KBD couldn't play most of the 2nd half with foul trouble. Cj Jackson couldn't play the first half with foul trouble. Tate couldn't play defense the 2nd half with foul trouble. Refs might have had an impact.....
The officiating was one-sided and god-awful after the first 10 minutes. Refs got foul happy and hamstrung our best players...if they weren't on the bench in foul trouble, they were afraid to make a legitimate defensive play because they didn't want to get in foul trouble. I really feel the poor officiating dictated our lack of aggression on defense for much of the game. You could see them get hesitant to avoid fouls and give up easy drives inside. Put the damn whistle up refs, that was embarrassing. The last foul on KBD was downright criminal and took our best player out of the game for most of the 2nd half.
That being said, I am pretty sure that the Carr guy hit 100% of his shots or more, PSU was damn near perfect behind the arc, and it still took a last second bank from half court to win. All this after quite a few games grouped closely together. I am pissed off, but not at our team and certainly not concerned. Great effort to come back and almost win that game, really proud of our guys. And if we could never see this officiating crew ever again, that would be fantastic. On to the next one.
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