Huger: Defensive effort "non-existent"

Good thing.  Hate to think that came from effort.

Once again, BG never led.  It didn't start great...10 minutes in BG was down 19-11.  For the next 20 minutes, BG gave up 55 points.  They scored 41...which still left them down 22 with 10 to play in the game.  That was actually a slight uptick, a few minutes before that BG had been down 29.  The game finished with BG down 21.

Ball State finished with 1.31 points per possession, BG's second-worst game of the season, eclipsed only by the WMU game.  BSU had virtually unfettered access to the basket.  That's the worst shooting defense for BG this season and almost exactly what UT shot in the debacle last March. The Cards took 44% of their shots from 3FG and made 44% and topped that off with 65% on 2FG.  They also took good care of the ball and were strong on the offensive boards.  The only thing that kept them from having historic offensive numbers was making 52% of their copious FTs.

A few notes.  BG was +7 at the line and lost by 21.

In 200 minutes, BG had 5 assists. In 26 minutes, Luke Baumbalaugh had 8.

Agee played about 7 minutes.

BG is now tied for 8th with CMU, their next opponent.  They have lost 5 straight and 8 of 10, all in the conference. During the 5-game losing streak, with 200 minutes, BG has led for 6:55, almost all of that in the Toledo game.  Against conference opponents.