ Yochem, Wong and Dave out through injury,
acting captain Kepler Schumann was left at the helm. The most
improved player from last year would again need to step up a notch
from last season if the Cutters were to be any chance, and step up
he did. The burly 2-guard took his game to Wake Forest, slicing and
dicing, shakin’ and bakin’, and killing with a crossover learnt from
team friend Baron Davis from their Melbourne excursion. ‘Mighty
Mouse’ Kepler had an outstanding performance for 12 points,
including two 3-pointers and one huge block on a break, taking home
a well-earned MVP award.
However, his performance was not enough as the Cutters could not
hold down the league leading Forest, losing 47-24.
The most inexperienced Cutters team ever fielded showed promise
but could not capitalise on it.
Coming off the record-breaking game of last week, the Cutters
almost broke their own record for blocked shots in a game for a
team. In one memorable piece of play, Scott scored off the fast
break, and 1, but was bogusly called for travel. An angry ‘Long Arm
of the Law’ Scott, now in defence, blocked the next four Forest
shots.
Tim Vanderbom had an excellent first half, standing out in both
offence and defence, going for four points, and numerous blocked
shots and rebounds.
Last year’s rookie of the year Evan Schumann combined well with
his brother at point, also hitting a big three-pointer.
A hologram of rookie Stephen Wootton was displayed on court as an
effective decoy for the Cutters. The 'Praying Mantis' looks like a
good pick-up for the Cutters, plagued by recent injuries to star
players.
The Cutters will not be playing next week due to the public
holiday. Season tickets are still available at special discounted
prices, but for a limited time only. For details contact the
Diamond Cutters at http://lw14fd.law14.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=MSG1001390525.34&start=260497&len=3951&src=&type=x&to=DiamondCuttersBC%40hotmail%2ecom&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=F000000001&a=b183152fb1dc52b620fb8423020de26b
