UCLA deserved the win. They shot great first half, crushed us on the boards, and made fewer mistakes when it counted. A shame that last pass was a TO, but why was Belibi passing to Jones there anyway? Player in front of Jones and looked like Belibi had a lane to the basket. What happened to our rebounding? it was a strength all season until the last couple of games, then fell off a cliff. The team to me looks a bit mentally fried from the loooooooooooong roadie. They are making mistakes and missing stuff like strong box outs that they were doing better a few weeks ago. Defense has not been that great lately, though gotta give credit to UCLA shooters in the first half. If we only rebounded decently and did not make a few really bad mental mistakes, this is a win. Oh well. Went from the penthouse to maybe out of the top 10.
ETA that oh yeah, we also fouled way too much, took our bigs out of the game that way. Refs were bad but we did foul way too much. Jones sat most of the first half. If we had not fouled so much and kept our bigs in the game better, we are probably not down at the half like that. If this was the comeback response after a loss, it was a poor one.
ETA that oh yeah, we also fouled way too much, took our bigs out of the game that way. Refs were bad but we did foul way too much. Jones sat most of the first half. If we had not fouled so much and kept our bigs in the game better, we are probably not down at the half like that. If this was the comeback response after a loss, it was a poor one.