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Those are certainly revealing data points. by 2ndstreeter

Here’s my take. We essentially lost the game in the first quarter when they outscored ND by eleven. In that first quarter we hit just one of our first 13 shots. If you subtract that 1-13 from the total game shots attempted and made, the team shot 45%over the rest of the game. They were still only down by 12 when Cox went out, so ND had played them even after the 1st Q until that point late in the 3rd Q.

With Cox out they then outscored Baylor by 10 in the 4th to lose by 1. That doesn’t look like fatigue to me, it looks like a lack of focus to start the game. Bad shots, missed open shots, careless turnovers and poor defense, many of the same traits that were apparent in opening quarters against much less talented teams down the stretch of the season.

Why they may have not been focused for the start of the NC game is anyone’s guess I suppose.