Rock Falls 63 Hall 47

This game was a struggle for us throughout even though the final may not indicate it. We did a very poor job making adjustments defensively on the night. We kept pinching the high post really hard even though Hall wasn't using the high post. Then when they skipped the ball over to shooters on the weak side we were a step slow closing out every time. Give Hall credit, they knocked down shot after shot, finishing 6 of 11 from 3-Point range. We talked about cheating out on the perimeter until they started using the high post at half-time and then several times throughout the second half. It's frustrating when we have to repeat simple requests over and over again.

Tevin Rumley had a great night for us finishing with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. His performance rating was a +22 on the night (we were +60 as a team). Shay Brown finished with a +16 performance rating on the night. He had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals,2 assists and no turnovers. Dylan Austin had 13 points, Matt Lauts added 12 and Jake Junis added 11. We had assists on 16 of our 27 FG which is just short of our 60% goal (59.3%). Gordo Barron led us with 4 assists. Gordo and Shay Brown each had 3 steals.

We shot 74% from 2-Point Range (25 of 34) but just 18% from 3-Point range (2-11). If we are shooting that high of a percentage we are getting shots in the paint and really shouldn't be shooting 11 three's... we just didn't need them. Combine that with 16 turnovers and you see why we had a tough time putting Hall away. I do think our depth wore them down a bit down the stretch. I guess we can't complain too much about a 16 point road win in the conference. One thing that is really important right now is keeping Jake Junis out of foul trouble. That has happened way too much this season and has really limited his minutes.