Scrimmage stats & observations

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Here was the scoring breakdown for Hawaii basketball players during their officiated intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday.

Below is the player, their win-loss record among the four 10-minute scrimmage periods (with a different set of teammates each time), and their shooting numbers.

#0 PG/SG Isaac Fleming (2-2) — 13 points, 3-10 FG, 2-3 3FG, 5-6 FT
#1 SG Garrett Nevels (4-0) — 29 points, 11-17 FG, 7-10 3FG, 0-0 FT
#2 PG Niko Filipovich (1-3) — 3 points, 1-6 FG, 1-5 3FG, 0-0 FT
#3 SG Brandon Jawato — DNP (head)
#5 PG Roderick Bobbitt (1-3) — 8 points, 4-10 FG, 0-5 3FG, 0-0 FT
#10 PG/SG Dyrbe Enos (1-3) — 7 points, 3-12 FG, 1-8 3FG, 0-0 FT
#11 PG Quincy Smith (0-1) — 4 points, 2-3 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT (injured in first period)
#12 PF Sammis Reyes — DNP (toe)
#14 SG/SF Negus Webster-Chan — DNP (ribs)
#15 C Stefan Jovanovic (1-3) — 8 points, 4-13 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT
#21 PG Brocke Stepteau (2-2) — 5 points, 2-4 FG, 1-3 3FG, 0-0 FT
#23 SF Aaron Valdes (3-1) — 12 points, 5-8 FG, 0-1 3FG, 2-4 FT
#24 SG Zach Buscher (0-4) — 2 points, 1-3 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT
#25 SF/PF Mike Thomas (4-0) — 16 points, 6-11 FG, 0-0 3FG, 4-6 FT
#33 PF Stefan Jankovic (1-3) — 5 points, 2-8 FG, 0-4 3FG, 1-3 FT
#42 PF Isaac Fotu (2-2) — 28 points, 11-19 FG, 3-8 3FG, 1-2 FT

Some observations:
>> Nevels won’t be losing his starting job in the backcourt anytime soon.
>> Fotu, in his first real action of the preseason, was keen to shoot from the outside and got more confident with his jumper as play progressed.
>> Bobbitt wasn’t shooting well, but had several nice steals, a couple in the open court. You could see why he topped the JUCO ranks in that stat last year.
>> Fleming impressed Gib Arnold with his point guard play. The coach indicated previously Fleming would play almost entirely the off-guard spot for the preseason, but that could change if Smith has to miss any time.
>> Smith landed hard on his back while converting a layup early on. He hobbled off and watched the rest of the scrimmage on the side. Arnold thought he might have had a flare-up of his back problem from last season, but didn’t know for sure. If he misses much time, Bobbitt is in the driver’s seat for the starting PG job.
>> Thomas started very strong with nine points in the first 10-minute period. His scoring dipped from there but it was an overall positive showing.
>> Jankovic was rusty in some of his first extended fullcourt play of the preseason coming off his knee ailment.
>> Jovanovic was struggling, but then put together four straight hook shot buckets for his squad in the final 10-minute period.
>> Enos, Buscher and Stepteau were the “reserves” during the scrimmages, though Enos stepped into his teams’ first fives once Smith went out.