St. Thomas He wiped his hands, removed the towel heading to the free throw line. She remained ninety-six in the latest meetings in the face of Crossstown-a game, in modern memory, which presented itself to the late game championships on this very solid wood. USC He won five of six here UclaThus, the entire Galen Center is now filled with anxious delirium, and more magic expects competition.
Thomas had just withdrew a pivotal recovery in the traffic on the other side, where he drew a mistake that could put USC in front of the University of California in Los Angeles after a full night that spent a claw towards that end. At the present time, the great striker fled to the rafters in the square, both of whom were in his hands in a fist. But now Thomas stood up with his right finger on the tape, as he hardened himself for the largest free throws in the USC season so far. He took a deep breath.
He went his first free throw, and assembly of the back iron. Thomas took a deep breath. Then, the second was shook.
After less than 30 seconds, SBASTIAN MACK from UCLA Let a dagger fly from the distance, and the Trojan horses, in the aftermath Loss 82-76 for Broens, her opponentThey left to wonder where they might be with more successful free throws.
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After a second consecutive match, it was marred by the bad shooting of the line, USC coach Eric Musallman Words did not float. It was called a “big problem”.
“We had two home matches where we did not turn good enough. Musamelan said:” I don’t know what to do. “I will not get a magic stick and change that.”
After shooting only 11 of 17 of the line at the end Loss of the house in front of WisconsinUSC was 11 of 19 on Monday. The Trojan horses have been absent from seven free throws in the second half against the University of California, Los Angeles, including five in the last five minutes. Although Thomas’s husband came at the most subordinate moment, three other Trojan horses had their chances in the previous moments. Rashon Aji He missed a critical and one with 5:13. then, Desmond Claude He missed the back end of a pair at the 3:31 sign.
Student goalkeeper Wesley Yates It will have a shot to connect the game, too, only one possession before Thomas. But his first free throw was short, and she is Miss remaining with him after the match.
“I am working on free throws every day, so it is very frustrated for me,” Yetz said. “I am trying to get at least 100 in one day. Ten free pomegranate in a row, 10 times. I have to be more focused, I have to escalate, you should be mature enough to do this in each game.”
Part of the problem, in Musselman estimate, is USC simply not drawing the number of errors that the coach used to. In five of his last six seasons as a coach, Musselman teams ranked first among 31 in total basketball with a free throw.
These calls, as the USC coach sees, were not repeatedly coming in Big Ten.
“Our team-not now, is not this year, but like the past 11 years-we press the edge, and we are one of the highest free expression teams in the country.” “So, you come to the game, and say,” You lead basketball, it’s a high -bean team, a truly material team. “All these questions and things, and one of the most confusing is how we take only 19 unpleasant rounds?”
Without the whistles they hoped for, Trojan horses turned into the three -point line early. This approach has worked well for a period of time, as USC maintained itself with seven times in the first half. Trojan 31 horses tried three points in total, most of them from the season. But USC achieved only one long -term shot in the last 10 minutes.
The Trojan horses will instead depend on the large Man Age to move them to the finish line. AGE scored 11 points in the last 13 minutes on its way to the 21st professional.
But his efforts were not enough, as USC left five free points on the table in the last minutes.
“You can’t get every snapshot,” said Aji. “But what we will do is that we will get a gym tomorrow, and we will do exactly what we are doing always. We will work on our game, we will build confidence, and the next game we will do.”
This story was originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
