Well, it was closer than it should have been, but they are trying to figure out how they can win together. I thought Cook played pretty well; he's clever with the ball; he had a couple of great passes that his teammates dropped - they have to be awake. Oquendo started slow but came on at the end. He's really athletic. I think we have a good one in Christian Wright; he's tremendous defensively for a freshman; did a couple of nice things on the offensive end, too. Bridges and Ingram are gonna be a pretty good pair in the post for us. Jabri hasn't found his game yet; he seems to be forcing it. I think he was 0fer the game. Our offense was very spotty, particularly early - down 5 at the half.
We had 12 TOs at the half, but only 3 in the 2nd. We went to a smaller lineup that helped us defensively. Etter drew 2 charges, and we got on the boards really well. I think we played more under control in the 2nd half and settled down and ran our offense and won by 7. Though I think we are probably 20+ pts better than FIU, we are a work in progress. I hope we figure it out soon because the schedule is about to get tougher quickly. If we don't gel and find the team chemistry and the shooting necessary, then we won't have much of a season. We'll see.
We had 12 TOs at the half, but only 3 in the 2nd. We went to a smaller lineup that helped us defensively. Etter drew 2 charges, and we got on the boards really well. I think we played more under control in the 2nd half and settled down and ran our offense and won by 7. Though I think we are probably 20+ pts better than FIU, we are a work in progress. I hope we figure it out soon because the schedule is about to get tougher quickly. If we don't gel and find the team chemistry and the shooting necessary, then we won't have much of a season. We'll see.