Game 24- Toledo

[NWAkron]

7 minutes ago, akzipper said:

Well guess we were due for a clunker and this is definitely one of those.

 

Going from that crowd Friday, to this has to be deflating for a team. What the heck are people doing on a Tuesday in Akron that they can't make it out?

I doubt the crowd is the problem here.  

[zipsrule]

Good start to the second half.

[NWAkron]

Toledos held the lead entire game.  Going to be very tough to get over the hump.  They aren't WMU

[NWAkron]

Zips pretty frustrated.

[clarkwgriswold]

Enrique's worst game in a long while see so far. 

[NWAkron]

Toledo:  your MAC West Champs!

[LZIp]

How can you call a foul on both players for one, and if it is a foul on both players, why didn’t we get the free throw?!?

[joedawg29]

Freeman looks hurt to me from that cheap foul at the end of the pccc game. Tentative and wearing a black shoulder sleeve under his jersey.

[LZIp]

We’re falling apart.

[zipsrule]

This is turning into a whistle-fest.

[akzipper]

Zips are playing terrible. But calling fouls on us every possession is a complete joke. Guess we aren't allowed to rebound, go for steals, box out or set screens. 

[LoyalZIP]

Ball State all over again

[kreed5120]

Too many breakdowns defensively. I've given Toledo a lot of crap all year for not playing defense, but they have certainly done a much better job tonight of contesting shots than Kent did Friday. 

[NWAkron]

3 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said:

Ball State all over again

I can think of a few games this reminds me of.  Heading into mid February malaise.

[Captain Kangaroo]

3 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said:

Ball State all over again

Nah. Toledo is way better than Ball State, we have Castenada, and we’re at home. We’re getting run off the floor by a good, more motivated team. 

[Captain Kangaroo]

Zips are gamers…but can they overcome both the Rockets and the refs in the final 3;13!

[NWAkron]

Just now, Captain Kangaroo said:

Zips are gamers…but can they overcome both the Rockets and the refs in the final 3;13!

Amen.  

[zipsrule]

Just now, Captain Kangaroo said:

Zips are gamers…but can they overcome both the Rockets and the refs in the final 3;13!

So true.

[zipsrule]

Will Toledo tighten up under the pressure?

[NWAkron]

Just now, zipsrule said:

Will Toledo tighten up under the pressure?

Not likely.  But wow these refs.  But if complaining about refs...losing.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Great showing by Toledo. Wire to wire. Great shooting. Always a half step ahead of the Zips.

[LoyalZIP]

35 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Nah. Toledo is way better than Ball State, we have Castenada, and we’re at home. We’re getting run off the floor by a good, more motivated team. 

That was more so directed at the foul fest, Zips led most of the way at BSU. Crumbled when it became a fouls fest. This officiating crew was pretty awful, huddled up multiple times instead of just making the call. Josh White is on Groce’s s*** list moving forward.  Tonight, they couldn’t get over the hump due to some questionable calls for sure, but still mostly inability to capitalize. 

***

 

Toledo hit the big shots, damn near every one of them, and the Zips got it down to 3 numerous times and pissed down their leg. 
 

X was decent, pressed a bit much late in the first half. They guarded Freeman like crazy, and he was off too. Uncharacteristic mistakes. Hankerson kept the Zips in it single-handedly at times. 
 

All in all, not necessarily a worrisome loss moving forward, definitely a lot to learn from. But if they drop @ Ohio Friday, they stare a trip to Ypsi with a 2-game losing streak in the face. Not a good spot. Time for the Zips to answer the bell. 

[1981 grad]

I heard Groce on the post game and he hit it right on the nose.  We cannot start out the game 1 for 15 and play catch up against a good team like Toledo.   Offensively we played much better the 2nd half but down the stretch they made some great shots and Freeman turned the ball over twice and Hunter missed a 3 and a shot jump shot from 5 feet.  The refs did not do us any favors tonight and they shot 15 more fouls shots but they were the better team tonight and deserved to win.  I think they beat us at home 2 years ago and seem to always play at a high level when they play the zips.

[clarkwgriswold]

I guess I should have worn my cup.

 

If I never have to see Enrique regularly guarding a guard on the perimeter, I will be content.  The Zips seemed to be ill-prepared to deal with Toledo's 4 guard lineup.

 

What an awfully officiated game.  The refs were also awful for Toledo.  So many missed calls mixed with calling tacky tack stuff.

 

Toledo is a decent team but damn, that was winnable.

[RooFan]

Sometimes you have to take punch in this game, this one was not pretty but you gotta still love this team. Bruised not broken. We can get them back on the 21st. Toledo hung it on us tonight give them credit for it but I take these zips over everyone else in the MAC everyday of the week and twice on Tuesdays.