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Outstanding 2nd half. Defense and rebounding were much better and what we were used to, even with foul trouble and a very short bench. Malovec provided a huge spark, and Donaldson took control of the game with 11 assists to just 1 turnover. Udeh made some plays too.


Great response after a sleepy first half. I know the next few opponents stink, but we need the Allen’s back soon.
 
I ithnk you are right. But i would have preferred something other than the 2-3 as USM had it figured out early.

I’m also biased against the 2-3. I just think it has too many gaps and it’s impossible to trap out of it (unlike a 1-3-1 or 1-2-2).
 
Drastic improvement on Free Throw shooting going 17/24.

Still can't shoot the 3 very well, but we made'em when we need to.

Tre had another very poor shooting game; but I'll give him credit, he adjusted his game & started being more of a distributor getting 11 assists. Also give him credit for playing the entire game & not getting in Foul trouble. We had no Guard depth today & he did a good job keeping himself on the floor.

Malik Reneau continues to be our best & most consistent player.

Udeh gave us a couple good buckets & had good game on the boards.

Henderson had a solid game. Turned it over a few too many times, but took good shots & was effective getting to the basket.
 
Ugly 1st half but sort of predictable given it was a noon tip on a sleepy early December Saturday. Really liked Donaldson playing more as a facilitator in the 2nd half... that is the role we want him to play the rest of the season (I mean he will still need to score but he should play pass first). With this defense we will beat some teams we aren't supposed to if we can hit a few 3s and our FTs... but with our limited shooting we will also lose some head scratchers in conference play.

Nice to have already beat last year's win total in early December... goal the rest of non-con is beat your cupcakes but more importantly make sure we get healthy for conference play, depth is going to be an issue regardless but we can't be running 6-7 man rotations in conference play with how much we foul.
 
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