NIT Second Round: Hofstra

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Originally Posted by sedziobs

We did what we needed to do on the glass and outrebounded them 42-27. We got a lot of quality rim looks, with Ody and Lakhin combining to go 12-14. Nolley got to the free throw line 12 times and DDJ had 9 assists. MAW was our only player with multiple threes. In general the offense was working except for a couple periods of stagnant sets - we shouldn't be putting up more than 20 midrange shots.

The defensive effort was great in the second half. Estrada scored 18, but he needed 24 shots. The length of Skillings really bothered him. Lakhin and Ody played solid interior defense, holding them to 50% at the rim. Good balanced game, we scored 1.12 points per possession and held them to 0.92.

Hofstra reminded me of Tulane. Estrada was Cook. Thomas was Forbes. Dubar was Cross. Shut/slow those three down and the rest of the team is not going to threaten you.

It made me think that if we caught Tulane a third time this year that we would've beat them handily.

Aside from a few brief stretches where we ran bad offense and settled for bad midrange shots, I felt like I was watching a team who was running on all cylinders on both ends of the floor.