Sure, we currently suck at FTs, but I am so proud of how hard the entire team plays and competes for 40 minutes.
And we rebound the sh*t out of the ball on both ends.
Would love to play with guys that go balls out like that.
Beyond frustrating tonight, and now the last 2 road games against Indiana and Maryland we cannot hit foul shots , our entire team, and continue to turn over the ball which makes the fabulous effort on defense and on the glass , go to waste. We have let our bad foul shooting affect our normal shooting leading to some of the lowest %'s of the year. The continued failure by our bigs to use the glass, a simple bank shot, would have gone a long way tonight with 22 offense boards. You get 22 offensive rebounds you will likely win the game but our failure to convert the put backs or convert the foul shots when fouled, makes it so damn frustrating!
As bad as the shooting, the foul shots, and the turnovers were, the defense and rebounding were outstanding except for 4-5 key possessions where we let our guard down or one of our player's lost his man. At the end of the half , Maryland hit 2 threes, 1 by their power forward Gill who was on the corner and Diallo could not get out in time and the second was when Corey lost Melo who hit the 3 . We are down 34-29 at the half instead of up 1. In the second half , when Maryland hit their spurt, Laurent lost Heurter their 3 point scorer for 2 open threes and Corey lost Brantley in the corner and could not get out in time. Those 5 possessions cost us 15 points and all 5 made 3's were wide open . They were 8-20 from 3, and were contested on their other threes but those 5 was one of the reasons for the loss.
The team never quits, tries real hard, is relentless , you never feel they are out of it or will get blown out, making them one of easiest teams to root for that have ever played On The Banks.Just feel bad they cannot do a little more to help themselves , hit some foul shots, hit a few more threes, make a few less turnovers ,things that you would think can occur but just does not happen. They deserve better.
