During the sequence of three consecutive defeats by Virginia-Western, a common trend was slow.
Against Houston Wednesday, WVU dragged 10-2. Against the state of Kansas last Saturday, WVU dragged 19-2. Against the Arizona State last week, WVU also dragged 10-2.
“It is completely on the players. Our coaches do everything they have to do to prepare for each match plan, and they have great scouts. We must just want more. We have not arrived, and we The soaps, and we just have to play with more confidence in this defensive side, “said Toby Okani of WVU.
Wednesday, Virginie-Western followed the tip against Houston. The cougars took an advance of 8-0 in the first two minutes, and they could never resume the match, similar to what happened against Kansas State last weekend for WVU.
Houston’s eight-points advance has turned into a 15-point lead with 10:48 to play in the first half, and the first half ended with Houston in front of 20.
“We just have to bring it. It is on us at the end of the day, so we just have to understand how we can get rid of the best start that we can,” said Joe Yesufu from Wvu.
The Mountaineers were able to fight in the second half, reducing Houston’s advance to five twice. However, however, the first half deficit was insurmountable for Virginia-Western.
“We really realize. The tracks can change very quickly. You go down five to drop 20 really quickly. We saw it in the first half, but in the second period as I said, we picked it up, we have Started to play harder, more disciplined and it was the result, “said Yesufu.
Regarding the way they hope to move on to faster departures, they believe that it starts with their game on the defensive. Virginia-Western forced five reversals in the first half on Wednesday, but forced the same issue in the first seven minutes of the second half when they were trying to take over the match.
“I just think we came back to our identity. We did not keep in the first half, we were not ourselves,” said Okani.
WVU head coach Darian Devries shared a similar feeling about how the last three games have experienced slow departures. He says he hopes that his team will be able to take his performances in the second half and report it, from this weekend against Cincinnati.
“The first half looked like our last two games to be honest with you. We just didn’t play with the same spirit that we had before that. I thought the second half, if we come back and do this during 40 minutes, we are going to be where we have to be to win matches, “said Devries.