IVC 68 Rock Falls 53

Disappointing night in that our defense did not perform as it has in previous games this season. Offensively we did shoot 51% from the floor, but just 4-10 from the FT line. IVC made 17-27 from the FT line and shot 56% from the floor. We also had 20 turnovers compared to their 9. That alone is pretty tough to overcome. IVC only attempted 6 three's and didn't really need to as they beat us off the dribble repeatedly. Our closeouts were bad, allowing them to drive the ball into the paint. We did a decent job of getting one rotation to help, but the second rotation was always late often resulting in layups.

Offensively, when we took care of the ball we were fine. You just can't give it away 20 times against a good team like IVC. IVC outrebounded us 27-24. They had 10 offensive rebounds to our 6. Between turnovers and the offensive rebound margin, that is 15 more chances they had to get shots off. Again, everything else being equal this is very tough to overcome! Most of our losses this year have been due to poor shooting. Not the case in this one...turnovers and poor defense killed us!