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The Red Knights returned home with a tough division win over Wilson tonight at the Geigle. Here are my thoughts on tonight's game:

1. I must say that I never thought this game would be a blowout like some fans suggested. A defending champ with three starters back isn't going to roll over and die. When people look at Wilson the thing people fail to give them credit on is how good of a defensive club they are.
2. I see the typical Reyes bashing is on the Pennlive board as the game ends. The only problem I had tonight was the zone defense coming back from the half. He deserves credit for beating Wilson in a half court game.
3. The other thing that I disagree with some is about the officiating tonight. I really didn't have a problem with it, I didn't see either team really gain a big advantage, and lets face it when your playing Wilson there wont be a lot of calls on either side. The Red Knight players didn't seem to worry about the officiating in this game so as fans I think we should do the same.
4. I want to first off state that I think Jermaine Jackson is a great kid and a immense talent. But he needs to take the bull by the horns and be more aggressive. If we can get him to be more aggressive he will be a better player. The two things in his game that I think that are working against him is that when he doesn't get the touches early he seems to get out of sync. The other thing is when he gets the ball he waits and composes himself before making a move and it lets the opponents defense get set. When he puts it together he makes this team a state title contender. With the balance this team has he really shouldn't feel as much pressure this year as well. With all this being said I don't think it is time to get down on the kid.
5. The run at the end of the second quarter and the run at the start of the 4th quarter is what one the game tonight for us.
6. I truly feel like Macho is really becoming the inspirational leader of this team. The kid has no fear and that kind of attitude is infectious. When I watch him play the point he plays it in the mode of a Tony Parker type point guard.
7. Tonight's game was another indication of how good of a player Jordan Burdine is. He can get his own shot whenever he wants to and he has a total all around game that he can always seem to go for 20 points a night.
8. Another great performance by Trenity Burdine tonight who chipped in 12 points. This kid gets better every game and his confidence his rising minute by minute.
9. The one thing that must improve after the first four games is our defense and especially our defense around the basket. We had way too many mental breakdowns and gave up a lot of easy layups. When you look back at this game Wilson took very few outside shots. When we play them again later on in the year we have to get the defense around the rim cleaned up and force them to take outside jumpers.
10. As we look again we will play another heavyweight in McCaskey who comes in on Saturday after losing two straight to Norristown and Chester. But Steve Powell's gang of Red Tornadoes will come in hungry and we better come out stronger than we did tonight.