CHARLESTON, S.C. — Rick Pitino admitted the plain, that Chris Ledlum is looking for his sport on the offensive finish.
The St. John’s coach desires him to channel that frustration into protection.
“The best way to make up for it’s to play superior protection,” Pitino stated after the Johnnies’ 88-81 loss to Dayton within the Charleston Basic semifinals. “You’re guarding a man on the perimeter that’s 90 p.c proper hand, and also you’ve gone over it, and also you give him his proper hand for a three-point play.”
It’s been a tough event for Ledlum, who has taken 17 photographs and missed 14 of them.
An All-Ivy League first staff choice for Harvard final season, the 6-foot-6 Ledlum continues to be trying to discover his area of interest with the Johnnies.
“If he drops the ball going baseline or misses a shot, that’s simply a part of basketball,” Pitino stated. “However it’s not a part of basketball if you give any individual his proper hand who’s right-hand dominant.”
Ledlum (9 factors, 9 rebounds) was removed from the one St. John’s participant who struggled on the defensive finish within the loss to Dayton.
The Flyers shot 51.Eight p.c from the sector and 41.2 p.c from deep. It was a team-wide drawback, significantly over the past 13 minutes when St. John’s was outscored by 12.
St. John’s will face Utah within the third-place sport Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
Zuby Ejiofor, a sophomore switch ahead from Kansas, has begun to search out his sport. He performed nicely Thursday in restricted motion and was even higher in opposition to Dayton. Ejiofor had 9 factors, six rebounds and a block in 11 minutes off the bench.
RJ Luis went by pregame warmups, however remained out.
The UMass switch has but to seem in a sport this season after struggling a damaged left hand on Oct. 1.
“It’s not my name. It’s the physician’s name,” Pitino stated. “He has a pressurized machine and it must be the place he has 80 p.c energy