It may be overly simplistic to say it, but Jake Cohen is a monster. He has been the model of consistency throughout his career until recently. At least, that is how he has struck this outsider that is watching the Wildcats from afar. Like I said- until recently.
Now, Cohen has become a monster. A point scoring, rebounding, play-making monster. He scored 29 points and had 14 rebounds in this match-up. He was 9 of 17 from the floor and made 9 of 9 from the free throw line. (For those nervous about it, Nik Cochran made 8 of 9 from the free throw line.)
Speaking of Cochran, he turned the ball over seven times. Ouch. Seven out of the ten Wildcats turnovers? Not good.
But the Cougars scored four points off the bench. Trent Wiedeman and Adejhi Baru scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds in 58 minutes. That's not pleasant. The Cougars need much more production from their two big men and their bench if they are going to go far.
With the Cougars depth issues and sometimes poor shot selection, this team is going to struggle to win a bunch of games down the stretch. Honestly, their starting five is as talented (if not more talented) than any team in the entire SoCon. But unless Anthony Stitt returns from injury before the tournament, how does this team plan on winning three games in three days? They just don't have the depth.
Antwaine Wiggins is good enough to help the Cougars over the hump, but he can't do it completely on his own.
Davidson has virtually put the division away at this point. The Wildcats are up three games on every team and have beaten all three of the teams that are tied for second in the division.
Charleston is tied with Wofford and Georgia Southern for second in the division. A loss to Georgia Southern on Saturday would be huge to the Cougars. Things are going to be very interesting. It's going to be a huge game on Saturday, because both teams need a win so badly. Should be a very interesting weekend.
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