(Yesterday, 08:05 PM)needle Wrote: Wow, what a way to close out the half!Good observations
Predictably, the frosh struggled with turnovers against an athletic, pressing team. Foul trouble for Townsend and Maurer against some experienced bigs also predictable.
Have to say I did not see the surge in the final minutes coming. But credit to the defense, which I think has been passable so far, and Maurer, with a nothing-fancy offense outburst.
My main hope coming in was to see the frosh play better in the second half than in the first. If that happens, Stanford has real hope to win this game (so long as Maurer and Townsend can stay on the floor; also expect to need something from Camman).
Finally: Relatively poor free-throw shooting suggest to me a tired team. The guys need to work on conditioning a bit, though of course nothing can simulate game pressure like they're seeing from UNLV.
Occurs to me we were often the quicker team in our first 3 games and took advantage of it.
Some of our guys can match Rebels quickness but are more relatively wild when doing it.
If we have a hope of winning this game it’ll have to come thru better lock down defense
Also thought Maurer pretty good
Cammann didn’t play much and didn’t look great while out there
Will need more from Cammann
Donavin Young was goodly active
But 2 fouls in just 7 min
Not unusual for someone without prior minutes
Overplays the physicality at wrong time
