Hey all...my apologies, a family thing came up at halftime of the game and I hade to run out and was unable to see the second half. Obviously can't do a write-up or any analysis under those circumstances.
Looking at the box score, a couple things stand out. Obviously, the three-point shooting, as Creighton shot 56% for the game and outscored Nova by 18 from beyond the arc. The other is the assist numbers for Nova...after assisting on a high number of their baskets the last two games, Nova managed just eight assists on 32 baskets Saturday. It didn't seem to inhibit the offense, as the Cats shot 50% overall and 40% from three, but an interesting shift in the recent trend nonetheless.
Here are some quotes from coach Neptune postgame:
“Hats off to Creighton. They did an unbelievable job. They had a great game plan, came in and did what they had to do. Scored the ball unbelievably, we just couldn’t get stops.”
“They’re a team that score a lot of different ways. They can hurt you inside and then they have great shooting from the outside. There’s really nothing they don’t have in their offensive package. They came out, they set the tone, they made some early ones. Some tough ones, but some that we wanted to take away that we didn’t. But I give them a lot of credit. They came in and made a lot of shots, especially early. I thought we had it going offensively as well, but we were just trading baskets and they outlasted us making shots.”
“I thought we got a lot of good stuff offensively. But I don’t know if that’s the best recipe just trying to outscore teams and not get stops. They shoot for the game 55% and 56% from three, that’s not a good recipe if you want to be a winning team.”
“We weren’t as connected as we need to be defensively. I don’t think it’s just one thing, it’s a million different details and they took advantage of all of them. They went to the offensive glass, they hurt us switching, they hurt us in the post. They did a great job.”
“They’re a complete team offensively and we didn’t do a good job of guarding them.”
Nova now gets an extended break before returning to action on New Year's Day at Butler.
Looking at the box score, a couple things stand out. Obviously, the three-point shooting, as Creighton shot 56% for the game and outscored Nova by 18 from beyond the arc. The other is the assist numbers for Nova...after assisting on a high number of their baskets the last two games, Nova managed just eight assists on 32 baskets Saturday. It didn't seem to inhibit the offense, as the Cats shot 50% overall and 40% from three, but an interesting shift in the recent trend nonetheless.
Here are some quotes from coach Neptune postgame:
“Hats off to Creighton. They did an unbelievable job. They had a great game plan, came in and did what they had to do. Scored the ball unbelievably, we just couldn’t get stops.”
“They’re a team that score a lot of different ways. They can hurt you inside and then they have great shooting from the outside. There’s really nothing they don’t have in their offensive package. They came out, they set the tone, they made some early ones. Some tough ones, but some that we wanted to take away that we didn’t. But I give them a lot of credit. They came in and made a lot of shots, especially early. I thought we had it going offensively as well, but we were just trading baskets and they outlasted us making shots.”
“I thought we got a lot of good stuff offensively. But I don’t know if that’s the best recipe just trying to outscore teams and not get stops. They shoot for the game 55% and 56% from three, that’s not a good recipe if you want to be a winning team.”
“We weren’t as connected as we need to be defensively. I don’t think it’s just one thing, it’s a million different details and they took advantage of all of them. They went to the offensive glass, they hurt us switching, they hurt us in the post. They did a great job.”
“They’re a complete team offensively and we didn’t do a good job of guarding them.”
Nova now gets an extended break before returning to action on New Year's Day at Butler.