Lowery is back, back again

Has it really been 10 months? Rob Lowery is finally back, well I mean he is playing again. After the Xavier game last year where Lowery tore his patellar tendon, the Flyers seemed to have lost an edge they were carrying all year. Yes, we did beat the Mountaineers in our first round game, but there was a notable difference in the way the team performed. Some form of congruity was missing and was evident when we played Kansas. While I am bias and would like to say the refs gave the game to Kansas I do think had Lowery been able to play we would have at least made it a contest.

Since Coach Gregory had no idea of when Lowery was going to be able to come back I do like the change of switching Mickey Perry to back up PG behind London Warren. However, Mickey Perry is more of a shooter and offensive threat than a point guard. He has done a great job with the position he was forced into since our number two got injured, but he is a set shooter and slasher. If you look at why Mickey was able to score last year it was because he was trailing Marcus, CJ, or somebody driving to the basket and was able to set up behind the arc and put down a big 3.

As far as London goes, well I'm still confused. I will confidently say that he is within the top 5 players in the nation in quickness from end to end, and he does run our team. However, I need to see something different from him. He is now in his senior year season and has yet to add a new aspect to his game. For as quick of a point guard as he is you will rarely see him drive to the basket or take his defender off the dribble when he could do it all game. I think having Lowery back gives us that much needed aspect of making defenders aware that we will drive to the basket rather than just pretending to and kicking the ball out for a 3. Having Lowery back is a bright spot for this season that has seemed to fall into the old Flyers way.

While I am happy to see Lowery back on the court, especially when in his first game back he went 3 for 3 shooting with 2 of them beyond the arc, he is not 100% back. We're going to need to give him some time until his knee's swelling goes down and is not sore anymore. Once the pain lessens all he needs is to get his lungs back and we'll have that star point guard rotation again.

I want to formally say Welcome back Rob Lowery we have missed you.

THE DAYTON FLYERS PLAY OLD DOMINION ON FRIDAY @ 7 p.m. in the University of Dayton Arena