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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Arlington Preview - Regional Semifinal

Fast facts

Opponent:  Arlington

Enrollment: (9-12):  308
Division/League: D-IV / Blanchard Valley Conference

Team Nickname: Red Devils

From the Blanchard River Buzz Preview

Coach: Jason Vermillion – 14th season
Last season: 13-9, 5-4 BVC

This season: 17-3, 8-1 (first place) BVC

Top players: Returning lettermen - Seniors Thayne Recker, (6-4), Jake Leonard  (6-1) Adam Inniger (5-9) and Wes Corbin (5-11) Junior Blaiz McBride (5-11), Sophomore Andrew Hunter (5-8).  Others include Senior Brian Mohr (5-10) and Sophomores Michael Blunk and Jordan Freed.

Regular season stats: Team stats are similar to the Hawks – Arlington averages 63.4 ppg and allows only 41.9.  They feature an inside game, making a league second-best 54.7% of their two point tries.  The Red Devils were 78-313 (31.3%) from three point range, placing them 5th in the BVC.  They are also fourth in FT% at 62.9%, but they made their free throws in the District Final game vs. Columbus Grove.

Arlington was third in the league in rebounding (29.1 rpg) and second in assists (14.2 apg).  They appear to like pressure defense forcing 10.7 turnovers per game.

Individually, Thayne Recker was the Devils leading scorer averaging 16.6 ppg, followed by Jake Leonard (12.3) and Andrew Hunter (9.0).  Recker is big and effective (think Lucas Janowicz), Mr. Inside who also averages 8.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.  Jordan Freed and Wes Corbin are Messrs. Outside, both averaging over 40% from beyond the arc. 

Road to BG – opponents w/ regular season records:
Def. 6-14 Riverdale 71-20

Def. 13-7 Ridgemont 58-37
Def. 12-8 McComb 57-33
Def. 16-4 Columbus Grove 51-44

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