Game Picks: Week 8

Stewart (7-0) vs. DeLuca (5-2)
Based on the way these two teams have played this year, this one looks like it could be quite a battle. They have contrasting styles of play, so whoever can control the tempo will likely win the game. Ultimately, I think it comes down to the glaring mismatch in Mark Robinson's favor: Team DeLuca really has no one to cover him. Never count out Team DeLuca, but I don't know how they can pull it off if they have no answer for M-Robs.
Stewart 54 DeLuca 53

Dawson (6-1) vs. Hegeman (1-6)
Team Dawson has so many scoring options, while Team Hegeman's offense runs almost exclusively through Anthony Cotoni. Conor Enright has the size to slow down Cotoni and allow Mitchell and Jared Dawson to have solid efforts offensively in an easy win.
Dawson 61 Hegeman 44

Icenogle (3-4) vs. Debreceni (1-6)
Battle of the giraffes. Dustin McEvoy vs. Ben Icenogle. These teams are about equal as far as I'm concerned, so I'd say it's pretty much a coin flip. Dustin has the edge over Ben, but Team Icenogle might have a better supporting cast. That being said, Dustin has averaged 28 points per game in his last two outings, so I'll go with Team Debs in a tight one.
Debreceni 45 Icenogle 42

MacLeod (1-6) vs. Jarboe (3-4)
Team MacLeod has struggled mightily without Tynan MacLeod, hopefully this will be the last week they'll have to play without him. On the other side, Team Jarboe will be without Griffin Modzelewski, but Jon Wolfe has a great opportunity to put up a season high scoring output with the mismatch he will have in his favor. Although this game might get a little ugly at times on the offensive end, I think Dan Roper fills the void left by Modzelewski beyond the arc, and Matt Aumais puts up solid numbers to help Wolfe lead the way to victory.
Jarboe 43 MacLeod 39
 

Mahan (1-6) vs. Calderan (5-2)
Team Mahan had their fun last week.
Calderan 64 Mahan 42 

Wright (4-3) vs. Hill (7-1)
This game presents a solid matchup in terms of size. AJ Wright versus Ben Hack should be an interesting battle between lanky big guys, while the rest of each team does not have much height-- meaning it will come down to guard play. Team Hill is not a great jump-shooting team, but they attack the basket as well as anyone. Team Wright should be able to keep it close with some threes, but ultimately it won't be enough.
Hill 56 Wright 50


Werner (3-4) vs. Stevens (2-5)
At full strength, this matchup would certainly favor Team Werner, who has a huge height advantage over Team Stevens. However, Team Werner will be without big guys Curran Huff and Matt Plausse, their two of their top three scorers. I think Team Stevens can capitalize on a disadvantaged Team Werner and pull out it's third win of the season.
Stevens 48 Werner 43 

O'Malley (5-2) vs. Fotino (3-4)
As has been evident by their performance thus far, Team Fotino can beat anyone or lose to anyone on any given day. So needless to say, picking the outcome of any game involving Team Fotino is a shot in the dark. On the other side, Team O'Malley has won both its' games without first round pick Shane O'Malley. I'm going to go with the law of averages and say that Team Fotino bounces back after last week, and Team O'Malley finally feels the effects of not having Shane. 
Fotino 54 O'Malley 49