Duke76
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yep, still gotta alot of room to improve although it was a streaky good game...Cooper complete player with weakness...his carelessness with the ball and his propensity to turn to dribble and reverse back into a double team and get tied up or turn it over...thought he was out of that but tonight it reared its head...really no reason for anyone to have an iso play and just dribble into trouble...got to take it to the rack or pass it. Just run the variety of plays we have been using and no one can stay with us. We pass so well on those plays ...you can accept this missed shots but not the stupid turnovers...think we had more turnovers than they did most of the nightI was going to make this exact point - just phenomenal defense. I also noticed that Pitt was the first team to repeatedly get Maluach switched onto a guard defensively, yet they couldn't take advantage. Held them to about 30% both from two and from three, and as a team Pitt was averaging 84ppg yet we held them to 47.
It didn't even feel like we played our best game, as we had way too many turnovers (14), many of which were careless, we werent hitting free throws, and our offense took a while to get going as has often been the case this season. But our defense just carries us through any offensive lulls, and once we get rolling it's game over.