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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5547177, member: 27"]
Okay most of the first half was really ugly.  We looked like crisp on offense and our defense wasn’t great.  We gave up too many offensive rebounds to the hustling Pace players and just looked lackadaisical.

George did not look like a seasoned veteran point guard.

It was not enjoyable to watch.

But there was adjustments made at halftime.  Looked like we emphasized getting in the paint and specifically to Donnie and William Kyle.

Sadiq seemed to lead the comeback, setting the tone with a bunch of aggressive defensive plays.  He got a few blocks and was aggressive on offence as well.  It was kind of shocking to see him play such a big role in the game.  His athletic ability is really impressive.  If he couldn’t play tonight, I am not sure we win this game.

It should be noted that Kiyan made a bunch of nice plays to get the offense rolling when he played in the first half.  He is clearly very confident and he made some veteran players on Pace look bad on defense.  He struggled some in the second half but I thought overall he was impressive.

You have to be concerned when Pace outrebounds us.  I am relieved though that the staff appeared to figure out what was wrong and get it mostly addressed.  It was really surprising to see Souare and Zephir play extended minutes down the stretch of the game.  They played good defense and I think we decided were going to win the game playing defense.

Was Fennell hurt?  Even Womack played 3 minutes.  That wasn’t something I expected.

Great to see Freeman demanding the ball (and getting it).  He is our best player and needs to start acting like it.  He scored using a variety of different moves, and I thought he looked polished and smooth.

Thought Pace was well coached and presented some problems for us.  Will be interested to hear any comments their HC makes post game….
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