Let's see if we can have a decent 3rd quarter here.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Finally! A good 3rd quarter. We outscore Murray 26-18.
After 3
SIU 60
MURRAY 58
Only 6 turnovers. Still lots of fouls we've been whistled 12 times to thier 4.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Final...
SIU 81
MURRAY 73
HUGE WIN! Jones with 20 Taylor with 13 and Mason with 10!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Murray was a 15 point favorite.
We outscore Murray 47-33 in the 2nd half. Out rebounded by 4. Only 7 turnovers for the game. 6 blocks, four from Taylor. 6 called fouls on us in the 2nd half. 8 on Murray.
Two big FT's from the freshman Mason late to keep it a three possesion game.
No comment from coach after the game. Not really liking that. Haven't heard from coach post-game for several games now.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
SIU 7-9 (4-3) at Belmont 8-10 (4-3)
Sunday Jan 22nd 2pm Curb Event Center
Video ESPN+
Audio Streaming Saluki Sports Network/95.1 Steve FM
WarrenNolan.com Prediction: Belmont -13
Series History, Belmont Head Coach & Bruins Overview:
This is only the second ever meeting with the Bruins, the first contest was back in 2002 and we lost 67-57 on a neutral court in Long Beach, CA.
Belmont is coached by Bart Brooks in his sixth year as Head Coach. Prior to Belmont, Brooks was an assistant coach under legendary coach Doug Bruno at DePaul for eleven years. The Blue Demons made the NCAA tournament in each of the eleven years he was at DePaul. These are his only two coaching gigs. Brooks’ resume is impressive to say the least. In his time leading the Bruins he has compiled a 123-34 overall record coming into this season and a ridiculous 80-9 record in OVC play and only ONE loss in OVC tournament play.
That was the OVC – Valley play will be much different now that he must deal with Drake, UNI, Missouri State and Illinois State instead of SEMO, Little E and EIU and the rest, but he still has to deal with Murray. They’ve gotten off to a bit of a rough start having played a challenging schedule with Georgia Tech twice (L, L), Georgia (L), a ranked Louisville (L by 5), ranked Iowa (L), ranked Villanova (L by 3). We have one common opponent in SLU who they beat by 10 in an MTE.
The Bruins currently sit at 108 NET 104 RPI and 35 SOS.
Tale Of The Tape:
BEL SIU
PPG 66.5 72.8
Pts Allowed 69.2 73.9
FG% .405 .417
FG% OPP .403 .420
3pt% .338 .349
3pt % OPP .310 .362
FT% .701 .679
Rebounds 35.2 37.4
Reb OPP 39.9 39.7
Assists 12.4 15
Turnovers 14.3 15.3
T/O Forced 13.3 18.3
Steals 5.1 10.4
Blocks 3.4 4.5
Offensive Rtg 99 122
96.3 94.6
Defensive Rtg 331 276
100.3 95.6
Pace of Play 275 18
68.6 77.0
The Bruins are in the middle of the pack in most Valley categories. The only things that stand out – they are last in rebounding, last in steals and next to last in forcing turnovers. Conversely, we’re first in forcing turnovers and steals. They’ve been outscored in the first quarter by 38 points and the third quarter by 22.
Bruins Dramatis Personae –
Belmont plays a ten player rotation – because they only have ten active players.
Leading scorer for the Bruins is Destiny Wells a 5-6 junior guard who averages 16.3 ppg and has dished out 81 assists on the season. She is third in the league in scoring, 4th in assists and shoots at a .394 clip.
Next is Madison Bartley a 6-3 junior forward that averages 12 ppg 4.8 rebounds and shoots 47% from the field.
Sydni Harvey is a 5-10 graduate student guard that averages 9.8 ppg.
Tessa Miller is their leading rebounder at 5.8 per game and is a 6-2 sophomore forward averaging 5.3ppg.
Kilyn McGuff is a 6-0 sophomore guard who averages 8.3 ppg.
By the fact that everyone of their 10 players plays – their lowest minutes per game player is 6 minutes per – they probably don’t want to get into a track meet type of game which is what we’re capable of. It could wear them down. Getting them into foul trouble would be a major advantage. Their last game out, they beat Missouri State which had a poor shooting night from everywhere. The Lady Bears had another big rebounding night, but Belmont just made more plays and critical fourth quarter free throws in a 75-66 win.
What’s Up With Us?
That was big to get that road win at Murray. Nice to break out of our third quarter and second half funk. Even though we gave up 73 points our defense is looking better with each game and our turnovers are going down. We have some injury issues: Seairra Hughes is out, and she was in a heavy-duty walking boot. Adrianna Katcher has shin splints and is out again. Not sure why Shemera Willaims was out. She travelled to Murray was dressed for the first half but wasn’t in uniform for the second half. Ashley Jones had another solid game and we had good and timely three-point shooting from Q, Brown and Holmes. Mason is going to be special; every announcer has given her high praise so far. Taylor was vocal and active on both ends of the floor again and Nard has some really nice moves down low. Crossing my fingers that the Murray play rolls over into this one and we can split this four-game road trip.
GO DAWGS!!!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Well that was not the start we needed...
After 1
SIU 4
BELMONT 17
We didn't score until there was 90 seconds left in the quarter. Belmont with some impressive defense. We had good shots nothing went down.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Jesus - we have a really bad habit of making mediocre shooting teams look like The Golden State Warriors.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Wow not much better 2nd quarter
Good Lord.
Halftime
SIU 17
95-96 Chicago Bulls 48
We're shooting a blistering 6 of 30 for 20%. Belmont is shooting a frigid 55% and an even colder 50% (8 of 16) from 3.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Good news. At least we're not fouling. 😉
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
WOW! Major milestone at the 7 minute mark. We got to 20 points.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
I guess Williams is out of the dog house. She's playing.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Nard T-ed up for slapping the ball after she was fouled down low. 🤦
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Time for an epic comeback!!!
And by comeback I mean we get this game back under 35.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
After 3...
SIU 30
Belmont 74
Harry Doyle : One hit,that's all we got, one goddamn hit?
Assistant : You can't say goddamn on the air.
Harry Doyle : Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.
Courtesy of Major League
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
