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Brown scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, and all of his points were from the low post block. I have never seen a Georgia player shoot 10 of 15 from the low block, face rough and tumble double teams and not get a single foul called in his favor.
UK leaned on him, they muscled him, they pushed, they slapped and they prodded. But not once did a Foot Locker Sales Rep blow his whistle and send Brown to the foul line. A game called with more opened minded officiating on Takais' block gives him 4-5 more points. But I digress.
Think back. When was the last time you remember a Georgia front court player scoring 20 points all from the low block with his back to the basket? Steve Thomas, Jonas Hayes, Ant Evans, Jumaine, Zo Hall, etc. I don't remember any of those guys hunkering down on the low block in an SEC game and putting 10 shots in the hole. Much less 18 points in a half.
Brown is a weapon.
Felton said the game plan from the beginning was to get the ball inside to Takais, but we failed miserably at that in the first half. In fact, Felton joked after the game that he threatened bodily harm during halftime to the next player that jacked up a three before passing the ball inside to Takais. (paraphrase)
If we can run the offense through Brown, mix in some nice drives to the basket and some occasional kick out threes, we're a much tougher team to stop. We just can't go 10 minute stretches of forgetting about Brown.
If we keep feeding the beast, he'll keep filling the bucket.
The Georgia Sports Blog salutes Takais Brown. The Grown Ass Man of the Year for UGA Hoops.
See Also:
-- Brown's Brawn -- ABH (Wednesday)
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