Game #15 - MVC #4 - UIC at Credit Union 1 Arena Saturday 1/6 7pm

[valpo64]

You know this team will have problems scoring when our leading scorer or one of the leading scorers is DeVareio.  He is taking many more shots than last year but still does not hit a decent percentage.  Our front court needs to be more aggressive in attacking the bucket.   I guess it is growing pains with this young team and coach.  While at times we are taking one step forward we also are taking one or more backwards but it sure is nice to see any improvement in these kids as the season progresses.

[valpotx]

That was a really bad last 10 minutes, but we didn't give up.  We did have some terrible bunny-hop misses, dumb turnovers, and missed defense in that time period, but it at least remained close throughout the game.

[humbleopinion]

An area that has improved over the last couple games has been our three point shooting.  At Bradley, we shot 42%, and we shot 35% at UIC (we were shooting at a 40% clip before the last eight minutes).  In those games our accuracy outside of the 3 pt line was as been as good as that within the the line.

Should there be any discussion about the use of timeouts for the team that has been running out of gas.  In the second half, Coach Powell sat on all of his timeouts until there was just over a minute left...

[vu84v2]

An area that has improved over the last couple games has been our three point shooting.  At Bradley, we shot 42%, and we shot 35% at UIC (we were shooting at a 40% clip before the last eight minutes).  In those games our accuracy outside of the 3 pt line was as been as good as that within the the line.

Should there be any discussion about the use of timeouts for the team that has been running out of gas.  In the second half, Coach Powell sat on all of his timeouts until there was just over a minute left...

Great point. I find it very odd that very few coaches call timeouts to give players a rest. Perhaps they think that the four minute timeouts should be enough, but if a team is gassed you could really give them a break by calling another timeout shortly after a four minute timeout. I have seen it done, but it is rare.