CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- It was easy for Jaeden Zackery to look at the box score and get discouraged. He was playing 30-plus minutes per night, but the memories of his breakout freshman season at the Division I level were starting to slip into a nightmare of canned shots. His production was still strong, but despite turning out double-figures scoring in his first three games, something seemed off for the junior college All-American.
The hope was that things would iron out on their own, but playing the first two games against George Mason and Tarleton State offered styles of play that didn't exactly lend themselves to downhill guard play.