- November 27th, 2015, 6:50 pm
#499564
We are trailing the 11th ranked team in the country 29-28 with 5 minutes to play in the first half-
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PAFlame wrote:Audrey Rettstatt (to name a few) should not be allowed to handle the ball ever again. This is a winnable game if the turnovers are cut by 15.The team fought hard as usual but like the boys earlier in the day faltered at the end. We were very fortunate last year to have Emily Frazier and Karly Buer to go along with Sadalia Ellis - all 3 could play PG. Last year may have been the best LU has done in a long time in limiting TOs. We really lack reliable ball handlers this year. Teams are really capitalizing on this with full court and half court pressure. When Ellis goes out . . . . Another problem is we're not creating any TOs on D as we do not play "new and improved" McKay style D - we are unable to stop dribble penetration and do a poor job of rotating or double team or to help out. With our height we should be blocking 10 shots a game.
Chippy wrote:I agree on all counts, my junior year was the last time in person I saw this team and saw how phenomenal they were, and ashamed I couldn't see last year's team in person. This year's team is something truly special sans the lack of a 3 point game, ball-handling, and the perimeter defense. The third of those three is quite shocking, but I guess that is inevitable with zone defense on some occasions, but you certainly can expand the zone. Something I'm surprised this team hasn't done is play Rininger (INCREDIBLE ball handling skills) at the 3 for spurts at a time, playing Adams at the 4, and (crosses fingers) a finally fully healthy Kearney at the 5.PAFlame wrote:Audrey Rettstatt (to name a few) should not be allowed to handle the ball ever again. This is a winnable game if the turnovers are cut by 15.The team fought hard as usual but like the boys earlier in the day faltered at the end. We were very fortunate last year to have Emily Frazier and Karly Buer to go along with Sadalia Ellis - all 3 could play PG. Last year may have been the best LU has done in a long time in limiting TOs. We really lack reliable ball handlers this year. Teams are really capitalizing on this with full court and half court pressure. When Ellis goes out . . . . Another problem is we're not creating any TOs on D as we do not play "new and improved" McKay style D - we are unable to stop dribble penetration and do a poor job of rotating or double team or to help out. With our height we should be blocking 10 shots a game.
Purple Haize wrote:It's a fallacy that you can't have perimeter pressure in a zone defense+1