Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
As Wright State coach Scott Nagy was discussing Loudon Love’s performance in the Urbana game last week, it was difficult to tell who he was more upset with — the player or himself.
The good-natured fourth-year junior is hard not to like. And when he’s playing well, he can demolish opponents, as he did in a 27-point, 16-rebound effort at Miami.
But the Illinois native can lose focus during games. And while Nagy admits he needs to exhibit more patience with his players at times, Love will invariably do something that leaves the coach exasperated.
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The 6-foot-8, 260-pound center committed a turnover 54 seconds into the Urbana game, and Nagy immediately replaced him with a sub.
Love went back in and had another turnover in less than two minutes. A frustrated Nagy quickly pulled him again, and the coach gave his star a stern lecture at the scorer’s table as the game resumed.
Though he leads the Raiders in scoring (14.6 per game) and rebounding (9.6), he also has a team-high 12 turnovers, including five against Urbana.
“It needs to end,” Nagy said of Love’s propensity for miscues. “Like tonight, he gets a rebound and takes off with the ball. I don’t want him to do that. That’s why we take him out right away.”
