15th in the MAC in scoring; 25th in FG%; 11th in FT%; 3rd in steals. He may be the Zips MVP but he won't get votes for POY without being higher in the stats.
One thing I thought we might see more of this season with the increased depth is more pressure on defense. We've seen little or no backcourt pressure and the 1-3-1 trapping defense has been used only sparingly. I guess that the fact that the Zips have often been in the lead could have impacted this as well as there being so many new players and the priorities of getting them up to speed being different.
The line is Zips -4.5. The under/over is 155.5. The over has been a good play this season.
My WCSD (worst case scenario disorder) is starting to kick in with this upcoming stretch.
The Zips head off to Central Michigan Saturday for a 7:00 p.m. game against the 11-13/4-7 Chippewas. The Chipps are coming off of am 91-83 loss in Brimfield (where I had the Chipps +8.5).
The Chipps were decimated by the transfer portal after a 12 win MAC season where it looked like the program was coming around. They were able to retain All-MAC guard Anthony Pritchard but lost 6 of their top 7 scorers to the portal. 6’10“ junior forward Ugnius Jarusevicius leads the Chipps in scoring and rebounding at 14.6 ppg and 7.3 rpg.
Groce was not happy with the rebounding, defense or effort by the Zips. Essentially said that WMU was more physical and put forth a greater effort and that the Zips won due to their shooting.