Wags wrote: Won't matter anymore by the time they play their next home game (unless by then, it's a continued trend from last night). And, my question was kind of rhetorical anyway, as I sort of already know the answer: they think they are a better perimeter 3-point shooting team than they are (8th in the CAA at 33.3%). They're at their best when they attack & get to the line often and when they are disciplined enough to take higher percentage mid-range shots or when they score in the paint.
I don't see it like that per se. I actually think we're a solid 3 point shooting team from a talent standpoint, and it drives me nuts when we go though these long stretches essentially abandoning the perimeter shot. Our shot selection overall has been horrible though and the fact that Buie has to be our go-to guy has hurt the offense's ability to get good looks from the perimeter.
I re-watched our offensive possessions from the game last night. Gotta give UNCW credit, they were clever. They opened up in a 2-3, and we took a 10 point lead. They switched to man for a few possessions, then at the under 12, they started with the half court trap to man to man, but inside 15 seconds, if we started to dribble penetrate, they went back to the zone, and collapsed inside. They reversed that (zone to man) in the last 5 mins of the game. We were getting open looks on the perimeter but we couldn't get the ball there, we looked a little confused and tried to force it too often. We have so rarely made the extra pass that W&M and Northeastern always make to get the good look.
It hurts us that we don't have a big man who can effectively move the ball from the paint. That was Roks best quality, Taylor wasn't bad either. Coburn, Pemba, and Ray have not moved the ball well either, lots of iso. When Buie has to take over, we get a lot of that iso ball and reckless shots. I think we need to abandon uptempo a little bit, and run an offense where we pass the ball more frequently so we can properly utilize Coburn, Ray, and Pemberton's ability to hit the perimeter shot. Not sure we have the personnel this year to get this offense really rolling though.