- This is a game where the little things cost us. Losing Demps on the three point line on a miscommunication, the rebounding, both giving up the offensive boards as well as letting several slip away when there wasn’t really anyone from Northwestern there to challenge it.
- I don’t know how many minutes he played, but Morrow had zero rebounds.
- I do wonder why Hammond didn’t see any time. They could have used him today, especially when Jacobsen got in foul trouble.
- Jacobsen had a rough game, especially in the first half. Actually thought he did well in the 2nd to stay in the game, though there were times when he was hampered because he was afraid of picking up his 4th. And his 5th was just silly. Can’t be tugging on to the jersey like that when you’re not in traffic and expect to get away with it.
- NU's going to have to figure out this rebounding thing if they're going to want to get anywhere this season. We've known this, it's not new, but they still shouldn't allow to happen what happened today.
- Watson struggled a bit, especially defensively.
- With hitting so many 3's, I thought we fell in love with it a bit more than coach probably would have liked. Thought they probably missed some opportunities at getting to the rim, and perhaps the line. They gotta do better than getting to the line only 8 times. I know NW was packing it in but this was a day when they should have been able to get there.
- Thought the play drawn up at the end of the half was really nice.
- Despite the 72 points scored (which should always be enough, especialy at home), the offense still got bogged down. Contrast that with Northwestern who, Demps and Macintosh especially, were constantly working to get open, running hard off screens. NU hasn't done that in years. Is that a mentality or a philosophy?
- I thought the new rules were supposed to not allow for a power forward to put a shoulder into his defender? Can think of a couple of times when that happened, unearthed the defender and were allowed to continue. What am I missing?
- Thought the crowd was pretty good, actually. Better than what I was expecting.
- Energy from the team was good for about 32 minutes but couldn't maintain it through the end.
Indiana is going to be tough on Saturday.
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By uneblinstu
By uneblinstu •
uneblinstu's Post Game Chatter: Vol 8, Issue 14 - NorthwesternOh, man, where to start...
- Kudos to Northwestern for clawing back, but that’s a game NU has no excuse for losing.
- Demps ran circles around Watson at times. Almost literally, a couple of times.
- NU got the total it usually does from their top three scorers. A little more from White and Webster, a little less from Shields. They’ve gotta have a third guy step up and tonight it was Benny. I thought when we got essentially 13 bonus points, that would be enough to bridge that gap, but it wasn’t, because…
- NU really, really struggled to find Pardon, in only his second college game, on the offensive glass. Look, I get that they’re small, but they can’t lose guys like that. Not at this level. He had, what, 24 points in the second half? 14 coming on offensive putbacks? Can’t do that and expect to win. Just can’t. NU was up 12, 51-39 and gave up 42 points from there. Had a lead with five minutes left and only scored six points the rest of the way. That’s just not gonna cut it.
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