There were a few things that stuck out about this game. First of all, this one was there for the taking and unfortunately the sisters gave more than they took. Second, it takes more than three players scoring to be successful in any league. Especially the Big 12. Finally, and this is the strange one...statistically you'd look at the sisters' line and think..."they should win a game like this."
As I followed this game, the big knife in the back was apparent throughout. A lack of scoring from nearly anyone except Joens and Scott. Camber stepped up today, but the scoring threat from everyone else wasn't there and the help off the bench didn't do much either. Nez continues to get in foul trouble and in a very unlikely scenario, Joens fouled out. It was very unusual for this team to give up 19 fouls, but they did and as to be expected that was the difference in this game as OU hit 14 of 17 charity shots. OU is always like a mirror image of ISU and everything about this game showed that. The bad part was OU was just a little better at pulling it off today. One thing that really hurts this team is the inconsistent scoring from Maggie and Rae. They are either off or on and you never know which combination you will get. Today, Maggie only took five shots and Rae was zero for the day until late. We need more consistency out of those two. Yes, Maggie is a freshman enrolled in a grad course and I can accept that. Rae is the one that needs to show up day after day.
The ladies started out a bit rough and were down slightly after one before a big second quarter shot them ahead by the half. I felt really good at this point, but I shouldn't have. I don't want to bring this up, but I will. For two straight games the third quarter has doomed the sisters. For whatever reason the ladies came out like someone had hit them with a fire extinguisher. OU literally dominated the third outscoring the sisters 29-17. It was catchup after that and the ladies just couldn't stop OU's offense the rest of the way. This is one of several times this year where that third quarter has bitten the ladies and its starting to remind me of the team we had a few years back that had this same problem. There is no margin for error in our league and a quarter like that will cost you against anyone. Even a barely 50-50 team like OU.
The team needs to get this bug figured out in a hurry before they build a league hole they can't dig out of. More scoring from the rest of the team and consistent play throughout the game will go a long ways towards that.
As I followed this game, the big knife in the back was apparent throughout. A lack of scoring from nearly anyone except Joens and Scott. Camber stepped up today, but the scoring threat from everyone else wasn't there and the help off the bench didn't do much either. Nez continues to get in foul trouble and in a very unlikely scenario, Joens fouled out. It was very unusual for this team to give up 19 fouls, but they did and as to be expected that was the difference in this game as OU hit 14 of 17 charity shots. OU is always like a mirror image of ISU and everything about this game showed that. The bad part was OU was just a little better at pulling it off today. One thing that really hurts this team is the inconsistent scoring from Maggie and Rae. They are either off or on and you never know which combination you will get. Today, Maggie only took five shots and Rae was zero for the day until late. We need more consistency out of those two. Yes, Maggie is a freshman enrolled in a grad course and I can accept that. Rae is the one that needs to show up day after day.
The ladies started out a bit rough and were down slightly after one before a big second quarter shot them ahead by the half. I felt really good at this point, but I shouldn't have. I don't want to bring this up, but I will. For two straight games the third quarter has doomed the sisters. For whatever reason the ladies came out like someone had hit them with a fire extinguisher. OU literally dominated the third outscoring the sisters 29-17. It was catchup after that and the ladies just couldn't stop OU's offense the rest of the way. This is one of several times this year where that third quarter has bitten the ladies and its starting to remind me of the team we had a few years back that had this same problem. There is no margin for error in our league and a quarter like that will cost you against anyone. Even a barely 50-50 team like OU.
The team needs to get this bug figured out in a hurry before they build a league hole they can't dig out of. More scoring from the rest of the team and consistent play throughout the game will go a long ways towards that.
Guessing match ups and/or defense might have been the less minutes cause.
