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Wright State Game
mudclods:
Probably the biggest win since the quarterfinal win against Oakland 3 years ago, and hard to say how long since a convincing win against a team like that. YSU was locked in from the start. Felt like they had an opportunity to get up on them early, but missed some good looks and had some bad turnovers. Those turnovers probably kept YSU from getting up double figures in the first half.
I was concerned when Wright State got it down to 1 in the 2nd half as it seemed like the game had changed. Wright State was scoring fast and both teams were trading baskets. It was more Wright State's style of play. The crowd really got into though as YSU locked down down on defense. And really the key was just crushing them on the boards and making 16-17 at the FT in the 2nd half including 16 straight! And the other key was Covington shutting down Gentry. When he gets hot, he's hard to stop. Holding him to just 5 points on 1 made 3 and only 2 assists is impressive.
Quisenberry was unbelievable. He was in a zone as his confidence was through the roof. I don't think he even scored for more than 10 mins in the 2nd half until knocking down some foul shots.
I think we're now 12-1 when holding teams to 70 points or less and 12-2 now at Beeghly!
Wick250:
Don't forget about Bohannon. 16 points and 14 rebounds.
The YO Show:
This is a signature win for the year
go guins:
The steady progress of this team is impressive. MOST positive for me (seriously) is the foul shooting. The last few years and early this year, we consistently lost games with bad shooting at the line. Games like this and Cleveland state, we played better than the opponent all night, and CLOSED OUT THE GAME AT THE LINE!! No muss, no fuss, just step up and knock them down. Not sure we are "there" yet or not, but we DAMN SURE are headed in the right direction. Congrats all around, players, coaches, fans, and Coach Calhoun!
mudclods:
--- Quote from: go guins on February 21, 2020, 08:37:21 AM ---The steady progress of this team is impressive. MOST positive for me (seriously) is the foul shooting. The last few years and early this year, we consistently lost games with bad shooting at the line. Games like this and Cleveland state, we played better than the opponent all night, and CLOSED OUT THE GAME AT THE LINE!! No muss, no fuss, just step up and knock them down. Not sure we are "there" yet or not, but we DAMN SURE are headed in the right direction. Congrats all around, players, coaches, fans, and Coach Calhoun!
--- End quote ---
I would definitely agree with this. While there have been some games YSU has shot well from the line, they've been more few and far between than in years past. I know the Milwaukee game was basically lost by shooting poorly at the line, but as you said we've been able to close a lot of them out by knocking them down.
Like you said, probably not there yet, but one thing this year has proved is that YSU can really play with anyone when they've been locked in. Haven't been too many games they haven't had a chance. This team has been excellent at home. They honestly aren't far off at being undefeated at Beeghly with just the two OT losses.
I've been impressed this year how YSU has bounced back every time after tough losses. There was a 2-game losing streak in non-conference and the 3-game losing streak during conference play and that's been it. The 3-game included the road games at NKU & Wright State.
If YSU could win out and NKU loses next week to Wright St, YSU would get the 2 seed at the double bye. That's a tough task, but it's still in view. The other impressive thing is they've beating everyone in the league at least once other than NKU & Milwaukee, which they still have any opportunity to beat. That would be really impressive!
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