Brighton boys basketball coach Mike Griest isn’t fooled by Plymouth’s 4-7 overall record this season.
“They’ve got size and they’ve got talent,” he said of the Wildcats going into tonight’s game at Brighton. “They have guys who are 7-feet, 6-7, 6-5 and 6-5 and they have good talent to go with that. They’re going to make for some tough matchups.”
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The Bulldogs (10-2 overall, 3-1 KLAA West) will try to solve that problem while also keeping pace with first-place Canton, whom Brighton wioll play host to on Tuesday.
“Every game in this league, you see the scores and they’re all mostly tight, like a 2-3 point difference,” Griest said. “It’s one of those years where anybody cn literally be anybody on a given night. If you’re not playing your best, you could be in for a world of hurt.”
The Wildcats are coming off a 57-35 loss at Canton on Tuesday. In their previous game, they were missing three starters, but rallied down the stretch from an eight-point deficit to beat Howell in overtime, 52-50.
Brighton has a decided height disadvantage inside, with no player taller than 6-4, while facing a Plymouth team that features a deadly 3-point shooter in Bryce Garbacz, who had six 3s against Howell last week.
“We have to make them smaller and we have to become a little bigger,” Griest said. “There’s some ways we can do that. We have to shoot the ball well from the outside and we have to get them to play at our pace. We really have to establish the pace and put a lot of pressure on defense.”
The Bulldogs are expecting a large and enthusiastic crowd tonight.
“We’re in a five game stretch of home games,” Griest said. “We obviously feel comfortable at home and our fans have been fantastic for us. We’re at home with the familiar rims and a familiar locker room and it’s Friday night, which is always exciting. It’s our youth night, so there should be a lot of energy in the building.”
