Lack of late FGs is the problem..check the stats

[Niv Berkowitz]

OK, I looked at five of our losses and here's what really jumps out:

Nova (home) - 0 FGs the last 4:14 of the game, where we watched our lead fall away

at WVU - 1 FG in the final 4:58 (with 2:11 left), where we watched our lead fall away

at Nova - 0 FG the last 5:19 (I'm not counting DJOs three w/a second left)

at DePaul - 0 FG the last 2:57, where we watched our lead fall away

Also, FSU - 0 FGs from 10:20 - 4:31 mark of the second half, a 5:49 stretch where we watched our lead crumble away

Total up all of those games, and MU has hit 1 FG in a span of 25:17, and 1 FG in the final 19:28 of games.

So while we look at the free throws - which we should - there's another critical point to examine from an 'execution' standpoint.