Game Thread: Northwestern vs. South Carolina

[mshelton33]

Northwestern (4-1) plays South Carolina (4-1) in their second game in the Greenbrier Tip-Off. The game is set for a 4 pm CT tip and will air on CBSSN.

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[Deeringfish]

anybody home?

 

[SDakaGordie]

Confused by two threads.

 

[jensberg]

South Carolina bombing away. Think we should give Green a shot he plays very little let's see if he can make a few threes

 

[SDakaGordie]

Guess that was Friday’s and this is today’s.

Our defense is still poor. And Reid has two turnovers.

 

[Deeringfish]

Green, Green, Green

 

[SDakaGordie]

South Carolina bombing away. Think we should give Green a shot he plays very little let's see if he can make a few threes

Nice call!

 

[jensberg]

Just like that they put Green in and he makes two threes

 

[DaCat]

Collins has a lot of weapons. Let’s keep Green in there.

 

[jensberg]

Nick is like one for five from the field. Continuation of his shooting woes from Friday

 

[DaCat]

Nick is like one for five from the field. Continuation of his shooting woes from Friday

Those shots are usually automatic for Nick

 

[Deeringfish]

Nick is like one for five from the field. Continuation of his shooting woes from Friday

I feel like he is hurrying. or is expecting to draw the fall and the aren/t calling it.

 

[SDakaGordie]

Reid needs to look for his teammates more.

 

[DaCat]

Reid gets a little out of control.

 

[SmellyCat]

16-16 rebounds at the half. That’s certainly an improvement.

 

[SDakaGordie]

Are we intentionally not defending the 3? I don’t see how we could be worse at it.

 

[cat inkansas]

16-16 rebounds at the half. That’s certainly an improvement.

When we get a little distance, we give up a three.

 

[SDakaGordie]

Wyndham really struggling on D.

 

[DaCat]

Wyndham really struggling on D.

Not only Windham. They’re exploiting the middle of our defense and getting mismatches.

 

[Ballknower245]

Green goes 2/2 from three and can’t see the floor in the second half so far?? Anyone have a clue why

 

[SDakaGordie]

Green goes 2/2 from three and can’t see the floor in the second half so far?? Anyone have a clue why

Just gave up some open 3s on D, but just made one too!

 

[DaCat]

Green goes 2/2 from three and can’t see the floor in the second half so far?? Anyone have a clue why

Collins heard you.

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

Just tuned in. Where are they playing. It looks like an old high school gym. Go Cats!

 

[JournCat]

Just tuned in. Where are they playing. It looks like an old high school gym. Go Cats!

Cool to see how even a few hundred fans in purple (if that) can make it sound loud on TV. Kudos to those who went to White Sulphur Springs!!

 

[SDakaGordie]

I think that one of our defense issues is that teams are exploiting Reid, leading to our trying to double-team and thus leaving guys open.

 

[SDakaGordie]

Zero improvement on defensive rebounding of 3s, it seems.

 

[DaCat]

We need to close this one out. Good ball movement on offense to find the open man. Our defense is not our strong suit this year.

 

[DaCat]

Zero improvement on defensive rebounding of 3s, it seems.

I’ve never seen so many long rebounds go straight to their man.

 

[jensberg]

Seems like they get every loose ball and long Carrom rebound

 

[SDakaGordie]

OMG - Reid just got schooled twice.

 

[DaCat]

Up by nine and Reid coughs it up twice

 

[cat inkansas]

Seems like they get every loose ball and long Carrom rebound

Given up 10 points in about 2 minutes. Started with giving up offensive rebounds.

 

[cat inkansas]

Up by nine and Reid coughs it up twice

Needs work in the clutch.

 

[jensberg]

Second game in a row where the other team seems to hustle more and want it more

 

[Fanaticat98]

My apologies for tuning in. Got back home and saw score was 74-62. Thought I would just watch them close out the last few minutes. Oops.

 

[SDakaGordie]

We will go as Reid goes, it appears.

 

[SDakaGordie]

We’ve never been good at holding leads…

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

Horrible turnovers. Went from 9pt lead to 2 pt in 10 seconds.

Green Brier Resort- interesting venue for basketball. I thought I could see carpet in the background that made the setting look like a hotel or casino. Nice to see hard core Cats fans attending.

 

[Darren72]

What is going on here.

 

[Darren72]

Last few minutes were not pretty, but so glad they pulled it out. Good for them. Love that SC‘s final shot hit the chandelier.