Re: Saint Louis Preview and Game Thread -- 01/03/2024
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:26 pm
Ok, I have been hard on Drew, but today I felt like he did a good job. The team was ready to play and despite letting a 18 point slip away, the boys never gave the lead up and pulled away late. We have now have stack a few wins together and we showed signs of putting it together a little. This team have fooled us the last 1 plus years, so then need to show if we have discovered our identity and can build on it or not. A few thoughts:
1. We only had 9 turnovers! Good things happen when you do not turn it over and get those extra looks at the bucket. On the flip side, St. Louis had 16, 11 in the first half. This is a good teaching moment. The team needs to be made aware of this. BTW, we had some sloppy turnovers when we lost the lead. We all know TOS has been our Achilles heel.
2. Drew called a timeout when the lead started to slip in first half, He called it when we were still up 10 or 11. Good timeout.
3. We shot 50.9 (28-55) from the floor and 43,5 from 3 (10-23). As far as 3’s go, Dez was on fire and we were looking form in transition. He was 5-7. It wasn’t all sunshine and light as we missed 9 Fts (14-23). We were fortunate that St. Louis shot 42.1 from the line as they too missed 11 Fts (8-19).
4. St. Louis will be tougher when we play them next time. They had not played in almost 2 weeks before tonight and the rust showed early.
5. The announcers were brutal! Dame was scoring on isolation and they kept calling him Mwamba.
6. Next two at home between Duquesne and Richmond. Duquesne got pasted by Umass by 19 on the road tonight. Good chance at home to get two more conference wins and go 3-0. Let’s see if they can bring the energy Saturday. Not sure if the kids will be back, but need a big crowd!
7. I agree some of the fouls were, um…interesting to say the least. Rubin, clean block and foul was one that really stood out. It is a conference road game and you almost expect it. If we continue to progress, maybe the refs will stop looking at us as a door mat and even it out a bit. Drew did a nice job of juggling the lineup with guys getting into foul trouble.
Finally, encouraging game.
1. We only had 9 turnovers! Good things happen when you do not turn it over and get those extra looks at the bucket. On the flip side, St. Louis had 16, 11 in the first half. This is a good teaching moment. The team needs to be made aware of this. BTW, we had some sloppy turnovers when we lost the lead. We all know TOS has been our Achilles heel.
2. Drew called a timeout when the lead started to slip in first half, He called it when we were still up 10 or 11. Good timeout.
3. We shot 50.9 (28-55) from the floor and 43,5 from 3 (10-23). As far as 3’s go, Dez was on fire and we were looking form in transition. He was 5-7. It wasn’t all sunshine and light as we missed 9 Fts (14-23). We were fortunate that St. Louis shot 42.1 from the line as they too missed 11 Fts (8-19).
4. St. Louis will be tougher when we play them next time. They had not played in almost 2 weeks before tonight and the rust showed early.
5. The announcers were brutal! Dame was scoring on isolation and they kept calling him Mwamba.
6. Next two at home between Duquesne and Richmond. Duquesne got pasted by Umass by 19 on the road tonight. Good chance at home to get two more conference wins and go 3-0. Let’s see if they can bring the energy Saturday. Not sure if the kids will be back, but need a big crowd!
7. I agree some of the fouls were, um…interesting to say the least. Rubin, clean block and foul was one that really stood out. It is a conference road game and you almost expect it. If we continue to progress, maybe the refs will stop looking at us as a door mat and even it out a bit. Drew did a nice job of juggling the lineup with guys getting into foul trouble.
Finally, encouraging game.
Why are you listening to them?