Blue Demon ThoughtZ™ II

[RichZ]

1. Predictably, we get it to Tarris for the 1st shot.
2. Today though when the 2nd and 3rd possessions went in to Tarris, instead of scoring, he dropped a couple dimes for our 2nd and 3rd buckets.
3. Next bucket was a gorgeous 3 from Mullins.
4. But a few minutes in, we couldn't hit a bucket and developed turnover-itis.
5. Luckily, that didn't last long, and Malachi came in and quickly ended the scoring drought.
6. 7 pt lead at 10 minute mark
7. Got ugly for a bit there with 6 or 7 minutes left in the half, but we righted the ship as halftime approached.
8. 10 point lead at the half, off Demary's last split-second three.
9. Back in December, it was a 3 pt lead at the half, and we won by 15. So what will today's 10 point half time lead evolve into?
10. Alex opens the 2d half with a steal and draws the foul.
11. Solo lays it in and draws the foul. 42-28
12. Tarris makes it 44-28
13. Getting a little sloppy. Lead down to 16 (48-32) @15:00.
14. Is it me, or does it seems that DePaul is getting a freebie on virtually every drive to the basket mid 2nd half?
15. Demary having a heck of a 2nd half.
16. We (our reserves, mostly) let the 2nd half lead evaporate late, and we ended up winning by the same 10 points we led by at the half.
17. Shooting percentage-wise, we owned the contest, but not by all that much... 50/40/84 to 47/31/71.
18. As they often do, dimes, steals & blocks tell the story, as we went 16/12/5 in those columns, compared to DePaul's 12/7/2.
19. I gotta be honest. I never thought I'd see Mullins leading in any column other than points scored. But he led us in rebounding with 7. He's turning out to be more than a shooter.
20. I noted that our FT shooting seems much better the last couple games.

 

[RuffRuff]

1. Predictably, we get it to Tarris for the 1st shot.
2. Today though when the 2nd and 3rd possessions went in to Tarris, instead of scoring, he dropped a couple dimes for our 2nd and 3rd buckets.
3. Next bucket was a gorgeous 3 from Mullins.
4. But a few minutes in, we couldn't hit a bucket and developed turnover-itis.
5. Luckily, that didn't last long, and Malachi came in and quickly ended the scoring drought.
6. 7 pt lead at 10 minute mark
7. Got ugly for a bit there with 6 or 7 minutes left in the half, but we righted the ship as halftime approached.
8. 10 point lead at the half, off Demary's last split second three.
9. Back in December, it was a 3 pt lead at the half, and we won by 15. So what will today's 10 point half time lead evolve into?
10. Alex opens the 2d half with a steal and draws the foul.
11. Solo lays it in and draws the foul. 42-28
12. Tarris makes it 44-28
13. Getting a little sloppy. Lead down to 16 (48-32) @15:00.
14. Is it me, or does it seems that DePaul is getting a freebie on virtually every drive to the basket mid 2nd half?
15. Demary having a heck of a 2nd half.
16. We (our reserves, mostly) let the 2nd half lead evaporate late, and we ended up winning by the same 10 points we led by at the half.
17. Shooting percentage-wise, we owned the contest, but not by all that much... 50/40/84 to 47/31/71.
18. As they often do, dimes, steals & blocks tell the story, as we went 16/12/5 in those columns, compared to DePaul's 12/7/2.
19. I gotta be honest. I never thought I'd see Mullins leading in any column other than points scored. But he led us in rebounding with 7. He's turning out to be more tan a shooter.
20. I noted that our FT shooting seems much better the last couple games.

Our FT shooting was never going to be bad, if we had the right guys at the line. Never a concern on this end. Getting to the line, a bit more of a concern.