Entering the 2009-2010 season, the point guard position could be the biggest question mark. The Flyers are led by Senior London Warren at the point who offers stifling defense and incredible speed. Rob Lowery, who was lost to a knee injury in February last season, is looking to return to form but still may not be ready for a couple more weeks. UD will look to Senior shooting guard Mickey Perry to handle the workload in Rob’s absence, a role he performed with mixed results last season. Below is a in-depth look at the Flyers’ three point guards for the 2009-2010 season.
#0 Mickey Perry – 6-2 RS Senior
Mickey has been an interesting player during his career with the Flyers. Coming to the Flyers from Wisconsin, Perry was thought to be the knockdown shooter the Flyers needed. After being eligible to play with the Flyers in December of 2007, Perry struggled and many UD fans expressed some disappointment in his ability to shoot the ball. After a junior season where he averaged 4.6 points per game, Perry will be looked to for more production in his final year. Perry, a natural shooting guard, will see some time at the point with the rehab of Rob Lowery still in progress. Perry and Warren will man the point for the early portion of the season and Mickey needs to cut down his turnovers for the Flyers to be successful. I look for Mickey to have a very successful senior season and finally emerge as a consistent outside shooting threat for the Flyers.
#1 London Warren – 6-0 Senior
London Warren, aka the “Jacksonville Jet,” is the type of player who can both drive you nuts and make you love him. Warren has two speeds, faster and fastest, which are his greatest assets and well as his greatest weakness. No player on the floor will give you more hustle than London Warren which has endeared him to UD fans. Entering his fourth and final year with the Flyers, London’s point guard game has seen dramatic improvement. As a freshman London was wild and turnover prone. Over the past three years, Warren has learned to control himself and use his speed and hustle to his advantage and even finished his junior season with a respectable 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio. The Flyers will rely on London heavily in the beginning of the season with Lowery out. Although his jump shooting can be summed up by the word “ugly” Warren has started to use his speed to get to the glass and draw fouls.
#3 Rob Lowery – 6-3 Senior
Rob Lowery had a tragic end to his first season as a Flyer in 2009. Rob, a spitting image of London Warren in both looks and style of play, was in the midst of a very effective season with the Flyers until it all came to an end on February. Coming to the Flyers as a JUCO transfer, Lowery’s hardnosed style of play fit perfectly into the personality of the Flyers. Although he tore his Patella Tendon against Xavier causing him to miss the final 10 games of the season, Rob still finished with the fifth most points on the team and averaged 3.4 assists per game. Although it is uncertain when Lowery will be back in the Flyers lineup this season, he will play a crucial role in the success of the team. His ability to knock down the three adds a dimension at the point which London Warren can not. Look for Rob to be eased back into games by Brian Gregory, who hopes to have him at full strength by conference play.
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