Showtime Steers drop season opener on the road against Brownfield 85-65
BROWNFIELD — The Big Spring Showtime Steers made their 2020-21 season debut on Tuesday night in Brownfield against the hometown Cubs. Overall, it was a rough night for Big Spring on both sides of the court and they fell 85-65 in their first game of the season.
“It wasn’t pretty,” Big Spring coach Kris Hise said. “We are used to playing fast and getting after it the entire game and we struggled from the second quarter on. We struggled because we stayed in foul trouble and they killed us with fresh guys. We will be excited to get the rest of our guys in the future but are excited that they are continuing to win in football because it will carry over to us later on. Biggest reason we lost is we didn’t put the ball in the net. We got a lot of good open shots and just could not finish.”
Senior guard Kyler Seymore led the Steers with a 31-point double-double, but it was not one of his best performances on the court. He began the night ice cold from the floor and did not seem to get fully heated up until late in the game. Now that he has the first game of the season under his belt, he will be able to turn the corner and start leading his team to some wins during his last season in the black and gold.
Some other top performers for Big Spring included Alex Leuschner (eight points and seven rebounds) and Chris Martinez (10 points and six steals). However, the Showtime Steers were playing with a lineup of only eight players with some of their roster still locked-in to football season.
On the other hand, Brownfield appeared to have their full roster and 11 players recorded at least one point for them. Three of those players finished with double-digit points scored and the Cubs’ bench outscored Big Spring’s 30-7. Senior guard Jaden Martinez led Brownfield with 21 points and his inside-out shooting ability was hard for Big Spring to contain.
Hise does not believe depth was the biggest issue that faced his team in their first game. Rather, he believes if his players and coaches both execute better, they have no issue winning that game.
“Depth did hurt us but it didn’t beat us,” Hise said. “We can’t use that as an excuse we just have to do a better job as a coaching staff to put us in a better position to win. If we make shots, we win. Plain and clear.”
Big Spring did not give up on Tuesday night and showed a great amount of fight even when falling down by double-digits. The Showtime Steers needed to do a better job of rebounding and controlling the ball during their offensive possessions. This gave the Cubs a handful of second-chance opportunities that they always seemed to convert on Tuesday night.
Brownfield began the game with a fullcourt press and did not ease up at all throughout the game. The Cubs were playing lockdown man-to-man defense and it was forcing Big Spring to make some errant passes and take bad shots.
Hise took note of all the problems that plagued his team on Tuesday night and will be working to correct them in practice. The next time they take the court will be against Colorado City on Saturday afternoon with a chance to put the bad loss behind them.
“We have to work on our rebounding and shooting. I was proud of our effort, we just need to do fundamental basketball better,” Hise said.
UP NEXT: Big Spring will travel to C-City on Saturday afternoon to challenge the Wolves. JV will play at 2:00 p.m. while the Varsity will play at 3:30 p.m.
Shawn Moran is the sports writer at the Big Spring Herald. To contact him, e-mail sports@bigspringherald.com or call 432-263-7331.