GW on the losing end 50-61. This was an ugly game for GW as our starting point guards had 13 TOs between them. GW had 23 TOs in the game, but Florida had 22. A lot due to the pace UF tried to play at. Ultimately, the tempo hurt us and UF had more easy shots than we did. A lot of our TOs were the very bad kind, leading to easy buckets for UF.
Florida shot 49% for the game, but we only gave them 49 shots. Against St. Louis yesterday, they threw up 73 shots. By contrast, we took 53 shots and hit 38%. Otherwise, the statistics were basically a push and Florida won because they made 4 shots more than we did. If you counted the number of missed layups and drives to basket we missed, you could surmise that this game was winnable. I'm not sure what it is, but we don't seem know what to do with the ball when we drive (many times inadvisably) other than to slam it off the backboard or throw up a 1 ft shot from 3 ft away. If we could fix this issue, we could find more success this season.
On the bright side, despite giving up 49% FGs, the defense was pretty good, holding them down to a low number of shots. UF has a lot of good shooters (and good jump shooters), so holding them down was critical. Also, I'm always surprised at the different rotations Coach McCombs uses, but it's good that a lot of players are getting some experience. I'm not sure why Laureano didn't play, but we really do have a balanced squad talent wise. If we only had some height....
So the winning streak ends. Time to start a new one.
Last edited by xAC (11/30/2021 9:46 am)
