01-08-2021, 02:22 PM
Whew, we escaped 70-63 as our offense disappeared for basically the fourth quarter allowing Oregon to go on a run and close within two possessions. Frankly, we were lucky that Oregon did not tie the game in the last couple minutes as we turned the ball over on a couple of inbound plays, but our defense made enough stops and we had a big enough cushion to withstand a poor offensive fourth quarter.
Our FT shooting (13/16) was key as was our contributions from every person who played.
Kiana did not have a great game in terms of shooting (3/13 overall, 0/6 from long range), though she was a critical 8/9 from the FT line. But as teejers mentioned, some of her decision making were off today.
Our bench had better shooting numbers than our starters. Ashten, Cam and Jana combined to go 8/12 and we needed that high conversion rate. Haley was 8/18 and Belibi was 3/9 in addition to Kiana's 3/13.
Turning the ball over 17 times and Oregon's 14 o-boards didn't help.
Hopefully with no Sunday game, we can take that extra time to study the fourth and not let that happen again. Also it looked like both Anna and Kiana suffered minor hand injuries late in the fourth, so that additional rest will be nice.
Our FT shooting (13/16) was key as was our contributions from every person who played.
Kiana did not have a great game in terms of shooting (3/13 overall, 0/6 from long range), though she was a critical 8/9 from the FT line. But as teejers mentioned, some of her decision making were off today.
Our bench had better shooting numbers than our starters. Ashten, Cam and Jana combined to go 8/12 and we needed that high conversion rate. Haley was 8/18 and Belibi was 3/9 in addition to Kiana's 3/13.
Turning the ball over 17 times and Oregon's 14 o-boards didn't help.
Hopefully with no Sunday game, we can take that extra time to study the fourth and not let that happen again. Also it looked like both Anna and Kiana suffered minor hand injuries late in the fourth, so that additional rest will be nice.