My nature is to focus on the negatives since those are things that need to be corrected. 15 TOs is too many against a team of this caliber, especially 5 by Barber. The FT shooting is one of the few things you can evaluate regardless of opponent. 18-28 isn’t horrible, but it’s not spectacular either. However, when you point out that 4 of the missed FTs were from the Martin twins and a garbage minute player then the FTs look a lot better.
Most players have a significant jump in their FT% from their freshman to sophomore seasons, i.e. +7.5%. That is an area that needs significant improvement from Freeman, Washington and Anya if we are going to win close conference games. <50% FT shooting from the big men will cost us games.
Did we really get 20 offensive rebounds and 53 total rebounds?!? Were we playing Lilliputians?
