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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 1243345, member: 569"] Even though we shot poorly in the 1st half I liked the ball movement and a majority of the shots we took. Also don't forget that of our 14 turnovers 5 where on Rakeem and most to my memory where in the first half which limited shot attempts. I was pleased that between G and the 3 guards we only had 6 turnovers which is pretty good all things considered. Also we were 48%fg 33%3pt for the game which is solid. Defensively I think we are starting to see some improvements especially in that first half where we blanketed them and for the most part forced them to take the shots we wanted them to which is really the goal of defense. 2nd half we let down a bit but we were on such a roll offensively and the game was in hand that its understandable even if undesirable. Joseph showed some good things. Patience & understanding offensively which netted us some really good shots after he passed up wide open ones. He didn't have many assists but he often got the ball to the right place where someone else then assisted. He also scored efficiently going 4-6 with no hurried shots and I think he's starting to understand he can almost always get a shot and right now it may be better to at least probe the defense looking for what we want. Still he is going to have to take some of those wiiiiiidddeee open 3's he was gifted at some point this season. He also had a block and 2 steals which was nice to see and an indication that he can effect the game in other ways. The defense is still lacking but I see signs of better effort and understanding there as well. Chris and Tyler are really going to need to take advantage of all the space and easy opportunities they are going to get going forward if Mike, Trevor and Rakeem continue to play like they are since they will be garnering the majority of defensive attention. And on to the ACC schedule where we absolutely must get off to a good start and continue to improve. Edit: Forgot to add that our rebounding specifically in the second half was very lackluster IMO. I didn't check the numbers but it had to be pretty close which along with our turnovers was another reason for the low scoring total. [/QUOTE]

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