Free throws, turnovers doom FSU women

Fayetteville State coach Eric Tucker could’ve raised his voice and yelled “I told you so” a few times. The Broncos women’s basketball players struggled in exactly the areas their coach expected — free throws, defense and ball handling. All of which contributed to an 81-72 FSU loss in its season and CIAA opener against Virginia State on Tuesday in Capel Arena. “This game here was a 9-1-1 call to them so they can start hearing these situations coming,” Tucker said. “I liken it to practice when I told them their free throws would kill them. Sure enough, a stretch of five missed free throws in a row hurt us.” Other things Tucker might remind the Broncos about in practice — besides the 21 of 34 foul shooting — are the 37 turnovers against a team that wasn’t pressing. FSU, which tried to trap most of the game, forced VSU into 35... [read full story]