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FWST: TCU basketball survives inconsistent offensive night in victory over Illinois State

TopFrog

TopFrog

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TCU basketball survives inconsistent offensive night in victory over Illinois State

By Drew Davison

Desmond Bane brushed off any concern about the early-season scoring droughts that have become a troubling trend for TCU’s basketball team.

TCU saw a 13-point lead disappear midway through the second half on Tuesday night, but then rallied and pulled away for an 81-69 victory over Illinois State at Schollmaier Arena.

The final score looks good, of course, but it doesn’t account for the inconsistencies on offense. The Horned Frogs opened the game with a 3 minute, 40 second scoring drought, and also went through a stretch of scoring just three points in a 4 minute, 51 second stretch when the 13-point lead was erased in the second half.

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article237972269.html#storylink=cpy
 
TopFrog

TopFrog

Lifelong Frog
Those were my thoughts as I switched off the game last night, inconsistent offense, scoring drougths, poor shot selections, too many attempts from behind the arc, need more Bane.

But then I keep reminding myself this is a new team with guys still learning each other, chemistry, etc.

LeDee continues to become more more of a physical presence. What happened to Barlow? I wish we could be bigger and get inside more.

I also wonder how much better we would be if Kendric Davis was still here.
 
GuardianFrog

GuardianFrog

Tier 1
The emergence of Grayer is going to be a big key to our success to the rest of the season. If he can continue to give us 12-15 ppg, hit some threes, and get us steals and rebounds it will go a long way to having us competitive in B12 play. He is also hitting over 50% of his shots this year. Smith is still getting his footing like the rest of the freshmen, but it was good to see him drain a couple of first half 3s, even though he struggled the rest of the way.

USC is going to be a great early season test for us. Get to the game if you can.
 
R

Rose Bowl

Active Member
They must have been watching a different game than me. Our defense was awful and the offense was much better than it had been. I just wish we would let Des and Jaire take our three pointers.
 
Realtorfrog

Realtorfrog

Full Member
BrewingFrog said:
The other team shot some crazy percentage from 3pt, over 50%. Seemed like everything they threw at the basket went in.

The Frogs played a good game. Never lost their cool, played with confidence and poise.
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Yeah they didn’t have much going except the three pointers which will definitely keep you in games! Thought we played better, getting more comfortable together. Still need a PG to step up scoring wise but our two best are really young. Rebounded really well last night.
 
Frog Baller

Frog Baller

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BrewingFrog said:
The other team shot some crazy percentage from 3pt, over 50%. Seemed like everything they threw at the basket went in.

The Frogs played a good game. Never lost their cool, played with confidence and poise.
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All their 3's basically came from two players. They really only had those two players who could score. We need to get our defense locked down. Otherwise when we play a team that has some real depth at scoring we will be exposed.
 

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