mikechristoffer
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Well, at least Brock got to play...Now if we can just talk the Big Sky into having 20 minute games.
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From MontanaGrizzlies.com: Certainly the Lady Griz did a better job getting the ball inside after the break. Portland State held a 14-10 edge in points in the paint in the first half. Montana held a 20-4 edge in the second.
"We had good balance offensively, we really did," Coach Selvig said of his team's inside and outside shooting success after the intermission.
"And they didn't get transition (baskets), so they never really got it going with their offense. They've got some really good players, hard to guard. We ended up zoning the whole time this game."
Gasp!! - there's that blasphemous ZONE word again! Why do other teams find this type of defense so useful and we act like we've never heard of the concept, never mind practicing using or attacking one? The stat that jumps out at me in this game is second half FG%. Montana clobbered us 60% to 22.2%. We seem to have no clue of how to use dribble penetration and screens to break down a zone. Too often we pass the ball around the perimeter and end up settling for low percentage outside shots, that we haven't been hitting with any frequency at all, lately. Otherwise we attempt undisguised pass penetration into the middle, which usually backfires when the zone collapses on our posts (notwithstanding Brock's great play yesterday!), and they are slow to kick the ball outside for an open shot, and are smothered.
There is very little misdirection and motion by our offense in attacking a zone right now. We are not a very good half court team against a zone, and yet we rarely look to push the pace and look for transition opportunities. Our opponents have seen film, and know this, so they are fast to get back on defense and set up. We have to negate this strategy by opportunistically pushing the pace, getting dribble penetration by our guards, and using ball reversals, cutting, and screening actions to get higher percentage, open shots. We are going to be fed a steady diet of zone defense for the rest of the season. I think now would be a good time for our coaches to develop some new strategies in dealing with them.
"We had good balance offensively, we really did," Coach Selvig said of his team's inside and outside shooting success after the intermission.
"And they didn't get transition (baskets), so they never really got it going with their offense. They've got some really good players, hard to guard. We ended up zoning the whole time this game."
Gasp!! - there's that blasphemous ZONE word again! Why do other teams find this type of defense so useful and we act like we've never heard of the concept, never mind practicing using or attacking one? The stat that jumps out at me in this game is second half FG%. Montana clobbered us 60% to 22.2%. We seem to have no clue of how to use dribble penetration and screens to break down a zone. Too often we pass the ball around the perimeter and end up settling for low percentage outside shots, that we haven't been hitting with any frequency at all, lately. Otherwise we attempt undisguised pass penetration into the middle, which usually backfires when the zone collapses on our posts (notwithstanding Brock's great play yesterday!), and they are slow to kick the ball outside for an open shot, and are smothered.
There is very little misdirection and motion by our offense in attacking a zone right now. We are not a very good half court team against a zone, and yet we rarely look to push the pace and look for transition opportunities. Our opponents have seen film, and know this, so they are fast to get back on defense and set up. We have to negate this strategy by opportunistically pushing the pace, getting dribble penetration by our guards, and using ball reversals, cutting, and screening actions to get higher percentage, open shots. We are going to be fed a steady diet of zone defense for the rest of the season. I think now would be a good time for our coaches to develop some new strategies in dealing with them.
Junkie, you have hit it on the head again.....maybe you should offer coach consulting???? :notworthy:
anyway...yes how to pentrate the zone and work the perimeter better? good questions good practice plan...let's see if anyone gets it. There is still a chance to pull this together, if the team has the collective strength and mindset to overcome their present mediocrity, which I might add is not solely their fault. Everyone will rise to the level of expectation and obiously their coach has lost faith and has no clue how to help them dig themselves out. Positive begets positive and the opposite is oh so painfuly apparent right now...I hope each player can rise up above the level of expectation their coach is holding them to.
anyway...yes how to pentrate the zone and work the perimeter better? good questions good practice plan...let's see if anyone gets it. There is still a chance to pull this together, if the team has the collective strength and mindset to overcome their present mediocrity, which I might add is not solely their fault. Everyone will rise to the level of expectation and obiously their coach has lost faith and has no clue how to help them dig themselves out. Positive begets positive and the opposite is oh so painfuly apparent right now...I hope each player can rise up above the level of expectation their coach is holding them to.
mikechristoffer
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"For once we took good care of the ball in the second half," said PSU Head Coach Sherri Murrell, "but the bottom line is we didn't show any toughness or resiliency in the second half to come back. We just didn't have any fight in us." Way to rally the troops...........
