Game ball has to go to Devonte
- Thread starter Bippy
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Entire team. Phin did an amazing job on Nick Vanexel. Smith in the first half. Great team win.
Phinisee and his on ball defense down the stretch can't be overlooked.
Smith's scoring.
Devonte's offense and quick hands on D.
Morgan's rebounding. He owned them.
And, Phin's defense in crunch time.
Smith kept us in the game in the first. Devonte in the 2nd, but Morgan on the boards and Phinisee defensively put us into position to win.
Team gets the ball ..
JS, DG, and RP should share it. JS and DG played an overall very good game. RP played tremendous defense and really locked it down the last 10 minutes. Disrupted MSU offense.
I agree, but if Smith doesn’t score early and often IU would’ve been down 20 by the half.
I love it when Morgan plays like an animal. It’s what you need to win those gritty B1G games. Owning the offensive glass when you are easily outshot from the field really evened things out for us.
BTW-MSU, even down two guys who would have probably been 2nd team all B1G, still has a hell of a team. And Winston is really terrific. Rob was up to the challenge at the end.
In regards to Winston..... He gains an advantage by using his off-ball arm to ward off his defenders. Look at all the times he drives the lane or curls around a pick at the top of the key... he has his hand/arm on the defender the whole time. And this isn't like he puts his hand out there periodically.... sometimes it's in constant contact.... to judge the motion of the defender.
If we can stay healthy and don’t choke we’ll make the tourney as what....an 8 seed or so? Likely win a game and it’ll get real hard from there without upsets but this team is one that has a chance when they play hard and knock down a few 3’s.
I was just so pleased with the effort. We can be a very good team, but our lack of skill must be overcome with effort every game. Don Fischer mentions that intensity of effort has returned to December level quality since the Minnesota debacle. Kudos to Archie righting the ship.
Bottom line is that when MSU slowed down Morgan and Romeo, the supporting cast stepped up. That's been our weakness. Even when your best players are getting their stats, you have to get contributions from the other positions. Case in point is our win over Wisky -- Happ got his, but we kept everyone else down.
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