There’s no doubt this was our worst defensive performance of the season, but even then they hit a lot of contested shots. This is one of the most impressive 3 point shooting performances I’ve ever seen. I really wish we hadn’t played such a tough road schedule. I’m worried about us having shattered confidence going into league play. Things aren’t gonna get any easier with San Francisco on Saturday. Offensively I didn’t think we played that bad. We attacked the rim, we shot over 50% from the field. Poor night from 3 but that’s nothing new.
Also I swear to god, we’re like the unluckiest team in America when it comes to catching teams at their apex. UNI was very shaky in November and now in December, they’ve won every game they’ve played by at least 20 points (4 games so far). I hope Kai Johnson is ok. He was holding his knee and I watched him limp off the bench at the end of the game. He had a good night!
I think we just gotta survive the USF game as best we can and work to get everybody as healthy as possible for conference play. We need Johnson and Jedkins both if we wanna make a run in league play. I really wish we didn’t drop the St. Thomas game. That was a killer.
I suspect Decuire and co will fix the defense. I don’t expect us to play that bad of D the rest of the year. I still think we have a good team, but man this has been a gauntlet of a road schedule. We need to address that in the offseason and get some easier games next year.
