I think the problem with Lyons is that he takes every shot without necessarily finding the best shot for him or the team, even when there is no need for him to take a shot. That's why he tends to have low assist numbers and low shooting percentages at times. He needs to figure out what the best shot is and play with more team spirit and consistency. Having said that, when he gets started he can get fired up really fast. Last night I saw him at warm ups and he got almost every shot. He was meant to have a good night but ETSU defenders knew that and guarded him well the whole night, and when he started getting hot from outside, BR took him out. I still don't understand why.
It is not always us. Sometimes our opponents are better and sometimes purely their size is not forgiving of mistakes in our coaching, our gameplans, or our performance. Last night I felt like I was re-watching the game @LSU. We were not taking the best shots, and that led to a lot of inaccurate shooting. That, paired with the opponent's great ability to go over us, because of their size, for the rebound, was the thing that led to our demise last night. I was just rewatching the game and no matter how well you guard someone like N'Guessan, or Armus, as soon as they get under the basket they can walk through guys like us. What I gathered from last night's game and from last week is that we need to really switch up our game against bigger teams. I don't know how, but we can't have them breeze through our defense to the basket. Both LSU and ETSU were incredibly good at shooting 3s, and I am not an expert to say how to fix that. I think we are playing as good as we can, but we need a better plan, because whatever we've been doing the past two games does not seem to be working against the big guys. Still, very proud of our guys and how they got where the are today. Hope we can leave these Ls in 2018, go Dins!
It is not always us. Sometimes our opponents are better and sometimes purely their size is not forgiving of mistakes in our coaching, our gameplans, or our performance. Last night I felt like I was re-watching the game @LSU. We were not taking the best shots, and that led to a lot of inaccurate shooting. That, paired with the opponent's great ability to go over us, because of their size, for the rebound, was the thing that led to our demise last night. I was just rewatching the game and no matter how well you guard someone like N'Guessan, or Armus, as soon as they get under the basket they can walk through guys like us. What I gathered from last night's game and from last week is that we need to really switch up our game against bigger teams. I don't know how, but we can't have them breeze through our defense to the basket. Both LSU and ETSU were incredibly good at shooting 3s, and I am not an expert to say how to fix that. I think we are playing as good as we can, but we need a better plan, because whatever we've been doing the past two games does not seem to be working against the big guys. Still, very proud of our guys and how they got where the are today. Hope we can leave these Ls in 2018, go Dins!
