TAKEAWAYS FROM THE GAME
1) Huge contrast in rebounding from first half to the second half
- 1H: Offense- 2/20 (10%) Defense- 13/17 (76.5%)
- 2H/OT: Offense- 12/34 (35.3%) Defense- 16/20 (80.0%)
- Czinano (5), Stuelke (3), Davis (2) combined for 10 second half offensive rebounds
2) Free throw shooting has to improve and is expected to improve
- 11/20 (55%) in regulation and 17/30 (57%) for the game
- 54/81 (66.7%) on the season
- The team was 84.6% from the line last year. If they do that in regulation and shoot 17-18/20, they probably win by 8-10 points.
3) Rebounding was better, but the overall defense was not great.
- Too many times Drake was able to drive to the hoop, face cut or back cut to the hoop for passes
- 48 points in the paint allowed - 77.4% of their non-3pt/FT points came in the paint
- Thought Molly Davis played some good defense
- They did force Drake into 23 turnovers and turned that into 21 points - Molly Davis, Gabbie Marshall and McKenna Warnock each had three steals
4) McKenna Warnock needs more shots and Gabbie Marshall needs to start making shots
- Warnock is very quietly shooting 43.4% from behind the arc for her career and she was 3/5 Sunday. Need to find a way to get her more looks outside because she shoots it very well.
- On the other hand, Gabbie Marshall is 2/12 (16.6%) from outside and 5/19 (26.3%) from the floor. She has to get going.
5) Hannah Stuelke can be a key contributor off the bench, but won't be until she gets a little more controlled
- She is averaging a foul every 4:52 so far this year which means she will average 3 fouls over 15 minutes. Going to be hard to get her to the 20 minutes that Lisa Bluder thinks she can play if she fouls at that rate
- However, she is averaging 26.2 points and 17.0 rebounds per 40 minutes, including 5.0 offensive rebounds.
6) The team only turned it over 11 times yesterday and it led to just 9 Drake points. Second chance and points off turnover battle was won 33-17 by Iowa
7) Surprised Sydney Affolter and Taylor McCabe did not play a single minute of the game.
- Bluder said she thinks they will play more players in future close games, but it depends on the situation, how practice has been, etc
8) Drake is a good basketball team and they will be a contender in the MVC this year
- First tough environment, overtime, bad free throw shooting, Caitlin Clark shot 9/28 and the defense struggled to stop scoring in the paint and Iowa still found a way to win
- Iowa also shot 33/79 (41.8%) from the floor and 9/27 (33.3%) from 3pt range, which is below their 50.2% and 36.1% average a year ago.
- 13/20 meetings have been decided by 13 points or less. 5 of last 8 by single digits. Iowa has won 19/20, which means this game wasn't much different than the norm for the series.
Warren Nolan RPI site projected 76-71, so they did not expect Iowa to walk in and walk out with an easy win. Plenty of things to clean up of course, but certainly not a bad win to have in the third game of the season.
1) Huge contrast in rebounding from first half to the second half
- 1H: Offense- 2/20 (10%) Defense- 13/17 (76.5%)
- 2H/OT: Offense- 12/34 (35.3%) Defense- 16/20 (80.0%)
- Czinano (5), Stuelke (3), Davis (2) combined for 10 second half offensive rebounds
2) Free throw shooting has to improve and is expected to improve
- 11/20 (55%) in regulation and 17/30 (57%) for the game
- 54/81 (66.7%) on the season
- The team was 84.6% from the line last year. If they do that in regulation and shoot 17-18/20, they probably win by 8-10 points.
3) Rebounding was better, but the overall defense was not great.
- Too many times Drake was able to drive to the hoop, face cut or back cut to the hoop for passes
- 48 points in the paint allowed - 77.4% of their non-3pt/FT points came in the paint
- Thought Molly Davis played some good defense
- They did force Drake into 23 turnovers and turned that into 21 points - Molly Davis, Gabbie Marshall and McKenna Warnock each had three steals
4) McKenna Warnock needs more shots and Gabbie Marshall needs to start making shots
- Warnock is very quietly shooting 43.4% from behind the arc for her career and she was 3/5 Sunday. Need to find a way to get her more looks outside because she shoots it very well.
- On the other hand, Gabbie Marshall is 2/12 (16.6%) from outside and 5/19 (26.3%) from the floor. She has to get going.
5) Hannah Stuelke can be a key contributor off the bench, but won't be until she gets a little more controlled
- She is averaging a foul every 4:52 so far this year which means she will average 3 fouls over 15 minutes. Going to be hard to get her to the 20 minutes that Lisa Bluder thinks she can play if she fouls at that rate
- However, she is averaging 26.2 points and 17.0 rebounds per 40 minutes, including 5.0 offensive rebounds.
6) The team only turned it over 11 times yesterday and it led to just 9 Drake points. Second chance and points off turnover battle was won 33-17 by Iowa
7) Surprised Sydney Affolter and Taylor McCabe did not play a single minute of the game.
- Bluder said she thinks they will play more players in future close games, but it depends on the situation, how practice has been, etc
8) Drake is a good basketball team and they will be a contender in the MVC this year
- First tough environment, overtime, bad free throw shooting, Caitlin Clark shot 9/28 and the defense struggled to stop scoring in the paint and Iowa still found a way to win
- Iowa also shot 33/79 (41.8%) from the floor and 9/27 (33.3%) from 3pt range, which is below their 50.2% and 36.1% average a year ago.
- 13/20 meetings have been decided by 13 points or less. 5 of last 8 by single digits. Iowa has won 19/20, which means this game wasn't much different than the norm for the series.
Warren Nolan RPI site projected 76-71, so they did not expect Iowa to walk in and walk out with an easy win. Plenty of things to clean up of course, but certainly not a bad win to have in the third game of the season.
