Refs were terrible. No getting around that, but I'm beyond irritated when we don't adjust to how the game is being called.
Lipsey put himself in position to pick up two senseless fouls. They were weak calls, but with how the game was called and with how Tamin had similar issues, he failed to adjust again. It resulted in our most effective player sitting on the bench. The body fouls by Grill was also stupid and that was a clear foul. Osun got screwed a lot, but we did a poor job of adjusting.
We rebounded well on the overall but lost about 4 rebounds where players senselessly competed with teammates. At least 3 of those botches resulted in points. Might have been the difference.
After a ton of first half turnovers we were much better with the ball. Lipsey had a great game, but went timid in the final few minutes. Jones probably had his best game in a while, although offensive decision making and some loose ball gaffes were rough. Holmes did a great job of getting to the lane but was horrendous on defense. A lot of our lapses, especially in the first half, came from him not fighting through screens, closing out late, and being out of position. Kunc didn't look as rusty and we hit the majority of our FTs.
We missed a big opportunity when we had momentum, had an easy rebound opportunity, and BRE goes over the back of a teammate to knock the ball out of bounds. WVU retains possession and scores. If there was a turning point late, outside the blown layup, I think that was it
Lipsey put himself in position to pick up two senseless fouls. They were weak calls, but with how the game was called and with how Tamin had similar issues, he failed to adjust again. It resulted in our most effective player sitting on the bench. The body fouls by Grill was also stupid and that was a clear foul. Osun got screwed a lot, but we did a poor job of adjusting.
We rebounded well on the overall but lost about 4 rebounds where players senselessly competed with teammates. At least 3 of those botches resulted in points. Might have been the difference.
After a ton of first half turnovers we were much better with the ball. Lipsey had a great game, but went timid in the final few minutes. Jones probably had his best game in a while, although offensive decision making and some loose ball gaffes were rough. Holmes did a great job of getting to the lane but was horrendous on defense. A lot of our lapses, especially in the first half, came from him not fighting through screens, closing out late, and being out of position. Kunc didn't look as rusty and we hit the majority of our FTs.
We missed a big opportunity when we had momentum, had an easy rebound opportunity, and BRE goes over the back of a teammate to knock the ball out of bounds. WVU retains possession and scores. If there was a turning point late, outside the blown layup, I think that was it
