Last season, junior forward Tre (Trevon) Scott was a key member of the Cincinnati Bearcats off the bench. He is known for his high energy, high efforts play. Gary Clark logged the majority of the minutes at power forward, which was to be expected he was the Bearcats all everything and now he is playing for the Houston Rockets.
Scott played in all 36 games last season, he averaged 12.5 minutes per game which was good for seventh on the team. He also averaged 3.1 points and 3.6 rebounds on 55.4% shooting from the field and 59.6% from the foul line. These numbers don’t jump off of the page at you and they shouldn’t, but this year the junior will have a chance to more than double his minutes if he can stay out of foul trouble and be effective on the offensive end.
(I know this was a scrimmage) I personally liked what I saw from Scott during the Red&Black Scrimmage mid-October even though he himself said closed scrimmages the players go a lot harder and this game was a showcase for the fans. The athletic big man showed confidence in his face up jumper which will be important for him and the Bearcats to be successful. If he can hit a 15-17 foot jumper on a normal basis that will open up his game to drive and make teams have to respect him on the perimeter. His play on the pick & roll will be important because we know he will do well on his rim runs, but he has to be confident in the pop situations and from what I saw I think he is ready to take that step.
The Darien, GA native had 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting, 7-of-8 from the line, 10 rebounds, two assists and a block in the scrimmage. I’m not saying Scott will put up those type of numbers on a nightly basis, but expecting 8 to 12 points nightly and 8 to 12 rebounds nightly from the athletic forward shouldn’t be out of the question. I personally think he could be a player that averages close to a double double this year which would be a huge increase from his sophomore year totals.
I’ve always thought of Scott as in the same mode of Justin Jackson, but I think Scott’s game is smoother as a passer and ball handler. I know he isn’t a pure back to the basket player, but I think his pure hustle will get him some buckets by the rim. We know he will be solid on the defensive end, he can guard multiple positions and block shots, but with his extra opportunity it is possible he shocks teams in the conference and even some of the people who follow the conference closely.
Good luck Tre!
