Dukes 18-9 end of first.

Great start for the Dukes.

Dukes a litle cold, at mid-quarter timeout, up 9.

Duquesne is playing OUTSTANDING defense and has Cleveland State flustered.  If we can knock down some shots we can blow this open.  Have missed a few wide open foul-line jumpers, but love the rotation to the foul line as that is the open area in this CSU zone defense.  

Would like to see us pump fake and drive for the layup from the foul line moving forward.

Dukes timeout, lead cut to 5, 31-26.

Kiandre Browne suffers an ankle injury, goes to the bench and hits 2 3's and a fastbreak layup.

Still very indecisive at the foul line and passing the ball around the perimter and now looking to knock down 3's instead of driving the paint, where the CSU post players has 3 fouls, but we are ignoring the dribble-drive.

Dukes up 42-37 end of 3rd.  Meg misses FT and CSU hits a 40-foot 3 at the buzzer to cut it to 5.

Dukes finally started to use the foul-line to their advantage and attacked with a back-cut that led to layups on consecutive posessions.  CSU shot much better in 3rd quarter, will likely try to get the ball inside more in 4th.  

Again we need to be more aggressive with the ball at the foul line, if we continue to stall, CSU will then wall up and defend the perimter, while we pass around and be forced to throw up a 3 

Cleveland’s defense is shutting us down. Not enough quick ball movement. They appear faster than us. It doesn’t look good…watch the turnovers.

The turnovers are ridiculous! Need more discipline.
We are shooting foul shots like the men’s team.

CSU up 52-50 with :52 left.

CSU has lived in the paint and our offense has been stagnant the entire 2nd half.  

FAM, I disagree.

We led by 13 early in 2nd half.  This was a huge opportunity lost and we should have won this game.  We didn't win because our offense stopped being aggressive, we made no adjustments and as we did all year, we passed the ball on the perimter.  

We had no idea of how to attack the zone, the player at the foul line was not ready to do anything with the ball.  Outside of the two cuts to the hoop, we just stood around and passed the ball on the perimter while the shot clock wound down.  

The game was won because CSU attacked the basket in the 4th quarter and drew fouls.  If you don't drive the paint, you can't draw a foul.  We were too passive in the 2nd half, CSU was not.

This comes down to coaching.  One coach figured out how to have his team beat the defense and the other coach made no adjustments despite having a lead most of the game.  

The way your comments are phrased sometimes makes it feel like there’s no room for further discussion. The tone and sense of finality can make it hard to engage or explore other perspectives. The way interactions have gone with others make it feel not worth bothering.

And then you make comments elsewhere that are like “since no one has rebutted I must be right.” It really takes the enjoyment away from talking about the team.

Face wrote:

The way your comments are phrased sometimes makes it feel like there’s no room for further discussion. The tone and sense of finality can make it hard to engage or explore other perspectives. The way interactions have gone with others make it feel not worth bothering.

And then you make comments elsewhere that are like “since no one has rebutted I must be right.” It really takes the enjoyment away from talking about the team.

This exactly. Thanks Face.