Bradenton, Fla - After a hard-fought battle in non-conference play to close 2021, the SCF basketball team (11-7) will look to open the new year on the winning side as they set their sites on Southern Conference play. The Manatees will travel to Tampa to face Hillsborough (7-8, 1-1 Suncoast) at the Dale Mabry Campus Gymnasium Saturday afternoon, January 15 at 4 pm.
Last Time Out:
The Manatees are coming off of falling to Pensacola State (83-62) and Seward County (79-77 OT) to close 2021 and non-conference play. They ended up finishing 2021 with a 21-16 record. This includes the games from the shortened spring season earlier in 2021.
Earlier, the Manatees were schedule to take on Miami Dade to open conference on the road and Indian River State for their conference home opener, but the games were postponed due to tracings of COVID-19 among the players. The games were later set for two Mondays (vs Indian River State: 1/17/22 @ 7 pm; @ Miami Dade: 1/24/22 @ 7 pm).
Southern Conference Standings:
1. #12 Indian River State (15-2, 1-0)
2. #18 FSW (13-2, 1-0)
3. Hillsborough (7-8, 1-1)
4. SCF (11-7)
5. Miami Dade (8-8 0-2)
1,000 Storms:
For sophomore James 'Pop' Weathers, he is 334 paints away from reaching 1,000 points in his career. Weathers is currently averaging 18.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, five assists and 1.3 steals per game. At the SCF Holiday Classic, he had a combined 32 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, three blocks and four steals.
Missing the Calgary Kid:
Sophomore Kwo Agwa has made some noise lately since his return to the starting lineup. Agwa, who was named the NJCAA Region 8 Player of the Week at one point is averaging 7.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.
Unfortunately, Agwa was unable to be with the team during the SCF Holiday Classic as he had paperwork issues that also involved the Canada border being on travel restrictions to slow the spread of the Omicron Variant of COVID-19.
As far as the big man role to fill in for Agwa until he gets back, freshmen Ronnail Tape and Sam Faraday earned their first starts at the classic. Tape started the first game where he had six rebounds, while Faraday, who started the second game, had three points and a season-high seven rebounds. Tape, who is the primary backup for Agwa, is averaging 1.4 points and three rebounds per game, while Faraday is averaging 0.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.
Wild Card Factors:
Freshmen Jacari White, Cobey Harraway and Ametri Moss have played strong roles in the rotations.
White, who has a played off the bench this season, is averaging 11.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.4 steals. He averaged 17.5 points, three rebounds and one steal per game at the classic. Primarily, White is the main 3-point specialist as he is averaging 2.1 3-pointers per game.
Harraway is averaging 10.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. He averaged nine points, three rebounds and three steals in two games at the SCF Holiday Classic.
Moss is averaging 10.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and two assists per game. He averaged 18.5 points, two rebounds and 1.5 assists per game at the SCF Holiday Classic.
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