{"id":48764,"date":"2017-01-19T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=48764"},"modified":"2017-01-19T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:26:29","slug":"depth-issues-lead-to-von-steubens-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/depth-issues-lead-to-von-steubens-slide\/","title":{"rendered":"Depth Issues lead to Von Steuben’s slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Karl Bullock<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s starting to become heartbreaking.<\/p>\n

The Von Steuben boys\u2019 basketball team lost to Farragut Academy 63-57 on Saturday night. Early turnovers and poor shot selection put the Panthers down early before their aggressive defense allowed them to claw their way back into the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not the type of team that can wait until the third or fourth quarter and then flip the switch,\u201d assistant coach Richard Huy said. \u201cIf we can get everybody on the team to play with the same intensity for the entire game as the five guys we had out there [on the floor], we don\u2019t lose those one or two-point games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huy is encouraged to see players overcome early mental lapses and play competitively late in games, but acknowledged that it\u2019s not an ideal recipe for success. Before Thursday’s 98-52 loss to Uplift, Von Steuben had gone 1-5 in its last six games, decided by a total of 14 points.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

For senior point guard Rafael Cruz, Saturday\u2019s close loss echoed a familiar theme for the Panthers this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat group of five we had [on the floor] played the whole second half,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we had three guys come off the bench just like that and play just as hard, we\u2019d be winning a lot of games and potentially be first in conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Panthers sit in second place in the Chicago Public League Red North conference standings at 3-3 behind Uplift (6-0).<\/p>\n

Huy said the learning curve for varsity basketball is steep, and the five players who finished out the game have earned the trust of the coaching staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing us they\u2019re capable of making adjustments on the fly, executing things that we\u2019ve asked them to do in practice has given us [the coaching staff] that ability and the confidence to play them more in games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Huy said it\u2019s up to the bench players to make the starting five better in practice and show coaches they are ready to play in key moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be able to go into the game and not hurt us,\u201d Huy said.<\/p>\n

After three consecutive losses and with the Panthers\u2019 season more than halfway done, Huy wants the first- and second-team players motivating each other and competing aggressively in practice. When the time comes for substitutions in games, he hopes the team avoids a drop-off.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir job, even if they\u2019re not in the starting five, is to make the starting five better by pushing them in practice,\u201d he said. \u201cNot only are they making the first five better, but they\u2019re making themselves better and showing that we [the coaches] can play them in a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Von Steuben has lost six of its last seven games as it struggles to build depth. (Karl Bullock\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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