JMU's freshman point guard Devon Moore was back practicing Wednesday night. He will have one more day of practice before heading to Richmond for the CAA tournament (JMU plays its first game Friday night at 6pm against William & Mary). Devon Moore has become an integral part of this team and improves the rest of the team just by being in. It also allows for there to be two great ball handlers to be in at the same time (Pierre Curties being the other) which really opens up the floor and cuts down on turnovers. Devon also has a great ability to take the ball to the basket off the dribble better than anyone else on the team. As an example to show how crucial he is to this team: our worst four losses this season have been Davidson, @Mason, VCU, and @Delaware...Moore was out for the latter three. The only game the Dukes have won when Moore was out was against Gardner-Webb. He is an integral part of this team and it will be a huge lift to have him back.
While our guys are probably sapped of energy at this point given all the injuries and illnesses this season, I think they are ready to play some inspired basketball. As long as they can stay healthy from this point on, it will be the healthiest they've been almost all season. They've had a week off which will have helped them regain some energy. Andrey Semenov, who has seemed a little foggy at times during recent games after he was out for dizziness, has had time to clear his head. Dazz has had time to get over the flu and get back into good condition. I have to believe that after the final two games of the regular season (tying for the longest losing streak this season - shocking, right?) Coach Brady will have had some time to get this team focused again. I really like our chances to get back into our groove in our game on Friday against William and Mary. If everyone is healthy, we keep the turnovers under 15, and Kyle Swanston hits at least 30% of his 3's (opening up everyone else) I think we can get out of our first-round slump.
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