HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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Loc: New Jersey
Reg: 01-21-14
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03-06-24 05:47 PM - Post#364674
In response to mobrien
We lost last night because of our lack of intensity on defense.
We scored just above our average in points, FG% and 3FG#. Yes, it was against Dartmouth, but on the road and being our 3rd game in 5 days it wasn't scoring that was our problem. We hit 10 3's and although it seemed Okpara missed some bunnies, he still shot 10-17, including 2-4 from deep. Heck, Lesmond shot 5-10 from 3. Our offense tailed off in the second half when we scored 28 points compared to 41 in the first half, but that was mainly due to 5-19 on 3's. As abysmal as that seems, that's 27%, which is barely below our 31% rate for the entire Ivy campaign.
No, it wasn't our offense, it was our complete lack of interest in and pitiful intensity on defense. Dartmouth, also playing its 3rd game in 5 days, scored 76 points, well above it's league average of 62 PPG. Dartmouth shot relatively well compared to its norm, but not exceptionally so. How can Dartmouth outrebound us? Ajogbor? Okpara? Mack was our leading rebounder with 7.
Anyway, although our offense appeared to be disappointing down the stretch, it usually is. Dartmouth only eclipsed last night's offensive output by slim margins in its games against Cornell (80 pts) Thomas Moore (77) and Westfield State (79). Rarified air!
So, I respectfully posit that we didn't come ready to play hard as evidenced by a complete lack of intensity on defense.
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