#11 WVU (12/11/2020)

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

JJ Murray is the 🐐 

[greenminer]

[MeanGreenTexan]

Reese struggling today.

[Green Lantern]

Just now, MeanGreenTexan said:

Reese struggling today.

He’s killing us missing all those wide open looks.

[CMJ]

WVU 51 ---- NT 45

 

3:50 to go

 

Hanging in there.  Need one more run.

[Gibbz]

Zach Simmons vs. West Virginia is like if you put Britney Griner in a G-League game.

[BillySee58]

Just now, Green Lantern said:

He’s killing us missing all those wide open looks.

Not to mention missed a layup to start the game. He’s 5-31 (16%) in these last three games.

[Mean Green Matt]

We had our chances to win this game.

[Green Lantern]

3 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Not to mention missed a layup to start the game. He’s 5-31 (16%) in these last three games.

I’m confident he’ll come around but man it’s frustrating right now cause we really need him.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Just cannot hit from 3 at all today.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Ice cold now. Oh well, we didn't get killed by the 11 team in the country. Good effort 

Edited December 11, 2020 by UNT Texas Hooligan

[golfingomez]

tough game today, this team died by the 3 ball

[BillySee58]

2 minutes ago, Green Lantern said:

I’m confident he’ll come around but man it’s frustrating right now cause we really need him.

Exactly. We’ve seen him produce. But he can’t play like this if we want to do anything.

[CMJ]

WVU 62 ---- NT 50

 

Final

[Mean Green Matt]

47-30 deficit on rebounds is brutal.

[bstnsportsfan3]

James Reese doing his best Rosevelt Smart Impression. Great from 3 one year, terrible the next. 

[CMJ]

Great effort by us.  Hard to win though when you get dominated on the glass like that.

Edited December 11, 2020 by CMJ

[MeanGreenHoops]

Overall much improved. At least it didn't take until the 2nd half to start fighting like it did in the last few games.

Players helping us on the court:
Hamlet
Jones
Lewis
Bell (if he plays within himself)
Ousmane
Murray (if he doesn't shoot)

Players who aren't:
Reese
McBride
Simmons


 

[BillySee58]

4 minutes ago, MeanGreenHoops said:

Overall much improved. At least it didn't take until the 2nd half to start fighting like it did in the last few games.

Players helping us on the court:
Hamlet
Jones
Lewis
Bell (if he plays within himself)
Ousmane
Murray (if he doesn't shoot)

Players who aren't:
Reese
McBride
Simmons


 

Completely agree

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Definitely a frustrating loss, but we finally saw Hamlet break out of the early season shell. The older guys MUST contribute if we want to win conference. 
Love the intensity by Bell, and I thought Zach overall was a disappointment today but definitely not his worst. WVU is a very long and athletic team.

It’s clear we can play defense at an elite level, but rebounding has always been something I worry about. 
Luckily we have 2 clean up games before the final big test (maybe) in LSU!

Love this team, love the effort, love what they did after not even knowing about the game until yesterday, and can’t wait for conference! GMG

[GrandGreen]

This game was closer than the final score, not bad for playing away at the number 11 team in the country.

Hamlet finally looked like last years version of himself.

First game that Simmons was outplayed down low.   Another game that will toughen this team up for conference.  

I wish NT could play some of these type teams on a neutral site with unbiased refereeing. 
  

[GrandGreen]

7 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Completely agree

You agree that Simmons did not help us on the court.  He did not have one of his better games, but NT would have lost by over 20 if he had not played.

 

[Mean Green Matt]

3 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

This game was closer than the final score, not bad for playing away at the number 11 team in the country.

Hamlet finally looked like last years version of himself.

First game that Simmons was outplayed down low.   Another game that will toughen this team up for conference.  

I wish NT could play some of these type teams on a neutral site with unbiased refereeing. 
  

The referees didn’t cause us to shoot 20% from 3. 

[GrandGreen]

16 minutes ago, Mean Green Matt said:

The referees didn’t cause us to shoot 20% from 3. 

 

NT shot 21% and WVU 25% 3's, so I guess refereeing got to both teams. 

 

[BigWillie]

So first half against this team was great. I feel like that's the team we want to see.

The announcers said we started 1-3 last year and look how that ended. I aplaude Grant and the administration for getting this game done. It will only help us going into conference play. 

Overall, it sucks to lose, but the guys played fairly well against #11 in the country!