Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Sparks is scoring too easily down low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 21 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: That end of half play out of the timeout was weird, we really drew up a Gray pull up 3 from the top of the key? Groce have him what looked like a " what in the hell was that?" on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 Too tight for this late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, Illini Zip said: Sparks is scoring too easily down low. Yeah, if they’re smart enough to keep feeding him, they probably take this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Gone small. Tavari, Young and Scott together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipinnc Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Halfway through the 2nd half is where our depth should start to make a difference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Marvin is going to need to improve from the line. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Just now, Illini Zip said: Marvin is going to need to improve from the line. He has 6 pts which is about 6 pts more than I thought he'd have all game. I will take this production from him regardless of his FT shooting. Baby steps. Haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Not much hardman tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 And Nate is struggling with a hurt ankle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 7 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: Not much hardman tonight Not a chuck em up from 3 game. We're really attacking the paint and being more methodical. Also need more defense than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 How was that a foul on lyles, sparks literally went right into his arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 11 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said: Not much hardman tonight Maybe not a good matchup for him defensively speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 (edited) Ball State is better than their record would suggest. Edited February 5 by Illini Zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Our worst game at home in a while, Nate Johnson's worst game during MAC play, and we still score 81 to get the W. Wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipinnc Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 We gained momentum and controlled the game. Safe and comfortable finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 Nice win. Ball State is more solid than their record indicates. Sparks is becoming more and more of a force as he gets in shape. His year of sitting at Indiana did him no favors. The offense was fine tonight but the defense was iffy, especially in rotations after they trapped out top off of pick and rolls and ball screens. 10 in a row! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Good win. Agree like @Illini Zip said, they are better than their record. Don’t want to face them in Cleveland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 (edited) We wondered what would happen when we had a cold night shooting the 3. We made the 2 pointers. I thought Ball State was the best team we faced all year. The big play tonight was the Scott 3 point play which gave us our first 6 point lead. Groce indicated how well the bench played and that the starters did not have it. I did not think the starters played poorly but thought Ball State played well and we could not hit any 3 balls in the beginning of the game. I think we wore them down in the 2nd half with our pace of play. Also, a shout out to Seth Wilson who drove the lane tonight and made some 2 pointers. Love it!! Edited February 5 by 1981 grad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 9 minutes ago, 1981 grad said: We wondered what would happen when we had a cold night shooting the 3. We made the 2 pointers. I thought Ball State was the best team we faced all year. The big play tonight was the Scott 3 point play which gave us our first 6 point lead. Groce indicated how well the bench played and that the starters did not have it. I did not think the starters played poorly but thought Ball State played well and we could not hit any 3 balls in the beginning of the game. I think we wore them down in the 2nd half with our pace of play. Also, a shout out to Seth Wilson who drove the lane tonight and made some 2 pointers. Love it!! I would say, arguably our toughest challenge thus far in the MAC, but St. Mary’s has to be the best opponent for the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, Illini Zip said: I would say, arguably our toughest challenge thus far in the MAC, but St. Mary’s has to be the best opponent for the season. To be fair, all year would be 2025. Had he said all season, it would be St. Mary's. I still think on the grand schemes Miami is better than Ball State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 4 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: To be fair, all year would be 2025. Had he said all season, it would be St. Mary's. I still think on the grand schemes Miami is better than Ball State. I agree, Miami is probably the better team. But I don’t like the matchup with Sparks. He’s a load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 21 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: I agree, Miami is probably the better team. But I don’t like the matchup with Sparks. He’s a load. He is a load that got tired at the end of the game. Lyles beat him down the court for two easy buckets as Zips pulled away. He looked a bit winded at the free throw line late, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Impressed by Zips resilience. When they climbed ahead in 2nd half by 4 I knew and Mike Lewis likely knew that was ball game. But for some missed 3s and that foul as the game closed Zips may have beat the spread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 I missed the entire game (why are they playing weekday games in mid-afternoon???) 😆 BUT from stats only: BSU may have been the first team (at least in MAC play) that could go nearly as deep on the bench as the Zips. Their bench made 8 of 8 FG attempts. My freshman flunker math tells me that's virtually one-hundred percent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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