Some thoughts, opinions and other notables:
I watched Friday night’s tape-delayed Hamilton Heights-Lapel game on the TV 40 sports channel.
I’ve been hearing a lot about Husky junior Gus Etchison, and it marked the first time I’ve seen him in action.
I liked what I saw. He was terrific.
The kid has GAME. He can really play. He had 34 points in a 21-point victory. Etchison did pretty much everything but sell popcorn. Very impressive player, indeed.
And watching him reminded me a great deal of 1970 Carmel Indiana Mr. Basketball David Shepherd, who scored 66 points in a game his senior year.
Gus has already delivered a 56-point performance this season.
Etchison is a 6-foot guard like Shepherd. He’s built like the Greyhound great and he also has black hair, and he plays with much the same flare. He’s quick, pushes the ball relentlessly, can shoot from far-away places, looks for the open man, and made a couple of “oh-wow-did-he-really-do that passes!’’ and he has tremendous upper body strength.
Etchison also had two break-away dunks. Not sure I ever saw Shepherd dunk.
The Husky spit-fire is averaging 25.9 points per game, seventh best in the state. He averages 5.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.0 steals and 0.2 blocks. He shoots 59 percent on 2s and 37 percent on 3s, as well as 75 percent from the foul line.