So frustrating I can't type.

GW73 wrote:

Frustrating to se us 5 for 23 from 3. When he aren't hitting from 3, how about riving to the basket where we are above 60 per cent from 2.

Not sure we have the stamina to even do that right now.  Edwards just missed a close one short.

The overall talent on this roster--and now minus Clark for the rest of the season--is woefully lacking. If Bishop AND Adams don't have big games, forget it! The bench is non-existent.

Will we see these same refs again?

GW 5-25 from three point land and getting a total of 8 offensive rebounds. It is not the refs that are costing GW this game.

No cover (+8.5). Lost last 6 in a row to the itsy bitsies.

21 missed three point shots. And GW still shot 41 percent from the floor. Adams and Brown combined for 5 points, 8 missed treys, 7 fouls, no ft´s. Not much more analysis needed of tonght´s performance.
Since this team shoots threes the way Kevin McCarthy wins Speaker votes, perhaps a change in strategy is in order.
 

GW now shooting 31.7 percent this season from behind the arc but still almost a third of all shots are three pointers. Basically, 7 of 10 trey attemprts are misses, and three pointers are a third of the offense. ´Nuf said,

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Agree with FQ.  The 3's were left wide open tonight, we just couldn't hit them, especially late everything was short.  Also have to remember we've basically been on the road for a month.  I think the team is ready for some home cooking and cheering on by George's Army.

We are best in transition but that comes with exerting a lot of energy.  The more we try to slow things down on offense, the worse we get because we're not a very good passing team.  Not sure the best way to remedy this issue.

Looks like we may actually have a good shot to win vs. SLU at home since it will be a whole week of rest between our next game vs. UMass.  But these back-to-back road games don't help with our depleted bench.

I have been so impressed with Bishop's improvement this season, but tonight in the last 10 minutes of the second half he reverted to hero ball Bishop. I understand he is our best shooter, but Richmond shut him down repeatedly and he threw away pass after pass or took ill-advised circus shots. What bothered me the most was on three such occasions of being stripped or simply turning it over, Bishop frustrated, only jogged back to play defense. On two such instances Richmond then took the ball directly to the hoop while Bishop was merely at half court. 

Coach had been pretty good earlier in the season pulling Bishop for a second when hero ball tendencies appeared, but I missed it if he was sat or talked to tonight. In some instances, Bishop needs to carry this team on his back, but tonight he needed to give the ball up more when the double teams on his left hand side kept coming.