Only 2 assists and limited free throw attempts…ugh…so Jack O.
When I watch UB, I wish it was how we played, but alas, this is why we are 3-5…if treys fall in big numbers we win…otherwise…you get this…close but no cigar.
I don’t quite know how Miami won but I’m extremely happy they did! Double digit road win at the MAC favorite certainly takes some sting out of how the OOC ended.
I haven’t seen a second half box, and I know we shot 47% from 3 overall, but we had to be around 60% overall FG in the second half. Inside 10 minutes there may have been one bad shot. Lairy was the star but the Ayah pick and roll was an instant bucket late in the second half.
Our Big three had 68, theirs had 67. The difference was we had a 4th scorer with Ayah adding 13. We struggled in the first half mostly because Dalonte had 3 fouls and sat out a lot. He is by far our best defensive rebounder and they killed us with offensive rebounds while he was out.
Dae Dae played all 40 minutes and really looked tired much of the game. I thin Lairy had a career high of 28 points. In the second half, for the first time this year, Dalonte really tried to post up and go to the offensive boards. This was the Dalonte Brown that averaged 18 and 8 the last 10 games last year. Today, when Dalonte was on the court, was the best we have played all season. I thought Williams and Avance were just as effective as White and ICL have been.
Mehki is hard to figure out. When he plays like he did today he looks like he could play for any top ten program. I really do hope we see some consistency,m. I believe if he strings enough 20 something games together we could see him getting looks for the G league. When he’s on, he’s the best player we’ve had in a long time.
The difference between a true professional, and the rest.
Over the years, I’ve read messsge boards at Dayton and Notre Dame. When either of their teams have had to use the Miami feed to follow the games between their teams and Miami, all their fans have been extremely complimentary of Bake and how well he paints the game, over the air.
The UB announcers, especially the color guy, were horrible. I almost never get upset or distracted by game announcers. But these guys we just bad. Bake says when he and Randy are doing an ESPN feed, they are more balanced.
As I have said several times, we are extremely lucky to have Bake and Randy. More obvious the more I listen to the current crop of MAC announcing teams.
RH65 I believe you can play 4 games and still keep your redshirt. At least that is what it used to be. That being said, I would lift Avance’s RS and get him in the rotation for good. Let him have ICL’s minutes. Bottom line is if ICL isn’t hitting threes, he really gives us little. I would rather develop Avance. Avance, Williams, Harrison-they are part of the future of this team. I also think they give us a better chance to win than ICL and Eli. As for Ayah, I have said it before, he and Lairy have a special chemistry on the floor together.