Shoot the ball
If a team shoots well, its chances of success increase considerably.
That's frickin' brilliant, if I do say so myself. I need to start posting on the local sports message boards so I can test my sports knowledge with former junior varsity players who actually believe they can coach better than the current coach and school donors who automatically know more because they donate more.
This week for the Wyoming basketball teams, shooting well was the key in wins over Air Force.
The Cowboys broke an eight-game slide by hitting 9 of 23 3-pointers and playing solid defense. Now, 9 of 23 3-pointers isn't Earth shaking, but for the 'Pokes, that wasn't too bad. Actually, it was pretty darn good.
"As simple as it sounds, we made some shots tonight," Wyoming coach Heath Schroyer said after the win over the Falcons. "When you make nine threes, that is going to give you a chance to win."
Earth-shaking stuff, huh.
For some reason, the Earth seems to shake in the Cowgirls favor against the Falcons. In two games, Wyoming has scored 165 points, connecting on 38 of 61 3-point attempts. If you saw Wyoming crush Air Force earlier in the season in Laramie, you saw a team hit an incredible 20 of 30 3-pointers. At that point, you would think that that could never happen again.
Think again, kind of. In Wednesday night's win, the Cowgirls connected of 18 of 31 attempts.
In Sunday's four-point loss to Utah at home, Wyoming was just 3 of 15 beyond the land of trey. In fact, between the two Air Force games, the Cowgirls had hit just 27 percent of their 3-pointers.
“Once again, we shot the ball extremely well against Air Force,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said.
Like I said, the better you shoot the basketball, the better you play. I just can't get over myself.
That's frickin' brilliant, if I do say so myself. I need to start posting on the local sports message boards so I can test my sports knowledge with former junior varsity players who actually believe they can coach better than the current coach and school donors who automatically know more because they donate more.
This week for the Wyoming basketball teams, shooting well was the key in wins over Air Force.
The Cowboys broke an eight-game slide by hitting 9 of 23 3-pointers and playing solid defense. Now, 9 of 23 3-pointers isn't Earth shaking, but for the 'Pokes, that wasn't too bad. Actually, it was pretty darn good.
"As simple as it sounds, we made some shots tonight," Wyoming coach Heath Schroyer said after the win over the Falcons. "When you make nine threes, that is going to give you a chance to win."
Earth-shaking stuff, huh.
For some reason, the Earth seems to shake in the Cowgirls favor against the Falcons. In two games, Wyoming has scored 165 points, connecting on 38 of 61 3-point attempts. If you saw Wyoming crush Air Force earlier in the season in Laramie, you saw a team hit an incredible 20 of 30 3-pointers. At that point, you would think that that could never happen again.
Think again, kind of. In Wednesday night's win, the Cowgirls connected of 18 of 31 attempts.
In Sunday's four-point loss to Utah at home, Wyoming was just 3 of 15 beyond the land of trey. In fact, between the two Air Force games, the Cowgirls had hit just 27 percent of their 3-pointers.
“Once again, we shot the ball extremely well against Air Force,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said.
Like I said, the better you shoot the basketball, the better you play. I just can't get over myself.
Comments