Taylor Preview

Monday, BG has Taylor University in for MBB.  Taylor is an interdenominational, evangelical university in Upland, IN, which is between Fort Wayne and Indy. 

They compete in the NAIA and their nickname is Trojans.  Both John Groce and Chris Holtman are Taylor alumni.

Groce credits Taylor for molding who he became.

They had a legendary coach, Paul Patterson, who is in the NAIA Hall-of-Fame and was the winningest collegiate coach in Indiana history.

Their current coach is Austin Peters, who is in his first season. Most of his experience in coaching is at smaller colleges, but he did work in Drewland at Valpo.

They were 11-18 last year.  Their last winning season was 2019-20.  Their last D1 game was in 2018.  They lost to Miami by 31.

The Trojans are 4-1 this year.  They lost their last game against IU-Kokomo.

They can shoot.  They score 82 points a game, making 47% shooting overall and 38% from 3FG. This equals out to 1.14 points per possession, which is really good.

They allow only 31% 3FG shooting. 

They don't have one big scorer, rather than have a handful of guys in the 10-12 PPG range.  Anton Webb, who is 6'8", average over 12 RPG. 

Overall, they lack height, which is normal in these games.  Normally, the BG bigs have their best game of the season.

Look, this is on the schedule for a win.  Anything other than an easy win where everyone gets on the court is a disappointment.