Final score: Murray 79 State Bradley 72

[ManMythLegend]

Turning the ball over like that and shooting 60% from the line (and 20% from 3) isn't going to win you a lot of games. Need to protect the ball and hit the gimmies if we are going to turn it around.

 

[Dubl R 1]

Turning the ball over like that and shooting 60% from the line (and 20% from 3) isn't going to win you a lot of games. Need to protect the ball and hit the gimmies if we are going to turn it around.

our defense awful as well

 

[Big Mike]

This FT shooting is really pissing me off.
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[Bradley8792]

I think a nationally ranked team should be able to shoot better than 53% from the line.

 

[BradleyBiz]

Apparently we did not learn from last year. We are over-defending too far from the basket and they have been burning us on the drive all night. Deserve to lose this game.

 

[KillerB]

Is Burch hurt?

 

[ManMythLegend]

I hope these guys are embarrassed with their free throw shooting tonight. I know I am. Murray State deserved the W and we did not.

 

[BradleyBiz]

Maybe Murray can teach us how to shoot FTs.

 

[OhRotanes]

9/17 on free throws. Every year we are terrible at free throws

 

[Da Coach]

Murray State shoots 53% and wins 79-72- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=486098

Other MVC results- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/seasontype/2/group/18

 

[Stryker]

Terrible D and FT. If I was Wardle there would be 500 FT attempts after every practice by all the players that got minutes this year so far.

 

[Big Mike]

Tonight....outcoached, did not play smart, stupid fouls having nothing to do with the play. Ellis should not be getting the minutes of Burch...Atlason should only shoot 3's and quit trying to drive, not athletic enough...terrible loss...

 

[BUfan17]

Free throws combined with bad defense lost this game. We missed a lot of possible points by not making free throws.

 

[Dubl R 1]

Man there really is no excuse for that loss.
1 our defense was awful
2. offense was stagnant
3. had several players not even show up (Burch, atlasson)
4. we fouled way too much
5. wrong personnel in at the end
6. outhustled
7. Horrific free throw shooting

man that was hard to watch. We do that against Indiana st we lose by 30

murray St is not a good team.

Man did we give this away

 

[BRAVE82]

Free Throw % even worse when you consider all of the missed one and bonus. Burch must be injured.

 

[BengalFan]

Who should have been in at the end?

 

[Big Mike]

Whatever happened to Deen...last 3 games he looks ordinary....over dribbling with no sense of shot clock...lazy passes...

 

[Big Mike]

At least Meta looks like he is improving.....will still make freshman type mistakes but makes up on screens, scores and maybe our best FT shooter....:mrgreen:

 

[ManMythLegend]

Who should have been in at the end?

I don't think Ellis has proved himself to be in during crunch time. I wasn't a fan of that but I'm just a fan, I'm sure coach had his reasons.

 

[ManMythLegend]

At least Meta looks like he is improving.....will still make freshman type mistakes but makes up on screens and maybe our best FT shooter....:mrgreen:

I saw two positives tonight...
1. Meta keeps taking baby steps
2. We still had a chance despite how poorly we played and how well Murray State shot the ball.

Had to find something positive or I would have smashed my TV...