The second game of the day featured the host Silverswords who were looking for a better showing than Monday’s 53-point loss to #5 Kansas. After Indiana turned the ball over on a long pass, John Collins made two free throws with. They don’t need to blow teams out, but a team with top-15 talent should win these games. The Hoosiers finished the afternoon with a turnover percentage of 28.7 and now rank 336th nationally (out of 351 teams) in that statistic. We haven’t been doing that exactly. “There is no question we can get better at every aspect of the game”.
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They could not get the basketball to the rim – with two chances.
Vanderbilt will now take on Wake Forest, which was a surprise victor over IN in the first round.
“That was excellent. They made an athletic play”.
IN head coach Tom Crean reacts in the second half during an… Last year UCLA had the incredible good fortune to play against not only a lower seed but a non-conference team they had previously beaten in the tourney. “We just went through some stretches where we didn’t execute as well as we needed to execute against their zone”.
Center Damian Jones (7-0, 245 junior) and guard Wade Baldwin (6-3 soph) had 17 points apiece while Jeff Roberson (6-6 soph) had 10 points. Sophomore guard James Blackmon Jr. added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Hoosiers, who connected on just 11 of 20 free throws.
The game was sloppy throughout, with UCLA committing 19 turnovers and UNLV 16.
“Teams can make runs, and when they make runs, you’ve got to find a way to stop the bleeding”, Ferrell said. The offense looked like garbage for a good deal of the game, running at a frantic base, turning the ball over, and often jacking up ill-advised shots. We knew how grounded he was when he returned home.
Welsh finished 9 of 12 from the field. So I think that didn’t transition over into this game.
“I just did whatever Coach asked me to do, ” Hudson said of his return.
What can’t happen is what happened past year, when UNLV upset then-No. Kevin (Stallings, coach) has said it’s the most unselfish team he’s had. “We told the guys, ‘Great win, way to fight, way to grind it out”. They made a great run after we ran on them at the beginning.
The Hoosiers committed 21 turnovers and never led against UNLV, dropping the second of three games to one of the tournament field’s bottom-tier teams. They’ve dropped five straight and are in danger of going 3-9 in each Dave Clawson’s first two seasons.
Vanderbilt shifted to a newcomer-heavy lineup in the final eight minutes, perhaps in preparation for their third game in three days in the Maui Invitational Final on Wednesday. UCLA was a little bit hand-cuffed as Tony Parker was in early foul trouble, but Thomas Welsh and Bryce Alford had carried the Bruins as each had 20 points in the Bruin’s win.
Vanderbilt: Winner of Indiana-Wake Forest game in Maui Invitational semifinals.
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The final minutes of the Wake Forest vs. UCLA game were not exactly poetry in motion, but it was still a handsome sight to see Wake Forest up 80-77 when the final buzzer sounded.
