i think that was a good point that a lot of these shots going in aren't very good shots. Wish more points were coming from ball movement and finding the open man. But I'll take a couple of made baskets on bad shots in this last minute if that's all we can get.

No help for Dean. Really?

Mentzinger wrote:

Here's where mayhem might be nice. Press their slowish backcourt into some turnovers.

I disagree, this will lead to a layup

Not great game management by JC. Dean is overmatched and gassed. Under 3 to go, Brown/Lindo/Samuels have 4 fouls to spare, why leave them on the bench?

He getting a layup anyway

Couldn't we put someone in to foul?

we only had a chance because of bishop but that was way too forced of a shot

Coaching failure to not try anything to help Dean.

The last play -- short inbounds pass, dribble 80 feet into a crowded corner, failing to get a shot -- wouldnt have made a difference, but pretty symbolic. Not a bad game all things considered. "Maybe we win with Ira Lee."

A better game than any of us expected, but let us lay this one at the feet of where it belongs. JC got outcoached in the 2nd half. Specifically, with the frontcourt foul trouble he left Dean in for too long and it got exploited. That Dean (who did not have a foul in the 1st half, I believe) ended up being the one to foul out proves this. Also worth noting that GW ended the game with a Jarvis-like two unused time outs despite having several key offensive posessions at the end of the game where setting up a play and making personnel shifts may have helped.
Not a "crushing" loss, but certainly one that shows that while this team may be on the cusp of leaving the lower half of the A10 behind, it is still a ways away from leaving the lower half of the A10 behind.
 

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