Final score: Missouri State 69 Bradley 64

[egib52]

There have been some Bradley teams that have been bad at hitting shots at the rim, but I don't remember one this bad. Koch throws the ball at the rim as if he is just praying it will go in. If I were coaching Koch, Eli and Ari would spend entire practices doing to the Mikan drill with and without contact. It was stunning to see the difference in the two squads in the paint. If MO ST got to the rim it was at minimum 2 points.

[traveler]

Was planning to go to Fort Myers and meet some posters in person. Changed plans due to the December swoon. This is so disheartening after Cancun.

[basketball nut]

well - I see improvement - but who'd have thunk we'd be hoping for improvement 1/2 way thru this season?



-and LASTLY- there was one stretch of FOUR minutes to start the 2nd half - where we blew the lead out from just 2 points to 14 points (46-32 at 15:52)
In that stretch, every possession we pushed the ball and looked to score early in the possessions - AND IT WORKED!!!
Then sadly, we went back to eating 28 seconds each possession before looking to score and it killed us ...
we need to watch that first 4 minutes of the 2nd half and copy it the rest of the season.

My question exactly, why do we push the ball and take nice easy quick shots and get a nice 14 point lead. Now we go back to ball control and bad last second shots. I wish coach would explain that.
Also way to many easy turnovers and to many missed point blank shots. NK still not taking enough shots.
Bring on the girls BB team, at least they play hard to the end of the game and aren't afraid to shoot the ball