FORCE OF ASSIGNMENT
On the perimeter, Saunders drew the opposing team’s highest scorer for the second straight contest. After holding Howard’s James Daniel—who entered the game averaging more than 23 points a game—to 4-of-14 shooting, Saunders once again used his length to force Starks into three turnovers and one of five shooting from behind the arc.
“[I try to] be there at all times and just be ready to deny him the catch,” Saunders said.
Amaker said that Saunders did a good job of balancing offense with defense. In addition to holding the nation’s leading scorer down, Saunders led all scorers with 25 points on just nine shots from the floor in 37 minutes.
“Wesley is our most talented player,” Amaker said. “For him to score what he scored in addition to guarding the kid Starks I thought was an outstanding effort on his part.… I thought we had a great team effort, but I thought Wesley was outstanding.”
—Staff writer David Freed can be reached at david.freed@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twiter @CrimsonDPFreed.