Puerto Rico Classico Torneo Especialmente Increíble

[kiyoat]

Dec 20, 2018 14:30:42 GMT -6 gopheryote said:

Dec 20, 2018 14:23:31 GMT -6 @bristolpirate said:

Anyone watching the Indiana vs Grambling State game?! Grambling State up by 3 with :16.4 left in the 4th quarter! 

And that's a final!  Grambling State 65, Indiana 62.

Rats - was hoping to get IU undefeated. Was it trap-game-syndrome?

Possibly.  Grambling was definitely feeling their oats yesterday.  I don't see how this helps us in any way other than (hopefully) Grambling winning lots of games down the stretch and improving their RPI.  Perception-wise its a disaster.  We need Indy to be perceived as good, and have a good RPI.

Fortunately, the RPI doesn't differentiate between WHICH team you lose to.  That only helps with the human perception.  Our focus just needs to be keeping the number of losses to a minimum.  That's what we can control.

[kiyoat]

seems like a lot of fouls being called away from the ball...

[kiyoat]

14-11 1Q

The música playing over the intermissions makes me want to ir a la playa

[olifer]

We're not playing our best basketball right now. I hope we're able to hold off this scrappy group of ladies.

[kiyoat]

27-23 at the half. Very back-and-forth. Lots of fouls and turnovers.  Ugly game.  Clean it up and the Yotes will be fine.

[kiyoat]

35-27, Duffy taking over the game with 16 points, 6 Rebounds. AA on the bench in foul trouble. One of LMU's starters on the bench with 4 fouls as well.

[kiyoat]

46-32 3Q

[flagshipU]

Looks like the Yotes are emptying the bench with 3 minutes left up by 25.

[kiyoat]

67-40 FINAL

[kiyoat]

Almost a double-double for Duffy: 24 pts/9 reb/4 asst/3 steals

Monica 11/7/4/2 and was 3/5 from the arc

Hannah with 3 blocks

AA and Mad Mac with 6 Rebounds each

[kiyoat]

[kiyoat]

Dec 20, 2018 8:55:33 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

What LMU is good at:

Rebounding
16 Off Reb/game 10
43 Tot Reb/game 33---USD getting 39 41
+6.8 Reb margin -8---USD has +8.7 +8

Passing
15 Assists/game 8---USD getting 14.7 15

3-Pt Defense
Allowing 27.2% 39.1----USD shooting 33.7% 39.1

Magenta = Actual Game Stats

Looks like we neutralized their strengths pretty well.

[kiyoat]

Dec 20, 2018 9:39:57 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

What LMU is not good at:

Mid-long-range Shooting
59.1% FT 50.0% ---- USD shoots 78.9% 72.7%
28.3% 3PT 14.3%----USD allows 31.6% 14.3%
3.9 3PT/game 2 --USD makes 8.1 9

Fouling
20 Personal Fouls/game 22 -- USD commits 18 19

....  I predict an abnormally low score for the Lions.  They are averaging 65.

Massey predicts 70-59.  I'll guess 72-55. 67-40

It's nice to play a team that is not a huge threat from the arc.  We match up very well with those kinds of teams.  Yesterday we disrupted their offense tremendously, and that was key in a foul-y sloppy game.

Kunzer was 0-2 from the line, but Frederick was 3-3.  I believe Kunzer's shots were early in her playing time, so it might have been nerves.  She later got 3 offensive rebounds, so good effort.

[kiyoat]

[kiyoat]

Massey has changed its prediction since yesterday, and now has us slightly favored, with a likely score of 66-64. Either way, it should be a good, competitive game to learn from. I like the fact that Indiana is guard-led like Missouri. That will get us ready for the Summit well, I think.

Things Indiana does really well:

Shooting Efficiency / Offense

47.0% FG shooting (#16)------USD allows 36.7 (#85)
33.1% 3P shooting (#105)-----USD allows 30.6 (#170)
75.2% FT shooting (#39)------USD shoots 78.6 (#10)

74.8 Points/game (#59)-------USD allows 55.2 (#32)
+15.5 scoring margin (#41)---USD getting +20 (#24)

Looks like the Hoosiers are a threat to put the ball in the basket.  Both teams are used to obliterating opponents.  Indy didn't respond well to Grambling's harassment, so hopefully our "Pestering Pack" will have a similar effect?  The loss yesterday didn't do us any favors in terms of focus on Indiana's part, though.