The Eugene Register-Guard 2.0 suffered a brutal 107-98 defeat at the hands of the EDH Wolves, completely wasting a historic scoring night from their teammates. Point guard J. Bean put the entire franchise on his back, exploding for a magnificent 53 points on 18-of-33 shooting. Power forward Z. Guzman flirted with a triple-double, racking up 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Yet, despite these two heroic performances, the Register-Guard walked off the court with a loss because one man single-handedly anchored the team to the bottom of the ocean.
That anchor was starting center I. Estep, who turned in a historically pathetic performance that cost his team the game. Estep was a complete black hole on offense, whimpering his way to a miserable 8 points while shooting an abysmal 4-of-15 (27%) from the floor. He refused to look for his shot, failed to establish any deep position, and routinely killed the team's offensive flow. His total lack of aggression set a defeatist tone for the ...