Game 24- Troy

[Zippy87]

That foul just can't happen there. 

[ZippyforPresident]

7 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

This sums it up. We aren't built to play in the half court. A big reason why we're able to run the score up on bad teams is their miscues allows us to play an open court game.

💯 Spot on

Edited 2 hours ago by ZippyforPresident

[Illini Zip]

How did Eric get that to go in?

[Reslife4Life]

I changed my mind: This tournament sucks get rid of it

[kreed5120]

That's probably game unless chaos happens.

[Westie]

Some nights it’s just the other team’s night. Ridiculous shooting 

 

 

 

[MDZip]

I don't know if this or EMU was a poorer performance. Think I'm still going to go with EMU. 

[clarkwgriswold]

Rough shooting for 3 games in a row now.

[Illini Zip]

It would be nice to have Barre or another rim protector as part of the regular rotation, but if we shot better it’s a different game. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

I want more Serb. I want more Hardman. I want more speed on offense. I want more shot attempts. I want to get back to the early season system that outpaced opponents and it didn't matter how teams shot because we were able to dictate the style and keep up. 

[kreed5120]

4 minutes ago, Westie said:

Some nights it’s just the other team’s night. Ridiculous shooting 

 

 

The problem is any time we've played any team half decent this year we've lost. Good teams are able to exploit our weaknesses. If you beat the bad teams, but consistently lose to the good teams that means you're somewhere in between the two.

[Westie]

1 minute ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Rough shooting for 3 games in a row now.

They need this week off. They seem to have lost some mojo. They have a month to get it back

[Zippy87]

7 minutes ago, MDZip said:

I don't know if this or EMU was a poorer performance. Think I'm still going to go with EMU. 

 

Kent wasn't a good performance either if we are being honest, they were just even worse.

 

It's time to make some adjustments. Starting/playing Halligan and Evan together doesn't work. Halligan didn't play much of the 2nd half, so hopefully that adjustment is on the way. His minutes should be matchup-based. Start Eric or Bowen instead.

 

Also, put Shammah in the starting lineup. I know he hasn't played well lately, but he and Tavari have good chemistry, and if we are going to accomplish what we want to do in the end, Shammah is going to have to play really well. Sharron is perfect as the first guard off the bench. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Zippy87

[ZippyforPresident]

Predictable. Same weaknesses all year. We had more last season. Not to say we can't upset MAC competition and make the tournament but probably not a team to advance. 

[kreed5120]

I'm not sure adjusting the starting lineup will do much. The opening 7 minutes we played great. It was the 33 minutes that followed that was the problem.

[clarkwgriswold]

Sharron seems to have lost his offensive game.

[Reslife4Life]

It would be ideal if this is our let down game for the year. The game at WMU scares me tho

[kreed5120]

Also, I thought Bowen was a problem defensively in the 2nd half. He was out of position and then would try to run out to the 3 point shooter. The shooter just instead dribbled past him, which made Lyles rotate. This left Amani's man to get an easy offensive rebound put back. 

 

Outside of Evan I'm not sure we have any great defenders. Not having a lock down perimeter defender might be what we miss most this season by not having Nate.

Edited 2 hours ago by kreed5120

[Zippy87]

12 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

I'm not sure adjusting the starting lineup will do much. The opening 7 minutes we played great. It was the 33 minutes that followed that was the problem.

 

Who starts can play an impact on rotations and pairings throughout the rest of game. It can also impact how a player plays. Shammah has earned a starting job. Sharron and Zach haven't yet. 

[GP1]

Troy's ginger was really good down the stretch. 

 

Akron didn't play bad, they just fell short against a team that turned the defense up. 

[Blue & Gold]

On postgame Groce doesn't seem at all upset with how we played.  He was happy with effort, communication & execution. Just thinks 3-ball simply didn't fall tonight.

[clarkwgriswold]

7 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Also, I thought Bowen was a problem defensively in the 2nd half. He was out of position and then would try to run out to the 3 point shooter. The shooter just instead dribbled past him, which made Lyles rotate. This left Amani's man to get an easy offensive rebound put back. 

 

Outside of Evan I'm not sure we have any great defenders. Not having a lock down perimeter defender might be what we miss most this season by not having Nate.

I think Sharron is a very good defender.  Zack's decent.  However, those two are contributing little else at this point. 

 

I sure wish Sharron would break out of his shooting slump.  This year his FG% was 40% and he's shooting 30% from 3. Last year he 46% and 40%.

[kreed5120]

2 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

I think Sharron is a very good defender.  Zack's decent.  However, those two are contributing little else at this point. 

 

I sure wish Sharron would break out of his shooting slump.  This year his FG% was 40% and he's shooting 30% from 3. Last year he 46% and 40%.

 

I agree with Halligan, but its challenging to give both him and Evan extended playing time together. Young is a good defender. I'm not sure he's a lock down defender, at least not now.

[csims0917]

Thankful for the week off. MAC good nothing better at the moment