Gameday - Villanova

[nomar33]

Good News:

Toughest team we will play
We can still play Defense

Bad News;

Still too predictable - Zaria and Fisher don't seem to want to get others involved
Still can't shoot
Didn't rebound

[Shot Blocker]

Other than Shazer we did NOT look good.

[shooter]

Nobody else besides Krick even wanted to touch the ball, and she wanted it too much. This is not attractive basketball at all.

[justafan]

Nov 7, 2022 20:56:36 GMT -5 shooter said:

Nobody else besides Krick even wanted to touch the ball, and she wanted it too much. This is not attractive basketball at all.

While the second half was ugly, for sure, I thought that both Tompkins and Piddock were aggressive, and in fact did want the ball...and tried to do something with it when they had it. They didn't look at like freshmen in their first game at all.

[bjorkmaneb7]

18 turnovers- 2 assists. Not going to win many games with those numbers. Starting PG -0 assists and 7 turnovers.

[tg28]

Watched the game when I got home. Seemed to me that a lot of potential open shots were passed up, maybe because some of the players missed on their first attempt or two, and were too tentative to try again. Shooters need to have a short memory. Eventually, those shots will fall. All of these players were good players in high school, maybe even the stars of their respective teams, they know the game, just need to up the confidence level that they had in high school.

[shooter]

I agree. I don't care if you miss open shots if they're good shots - but if you're afraid to shoot you may as well quit basketball IMO.

[foxfanatic]

Not gonna judge to much on this game. This is a solid Nova team and so many new pieces. Yes there's a lot to work on but we saw their potential in Q1. Hopefully they continue to grow

[oldfox]

Nov 7, 2022 20:46:08 GMT -5 nomar33 said:

Good News:

Toughest team we will play
We can still play Defense

Bad News;

Still too predictable - Zaria and Fisher don't seem to want to get others involved
Still can't shoot
Didn't rebound

Fisher and Shazer shot 40%. The rest of the team shot 8% (2-25). I wouldn’t have passed the ball to any of them either.

[tlippy15]

Piddock will be a phenomenal PG here. Tompkins will be a star as well. She can get to the hoop with ease it seems. I was impressed with Croker's intensity as well.

[oldfox]

Nov 8, 2022 13:15:02 GMT -5 foxfanatic said:

Not gonna judge to much on this game. This is a solid Nova team and so many new pieces. Yes there's a lot to work on but we saw their potential in Q1. Hopefully they continue to grow

Agreed. Other than Fisher, Shazer and at times, Piddock. Marist was totally over matched. The size, strength and talent level of the Wildcats over the Foxes was pretty obvious. No where was it more obvious than in rebounding. I thought Marist gave great effort, discipline, and never got down on themselves, but it doesn’t matter when you are getting out jumped by a wide margin.

Penn, picked 5th in the Ivy League, should be anything but the mismatch Villanova was and should give us the first of many chances to evaluate the Marist team against like competition.

Zaria seems to have taken the next step in her development and her ability to score in the paint against the best front court will see all season was impressive indeed. Fisher was good enough in the first quarter to force Nova to try to trap her after that. Piddock did more than hold her own in her first game. Played with skill and poise you wouldn’t necessarily expect from a freshman in their first game against an opponent with high expectations. In fact, I thought all 3 freshman looked like they belonged.

[oldfox]

Well done game story from Center Field. The photo which accompanies the story could be meme for the game. LOL. Villanova Game Story