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After laying a huge egg before a large crowd, we need to get the sweep and play with the intensity and toughness we're known for. We were soft last time out.
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Maybe we were soft, but IMHO it was more that we were confused and unable to make adjustments on the fly. I thought the kids played hard. Not always very smart, but the effort was OK. Indiana State simply designed and executed a superior game plan and we never came up with an answer. On Sunday Indians State was simply the better team. -
Looks like Thursday's 7:00 pm game at Evansville is on MVC-TV (I think that is Cox 34/2034).
Evansville has 6-1 Jr. F Mallory Ladd (11.8 PPG, 9.5 RPG) back in their lineup after missing 6 games (including the game in Koch Arena) due to injury.
Evansville is lead in scoring by 5-11 Fr. G Sarah Dickey at 18.3 PPG.
We need Michelle Price to stalemate Mallory Ladd and we need Alex Harden to effectively defend Sarah Dickey. Hopefully, we will have figured out how to attack whatever zones Evansville decides to throw at us.
Defensively I think we are good enough to keep Evansville in check if we just play good, solid 1-on-1 man-to-man defense with good weak side help when needed. We seem to be giving up a lot of really good looks on the perimeter largely because we are helping off perhaps a little to aggressively.Comment
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This makes me more nervous than if we had just not played well or played soft. To me this means our staff got out coached and could not make the adjustments. Am I completely wrong about that? I hope so.Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostComment
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We have seen a lot of zone defense in recent games but I don't think we have seen anything exactly like what Indiana State threw at us and I can't say whether it is anything Indiana State has shown before. My guess is they have been practicing this 3-2 zone specifically to spring on the Shocks and probably had not shown it in a previous games. I can't say Jody and staff did not make any adjustments. They probably did. Whether the adjustments did not work or the kids simply could not execute them properly is hard to say. My guess is that if we see this kind of zone again we will be more prepared for it and how we want to attack it. Very likely we will see it again at some point.Originally posted by pogo View PostComment
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My educated guess; Kelsey and her very bad knee, will be moved inside and draw fouls to get to the line with her 81% free throw percentage. She'll be a big target against the zone and can kick it out or score. Alex won't distribute as much and will drive to the rim.Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostComment
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Congrats to Kelsey for her MVC Service and Leadership award. Posted on Goshockers.comOriginally posted by oldtimewomen's hoopcoach View PostComment
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Game day article
"Too much standing around" - okay, I understand that one.
"More dribble penetration" - against a 3-2 where there are always two people of the three at the top to stop dribble penetration? Okay, I don't understand that one, bwdik.
From the article, it appears that Northern Iowa played a 3-2 in our loss to them. If so, the same zone from the Sycamores should have been no great surprise.Comment
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Welp, there haven't been any answers, just a lot more questions. If you didn't know better, watching this game so far, you would have ZERO doubt Evansville is the 22-4 team and WSU is the 11-14 team.
29-17 Evansville with 4:03 left in the first half and that makes it sound a lot closer than it is.Comment
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UE 34-23 at the half with Alie scoring thirteen and Alex scoring zero.Comment
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Fugly. Painful to watch.
Shocks aren't totally out of it, but they have not given any indication they have the ability or confidence to attack the zone defense. Taking a lot of chances on defense and Evansville making the Shocks pay with easy baskets and getting to the foul line frequently.Comment
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We get the ball to someone open on the perimeter, we think inside-first, not shot-first, and then we get covered up by the zone. We have no one (hardly) who is scoring down low, Michaela missed her one shot in the high paint, and Kelsey is in there for the press, not any offense she is willing to generate. Alie got the start so she could give us a perimeter threat, and she has done her job. Alex is 0-7; is she putting too much pressure on herself?Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostComment
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Mini run here. Cmon dammit.Comment
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Does anyone that watches this team alot find the substitutions strange?Comment
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