Columbia First Half Thread

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

Slow start, with Columbia scoring the fist 5

 

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

At the under 16 break:
CU 11 NU 5
Columbia is killing us with threes (open, uncontested threes)
Offensive motion is much better early, just not hitting the shots, looks like a different offense tonight
BMac hits an early three, Falzon and Tre drive but don't finish.

 

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

At the under 12 break:
CU 19 NU 10
Tap came in for Falzone
Lindsey in too
Tre turns it over
Columbia turns an offensive rebound into 3
Another CU 3 with Tap slow to contest.
JVZ gets a hustle offensive rebound and draws the foul.
Sanjay draws the charge when we need good news,
but JVZ with the moving screen
Tre bannks is a three
and ESPN3 reports that my event has ended . . . back now
CU scores ar the rim, and Lindsey turns it over
Tre gets to the rim, scores and gets a FT
Ugly period between media timeouts!

 

[wlcat]

Watching Columbia during warmups, deadly from three-point range. Carried over to game with 8 treys in building a 26-15 lead

 

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

At the under 8 break:
CU 26 NU 15
Tre misses the FT
NU in a 2-3 zone
CU hits the open three
BMac answers with a three - Tre with the assist
CU Another open three - Damn!
Tre drives and hits a floater
Cats are getting to the rim, but not converting.
CU with an offensive rebound.
Not scoring well, but we are drawing fouls

 

[wlcat]

Cats finally wake up with back-to-back 3s by Lumpkin and Taphorn. 26-23 Columbia.

 

[wlcat]

Columbia has cooled off and missed last three 3-pointers. Olah is a ghost on offensive end, only one shot at 7:04 mark.

 

[wlcat]

Cats on 8-0 run

 

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

At the under 4 break:
CU 26 NU 23
Olah gets low, and misses . . .
Falzon closes out on a three point shooter, and he misses
BMac mid range two
CU is cooling off on three point shots
Falzone misses the front end of a 1 and 1
Nice ball movement give Lumkin the open three
Tre gets the steal and Tap scores the three

 

[wlcat]

BMac ties game off feed from Joey VZ, but Columbia responds with 5 straight, taking advantage of Olah's absence in the paint

 

[wlcat]

9-2 run by Columbia in final 2:56 puts Cats down 35-28. All the damage done inside while Olah on the bench. Thought Joey VZ was supposed to be the better defender of the two.

 

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

Last 4 minutes:
Marching up and extending the zone
JVZ O Rebound to BMac for three
Within one point
CU scores two inside and CC calls a timeout with 1:44 until the half
Down by 5 again
Tre with an assist to JVZ
BMac with two turnovers - not in synch

Halftime: CU 35 NU 28

 

[LansingCat_rivals315357]

9-2 run by Columbia in final 2:56 puts Cats down 35-28. All the damage done inside while Olah on the bench. Thought Joey VZ was supposed to be the better defender of the two.

I don't think that is on JVZ - in each case someone got beat on a drive - JVZ covered and no one got back to cover JVZ's man

 

[wlcat]

Zero points from Falzon and Olah in first half.

 

[NJCat83588]

I don't think that is on JVZ - in each case someone got beat on a drive - JVZ covered and no one got back to cover JVZ's man

Cats look totally unprepared. No concept of an offense, and the 2-3 zone still allows open 3's. Just a horrible first half. Hopefully they can regroup at halftime.

 

[NJCat83588]

Zero points from Falzon and Olah in first half.

Calzone has hit the freshman wall in his 3rd game

 

[TheC]

What the heck is going on with our D. I was so pumped for the CC era two years ago watching the suffocating D our guys played. But last year was not so hot and this year the D stinks. I sure hope that changes.

 

[NJCat83588]

What the heck is going on with our D. I was so pumped for the CC era two years ago watching the suffocating D our guys played. But last year was not so hot and this year the D stinks. I sure hope that changes.

Cats seem to lack fire. Defense is about desire, and this season they just look disinterested.

Disappointing.