Wednesday, January 13, 2010, by Miroslav Ladan
Big win for Belmont against undefeated Reading
Belmont won an important game, maybe the most important game of the first part of this season. Again, they played a tough 4th quarter, and I don’t expect anything but toughness from this team any more. They took over a close game and made it into a blowout. Overall, the team played well, but the final score is somewhat deceiving. I say this mostly because Reading missed 15 free throws. That’s a big hit even for the best teams to take.
Among good things, the inside defense was solid. Reading centers and forwards couldn’t easily score. Belmont hit more than their typical 20% of threes attempted, which helped quite a bit.
Among not so good things, the defense on penetrations was shaky. It looked like Reading guards could get into the paint any time they wanted.
