by CoachC » Fri May 24, 2013 9:23 am
On the road vs. the last place Buccaneers. We blew them out at home 87-59. A golden opportunity for us to embarrass ourselves again by under-achieving.
We shot 57.6 in the first half, but our defense needs to tighten up as we allowed them to shoot 51.7 and our offense tends to wane quite a bit in the 2nd half. At the half we lead 45-31.
As always our offense disappeared in the 2nd half and our defense wasn't much better. After letting them pull within 3 at 1:43, we managed to hang on for the win, but it was nothing to be proud of. Turning them over 19 times on 12 steals and a 16-2 advantage on fast break points saved us.
I tell them it was a nice 20 minutes of basketball. But I asked them where they got the notion that the game ends at halftime? This is happening game after game after game. The fatigue of playing only 7 players is undoubtedly a factor. Maybe they need to spend even MORE time running laps to build stamina. I dunno.
Battle had a poor game other than grabbing 4 rebounds. He was scoreless and had just 3 asts with 3 TOs.
Felts had a decent overall game, with 12 points, 5 asts, 5 rebs, and a stl.
Jeffers 21 points and 4 stls but once again went cold in the second half.
Moore was solid with 11 points, 2 asts, 6 rebs, and 3 stls.
O'Conner was okay with 8 pts, 2 asts, 7 rebs and a stl, but we need more from him especially in the 2nd half when they get in Ike's grill.
Brown had a mediocre game with just 2 pts, 2 rebs off the bench, but did play some decent defense and had 2 blocks.
Sanders was a difference maker in this one and it's a good thing. He had 12 pts, 2 rebs, and 3 stls.
Geisen played just 3 minutes, but grabbed a rebound.
It was a road win in a season when they've been hard to come by, but we still underachieved and once again played poorly in the 2nd half.
Final:
G-W 66 CS 58