NU vs OSU - 2nd Half Thread

[vmloza34]

Boo Buie and Miller Kopp provided a late surge to get it in striking distance.
Nance with 2 points 2 fouls and 1 rebound. Not good.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

The bad news: the 'Cats are still wearing those hideous unis.

 

[Jaadaa]

Boo Buie and Miller Kopp provided a late surge to get it in striking distance.
Nance with 2 points 2 fouls and 1 rebound. Not good.

 

[Jaadaa]

Where is Robbie Beran? He didn't play at all

 

[EagerFan]

Looking rough, but refs call a couple of quick fouls.

 

[EagerFan]

Beran played but was quiet.

 

[DaCat]

Beran tweaked a knee this week in practice, so I think they're being careful with him.

 

[EagerFan]

Boo gives up two freebies.

 

[freewillie07]

Terrible. Completely lost their composure after getting a lead.

 

[NUinIowafan]

I feel like momentum just shifted against us. Damn it

 

[EagerFan]

Our defense is terrible right now.

 

[freewillie07]

Went up 44-41 on a Buie 3, then the wheels just came off.

- Gave up a coast-to-coast layup
- Buie tried too hard to do the same, turnover
- Spencer got called for a carry (which was probably valid)

The only good thing is NU actually has a big foul advantage. Will be in the bonus next OSU foul.

 

[DaCat]

Why do other team's players get season highs against us? Ahrens is killing us with his 3 pointers.

 

[Hungry Jack]

We should be going right at Wesson with his 3 fouls

Boo did but didn’t get the call

 

[EagerFan]

Four!

also, we leave shooters wide open for threes a bunch is my guess.

 

[bjm989_rivals]

We should be going right at Wesson with his 3 fouls

Now four. Of course they missed a huge one on Buie’s drive and layup. Cmon Refs!

go Cats!

 

[GatoLouco]

Is anyone at the game? How’s the crowd?

 

[DaCat]

Boo did but didn’t get the call

How was that not a foul?!!!

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

How was that not a foul?!!!

The refs suck. When they call NU games, they just "assume" things. Like every time a Merry Land player has the ball, they assume that an NU player must have fouled him. And here we see their assumption when a wildcat player has the ball.

 

[lunker35]

Is anyone at the game? How’s the crowd?

It’s fine. Very few students. Like 80% full with a good amount of red.

 

[Hungry Jack]

How was that not a foul?!!!

Beats me

 

[EagerFan]

Yeah it’s fairly full except for students.

 

[freewillie07]

Wish Nance could make his free throws.

Ryan Young and Pat Spencer willing things into existence on offense here with the jumpers not falling.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Wow Carton

 

[bjm989_rivals]

Wow Carton

Props to Carton. Nice ups.
Yeah we need to hit our FTs. I like Nance right now as a defender and rebounder - plus guy on the glass and driving the ball.

 

[julescat]

glad we have one win in the bank this year.

 

[JournCat]

Wish Nance could make his free throws.

Ryan Young and Pat Spencer willing things into existence on offense here with the jumpers not falling.

Kopp or Nance keep disappearing in pressure situations. We can’t win that way.

 

[freewillie07]

Wow Carton

The alley-oop was impressive.

But I didn’t see the foul on Turner on his previous drive. At all.

 

[lunker35]

The alley-oop was impressive.

But I didn’t see the foul on Turner on his previous drive. At all.

There was none. It was a phantom call. OSU just getting a call because they’re not NU.

 

[bjm989_rivals]

Kopp or Nance keep disappearing in pressure situations. We can’t win that way.

I think we should have started posting Spencer on Carton.

 

[freewillie07]

Kopp or Nance keep disappearing in pressure situations. We can’t win that way.

Things tighten up and Buie and Spencer default to hero ball, for better or worse. Usually worse.

 

[catcrazy]

Can we actually get a break between every possible injury known to man and having a 6th man against us which are the refs. Geez.

 

[bjm989_rivals]

I think we should have started posting Spencer on Carton.

As others have said, Kopp creates fewer of his own shots and needs to get them out of a good offense that moves the ball and runs people off screens.

Man their 3s are killing us...

 

[GatoLouco]

bjm989 said:

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I think we should have started posting Spencer on Carton.

As others have said, Kopp creates fewer of his own shots and needs to get them out of a good offense that moves the ball and runs people off screens.

Man their 3s are killing us...
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They’ve been switching on screens all night. Experienced teams, coaches and point guards look for the mismatches they create. We don’t.

 

[EagerFan]

omg Magnum

 

[Hungry Jack]

Our passivity on the boards makes me want to punch a camel

 

[NUera]

Hidden turnovers killed us. Those hero-ball shots and weak drives leading to low-percentage shots resulted in empty possessions we couldn’t afford to waste.

 

[EagerFan]

This might be Boo’s worst game so far.

We definitely could have won this game, very disappointing.

 

[JournCat]

Hidden turnovers killed us. Those hero-ball shots and weak drives leading to low-percentage shots resulted in empty possessions we couldn’t afford to waste.

Turner not grabbing an offensive rebound leading to an open 3 was perfectly emblematic. We need so many tough things to go right ... and we flub a lot of the easy things

 

[freewillie07]

This might be Boo’s worst game so far.

We definitely could have won this game, very disappointing.

Teams get what Buie is about now. And he’s still shaking off the rust.

He and Spencer combined for 8 turnovers. Can’t have that.