Ugly first half--Miners kicked into gear during the second half.
At the rate Efe Odigie is going, I hope we are able to keep him for four years. I keep thinking I am looking at a younger, taller version of Charles Barkley.
Without Gilyard on the court it took some time for the rest of the players to adjust. The whole first half and part of the second half we did not have a path to the basket. Players seemed to be standing around way too much and passing the ball around on the perimeter--their zone defense threw off our offense. Couple that with our inability to hit 3-pointers for the first 2/3rds of the game and we did not look like the same team that played Marquette. The bright spot for those minutes was the defense.
Alas, the sky did not fall, and we did warm up on offense. Lathon found his "groove", Hawkins gave us good minutes, Paul Thomas had one of his best games of the season, and we ended up with a 12 point win.
At the rate Efe Odigie is going, I hope we are able to keep him for four years. I keep thinking I am looking at a younger, taller version of Charles Barkley.
Without Gilyard on the court it took some time for the rest of the players to adjust. The whole first half and part of the second half we did not have a path to the basket. Players seemed to be standing around way too much and passing the ball around on the perimeter--their zone defense threw off our offense. Couple that with our inability to hit 3-pointers for the first 2/3rds of the game and we did not look like the same team that played Marquette. The bright spot for those minutes was the defense.
Alas, the sky did not fall, and we did warm up on offense. Lathon found his "groove", Hawkins gave us good minutes, Paul Thomas had one of his best games of the season, and we ended up with a 12 point win.
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