-Mizzou gave up three offensive rebounds on MVSU's first possession of the half, leading to a putback. Dennis Gates had Aidan Shaw check in. MVSU got another board on the next trip down, leading to a foul. Shaw came in for Noah Carter. The rookie ended up leading the team in rebounds in the second. It should build up some more trust between Gates and Shaw. The team still got outrebounded by MVSU, who is not very good on the glass to begin with. I think we've seen enough to call this a definitive red flag.
-D'Moi Hodge helped the team finally start to pull away. He forced a steal on the sideline, leading to a layup for Kobe Brown, got another steal and gave the ball up to Isiaih Mosley, who missed on the fast break. Hodge got the offensive rebound and putback. Nick Honor got a steal on the next possession and Hodge finished in transition to push Mizzou ahead 50-40. Hodge just overflows with energy.
-The Tigers did a good job of adjusting on defense and slowing down Terry Collins. It helped the Collins picked up his fourth foul midway through the second half, but he only had two shots before then and missed both.
-Isiaih Mosley came alive in the second half and had his best game of the season. But most importantly, he looked like himself. That does involve a lot of iso scoring and possessions with only one or two passes, which doesn't necessarily mesh well with how Mizzou wants to play. But, man, did they need him tonight. It reminds me of the scene in Ted Lasso where (spoiler alert) all the coaches flip off Jamie as the signal that they need him to be selfish and stop making the extra pass. And Jamie goes and jukes out the entire other team for a game-winning goal. That's what this felt like. Gates might want Mosley to act as "the best passer on the team" most nights. But they needed him to be someone else tonight (which is also evidenced by the amount of turnovers Mosley had) and he came through.
-A big difference between the two halves was the assist-to-turnover ratio swinging back to the positive side of things. I would bet it'll be a key indicator of how well the Tigers are playing when they start going up against tougher teams.
-D'Moi Hodge helped the team finally start to pull away. He forced a steal on the sideline, leading to a layup for Kobe Brown, got another steal and gave the ball up to Isiaih Mosley, who missed on the fast break. Hodge got the offensive rebound and putback. Nick Honor got a steal on the next possession and Hodge finished in transition to push Mizzou ahead 50-40. Hodge just overflows with energy.
-The Tigers did a good job of adjusting on defense and slowing down Terry Collins. It helped the Collins picked up his fourth foul midway through the second half, but he only had two shots before then and missed both.
-Isiaih Mosley came alive in the second half and had his best game of the season. But most importantly, he looked like himself. That does involve a lot of iso scoring and possessions with only one or two passes, which doesn't necessarily mesh well with how Mizzou wants to play. But, man, did they need him tonight. It reminds me of the scene in Ted Lasso where (spoiler alert) all the coaches flip off Jamie as the signal that they need him to be selfish and stop making the extra pass. And Jamie goes and jukes out the entire other team for a game-winning goal. That's what this felt like. Gates might want Mosley to act as "the best passer on the team" most nights. But they needed him to be someone else tonight (which is also evidenced by the amount of turnovers Mosley had) and he came through.
-A big difference between the two halves was the assist-to-turnover ratio swinging back to the positive side of things. I would bet it'll be a key indicator of how well the Tigers are playing when they start going up against tougher teams.
