The test for Hobart going forward is whether there is anything they can take away from this game. The NEC tournament championship is probably their only chance at an NCAA berth at this point. They entered tonight with the #8 strength-of-record, but this game will knock them down a few pegs. And given the schedule remaining, they won’t have the same opportunities to impress that the big-conference bubble teams will.

If they are going to get back on track after this game, it’ll be thanks to a copious amount of shooting drills. Whenever a team stumbles, I like to look at some of the stats that are not as defense-dependent. Possession length, time-to-first-shot and shots/possession tend to be more in the control of the offense. And those numbers were not too far out of line relative to Hobart’s averages.

It’s not like they all of a sudden got antsy and started ripping shots earlier than normal. Turnover rate was a bit higher tonight, but by and large, this is a story that comes down to shooting percentages. Granted, even if they’d shot their average, they still have lost by 5 or 6 goals, but if you want to look at the offensive side of the coin, shooting percentages is your best bet.