Notre Dame ladies’s basketball had its worst capturing recreation of the season in Sunday’s 60-50 loss to North Carolina. The Preventing Irish (12-2, 3-1 ACC) had been simply 16 for 57 (28%) total, together with 2 for 22 (9%) from 3-point vary within the loss to the Tar Heels (10-5, 1-3).

“Felt like we received the seems we wished,” Notre Dame assistant coach Charel Allen informed the Notre Dame Radio Community after the dangerous capturing evening. “Such as you stated they simply did not fall. Truthfully, I do not suppose we’ll go 2 for 22 once more from the 3-point line this season. Yeah, they simply did not fall.”

Zone Woes

The Irish had so many seems from 3-point vary, partially, due to the 2-3 zone protection North Carolina employed many of the evening. The Irish had a number of open seems from the corners and the wings, however they had been unable to knock them down.

“We labored on all of it week,” Allen stated of the Irish preparation for the Tar Heel zone. “And actually, we ready for it the perfect we may. You recognize, it is arduous. We will not actually stimulate North Carolina’s zone with our follow gamers, however I felt like we had been simply making an attempt to get the ball to the excessive publish and whether or not it – take a look at the dive or take a look at the nook threes and like I say we received the seems. Truthfully, we missed layups. We anticipated the refs calling fouls. So offensively, we received the seems we wished.”

The Capturing Backdrop

It was not simply that Notre Dame’s pictures weren’t falling. They had been lacking badly. Not less than a half dozen of the 20 misses from 3-point vary had been air balls. It was uncharacteristic of a staff that has been one of many high 3-point capturing groups within the ACC all season.

The Carolina ladies play in Carmichael Enviornment, the place Michael Jordan performed his school video games earlier than the Dean E. Smith Heart (the place the UNC males have performed since 1986) was constructed. Allen supplied no excuses when requested if the backdrop within the enviornment might have impacted Notre Dame’s capturing contact.

“No,” Allen stated. “A few of the ladies did point out it at shoot round at this time. However , each enviornment is completely different. And that is arduous. I felt like I used to be by no means a pure shooter rising up, but when your shot’s not falling, you’d hope you are able to do different issues. And extra so play protection, actually, you’ll be able to’t management the offensive finish of the ground in case your shot’s not falling, however defensively you’ll be able to.”

A Lengthy Break

Notre Dame had a full week between video games after taking part in at Miami on Dec. 28 and at dwelling towards Boston School on Jan. 1. It’s the third time within the final month they’ve had a minimum of every week between video games, first attributable to remaining exams, then Christmas break and on this case their ACC “bye” week giving them final Thursday off.

“I imply we want we had our bye week slightly later,” Allen started. “We (had been) simply getting within the move. You recognize, simply taking part in video games is so completely different than training. Simply the depth of the video games are completely completely different than like I stated, going 5 on 5 in follow. However now shifting ahead, I imply, it is nonetheless early January. We wish to be taking part in our greatest basketball in March. We’ve no extra bye weeks, in order that’s a very good factor.”

Reverse Transition

The Irish had been in a position to roll up a 14-2 quick break benefit within the first half, however that disappeared within the second half. That’s as a result of the Irish protection held the Tar Heels to 10 for 35 capturing (28%) within the first half and used a 25-19 rebound benefit to push the tempo.

However the Tar Heels shot almost 46% within the second half and the Irish had been solely in a position to muster a 3-2 quick break benefit.

“Once we get stops that enables us to run, proper,” Allen supplied. “That is our bread and butter to get stops and run. However, if we’re always having to take the ball out of bounds after which permitting them to get arrange into their zone, it is going to be arduous to play Notre Dame basketball.

High Priorities

Notre Dame additionally turned the ball over 19 instances within the loss. That turns into precedence No. 1 on the Irish gear-up to host Wake Forest this Thursday earlier than happening the highway for 2 video games towards Syracuse after which Clemson.

“We simply wish to take higher care of the ball, as a result of 19 turnovers a recreation, I am unsure the place we’re averaging (16 per recreation), however that is simply giving them further possessions and if we will restrict that, on the finish of the day, a missed shot is actually higher than a turnover as a result of that offers you an opportunity to get an offensive rebound,” Allen defined. “So many extra issues can occur with a missed shot. After which defensively simply satisfaction as a result of we will play protection after we wish to play protection. I believe we will play protection with the perfect of them. However simply satisfaction on protection, being aggressive in follow, going arduous at one another or the follow guys after which good issues will occur after we play protection.”

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