Saturday, January 3, 2015

Georgia State post-game

We did well what we do well. We shot a ton of 3's, and we shot them well, and we had a positive A/TO ratio. James White protected the rim with four blocks. So far, so good. But after that, it gets ugly.

We got beat on the boards by 4 by at team that is not a strong rebounding group. We sent GaState to the line 30 times. We let them shoot 42% from the arc. When you play a team like GSU, you can't have any glaring holes in your game if you expect to win. We did. We got beat.

We did shoot the three well. You have to give us that. J. T. Thomas 3 of 9. James Reid 4 of 7. Ben Dillard 3 of 7. Mareik Isom 2 of 4. That kind of multi-barrelled shooting will win most games in the Sun Belt - but most games are not against Georgia State. Our shooting is strong enough and diverse enough that we will beat some folks with it. But we are going to get clobbered on the boards most of the time with a 6-8, 6-5, 6-3 front line. And even though we did have 19 assists (impressive), we also had 17 turnovers, and forcing turnovers is how GSU wins games. They won this one.

Give the game ball to Ben Dillard. 5 of 9 from the field. 3 of 7 from the arc. 4 rebounds. 5 assists, 2 steals. One turnover.

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