FINAL
Wildcats 84
DAWGS 69
Taylor with 20&5. Jones back in the game with 14. Brown with 8. Randle with 9 boards. Q Love with 5 dimes but only 1 bucket. Something seems off with her.
Back home Tues night against Memphis.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Ya know...I don't normally complain about refs (sarcasm). But these refs tonight are awesome! (SARCASM)
These folks are in love with thier whistles.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
In a rather disjointed 1st half...
SIU 35
MEMPHIS TIGERS 40
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Hmmm. I thought I posted this....
Final
SIU 76
Memphis 89
Southern falls to 0-4.
Free throws were the difference. They outshot us 26 - 11 at the line and had 17 more attempts. Lots of ticky-tack fouls on us. Turnovers were down. Shot selection wasn't as wreckless. Had the same shooting numbers as Memphis. Rebounding wasn't as good as the last couple of games. Out rebounded 41-33. Had a nice rally from being down 9 in the fourth. Tied it up, but couldn't get over the hump.
Love just doesn't look the same as she has in the past. Her D is good. But her floor management isn't as good. Maybe it's because the new personnel? New coaching philosophy? Something is off with her. I really like the freshman Mason!
They'll figure it out. It's getting closer. Off to Lehigh for the weekend and an MTE.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Let's see here. Lets get caught up.
We're playing Lehigh today in Bethlehem, PA in the Christmas City Classic.
It's in the 3rd. 3 minutes left.
SIU 60
MOUNTAIN HAWKS 52
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
End of three...
SIU 63
LEHIGH 57
Jones has 13. Randle, Taylor and Nard all with 9. Defense looks better, turnovers are down.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
I'm the immortal words of Steve Falat...
Weeeeee Haaaave A WINNNER!
SIU 87
LEHIGH 81
Southern gets off the losing train.
Five in double figures. Jones leads the way with 16. Mason and Randle with 13. Taylor and Nard with 11.
We forced 22 turnovers and had 18 steals!
Bench outscored thiers 35-13.
We get the winner of Kent State/Quinnipiac tomorrow afternoon.
GO DAWGS!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
We get Kent State at 1:30 CT Sunday. ESPN is showing the game will be on ESPN+. But I'm not so sure...
Kent St comes in at 3-2 after beating Quinnipiac Saturday 58-55. KS has beaten Okie St as thier signature win.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Well ESPN lied. No streaming coverage. Have to do this the old fashion way. Radio (or radio streaming) After 1.
SIU 11
KENT ST 12
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Halftime. No scoring. Lots of missed shots.
SOUTHERN 25
Kent 32.
We have this habit of making opponents shooters look like Steph Curry and Klay Thompson from deep. Kent St is 8-13 from three.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Dawgs making a run. Down by 18 went on a 12-0 run.
6 and change left. Down 7.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
Final
SIU 66
KENT ST 72
We were down by 20 late in the 3rd. Rallied cut the lead to 6. Cold shooting doomed us. Only 9 points in the 3rd quarter. 25 of 72 for the game.
Kent State was 20-26 from the free throw line.
Brown with 15, Taylor 14 and Jones with 12.
Back home Thursday evening against Chicago State.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
SIU (1-5) vs Chicago State (0-8)
Thursday, December 1st 6pm Banterra Center
Radio/Streaming Magic 95.1 (Trey Reamer) TV Streaming ESPN+ (Mike Trude)
Line SIU -30 warrennolan.com
After a somewhat productive MTE in Bethlehem, PA and beating host Lehigh for our first win, but losing to Kent St for the trophy, we return home for two straight. We had two make the All-Tournament team; Ashley Jones & Promise Taylor.
CSU Cougars
This is the eight meeting between the Dawgs and the Cougars with Southern holding a 5-2 advantage. The last time we tangled with the Cougars was in December of 2013 in Carbondale. CSU won 55-51 in Coach Stien’s first season at the helm. CSU is one of only two independent Division 1 basketball teams. The other being Hartford who the Cougars will play four times this season. CSU left the WAC after this past season.
CSU has had an even rougher start to the season than we have starting 0-8 with three of those losses coming from Valley schools. (Evansville, UIC and ISU Blue) The Cougars are coached by Andrea Williams, in her first year in Chicago, with 27 years of coaching experience. She came from a Division 2 school and a few stops before that, The US Air Force Academy.
The Cougars are averaging 51.5ppg and giving up 79.5ppg. They shoot at .338/.292 (FG/3ptFG) clip and give up baskets at .466/.286. They cough up the ball 23 times a game and force 14 turnovers. They average just under 6 steals a game while their opponents swipe the ball away from them just over 11 times a game.
Chicago State Dramatis Personae –
The Cougars are lead in scoring by 5-5 Sr G Jeniah Newell and her 11.6ppg. Their second leading scorer is 6-1 FR center Josie Hill and her 7.6ppg and team high 7 rebounds per game. They do have one other player in double digit average, Tae’lor Willard (5-6 Sr Guard) at 12.0 ppg but she only played in their first three games. She’s probably injured, but that’s just a guess. Looking at their 4 regular starters they look pretty small (6-1, 5-5, 5-7 &5-10) I’m going to assume that Willard was their fifth starter. The other two who have started are 5-8 & 5-10.
A Quick Look At Us
Hans Gruber: "It’s Christmas, Theo. It’s the time of miracles. So be of good cheer…and call me when you hit the last lock.”
I’m trying to be optimistic here, folks! After the solid looking win against Lehigh, our 32-point fourth quarter outburst and valiant attempt at a comeback Sunday against Kent St., we are looking thiiiiis close to cracking this safe and coming together. There’s no doubt we have the scoring firepower from every position. The erratic shooting seems to be going down. We’ve shown progress on defense, but still have stretches of lapses. Putting both together has been the issue.
I’m not going to go as far as saying we win this by the prediction, but unless Chicago State has warp speed and teleportation in their arsenal, we should win by double digits.
GO DAWGS!!
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
After a bit of a lull mid-quarter...offense gains traction...
After 1 Qtr
SIU 32
CHCAGO State 12
That's two consecutive 32 point quarters for the Dawgs.
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." ~Dr. Leonard H. McCoy
