So let's talk it out ...
Mercer is running, for the most part, a zone that's cheating low along the baseline and high all the way to the three-point line. I'm seeing very little movement along the perimeter when AU is on the attack.
Auburn's attack is getting bogged down badly. You saw Dunans driving baseline during the final eight minutes of the half, but that low cheat forces him to jump out of bounds (often in the air) on the drive just to avoid calamity. That's not his fault; Auburn needs some type of threat to be stationed in the high post to draw those cheating defenders a little higher. That would give Dunans (and Heron) more room to do their thing along the baseline.
I know a perfect guy to station at the high post! How about Wiley? Or McLemore?
Without that adjustment, this game is going down to the wire.
Mercer is running, for the most part, a zone that's cheating low along the baseline and high all the way to the three-point line. I'm seeing very little movement along the perimeter when AU is on the attack.
Auburn's attack is getting bogged down badly. You saw Dunans driving baseline during the final eight minutes of the half, but that low cheat forces him to jump out of bounds (often in the air) on the drive just to avoid calamity. That's not his fault; Auburn needs some type of threat to be stationed in the high post to draw those cheating defenders a little higher. That would give Dunans (and Heron) more room to do their thing along the baseline.
I know a perfect guy to station at the high post! How about Wiley? Or McLemore?
Without that adjustment, this game is going down to the wire.
