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High Five: MSU Basketball Player Christian Moon
1/5/2012 12:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball
A quick look at MSU's steady guard
Don't expect Brad Huse to spend much time convincing Christian Moon to pass up shots.
In fact, expect quite the opposite, MSU's sixth-year head coach says with a smile. "I get really upset with Christian when he doesn't shoot it."
Moon's performance, and the attending team results, in last Friday's game against Portland State stand as strong evidence in Huse's favor on the subject. Montana State's junior guard, who transferred this year from Henry Ford Community College in Detroit, scored a career-high 21 points against Portland State in an MSU win, just two nights after lighting up Eastern Washington in a Bobcat loss.
On the weekend, Moon drilled nine of his 13 three-point attempts. Huse said he's not surprised it has taken Moon and the other Bobcat newcomers time to become comfortable in the MSU offense.
"That's one of the things when a team has a lot of new pieces, trying to figure out what's a good shot and not a good shot," Huse said. "We want the mentality, depending on time and score of course, of looking for your shot. If the window's open and no one's there, shoot it. If someone is, then pass it. But certainly with a kid like Christian who shoots the ball as well as he does, you want him to get as many shots as he can."
Below is are five quick quetions for MSU's newest sharpshooter...
Did your performance last weekend, especially against Portland State, surprise you?
"It was something I saw coming as far as early in our shootaround. One of my teammates was joking around and said, 'When are you going to play like you did in that San Jose State game?' And I said, 'Maybe today.'"
What was most difficult adjustment from junior college basketball to Division I?
"The flow of the game as far as being consistent at practice. The defensive structure, too. Defense wasn't the main option there. Playing defensively, running the whole offense, learning (opposing) personnel, those are things you don't really do in Juco ball."
The coaches praise you for your consistency, is that important to you?
"I feel like I try toI've been staying consistent, that's something I wanted to key myself on starting my last year in Juco ball, because I know if I stay consistent in practice that it will lead to success in games."
Would you rather hit a big three-pointer or a breakaway dunk?
(Laughs) "Well, it depends on the moment of the game for me. I would like to get a breakaway dunk, but I'll take a three to quiet the crowd."
What's your favorite thing to do in Bozeman?
"I just went to the (Bozeman) Hot Springs last night, so I would have to say that. It was nice."
In fact, expect quite the opposite, MSU's sixth-year head coach says with a smile. "I get really upset with Christian when he doesn't shoot it."
Moon's performance, and the attending team results, in last Friday's game against Portland State stand as strong evidence in Huse's favor on the subject. Montana State's junior guard, who transferred this year from Henry Ford Community College in Detroit, scored a career-high 21 points against Portland State in an MSU win, just two nights after lighting up Eastern Washington in a Bobcat loss.
On the weekend, Moon drilled nine of his 13 three-point attempts. Huse said he's not surprised it has taken Moon and the other Bobcat newcomers time to become comfortable in the MSU offense.
"That's one of the things when a team has a lot of new pieces, trying to figure out what's a good shot and not a good shot," Huse said. "We want the mentality, depending on time and score of course, of looking for your shot. If the window's open and no one's there, shoot it. If someone is, then pass it. But certainly with a kid like Christian who shoots the ball as well as he does, you want him to get as many shots as he can."
Below is are five quick quetions for MSU's newest sharpshooter...
Did your performance last weekend, especially against Portland State, surprise you?
"It was something I saw coming as far as early in our shootaround. One of my teammates was joking around and said, 'When are you going to play like you did in that San Jose State game?' And I said, 'Maybe today.'"
What was most difficult adjustment from junior college basketball to Division I?
"The flow of the game as far as being consistent at practice. The defensive structure, too. Defense wasn't the main option there. Playing defensively, running the whole offense, learning (opposing) personnel, those are things you don't really do in Juco ball."
The coaches praise you for your consistency, is that important to you?
"I feel like I try toI've been staying consistent, that's something I wanted to key myself on starting my last year in Juco ball, because I know if I stay consistent in practice that it will lead to success in games."
Would you rather hit a big three-pointer or a breakaway dunk?
(Laughs) "Well, it depends on the moment of the game for me. I would like to get a breakaway dunk, but I'll take a three to quiet the crowd."
What's your favorite thing to do in Bozeman?
"I just went to the (Bozeman) Hot Springs last night, so I would have to say that. It was nice."
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