Girls lose another heartbreaker
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Tough loss. They actually played like the better team tonight. Have to keep fighting.
Went cold in the 4th Q and OT. Had a chance for the win at the buzzer. If they score just 6 points in the 4th Q, they win...
Missed a staggering 56 field goals!
Hope they can stay positive through this tough season...
Go Pitt.
Missed a staggering 56 field goals!
Hope they can stay positive through this tough season...
Go Pitt.
The amazing thing tonight, OK there were a couple of them, is that Pitt somehow managed to get 27 offensive rebounds. I watched the 4th quarter and overtime, and there were two or three times that Pitt got four offensive rebounds on a possession. And came away with no points every time.
The other amazing thing is that somehow Pitt led by three points at the end of the third, only made two shots and three foul shots in the 4th and somehow still managed to get the game to overtime. And in overtime Pitt made one shot, which means that in the 4th quarter and overtime Pitt went 3-25 from the field. And still had a chance to win until late in the overtime.
Here were Pitt's shooting numbers by quarter:
1st: 4-21, 19.0%
2nd: 8-16, 50.0%
3rd: 7-16, 43.8%
4th: 2-17, 11.8%
OT: 1-8, 12.5%
Pitt missed seven shots in overtime and got the offensive rebound on four of them.
Clemson tied the game with just over a minute left in regulation. Pitt turned the ball over on their next possession. Clemson missed and Pitt got the rebound with about 25 second left and called timeout to be able to advance the ball. They then had to call another timeout because they couldn't get the ball in (it really probably should have been a five second call). But Pitt turned the ball over again with 2.7 seconds left, and Clemson called timeout to advance the ball. They threw a pass towards the basket that their player couldn't catch and tipped out of bounds, Pitt ball with 0.7 on the clock. Again, a timeout to advance the ball.The first inbounds pass attempt got knocked right back out of bounds, so there were 0.4 seconds left. Emy Hayford threw a good pass to the hoop that Rita Igbokwe caught and got a point blank shot off, but she missed it.
Pitt made their only basket of the overtime relatively early in the period (around 4:00) to take a one point lead. And then the backbreaker, Clemson gets a three at the shot clock buzzer from a player who had only made one three all season before that shot. Instead of up one with the ball we were down two, and we just weren't making any shots so we couldn't get back into the lead.
I don't know why, of even if there was a reason, but almost all of the shots that Pitt missed when I was watching were short. Which can be a sigh of tired legs, but they hadn't played since last Thursday, so I don't know. Maybe just one of those things.
The other amazing thing is that somehow Pitt led by three points at the end of the third, only made two shots and three foul shots in the 4th and somehow still managed to get the game to overtime. And in overtime Pitt made one shot, which means that in the 4th quarter and overtime Pitt went 3-25 from the field. And still had a chance to win until late in the overtime.
Here were Pitt's shooting numbers by quarter:
1st: 4-21, 19.0%
2nd: 8-16, 50.0%
3rd: 7-16, 43.8%
4th: 2-17, 11.8%
OT: 1-8, 12.5%
Pitt missed seven shots in overtime and got the offensive rebound on four of them.
Clemson tied the game with just over a minute left in regulation. Pitt turned the ball over on their next possession. Clemson missed and Pitt got the rebound with about 25 second left and called timeout to be able to advance the ball. They then had to call another timeout because they couldn't get the ball in (it really probably should have been a five second call). But Pitt turned the ball over again with 2.7 seconds left, and Clemson called timeout to advance the ball. They threw a pass towards the basket that their player couldn't catch and tipped out of bounds, Pitt ball with 0.7 on the clock. Again, a timeout to advance the ball.The first inbounds pass attempt got knocked right back out of bounds, so there were 0.4 seconds left. Emy Hayford threw a good pass to the hoop that Rita Igbokwe caught and got a point blank shot off, but she missed it.
Pitt made their only basket of the overtime relatively early in the period (around 4:00) to take a one point lead. And then the backbreaker, Clemson gets a three at the shot clock buzzer from a player who had only made one three all season before that shot. Instead of up one with the ball we were down two, and we just weren't making any shots so we couldn't get back into the lead.
I don't know why, of even if there was a reason, but almost all of the shots that Pitt missed when I was watching were short. Which can be a sigh of tired legs, but they hadn't played since last Thursday, so I don't know. Maybe just one of those things.
Felt like the men's game against Louisville. Led the entire game pretty much and then went cold at the end. Just seemed to run out of gas.
Definite parallels between the men’s and women’s teams as they both try to return from oblivion.
Both can play decent defense. But too much poor shooting, poor decisions with the ball, playing out of control... Mistakes typical of young players trying to play fast...
(I’m thinking the women may have found their dominant center (Rita Igbokwe) before the men...
. )
Go Pitt.
Both can play decent defense. But too much poor shooting, poor decisions with the ball, playing out of control... Mistakes typical of young players trying to play fast...
(I’m thinking the women may have found their dominant center (Rita Igbokwe) before the men...
. )Go Pitt.
I watched the second half. They continue to hustle and give 100%. I like
the effort and realize it's a total rebuild with primarily first year players.
However, this is one game they should have won. Clemson is not good
in the ACC. The talent level difference for a change was not all that
great. I thought we could have won it a number of different times, but
apparently we aren't experienced enough yet to close out the opposition
at game's end. Does that sound like anything we've heard or seen
before?...... (men's program).
I previously thought they'd win maybe two ACC games, with Clemson
being one of the wins. The scedule looks decidedly harder here on out.
Maybe they can surprise us with an upset or two.
the effort and realize it's a total rebuild with primarily first year players.
However, this is one game they should have won. Clemson is not good
in the ACC. The talent level difference for a change was not all that
great. I thought we could have won it a number of different times, but
apparently we aren't experienced enough yet to close out the opposition
at game's end. Does that sound like anything we've heard or seen
before?...... (men's program).
I previously thought they'd win maybe two ACC games, with Clemson
being one of the wins. The scedule looks decidedly harder here on out.
Maybe they can surprise us with an upset or two.
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