UNCG 61 - East Carolina 82
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ECU evened up their record in the Greensboro Coliseum at 1-1. Meanwhile, UNCG's record there fell to 0-2. The bigger problem is that the coliseum in UNCG's home floor. ECU used a 14-2 run in the first half to take a commanding lead and a 14-2 run in the second half to turn back a fierce Spartan rally.
Positives
- Korey VanDussen --- After having a quiet start to his college career, Korey helped spur on the UNCG second half comeback. He finished the game with 13 points and 5 assists (0 turnovers).
- Kyle Randall --- VanDussen's back court partner scored a matching 13 points and pulled down 4 rebounds. These 2 freshmen, plus Brian Cole's scrappy play on the defensive end, really made this a game for part of the second half.
Crowd noise --- For a Thanksgiving weekend game that absolutely no students came to see, I thought the crowd was fun and rowdy (contrary to the N&R article's cheap shot).
Negatives
- Bring some energy? --- UNCG brought absolutely zero energy to the court in the first half. It took almost 5 minutes for UNCG to make a shot from the floor in the game and the Spartans didn't make one for the final 4 minutes of the half. Honestly, this is a problem from last year that I had really hoped wouldn't carry over. Maybe this is a one time thing.
- Open shots --- UNCG shot 31.7% (23.5% in the first half) and many of the shots were very open. Other than Kendall Toney (who scored a team high 19 points) the rest of the seniors on the team shot an amazing 0-16 from the field. With this many seniors on the team, it shouldn't be freshmen that are having to lead a big comeback.
- Defense? --- ECU outscored UNCG 44-16 in the paint and shot 58.2%. There were times I counted the number of UNCG players on the court to make sure there were actually 5 because ECU players were so wide open. The coaching staff will have to get this figured out soon.
Let's must hope that this was a small bump in the road and that UNCG came get things back on track quickly.
Go Spartans !!!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
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Not sure I understand what is happening with the rotation. Where did Evans go and why did Stywall spend so much time on the bench? The freshmen guards played well, but you wonder about them playing at the same time. Their half court defense isn't all that good and neither is physical enough to deal with a guard like Young. The remaining ACC games will be brutal.
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