WKU leads 13-6 halfway through the first.

Lots of turnovers.

Rice 15
WKU 17
End of 1st

There are still moments where you see last year's team peeking through, but still too many negatives. Lotta turnovers and still the issue of what happens when we get late in the shot clock and somebody has to make an individual play.

It's a race between the men and women to see which offense is worse to watch. Unnecessary turnovers, missing good looks, passing up good looks, missing obvious passes, etc. etc. all bundled into one.

Sloppy play, missed FT's. WKU is too good to be beaten this way.

Rice 29
WKU 33
Half

I keep waiting for us to slowly transform into last year's team...and it's just not happening. Same issues that plagued us in games one and two are still there. This is just a decidedly average team and those last two possessions perfectly illustrate why. WKU inbounding with 8 seconds on the shot clock and, with little to no pressure, we let them dump it inside to their best post player who scores easily. And then with 10 seconds left, our screener is late and we don't get a shot off before the half. Just stuff we didn't see last year, especially the defensive mistake.

6 TOs for Erica at the half, 13 for the team. Combine that with 44/22/50 splits and we're lucky it's just four.

Tied at 42 at 5:33 in the 3Q

Good start to the 3rd quarter followed up by 4-5 of the worst possessions of the game. 48-42 WKU.

Wow. Stupid turnovers just throwing the ball everywhere. WKU has picked up their defense as well. WKU misses a free throw, rebounds and puts it in.

Rice 42
WKU 48
3:37 3rd

Rice started the 3rd with some inspiration and tied the game, but now they're falling apart. Rice TO at 3:37, 42-48.

Rice 49
WKU 52
End of 3rd

Really like how aggressive both Schwartz and Jackson are. Gives a nice counterbalance to how typically patient the offense is.

(01-04-2020 03:40 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  Sloppy play, missed FT's. WKU is too good to be beaten this way.

Yes, the difference in the first half were our whopping 13 turnovers (6 by Erica alone) and 50% FT shooting. We appear to have corrected both of those areas in the 3Q.

I just don't understand Mulkey taking just 3 shots in 29 minutes and grabbing just 3 boards.

How the heck is Nancy going to miss 3 shots in a row 1 foot away from the basket.

Good, bad, good, bad. We're giving WKU every chance to win this game. Nancy's issues right now have to be about confidence. Those were bunnies for her last year.

I hope we can make the FTs down the stretch. Right now they're fouling anybody but Erica, which is smart on their part.

Much better down the stretch. Big win for us against one of the better teams in the conference and hopefully another springboard.

Looks like a decent 4th quarter and 1st half of the 3rd will be enough.