Sacramento, CA — Mizzou’s 3-point percentage as a team was almost always influenced by how good the graduating senior guard was d’moi hodge Shoot the ball this season. When the Cleveland State transfer was hot on the outside, the rest of the Tigers usually followed suit. But when he struggled, the rest of the team usually did too.
Hodge had one of his coldest nights of the year on Saturday, losing 78-63 to Princeton in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The British Virgin Islander shot 40% for the season, but went just 0-3 against the Ivy League Tigers. It was just the third time all year that he didn’t make at least one 3. As a team, Missouri connected on only 27.3% of its shots from the deep.
senior forward kobe brown Thought the SEC Tigers could have done more to get Hodge into rhythm.
“Frankly, I blamed myself and the rest of my teammates,” Brown said. “They guard. D’Moi protects face. He has been safe in every game this season. We have to do our bit to open him up because it is not easy to be a face guard in every game. It’s frustrating, but the only way you can really open up, especially with players like this, is to set your partner free.
Hodge ended the night with two points on 1-6 shooting from the field to go along with six rebounds and a steal. He was limited to 31 minutes, hitting his head on the hardwood in the second half after blocking at the rim and exiting the game to be evaluated by an MU trainer. chris perrine On the bench. Hodge did not think that his presence would make any difference to the final score.
“Obviously when I fell, my team started playing better,” Hodge said. “It wasn’t a factor that I wasn’t in the game. I feel like we did some good things during that stretch to cut down on the lead. Obviously, they made shots. I mean, they’re a good team. . He made some wide-open threes. I applaud my team for holding it while I was on the bench.
Nevertheless, despite having an off night and having only suit up for Mizzou for one year, Hodge would go down as one of the best 3-and-D players of all time to come through the program. Hodge broke school single-season records with 91 and his 100 triples and 250 attempted counts were the fifth most by any Tiger in a single year.
replaced Hodge, who joined the senior point guard nick honor As the only player on the roster to have played and started all 35 of the team’s games this year, head coach Will dennis gates‘Top priority in the offseason.
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