(12-18-2021 06:43 PM)82hawk Wrote:  I want to get excited about this team, but an OT win where we scored under 60 in regulation doesn't get me there.

I can point to some positives though.

1. I've mentioned my concern about lacking the ability to get a bucket in crunch time. Phillips showed he can go one on one, get to the paint and score. In a tight game we have to have that. And it looks like Siddle is pushing Phillips to be "the man".

2. Sims made the game winning shot and finished when he had to. I honestly don't remember him doing that in a game.

3. It can't be an accident that we only took 10 three pointers. That tells me Siddle made some sort of a change 5o make that happen.

The negatives are that we scored under 60 in regulation, shot horribly at the FT line and couldn't hold a lead to close this out in regulation.

Agree with this entire post. I’ll add that our defense was hounding High Point too. Trazarian White was everywhere, so was Mike Okauru. Just sticking arms in passing lanes and causing deflections that led to points. Shykeim had a few key steals too jumping lanes. Overall, the defense showed up today, and led our ability to find what limited offense we could. Most of our buckets came in transition. Which is more to 82’s point that we only scored 59, and our half court offense is just not very good. At all. Thankfully, our defense is better.


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