Towards the end of the first quarter, junior guard DJ McCarty’s left shoe flung into the statistics table at courtside. As McCarty came back to the bench shortly after, head women’s basketball coach Keitha Adams told her “Let’s go, lace em’ up!”
Mental mistakes like these would lead to the Shockers giving up a season-high 27 turnovers in a loss to East Carolina 66-57 in Charles Koch Arena on Jan. 21.
“We had some unforced turnovers,” Adams said. “We lost our composure and if we take good care of the ball, I really like our chance in winning this game but you’re gonna have a hard time winning against anybody when you throw the thing away 27 times, it’s 54 points possible.