Plain and simple Pitt had two chances on the road against mediocre teams to seal up a spot in the NCAAs and they didn't get it done. Very concerning.
With that said..lets take a peek at the box score and see who the main culprits are..
Mike Young was outstanding. That dude wanted to win today.
Mike shot 10/16 for 24 pts. Had 7 rebounds, tied for team high. He was 4/4 from the foul line.
Sheldon Jeter also brought it today. Sheldon was 4/9 from field for 12 pts and had 7 rebs. He was also 4/4 from the line.
The rest of the team...yikes.
The most well known stat is the obvious 0 for 11 from three. Inexcusable.
None of the guards on this team can make a shot.
From beyond the arc..
Chris Jones 0/2
James Robinson 0/2
Sterling Smith 0/3
Jamel Artis 0/2
Mike Young 0/1
Sheldon Jeter 0/1
Those were the 11 attempts from the outside. This falls entirely on Artis, Robinson, Jones, and Smith. One of them needs to step up and make a shot. They are all veteran players. Ridiculous.
Jamel Artis was 2/9 for the game. He finished with 6 pts. He had 0 rebounds. He had 3 turnovers. Simply put..he was terrible.
Ryan Luther inexplicably played only 6 minutes in the game. That is ridiculous and falls entirely on the coach.
Damon Wilson was also awful. He is overmatched. Damon was 0/4 from the field and scored 0 pts in 16 minutes.
Cameron Johnson did not play due to injury.
Maia and Nelson-Ododa logged 9 combined minutes and did not score. Maia had 2 rebounds.
James Robinson was his typical self. I am not going to harp on James for this loss. He is what he is. James finished 4/10 from the field. He had 9 pts. He logged 38 minutes. The one thing from James today was he was only 1/3 from the FT line.
The bottom line is this team is not that good. When not every single player on the team brings it..they can lose to anybody. Today Mike Young was about the only player to show up, at least stat wise. I thought Robinson and Jeter also brought it effort wise, but sometimes that isn't enough. Luther wasn't given a chance. And simply Artis was terrible as was the outside shooting. They also let Adam Smith shoot 5/7 from the outside and score 23 points. That was essentially the difference, as Smith was the only player in the whole game who made a 3 point shot..and he made 5 of them.
With that said..lets take a peek at the box score and see who the main culprits are..
Mike Young was outstanding. That dude wanted to win today.
Mike shot 10/16 for 24 pts. Had 7 rebounds, tied for team high. He was 4/4 from the foul line.
Sheldon Jeter also brought it today. Sheldon was 4/9 from field for 12 pts and had 7 rebs. He was also 4/4 from the line.
The rest of the team...yikes.
The most well known stat is the obvious 0 for 11 from three. Inexcusable.
None of the guards on this team can make a shot.
From beyond the arc..
Chris Jones 0/2
James Robinson 0/2
Sterling Smith 0/3
Jamel Artis 0/2
Mike Young 0/1
Sheldon Jeter 0/1
Those were the 11 attempts from the outside. This falls entirely on Artis, Robinson, Jones, and Smith. One of them needs to step up and make a shot. They are all veteran players. Ridiculous.
Jamel Artis was 2/9 for the game. He finished with 6 pts. He had 0 rebounds. He had 3 turnovers. Simply put..he was terrible.
Ryan Luther inexplicably played only 6 minutes in the game. That is ridiculous and falls entirely on the coach.
Damon Wilson was also awful. He is overmatched. Damon was 0/4 from the field and scored 0 pts in 16 minutes.
Cameron Johnson did not play due to injury.
Maia and Nelson-Ododa logged 9 combined minutes and did not score. Maia had 2 rebounds.
James Robinson was his typical self. I am not going to harp on James for this loss. He is what he is. James finished 4/10 from the field. He had 9 pts. He logged 38 minutes. The one thing from James today was he was only 1/3 from the FT line.
The bottom line is this team is not that good. When not every single player on the team brings it..they can lose to anybody. Today Mike Young was about the only player to show up, at least stat wise. I thought Robinson and Jeter also brought it effort wise, but sometimes that isn't enough. Luther wasn't given a chance. And simply Artis was terrible as was the outside shooting. They also let Adam Smith shoot 5/7 from the outside and score 23 points. That was essentially the difference, as Smith was the only player in the whole game who made a 3 point shot..and he made 5 of them.
