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Inside Georgia Basketball: Full-Court Press
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Episode 2
Inside Georgia Basketball - Full Court Press - Episode 2
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Next Opponent LSU:
“Beating a team twice is more difficult than is given credit, but that doesn’t make it any easier to bear the loss.
After a last-second 73-69 loss to Texas A&M, a team that LSU had beaten two weeks prior, guard Jordan Wright sat with his head in his hands.
“They came out with a chip on their shoulder,” said Wright, who had a team-leading 15 points. “We didn’t meet the challenge, we didn’t meet the physicality. So that’s something that we got to look in the mirror, and say, ‘Are we going to be the tougher team or are we just gonna fold over?’”
A&M won primarily because it played with more effort, which is what it’s done all year. The Aggies lead the nation in offensive rebounds for good reason.
Thanks to superior energy and positioning, A&M came up with loose balls and kept possessions alive, eventually finishing with 20 offensive rebounds and 27 second chance points; the Tigers had six and zero.
“They crashed really hard,” forward Jalen Reed said. “They sent a lot of people to the glass. Tonight, we just weren’t getting them. I really wish I had an answer for why.”
In the last matchup with A&M, LSU did an excellent job of rebounding as a team, with seven different players having three rebounds to total six more rebounds than the Aggies. That effort was missing in the rematch.
Texas A&M also played its preferred brand of offense in the second half, running through guard Wade Taylor IV, one of the frontrunners for Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.
Limited by foul trouble, Taylor had zero points in the first half before being unleashed in the second half for 19 points and six assists.
Taylor and Tyrece Radford have taken almost 60% of A&M’s shot attempts during SEC play, and that trend continued. Radford added 15 points of his own on Saturday.
LSU fought back to match A&M’s efforts for much of the second half and had the ball down 72-69 with a chance to tie in the final seconds.
However, A&M’s defense out of the timeout caused LSU to move on from its original play and settle for a difficult Jalen Cook 3-pointer that was off, essentially ending the game.
LSU’s offense ran smoothly for most of the game, but the Tigers made two of their last 11 shots, getting bogged down in isolation offense instead of the ball movement that had worked well for them before.
“Too much dribbling,” head coach Matt McMahon said. “Couple of zero-pass possessions… That played into their hands there.”
“As older guards, older players on this team we gotta do a better job of making sure we execute our entire set,” Wright said of his and Cook’s shot selection late in the game. “We didn’t even allow them to run clock, we didn’t even let our play develop.”
Cook in particular has struggled with taking consistently high-quality shots, and he’s now made less than 40% of his shots in four out of five SEC games. His playmaking has also taken a dip, with just two assists and 14 turnovers in his last three games.
Bad habits like those caused the game to get away from LSU in crunch time.
The Tigers also suffered from a missed opportunity to pull ahead in the first half, when Taylor played only six minutes after collecting two early fouls.
With Taylor absent, the rest of the Aggies stepped up.
A&M has been the worst team in the SEC in terms of 3-point percentage, which caused LSU to strategically give the Aggies space to shoot and instead focus their defense on the paint, where the Tigers would collapse on A&M’s drives.
The Aggies responded with uncharacteristically sharp shooting, as they shot 6-for-13 from distance in the first half without Taylor, the team’s best shooter.
In the second half, Taylor was cut loose, and there was an immediate difference. Taylor scored or assisted on eight of A&M’s first 11 field goals of the half.
Texas A&M players not named Wade Taylor cooled off considerably in the second half, combining to shoot nine of 25, including 0-for-11 from 3-point range. By that time, though, it didn’t matter; Taylor was back to his routine dominance.
LSU’s defense generally lacked its usual sharpness, as it once again committed too many fouls and also came up with only one steal, well short of its SEC-leading average of 9.8 per game.
The Tigers’ effort was nearly enough to win, but A&M ultimately came out on top by playing its brand of basketball.
The experience of being in a close game with a tough team will be a valuable one for LSU as it moves forward, although the late-game offensive execution is certainly cause for concern and will need to be addressed.
For now, LSU will prepare to travel to face Georgia on Wednesday, in a game that could once again be a fight to the end.”
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Inside Georgia Basketball: Full-Court Press
Series
2 Episodes
Episode 2
Inside Georgia Basketball - Full Court Press - Episode 2
Watch - University of Georgia Athletics
Next Opponent LSU:
“Beating a team twice is more difficult than is given credit, but that doesn’t make it any easier to bear the loss.
After a last-second 73-69 loss to Texas A&M, a team that LSU had beaten two weeks prior, guard Jordan Wright sat with his head in his hands.
“They came out with a chip on their shoulder,” said Wright, who had a team-leading 15 points. “We didn’t meet the challenge, we didn’t meet the physicality. So that’s something that we got to look in the mirror, and say, ‘Are we going to be the tougher team or are we just gonna fold over?’”
A&M won primarily because it played with more effort, which is what it’s done all year. The Aggies lead the nation in offensive rebounds for good reason.
Thanks to superior energy and positioning, A&M came up with loose balls and kept possessions alive, eventually finishing with 20 offensive rebounds and 27 second chance points; the Tigers had six and zero.
“They crashed really hard,” forward Jalen Reed said. “They sent a lot of people to the glass. Tonight, we just weren’t getting them. I really wish I had an answer for why.”
In the last matchup with A&M, LSU did an excellent job of rebounding as a team, with seven different players having three rebounds to total six more rebounds than the Aggies. That effort was missing in the rematch.
Texas A&M also played its preferred brand of offense in the second half, running through guard Wade Taylor IV, one of the frontrunners for Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.
Limited by foul trouble, Taylor had zero points in the first half before being unleashed in the second half for 19 points and six assists.
Taylor and Tyrece Radford have taken almost 60% of A&M’s shot attempts during SEC play, and that trend continued. Radford added 15 points of his own on Saturday.
LSU fought back to match A&M’s efforts for much of the second half and had the ball down 72-69 with a chance to tie in the final seconds.
However, A&M’s defense out of the timeout caused LSU to move on from its original play and settle for a difficult Jalen Cook 3-pointer that was off, essentially ending the game.
LSU’s offense ran smoothly for most of the game, but the Tigers made two of their last 11 shots, getting bogged down in isolation offense instead of the ball movement that had worked well for them before.
“Too much dribbling,” head coach Matt McMahon said. “Couple of zero-pass possessions… That played into their hands there.”
“As older guards, older players on this team we gotta do a better job of making sure we execute our entire set,” Wright said of his and Cook’s shot selection late in the game. “We didn’t even allow them to run clock, we didn’t even let our play develop.”
Cook in particular has struggled with taking consistently high-quality shots, and he’s now made less than 40% of his shots in four out of five SEC games. His playmaking has also taken a dip, with just two assists and 14 turnovers in his last three games.
Bad habits like those caused the game to get away from LSU in crunch time.
The Tigers also suffered from a missed opportunity to pull ahead in the first half, when Taylor played only six minutes after collecting two early fouls.
With Taylor absent, the rest of the Aggies stepped up.
A&M has been the worst team in the SEC in terms of 3-point percentage, which caused LSU to strategically give the Aggies space to shoot and instead focus their defense on the paint, where the Tigers would collapse on A&M’s drives.
The Aggies responded with uncharacteristically sharp shooting, as they shot 6-for-13 from distance in the first half without Taylor, the team’s best shooter.
In the second half, Taylor was cut loose, and there was an immediate difference. Taylor scored or assisted on eight of A&M’s first 11 field goals of the half.
Texas A&M players not named Wade Taylor cooled off considerably in the second half, combining to shoot nine of 25, including 0-for-11 from 3-point range. By that time, though, it didn’t matter; Taylor was back to his routine dominance.
LSU’s defense generally lacked its usual sharpness, as it once again committed too many fouls and also came up with only one steal, well short of its SEC-leading average of 9.8 per game.
The Tigers’ effort was nearly enough to win, but A&M ultimately came out on top by playing its brand of basketball.
The experience of being in a close game with a tough team will be a valuable one for LSU as it moves forward, although the late-game offensive execution is certainly cause for concern and will need to be addressed.
For now, LSU will prepare to travel to face Georgia on Wednesday, in a game that could once again be a fight to the end.”
https://www.lsureveille.com/sports/...cle_27743c74-b7f7-11ee-8d37-af4247a1c373.html
2025 2024? Recruiting
Joson Sanon, the No. 11 overall recruit in 2025, tells me he will take an official visit to Georgia on Feb. 17-19.
2025 Recruiting
