Lady T's - Recap of First Scrimmage

The two foes brought distinctly different styles of play to the scrimmage games.  USF used a very physical style of play that made Dakota State work hard for their inside position.  They were also very aggressive fighting through screens and denying cutters.  This physical play wore down the Lady T's and USF was able to dominate the offensive boards the second half.   

Mount Marty was not as physical as USF but they are an extremely quick team that matches up full-court and gets after you from minute one to the final second.  They are very quick at all five positions and overplay the passing lanes very well, forcing turnovers.  Offensively, they shoot the ball well from the perimeter and are constantly moving without the ball.  They did a great job of attacking our match-up zone and making us think. 

Overall, I thought we did some things pretty well.  We did a pretty good job of running the court.  I feel we did a better job of executing the offense as the day went on.  We got more comfortable with "creating" offensive opportunities and adapting to what the defenses were trying to take away from us.

Defensively, we got tired.  We were the aggressors early in each game but lost that aggressiveness as the game went on.  When we got fatigued, we were satisfied with just guarding our person rather than really attacking the passing lanes.  So, we just need to get in a little better shape and I think we'll be alright.  The same thing occurred with the rebounding.  We were dominant early in the game but gave up a lot of boards at both ends as the game progressed.

We'll get in a good week of work and get ready for two more scrimmages on Saturday, Oct. 29th, with Concordia, NE, and Morningside College of Iowa.  Game times are listed on the "Schedule" page of the Lady T's web site.