Alongside the missed layups, the defensive struggles and the lack of rebounding, energy was a serious problem during the first half of tonight’s game. And fans weren’t the only ones who noticed. Nick Richards was also painfully aware of their energy issues during the first twenty minutes of the regular season.
“We were sluggish in the first half,” Richards said following the Cats’ 73-63 victory. “We were just, like, chilling. Everybody didn’t have a little grove to them.”
Although the Cats never fully put the Wolverines away, they were eventually able to find a little bit of this “groove.