Halftime.
SIU 40
ISU-B 42
Surprising. Hope we haven't mailed it in. Sycs still shooting over 50%
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
End of 3...
SIU 52
TREES 54
Unless Jones gets loose in the 4th I don't think we'll win this.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
As soon as I say that about Jones she rattles off 5 in a row and we go up 6. 7:47 to go.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Final..
SIU 79
TREES 64
Jones goes for 12 in the 4th. Finishes with 20. Holmes with 16. Randle with 10.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
SIU 10-16 (7-10) vs Evansville 11-15 (6-11)
Saturday February 25th 2pm Banterra Center
Video Streaming ESPN+
Radio/Audio Streaming 95.1 Steve FM - Saluki Sports Network
WarrenNolan.com Prediction: SIU -13
Evansville As of Late….
The Aces have dropped four of their last five including a 63-51 loss at Missouri State Thursday night. We beat Evansville back in December in the conference opener for both teams 86-77. We were down two heading into the fourth and outscored the Aces 31-20. We held All-Conference forward Abby Feit to 9 points. Feit did not play against the Lady Bears, her status for Saturday’s game is unknown.
Tale Of The Tape:
UE SIU
PPG 64.3 72.3
Pts Allowed 71.9 74.6
FG% .384 .420
FG% OPP .438 .439
3pt% .319 .334
3pt % OPP .330 .365
FT% .711 .687
Rebounds 35.2 35.8
Reb Allowed 37.7 38.9
Assists 11.8 15.1
Turnovers 16.9 14.6
T/O Forced 14.8 17.7
Steals 6.0 9.8
Blocks 2.9 4.6
Offensive Rtg 187th 112th
92.4 95.9
Defensive Rtg 334th 316th
102.8 98.5
Pace of Play 172nd 21st
69.3 75.5
The Aces Dramatis Personae –
6-1 Senior Forward Abby Feit 15.5ppg 7.6rpg .453FG%
5-7 5th year Senior Guard Myia Clark. 11.6 ppg
5th year Senior 6-1 guard A’Niah Griffin 9.4ppg
6-3 RS Junior Barbora Tomancova 8.5ppg 6.8rpg
Senior Day! (And Other Things)
We now have two honorees for Senior Day.
We’ve known all year that Ashley Jones is done after this season. And that’s a shame because she’s been as advertised and then some. She posted her 11th twenty-point game of the season against The Trees and is three behind Valley leading scorer Katelyn Young’s 14.
The other honoree. In an interesting development – Promise Taylor has been re-classified as a Senior. The class change appeared between the Belmont and Murray games last weekend. It’s a bit of a head scratcher but considering her first year in college ball was in 2017-2018 that would make her a fifth year player now. (More on that later.)
Injury news: Shemera Williams was injured during the Murray game on a questionable call. Williams had a clear path to the basket and a Murray player slid into her and did an obvious leg sweep on Shemera. (More Murray thuggery?) There was no clear path flagrant foul called on the review, just the original common foul call. During Coach’s pre-game interview for Indiana State, she said we contacted the Valley office, and they said that a flagrant foul should have been called on the review. Now Shemera is out with no timetable for her return.
So anyway… We have two seniors on Saturday, let’s get to the Old Dome and honor them!
GO DAWGS!!!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
No Abby Feit today for the Aces.
That's nearly 16 points and 8 rebounds and an All-conference post player.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
After 1
SIU 27
UE 12
Taylor with 10 and 4 blocks in the quarter. UE's next top player down with t wo fouls and 6-3 Tomancova out with an injury.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Mason with a bucket at the halftime buzzer.
SIU 52
ACES 33
Seniors each with 14. Taylor with 7 blocks!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Sorry for all the spaces. My phone likes to add random spaces between hard returns and I have to spend a minute deleting them.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Taylor on triple-double alert! She also has 8 boards. So that's 14/8/7 on six of eight shooting!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Taylor just set the record for most blocks in a game. She's at 18/9/8. 4 minutes left in the 3rd.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Dropping the hammer...
End of 3.
SIU 78
UE 44.
TAYLOR ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM A TRIPLE DOUBLE!!!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Taylor gets her 10th block and the triple-double!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
8 points from 100. 92-49 5:21 to play.
Odd trivia. Of the 3 100 point games By Valley tems this year, we've been involved in all three winning two.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Make that FOUR 100 point games.
Final
SIU 105
EVANSVILLE 59
Jones with 20 and 8 dimes. Q with 10 and 11 dimes. Mason with 13. And Taylor with the big line. 20 points. 11 rebounds and 10 blocks!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
