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That cold stretch killed us, and they're very well-coached and efficient offensively. Need to shoot well in the 2nd and just be physical. Don't worry too much about fouling; don't be dumb, but be physical, crash the boards, and get all over them defensively. That has to be our identity but we can beat teams like this.
Nick isn't as good as Gillespie but take him off the Villanova team and wonder what the difference would be. Stewart has been fine for us, but Nick is a lot better and also takes the ballhandling pressure off Carter.
V is an elite passing and shooting team though. Tough to stop when they've got it working
We only have 5 turnovers, so that's not an issue in this particular game. We are just missing a lot of shots, Carter in particular is 1-7. We have to score to win. But the game isn't over yet, we can make a run
This game is a great barometer for us. Shows us that we can hang with a top team, but still have a ways to go til March. The good news for us......it's only November and we get Nick back at the end of December
That 3 before half was huge and unfortunately typical .