NC Ihigh coaches and media poll (1-27-04)

those losses were early in the season, and frankly owen was inconsistent and not always playing to their potential... enka is a tough team that has a deliberate game plan... if you fall into that trap of playing their game, they will beat you... they have beaten several good teams the past few years with that plan... but, if you play your game and get the score up, you will likely beat them by 20... it is hard to defend their offense until you have seen it a while, and it catches folks off guard and lulls you to sleep...

the mitchell game, i don't know and their ihigh site shows that they beat mitchell, but i thought i remembered a loss... i imagine that game was a poor showing... there is a bit of a rivalry there, so perhaps emotions were high on the mitchell side and owen may have come out lazy... also, if you can get some foul trouble on owen, their bench is real short...

just some thoughts from watching owen and their coach several times over the past few seasons...

overall, they struggle with consistency, and that sometimes seems to be a coaching thing... i think they are more on track now and more focused, which should help them realize their potential... they did drop a game to north henderson the other night... from what i know about north henderson, owen should have beaten them as well...

 

Owen's 4 losses have come to, in order, AC Reynolds (by 7), Enka (by 4), Cumberland County, TN (Christmas Tournament, by 2), and North Henderson (by 15). Owen doesn't play Asheville in basketball or I am sure they would have another loss. Owen beat North Henderson by 4 the first time they played. Hope this helps a little.