Tech trails 29-31 with 3:11 left in the 1st half.
Konkol better figure out how to play better 3-pt defense or Forest is going to send him and the Dawgs back to Ruston early. Forest is putting on a shooting clinic. DAAAAMN!!
Lofton is being worked over. He needs to come out for a while and regroup.
And the team needs to help him out when the defense collapses on him. Help a dude out.
It would also be nice if Lofton would join us tonight. Has anybody seen him? Did he make the trip?
They just tripled him and got another turnover from him, which led to a score.
Back2back 3s to end the half up 37-36
Okay......Halftime and Tech leads 37-36.
This is going to be a long night guys. FAU is NOT your typical 4-seed.
I’ll take a 1 point halftime lead with how it was going a few minutes ago.
Tech did have some strong shooting at the end of the half to pull us back.
This game isn’t close if we cut out the unforced errors.
Really wanted a game where Tech would lead big to enjoy watching. Instead its like all the other games where it could go either way and a nail biter til the end. Looking for a better second half. Go Dawgs!
FAU is shooting 64% (7 of 11) from the 3-pt line.
Tech is shooting 54% (7 of 13) from the 3-pt line.
Konkol has got to figure out how to shut down FAU's 3-pt shooting. Specifically Forest, who is 5 for 5 (100%) from the 3-pt line. Forest is also 6 for 6 on FG's. That's insane.
Now we will see if Konkol is truly a "coach of the year" if he solves the Lofton problem. It's not Lofton's fault, so it falls to the coaches to change things, such as if FAU wants to double him then Lofton needs to be a decoy and pull two defenders away from the paint and Tech play a 4 on 3 game. We shall see.
As for FAU's red hot shooting, well, just don't foul 3-point shooters. They'll cool off...maybe.