By Ed Piper
La Jolla assistant coach Eli Crevelone was talking recently about guard Brody Sessa's effectiveness and fast pace down court.
"When he gets downhill, he's at his best," the basketball coach said. "We looked at things a few weeks ago. When you can get downhill, you're at your best."
Crevelone was talking in the context of Sessa's ability to move the ball quickly upcourt. He, not infrequently, goes coast-to-coast to score a basket: taking a rebound, or an outlet pass off the defensive boards, then rapidly dribbling the ball upcourt to score a bucket.
What does "downhill" mean, in Crevelone's lexicon? "Forward movement," he said. He said he discussed with Brody, "Don't dance around. No going laterally, side-to-side." Because when he dribbles that way, he's not making movement forward.
The junior "point forward"--guarding a bigger man on defense, while co-piloting the offense as a guard with teammate Leo Hawkinson--is enjoying an extremely effective season.
He is currently averaging 14.3 points per game in 23 games, with 6.0 rebounds a game 2.6 assists, 2.7 steals, 0.7 steals, and 2.9 turnovers a game--handling the ball a lot.
The Vikings are 16-7 at this writing (Feb. 3), 3-3 in the Eastern League, after winning the first 10 games of the season, then two losses, then four more wins to stand 14-2 on Jan. 10. Since then, it has been rougher sledding in league play, dropping close games to Point Loma Jan. 17 (49-47) and Madison Jan. 21 (57-52).
La Jolla has five scheduled games remaining in the regular season.
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