Basketball is easy when the shots are falling. This game had 80 possessions, and we scored 1.13 points per possession. 90 points is great, but our offensive performance was actually better against SMU and Memphis. Our defense was also good in this one as we held Tulsa to 0.87 points per possession, our best performance of the conference season.
It was our best shooting performance of the year, but also a season worst 24% turnover rate. We turned it over on almost a quarter of our possessions, and the blame can be spread around since 6 players had multiple turnovers. We completely flopped on that key to the game, but great shooting more than compensated.
On defense we forced them into 27 midrange shots and held them to just 41% at the rim thanks to 8 blocks. Before the game I mentioned Darien Jackson gets to the rim a lot and converts 66% and he did exactly that with a 6-9 mark at the rim. Horne also had a good night with the outside shot falling, but we were able to shut down Draine and hold Griffin to an inefficient game featuring 10 midrange shots.
I liked the Ody and Hensley combo against an undersized opponent. They didn't do much on offense but had 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in 36 minutes. Koval also had a great game with 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, a steal, no turnovers, and 1-1 from three in just 13 minutes. And of course Davenport, DDJ, and Madsen combined for an insane 15-20 from three.
A lot to like about this game, and also some things to be concerned about when we make the trip to Tulsa in a few weeks
