billikenfan05 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: McMakins (and Clegg for that matter) both seem to be streaky players, they are either on or they are off. More consistency is needed, or awareness that when they aren’t hitting someone else needs to take the shots. In today’s game, McMakin was 2-14 in FG, 1-6 3pters, 7 total points, Clegg was 2-11, 1-8 3pters, 5 total points. When they are on they are really good. That wasn't my point. My point is she doesn't do herself any favors visually because she has an absolute garbage shot selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: That wasn't my point. My point is she doesn't do herself any favors visually because she has an absolute garbage shot selection. True, she needs to recognize that when she’s not shooting well, or doesn’t have a good shot, then she needs to pass to a teammate and work for a better shot from someone else. Overall her numbers aren’t bad, she’s shooting .348 overall, .327 for 3pt shots. But when she forces a shot sometimes that shot doesn’t even come close to the basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: True, she needs to recognize that when she’s not shooting well, or doesn’t have a good shot, then she needs to pass to a teammate and work for a better shot from someone else. Overall her numbers aren’t bad, she’s shooting .348 overall, .327 for 3pt shots. But when she forces a shot sometimes that shot doesn’t even come close to the basket. Her numbers are the definition of misleading. She is an absolute liability when she's off. There's a huge difference between a player who consistently game in and game out shoots 30% from three and a player who shoots 30% from 3 on the season but has great games or terrible games and no in between. I believe player A is the better player by a country mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: Her numbers are the definition of misleading. She is an absolute liability when she's off. There's a huge difference between a player who consistently game in and game out shoots 30% from three and a player who shoots 30% from 3 on the season but has great games or terrible games and no in between. I believe player A is the better player by a country mile. Sadly Clegg seems to be the same type of player… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Sadly Clegg seems to be the same type of player… and this team isn't good enough defensively to endure the 80% of games where they can't hit water from a boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Tillett bringing in Longwood players to win at the A10 level opens her up to immediate criticism much more than getting players from around the country in the portal or high school. FromDaEastSide likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: and this team isn't good enough defensively to endure the 80% of games where they can't hit water from a boat. I really don’t get the poor defense on this team. Defense should be better than this, continuing like this will not be a pleasant thing to watch. 10 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: Tillett bringing in Longwood players to win at the A10 level opens her up to immediate criticism much more than getting players from around the country in the portal or high school. Your point is well made, these are the players she brought over with her. Not a good first impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 And in another note, there was a 4th commitment to the Billikens this year, Mackenzie Hare committed in Nov 2021 with the other SLU freshman (recruited under Lisa Stone). With the coaching change she uncommitted, and on the same day Coach Tillett was hired by SLU signed with Marquette. She’s averaging 8.8 pts per game for them, three of her 6 games in double digits. While it looks like she has a lot to work on like all freshmen, she seems quite a prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: Tillett bringing in Longwood players to win at the A10 level opens her up to immediate criticism much more than getting players from around the country in the portal or high school. This was my whole off-season issue with her. We are not Longwood and we shouldn't try to be Longwood. A clean slate should mean a clean slate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 11 hours ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: This was my whole off-season issue with her. We are not Longwood and we shouldn't try to be Longwood. A clean slate should mean a clean slate. Don't you think she had lots of holes to fill and all this is her filling holes. Give her a couple years and we will see if she has a viable plan. MusicCityBilliken and slufanskip like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenbooster Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 And wasn't she hired somewhat late? Hopefully one or two of her staff are good recruiters. slufanskip likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Back in Fort Myers for Game #2. Mia Nicastro had a really nice 2nd half yesterday so heres hoping she can build on that performance. Also Flowers is such a nice player. It’s a shame she doesn’t get much help at all. Go Billikens! Beat Belmont! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 11-0 start for SLU, using pressing defense. Didn’t see that coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 After a 17-2 start, SLU has gone ice cold and trail 25-23. Missing terrible shots all over the court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Horrendous 2nd quarter. Belmont shot well but our interior defense was torched. When Flowers is subbed out, we can’t stop drives at all. From 15 up to 14 down at the half. 40-26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Attrocious 2nd quarter. Outscored 24-4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 After being down 23, SLU turned on full court press in the final 2 minutes and did very well cutting the lead to 11 at the end of the 3rd. McMakin hit a couple of terrific shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Good performance in the 4th quarter. Cut the lead to 6 and had a couple of opportunities to get it to 3. Much better fight today. Effort was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Belmont 78, SLU 68 3pters still a problem, 4-23. They did out rebound them today, 42-40. First time I can recall SLU doing that. Oh well, let’s see who will be there opponent tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Belmont is a good program, strong backcourt with Wells, Jones, and recent add Harvey. Back to back 12/5 NCAA Upsets. 7 straight NCAA's, 5 under Brooks, the former 11 year DePaul assistant. They've played some strong teams close thus far. ............... Re: Harbison, Cancun All Tourney highlights. (With 3 starters out for the season with injury, she'll be asked to carry the scoring often. It was a big loss for SLU: https://twitter.com/VandyWBB/status/1596567209731506178?t=wipeP9CMgSd40AMpqJ5SUQ&s=19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Wild 1st Q here in Fort Myers: SLU 18, Air Force 5. SLU holds AFA to 2-16 shooting. Hoping they can keep up this defensive intensity, playing their 3rd game in 3 days. slufanskip likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Really nice 1st half. SLU withstood an AFA run and are leading 38-23. Flowers was scoring at will when they could get her the ball. Nicastro picked up 3 fouls and hast been in the game much. McMakin had a nice offensive half, but jeez she is a turnover machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Billikens up 60-34 after 3 quarters. Nice to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 20 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Billikens up 60-34 after 3 quarters. Nice to see Every game this year is just going be a box of chocolates. slufanskip likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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