You can't knock a road win over a KenPom 121 team that beat you last year. We did great on avoiding the turnovers, shot as expected from two, but did well from 3 also.... And we played good defense. I don't think Ball State is going to be held to 18 points in any other first half at home this year.
I think with our athleticism and quickness this year-- Pipkins, Clemons, Williamson, Hall, Wojcik, and Uguak.... we could put together some dynamite presses and traps to throw a wrench in other teams' offenses in late game situations. There's no reason our opponents should be allowed to roll the ball out to the half court line before picking it up while they're digging into our lead.
I can't stress this enough.... *** THIS TEAM IS BETTER ON OFFENSE THE HARDER THEY PLAY ON DEFENSE *** It's because you've got young guys who think too hard on offense when it's programmed. Mix it up with transition baskets from steals. Take the other team out of their rhythm. A press and a halfcourt trap is as disorienting for an offense as changing from zone to man defenses.
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