Stanford 71 WSU 56

[ElComanche]

The cougs were only down by 3 at halftime. Hawkinson rebounded very well 15 rbs. but shot poorly from the field. Lacy shot horribly both from the field and at the FT stripe The one was winnable as railey played well but the cougs inconsistency and immaturity again showed up big time. Cal is next

 

[California Coug]

Cougs had a double digit lead early. Poor shooting really did the team in. Way too many fouls called in this game. Listened to the Stanford radio broadcast - they kept saying how poorly Lacy was shooting (he couldn't even hit from the free throw line). The announcers also said how the Cougs good free throw shooting percentage could be attributed to having the softest home rims by far in the league by far.

Go Cougs!!!

 

[YakiCoug]

Teams that shoot around 60 percent on FTs generally don't win much (WSU was 24 for 39). Combine that with 14 of 43 from the field and you get a loss (Hawkinson was 0-7 and Lacy was 3 of 9, and ZERO of 5 from 3 point land).

 

[longtimecoug]

Originally posted by YakiCoug:
Teams that shoot around 60 percent on FTs generally don't win much (WSU was 24 for 39). Combine that with 14 of 43 from the field and you get a loss (Hawkinson was 0-7 and Lacy was 3 of 9, and ZERO of 5 from 3 point land).

the team still has the same problem it has had for the past several years, they can't shoot

 

[YakiCoug]

Originally posted by longtimecoug:

Originally posted by YakiCoug:
Teams that shoot around 60 percent on FTs generally don't win much (WSU was 24 for 39). Combine that with 14 of 43 from the field and you get a loss (Hawkinson was 0-7 and Lacy was 3 of 9, and ZERO of 5 from 3 point land).

the team still has the same problem it has had for the past several years, they can't shoot

With all the publicity regarding Hawkinson's improvement, the question remains: can he continue this level of performance against conference opponents? There are doubts after the Stanford game. But a lot of games remain. It was encouraging to see WSU actually build a 10-point lead and later trail by only three at the half without any significant scoring from Hawkinson and Lacy.

 

[bogusto]

I've seen enough to convince me Hawkinson is the real deal, but just like with any good player, they need production from their teammates to supplement their efforts and take some pressure off.

 

[SaveFerris]

We still lack a primary scorer (or 2) and that forces Lacy and Hawkinson into offensive roles beyond their ability. It's hard to know what they are going to get from Iroegbu and Johnson because they are so inconsistent even within a game and Redding/Dunbar look like freshmen at the point forcing Iroegbu over to the point and out of position.

It does look like if Railey can stay on the floor he's a significant upgrade over Longrus although both have improved. Maybe Railey reverts back to his old ways but he did some nice things but picks up bad fouls that take him off the court. I also think his presence helps Hawkinson as well.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

Originally posted by YakiCoug:

Originally posted by longtimecoug:

Originally posted by YakiCoug:
Teams that shoot around 60 percent on FTs generally don't win much (WSU was 24 for 39). Combine that with 14 of 43 from the field and you get a loss (Hawkinson was 0-7 and Lacy was 3 of 9, and ZERO of 5 from 3 point land).

the team still has the same problem it has had for the past several years, they can't shoot

With all the publicity regarding Hawkinson's improvement, the question remains: can he continue this level of performance against conference opponents? There are doubts after the Stanford game. But a lot of games remain. It was encouraging to see WSU actually build a 10-point lead and later trail by only three at the half without any significant scoring from Hawkinson and Lacy.

He had a terrific game today.

As much as I was disappointed with Bone's terrible recruiting. Hawk is one guy that Bone got and should deserve great credit for that. Just wonder why he didn't develop him more last season.