Both team played hard. Winning on the road by 18 is always sweet, especially without a top player, but Coach Hurley will have a lot of areas to focus improvement on.
Karaban (21) and Reed (14) accounted for almost 50% of our points. We have depth but then there are scorers.
Our goal should be to have twice as many assists as turnovers. Today, we finished at 15 each. Six players had 2 turnovers and two had 1 (plus I assume a team turnover?), so it’s a team effort. About half were forced but the other half were careless with some degree of pressure. I am sure that will be a practice focus.
Additionally, it is not only not having a turnover but making them pay for over committted defense. Full court, inbounds or half court, the opportunity is there to get better.
Demary played well except for 1-3 from 3PT. His 13 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds made progress towards a triple double. Perhaps, most encouraging was going 6-7 from FT. In road games especially our pg needs to make their foul shots.
Ross and Stewart played ok but have had better games. Mullins hit some great shots late but he still doesn’t look comfortable out there at times, despite his shot confidence.
Additionally, he was wide open a few times and did not get the ball. There needs to be better awareness when we have a shooter of his caliber open.
We led rebounding by 12 (40-28) and assists by 8 (15-7) and these are usually our barometer to indicate good outcomes.
Our shooting percentage outshined their’s in every category FG (47% - 36%), 3PT (33% - 23%), FT (75% - 52%). Some of it was our defense plus they are not a great shooting team.
I would be remiss, despite winning by 18 on the road, if I did not say how much Solo Ball was missed. Having that additional weapon out there opens up our offense in many ways.
Karaban (21) and Reed (14) accounted for almost 50% of our points. We have depth but then there are scorers.
Our goal should be to have twice as many assists as turnovers. Today, we finished at 15 each. Six players had 2 turnovers and two had 1 (plus I assume a team turnover?), so it’s a team effort. About half were forced but the other half were careless with some degree of pressure. I am sure that will be a practice focus.
Additionally, it is not only not having a turnover but making them pay for over committted defense. Full court, inbounds or half court, the opportunity is there to get better.
Demary played well except for 1-3 from 3PT. His 13 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds made progress towards a triple double. Perhaps, most encouraging was going 6-7 from FT. In road games especially our pg needs to make their foul shots.
Ross and Stewart played ok but have had better games. Mullins hit some great shots late but he still doesn’t look comfortable out there at times, despite his shot confidence.
Additionally, he was wide open a few times and did not get the ball. There needs to be better awareness when we have a shooter of his caliber open.
We led rebounding by 12 (40-28) and assists by 8 (15-7) and these are usually our barometer to indicate good outcomes.
Our shooting percentage outshined their’s in every category FG (47% - 36%), 3PT (33% - 23%), FT (75% - 52%). Some of it was our defense plus they are not a great shooting team.
I would be remiss, despite winning by 18 on the road, if I did not say how much Solo Ball was missed. Having that additional weapon out there opens up our offense in many ways.
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