Remember what we used to call Falker his freshman year? That moniker applies to the Samuel girl.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Wow!
I thought we were going to get clobbered.
SIU 35
NORTH TEXAS 29.
Randle with the big first half. 17 points. She had two runs of 6 and seven points.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Well - we did get clobbered in the 3rd. 23-10. Game effort none the less.
Final
SIU 73
NORTH TEXAS 79
Can't say I'm surprised by the loss when you dont have half your scoring. Poor three point shooting and just as bad FT shooting. We've kept our technical foul streak going. 4 for 4.
After going 8 of 8 in the first half Randle doesn't get a shot off or scored in the second half.
Hughes, Love, Randle and Brown in double figures.
Disappointing 1-3 start.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
After thinking about this game for a bit, I was impressed by our effort. We did give it our all and kept fighting even being down our two leading scorers and a third player. Just a bad stretch in the 3rd and rough FT shooting doomed us. Better FG shooting against one of the top defenses in the country and we held their leading scorer to a goose egg in scoring.
On to San Juan for three games.
Oh- found out from Coach's presser that Williams was out for disciplinary reasons and that Jaidynn Mason's sister died. So sad.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Got too involved in holiday prep. No preview, sorry.
Women in San Juan.
Halftime Game One.
SIU 21
CHARLOTTE 31
Charlotte's headliner (Dazia Lawrence 16 ppg)has TWENTY at the break. We're shooting a dismal 24%.
No Williams or Mason. Whatever Williams did to piss KBW off must have been impressive.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Dawgs rally in the 3rd with impressive defense.
SIU 36
CHARLOTTE 38
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Wow! 5 and a half-ish left. We're tied at 45! Randle going off in the 2nd half. 18 for the game.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
HOLY SHIT!!!!
We rally to win it!
SIU 55
CHARLOTTE 52
Randle with 18 second half points finishes with 22.
Love with a late steal and bucket seals it. Tyranny Brown with two big baskets in the last 90 seconds to keep us up. We had 13 steals.
HUGE WIN.
GO DAWGS!!!
We held thier top scorer without a bucket over the last three minutes, she finished with 32. We force them into TWENTY-NINE turnovers.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
San Juan Game 2
vs George Washington 11:30 tip.
Line SIU -1 Over/Under 129
GO DAWGS!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Halftime
SIU 41
GW 28
Hughes (10) and Randle(11) leading the way. Clubb off the bench 3 of 5 from deep with 9.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Final
SIU 66
GW 55
Randle with another big game. 22 and 9. Love with 7 assists and 9 pts. Clubb off the bench with 9 big points. Hughes went 8 for 8 with 16 points. Spent most of the second half on the bench in foul trouble.
Leveled our record to 3-3. One more tomorrow against West Virginia. 9 am tip.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
GAMEDAY – SATURDAY 11/25
Coliseo Guillermo Angulo
San Juan, Puerto Rico 9am CST
West Virginia (5-0) vs SIU (3-3)
Media: Streaming Audio - Varsity Sports Network
or Radio WJPF 107.9 (Larry Larson)
Video Streaming: Something Called flohoops.com
Line: West Virginia -11 Over/Under 127
Playing for the Championship of The San Juan Shootout. West Virginia just got by GW (54-51) and pummeled Charlotte by 29. First ever meeting between us and the Mountaineers.
Quick look at WVU….
WVU averages 75 ppg while giving up only 50. Looks like they play pretty good defense allowing only 18% from three and forcing 25 turnovers a game. They average 15 steals per game.
WVU is led by 5-8 G, JJ Quinerly at 15 ppg, 5-9 G Lauren Fields at 14 ppg and 5-6 G Jordan Harrison at 11 ppg. There are a guard heavy team as their top post player is seventh on the team in scoring at 6 ppg. Their top rebounder is 5-10 G Kyah Watson at 6.8 rebounds per game.
WVU is ranked 97th in defensive efficiency with 87points per 100 opponent possessions to our 249 ranking; which has come up from the low 300’s in recent games. They are ranked 11th in steals per game we are ranked 22nd. The Mountaineers are ranked 2nd in three point shooting defense.
What’s Up With Us?
With no Mason or Williams, I thought we were going to get clobbered on this road trip. I am happy to have been proven wrong. We have played some outstanding defense and have played together and within the game plan. We may still get clobbered in this game against the first of two Big 12 teams we will play in non-conference. This is the third game in three days with two defensive minded teams on less than 24 hour turn around. So it could be a low scoring affair with lots of steals and turnovers.
Laniah Randle has put together two impressive games scoring 22 in each. Que Love has led this team with seven steals in one game then seven dimes in the next. Seairra Hughes has impressed in the post with two strong games in PR and is now averaging nearly 13 ppg and 6 rebounds per game.
GO DAWGS!!!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Halftime
SIU 27
WVU 36
Promising 1st half. Got down 7-0, went up by seven early in the second then WVU went on 13-0 run. Randle with 10 and 7, but picked up 2 fouls as well did Hughes. Samuel has two fouls too. So - all three of our posts in foul difficulties.
Both teams not shooting great, both under 40%
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
This one is slipping away. Down 13. We went 6 minutes of game time without a score.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Not quite dead yet. We went on a 9-0 run before a WVU bucket.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
