Men’s basketball look to key players for success
The Greyhounds claimed victory over Wisconsin-Parkside, Jan. 30, 75-66. Junior guard, Darius Adams scored 31 points along with eight rebounds, they plan to advance throughout the rest of their season.
According to Gouard, those advancements will be manifested through key players added to the roster this year, including Nate Blank and Darius Adams.
Senior forward Dijon Knight prepares for a shot against the Lewis defender in their Jan. 16 contest. The ‘Hounds current record is 11-10.
Nate Blank came to the Greyhounds having averaged 9.1 points per contest at Gardener-Webb. During his sophomore year, he played 27 games, one of which he led the Bulldogs to victory with 27 points.
On the other hand, Adams is a transfer from Lincoln College, bringing with him 18.2 points per game. This season he averages 13.2 points per defeat and 20.9 points in a Hounds victory.
“He is very important,” said Gouard. He leads us in rebounding, assists and steals. He was their primary go-to guy their and he is here.”
We as a team, as a family, must hang in there.
Although Blank and Adams deliver on the court, sometimes those efforts are not enough, Jan. 28 the Greyhounds to .500 with a 76-68 loss at St. Joseph’s.
Jan. 21 they were also defeated by the University of Southern Indiana, 78-70.
Director of Athletics, Sue Willey is not concerned about the teams inconsistency.
“I am more concerned with the progress of the whole program. I don’t get caught up significantly early on in a new coach’s career on wins and losses because it does take time to develop a program,” Willey.
“It’s a tough loss,” Gouard said. “[I’m] proud of their effort, [yet] disappointed about how we executed down to the end.”
Coach Gouard, in his second season at the helm, is not happy with where the team is now because he knows they have not yet reached their potential.
“[We] can do so much better,” he said.Dr. Willey provided a brighter outlook on Gouard’s work thus far, saying he’s been “tremendous.”
“We look for continued progress,” Willey added.
No matter how hard it gets for Greyhounds and their coaches, Gouard says his team will persevere.
“We as a team, as a family, must hang in there,” he said.
