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02-04-19 08:15 PM - Post#275070
In response to mrjames
The flip side of Princeton's offensive struggles is that they've gotten more second-chance points than usual (for them) and managed to get to the foul line a decent amount. Meanwhile, Aririguzoh is scoring with great efficiency in the low-post area. Presumably, some of the open threes are eventually going to fall in for Much and Desrosiers, which will help. But Princeton is running out of options at PG if Llewelyn is out for any number of games and if Cannady can't return. I love me some Morales, but not for 35+ minutes per game.
And let's be clear--the Tiger defense has been fairly suffocating at the rim and at the arc over the last four games, to the point that opposing players are spooked even on the rare chances where they get a good look from three or underneath the basket. It's been pretty premeditated, as opponents are getting pull-up jumpers off curls and ball screens on a lot of possessions and hitting them OK. The big improvement is that the typical defensive possession now looks like the best ones did during the OOC and for much of last year. Don't know if they can keep it rolling, and Yale looks like a very difficult team to stop, but it's pretty refreshing for those of us who've been tearing our hair out over the porosity of Princeton's D.
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