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Legendary Duluth Denfeld boys basketball coach Phill Homere on his Hunters (2-3), who host Class 3A, Section 7 and Lake Superior Conference rival Hermantown (0-4) on Thursday night – "I feel like playing St. Paul Johnson (a 77-64 home loss last Tuesday) was a huge early season game for us. It gave us an insight how good we can play and how taking care of the ball is very important. We played a very good team and they did a good job of showing us how good we can be inside as well as how our guards have to be able to play against pressure.
Our game at Cloquet (a 71-68 loss on Thursday) was very entertaining. I feel like they did a great job making our guys earn each basket. I love what they are doing in Cloquet and I think we will see them a few more times this season. We currently have a few early-season injuries that we are dealing with, but that’s common with teams.
As far as players who have been playing well for us, MarNaries Ferguson is already off to a really good start averaging 22 points, five rebounds, three assists and four steals per game while shooting 54% from the field. We also have Carter Brown and Berkley Messel, who are both playing really good basketball and will be very important later in the season. We have so many different guys who can help us in different aspects of our system.
Lee Brooks, our point guard, has so much potential and does a really good job getting his teammates involved and creating for them. We also have Nate LaPlante and Antonio Brown, who can be a huge part of the success of this team. Another important kid on our roster who just does all the dirty work is Joshua Seatbelt Rock. This kid is an all-out hard worker, and I will always match him with the other team's best player and can count on him to get the job done.
Our guys have four days until our next game, against Hermantown, so it gives us a chance to get healthy and get ready for a section/conference battle until Christmas break.
I like where we are right now. We still have a lot of work to do but I have a lot of confidence in my guys and I know we will go on a nice little run soon."
