ST. LEO — The numbers on the scoreboard at the end of Tuskegee University’s 69-64 men’s basketball win against Saint Leo University didn’t tell the true story of Saturday night’s game.
One look at the stat sheet took care of that. Saint Leo’s outside shooting was ice cold for most of the night at the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
“That’s been the story of our first two games,” Saint Leo coach Spencer Henke said. “We’ve been in a pretty big shooting slump. The shooting slumps are going to come and go. That’s just going to be part of it. It’s all the little execution mistakes that are hurting us and keeping us from getting out of the slump.”
That was especially true in the first half as the Lions shot only 29.63 percent (eight of 27) from the floor, including just 25 percent (four of 16) from three-point land. Things improved slightly in the second half as the Lions finished the game with a 36.4 (12 for 28) shooting percentage including just five of 17 three-point goals. But that wasn’t good enough.
“We talked a lot about our two-dribble limit after the game,” said Henke, who likes his players to either pass or shoot after no more than two dribbles. “We really, really pounded and ...