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Illinois 78, Nicholls State 70 OT POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Efrem Winters fan" data-source="post: 1493471" data-attributes="member: 746176"><p>I agree with this. As much as we had to play a very aggressive defensive style last year to force turnovers I thought there was a side benefit to our overall mental approach to the game and scrappiness. We were not diving for loose balls last night and were a bit TOO standoffish allowing guys like McClanahan too much space to operate. Our offense definitely suffered with Trent not being able to hit anything and Giorgi missing some bunnies (although he did make both of his three attempts). The glaring ugly stat was 23 turnovers - that will keep many lesser teams in the game even if you soundly beat them on the boards. When I watched the player interviews I literally thought Ayo was wearing a "Farting Illini" t-shirt. Maybe this is because of the bad font and my even worse eyesight but they did stink for a long stretch in the second half! Having said that they did find a way to win and that's what counts. They are still figuring things out and how to play together especially given Giorgi has a different role on the team. I'm not going to panic based on one game but they won't be able to get away with the sloppy play against Arizona, that's for sure!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Efrem Winters fan, post: 1493471, member: 746176"] I agree with this. As much as we had to play a very aggressive defensive style last year to force turnovers I thought there was a side benefit to our overall mental approach to the game and scrappiness. We were not diving for loose balls last night and were a bit TOO standoffish allowing guys like McClanahan too much space to operate. Our offense definitely suffered with Trent not being able to hit anything and Giorgi missing some bunnies (although he did make both of his three attempts). The glaring ugly stat was 23 turnovers - that will keep many lesser teams in the game even if you soundly beat them on the boards. When I watched the player interviews I literally thought Ayo was wearing a "Farting Illini" t-shirt. Maybe this is because of the bad font and my even worse eyesight but they did stink for a long stretch in the second half! Having said that they did find a way to win and that's what counts. They are still figuring things out and how to play together especially given Giorgi has a different role on the team. I'm not going to panic based on one game but they won't be able to get away with the sloppy play against Arizona, that's for sure! [/QUOTE]
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