Marine1
Semper Fidelis
- Dec 20, 2015
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I think it was at the under 8 min TO. We just took a 13 point lead. What followed was two sloppy dribbling turnovers and a last second desperation heave. Maybe I'm misreading it, but compared to the ball movement that got us the 13 pt lead, the dribbling appeared to lack purpose, just dribbling to take time off the clock. Shockingly, we took a few good shots soon after. Still, wvu had taken some momentum and were still in the game because we didn't stick with what was working.
I hear you but if we were up 13 at 8 min and up 11 at 4 min...we were holding our own. It is down the home stretch that MW typically slows it down. My point was that we did not do that this time. Last 4 min we scored 5 of 9 possessions (10 points). That’s a 100 pt pace over a full game and consistent with the 48 points we scored in the 2nd half. (20 minutes).
They closed the gap due to defensive lapses and bad fouls. We did have 2 turnovers in the final 3:00 but that is also consistent with the rate of turnovers for the game (14 in 40 min).
I think what what we all really want is an uptempo transition offense with aggressive pressure defense leading to transition fast breaks. That’s what we are not getting. We are not extending our defense often enough and rarely using full court pressure. I think we are built for that and suspect (hope) that is where we end up.