IMHO, here are the root causes.
- Horrendous foul shooting of 47%
- I felt that we took the foot off the gas after we got the lead and into the second half. Folks have to realize that it is working harder than our opponents that enables WLU to win on a bad shooting night.
- Slow close out on defense on ND 3-pt shooters, especially in the corner, during transition against the WLU press. When an opponent is hot from three, that is a big problem.
- Too many offensive possessions where teammates were not moving without the ball. This makes it tough to get shots other than dribble drive.
- Often there was a huge ND defensive gap in the lane, but no one was flashing there to get a pass. A pass in the lane is very disruptive to a defense.
- The cold three-point shooting (18%) in second half.
- We also had excessive unforced turnovers or missed easy shots after great interior passes.
- The loss of Will has left us without another experienced player who is a great defender and offensive force. Some of our depth just needs more experience before they can fill those shoes. Until our new players get more experience, that is causing a dangerous increase in minutes, which may result in fatigue for some players
Some Positives:
- We had assists on 56% of our goals, which is consistent with prior games; it would have been even higher if WLU hit the shots after getting a kick out pass. If hero ball were a problem, this number would have been significantly lower.
- We were scoring at will at times on drives to the basket, and frankly that kept us in the game late.
- We had 12 steals and forced 22 turnovers
- Viktor is getting more and more comfortable.
- We have 3 shut-down guards with Patrick, Malik and Cmont.
Team | FG | FGA | Pct | Three FG | ThreeFGA | Three FG PCT | FT | FTA | FT PCT | Off Reb | Tot Reb | PF | Assist | TO | Stl | Pts | Assist to Turn over Ratio | Points Per Possession | Num Possessions | Assists Per FG made |
WSSU | 37 | 80 | 46.3% | 9 | 25 | 36.0% | 21 | 27 | 77.8% | 18 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 104 | 2.11 | 1.25 | 83 | 51.4% |
ESSU | 38 | 75 | 50.7% | 18 | 35 | 51.4% | 14 | 21 | 66.7% | 12 | 35 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 108 | 1.50 | 1.23 | 88 | 63.2% |
at UP-J | 33 | 70 | 47.1% | 8 | 28 | 28.6% | 21 | 29 | 72.4% | 14 | 42 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 95 | 1.88 | 1.23 | 77 | 45.5% |
A-B | 39 | 77 | 50.6% | 11 | 20 | 55.0% | 11 | 20 | 55.0% | 15 | 46 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 100 | 1.60 | 1.16 | 86 | 61.5% |
At ND | 32 | 72 | 44.4% | 8 | 23 | 34.8% | 9 | 19 | 47.4% | 11 | 32 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 81 | 1.80 | 1.03 | 79 | 56.3% |
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