RE: MBB @ Hofstra
The only bright spot that I could find, is that we started in an 8-0 hole (no, not the bright spot..., but fairly typical of this team), the rest of the 38 minutes of play was a 56 - 55 contest.
So we still have no offensive focus (unless you expect Gabe to go off like that every game), but we did play good defense against one of the league's top teams, holding two of the league's best scorers well below their averages.
I am confounded as well about our offense, or lack there of. When we got it to single digits, with 2:00 to play, we proceeded to go 1 for 6 from the field, most of them on drives, instead of running a play to get Gabe, or maybe Haupt, open for a 3 to put some pressure on the Pride.
To their credit, they did go 5 for 5 from the line over the final 2 minutes, but had we made another shot or two, maybe the pressure would have been a little greater.
The problem with our pro style/iso offense is that, at the end of games, our players tend to take it upon themselves to go one on one (usually dribbling into a double or triple team), dribbling away valuable time, instead of running a set play to get an open shot. When the opponent knows, from watching film, that there will be no outlet pass from the drive, they just collapse on the dribbler, usually getting a tough shot and a miss, or a turnover out of the effort. We are just too easy to defend at that point.
Well, on to Boston.
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