Live by the three die by the three....

Every game has lessons. Perhaps Rueck will regret not making a deliberate effort to feed the posts earlier. But over 30% of OSU's field goal attempts under Rueck have been 3-pt FGA's. 23 3-Pt FGA's of the total 61 FGA's is slightly higher than normal but I never felt like OSU was forcing the 3 pt attempts. The Beavers were 12-15 from the free throw stripe (80%) so you can't really say they LOST it there. You'd love a team that averaged over 80% but any team that shoots that well from the charity stripe you'll take every time.

I've probably attended close to 300 OSU women's basketball games at Gill over the last 25 years. Last night's game was easily one of the top 5 I've ever witnessed. The OSU record low for TO's in a game is 4, they had 6 last night. The two teams combined for 12 total - an unbelievably low number. Both coaches made several tactical adjustments which their teams were able to execute. Including our switch from zone to man-to-man defense in the second half that allowed us to take the lead. So maybe not going to that sooner was the biggest downfall?

You can't win every game. Marguette is a very poised, impressive team, that based on last night, I believe will challenge for the Big East title.

Personally I thought the most shocking play of the game was late when Gabby Hanson (a senior) got tied up and didn't call timeout before the official called a jump ball and possession went to Marquette.

Moving forward if OSU is going to compete with the upper half of the conference McWilliams and Wiese will have shoot better than 4-18 beyond the arc. But the 3-pt shot is part of our strategy.

I think the team that played better last night won - not because OSU was incessantly jacking up unnecessary 3's. I would say getting out rebounded by 9 by an undersized team is more concerning than the three point shooting.

I guess I used the wrong word. I should have said the difference in the game was the free throw line. Yes, they didn't lose it at the free throw line. The point I was trying to make is that instead of shooting some of the threes they should have went inside more to get the two. Especially if they are missing a lot of the threes like last night. In my opinion if the three isn't going down like last night the better thing to do would be to try the inside. Would it have made a difference? Who knows.