*** Official Jackson State vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Defense was better, liked what I seen from Walker, still want to see more Foster, I can't wait to have Tre back.
You’d think in a game like this Walker could at least run PG a few times up the floor. He can’t be that much of a liability against a team like Jack State. Same goes for Harris.
Bolton isn’t a natural PG, but played the entire game against WVU and most of this game. At some point he won’t be available and you need to know what Harris, Walker, etc. can do.
I’m only critical of Solo when he plays 25+ minutes and doesn’t rebound. Second half he started rebounding and blocking shots. Those are the kind of stat lines that makes sitting Foster make sense.
Who are our PG's then? I'm thinking Tre Jackson (out till Jan.). Is he a PG, maybe our only one? Why is that; don't most teams carry two PG's? And we obviously have not recruited too well with pure shooters. We were only 4/13 on 3's today, 30% I think.
I think Walker will develop into a decent PG. Its his natural position he is just playing off the ball right now.
Coaches were ticked that he dribbled across the half-court line, picked up his dribble, got double-teamed, and turned the ball over. Went with Walker and stuck with him when he played well.
Was the offense just bad or what happened there? Glad the defense appeared to be better. The have moved up about twenty or so spots on KP on defense the last couple game and went down nearly 30 spots on offense.
Our offense lacks identity, and it doesn't help that we don't have any consistent shooters.
A ton of turnovers by both teams, which is normal for us. Apart from that, I thought for the most part our game pace was pretty slow except for small spurts. Lot of shot clock usage and time-taking.
That said, offensive execution was still generally poor, we just out-talented JSU for the most part. I did honestly think the defensive efforts were pretty decent as the game went on, though.
It appears to me some of it has to do with the usual bad shot selection. Bolton seems to shoot pretty well when he takes a 3 in the flow of the offense, same for Harris, but when they just chuck one up going one on one or before even making a pass, it tends to be way off. Johnson has horrible shot selection as well. I hope Jackson can make it back at some point. He shot really well in conference last year.
I'm no coach, but it's my uneducated opinion that Johnson should have his minutes heavily regulated until he defines a more clear role. Right now he's just a possession-losing machine either through poor shooting, tons of turnovers or both at once. We have enough guys now that can give us 6-10 points on <50% shooting and 5+ turnovers in a game, we certainly don't need more of them playing. I don't really see what he makes us better at being on the floor (defense maybe? He's pretty aggressive and active, I guess). I do think it will help to have Jackson back, but we never know what he's going to look like on return since it's a knee ailment IIRC. Hopefully he's tip-top and back to form.
A positive was that Prohm is appeared to sit guys that were ineffective and let the freshman have a go. Hopefully Walker and Blackwell can't get some confidence and start clicking.
