Duke @ Oregon St (12) - 12/20/18

[Plebe]

Showing highlights during halftime. Courtney Ekmark doing some good stuff at Arizona.

She led them in scoring vs. Fresno State with 17 points, but an inefficient 6-18 shooting.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This is better. 38-26, timeout Duke. Starting to knock down 3's consistently.

 

[Plebe]

After their frigid start, Oregon State is up to 8-17 from 3, with 4 different players hitting from behind the arc. Slocum having one of her best games in a Beaver uniform.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Terrible blind pass buried under the basket by Slocum got picked off in traffic and went for a layup the other way. Then she missed a layup after a nice drive. I'm still not totally sold on her performance tonight.


Now Corosdale forced a pass in traffic. OSU is so turnover prone, have been for years.

 

[nwhoopfan]

12 point lead was down to 5, then Slocum hit about a 25 footer. She's looking a bit gimpy.

 

[nwhoopfan]

2 starters are still scoreless for OSU (although Corosdale has 8 boards) and another only has 2. That is just not going to cut it. Not sure what's going on with this team.

 

[Plebe]

12 point lead was down to 5, then Slocum hit about a 25 footer. She's looking a bit gimpy.

Did she foul intentionally after hitting the 3 just to stop the clock and come out of the game?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Did she foul intentionally after hitting the 3 just to stop the clock and come out of the game?

sure looked like it to me

 

[nwhoopfan]

Nice feed from Goodman to Grymek. I know lotrader has been killing her, but Jo is more productive than 3 of the starters tonight (6 points on 3-4 shooting).

 

[nwhoopfan]

Corosdale finally gets on the board, splashes a 3. 48-37 OSU.

 

[nwhoopfan]

And Goodman knocks down her 3rd 3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Pivec gets a hoop off the inbound to end the quarter. 53-39 OSU.

 

[nwhoopfan]

OSU shooting way better outside the arc than inside (11-23 on 3, 21-51 overall).

 

[ochoopsfan]

Are there any good teams from back east, not named UConn, that can play ball out west?

 

[Plebe]

Are there any good teams from back east, not named UConn, that can play ball out west?

Does Notre Dame count as "back east"?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Terrible start to Q4 for OSU, they wanted to keep this interesting for a while longer. 53-43.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Slocum back in and hits a 3, but Duke still hanging around. 56-47.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow, Odom has 17 on 8-12 shooting.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Grymek got a REALLY friendly roll on a put back fade away short jumper. She might hit double figures tonight.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Tudor splashes another 3. She puts some serious arc no her shots.

 

[nwhoopfan]

63-53 3 1/2 min. left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

OSU only has 9 TOs, seems like more. Almost all of them are unforced, they just get so careless at times.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gorecki dribbles from half court, nobody picked her up, just waltzed in for a layup. What the hell?!

But on the other end Tudor hit another 3 and got fouled. 67-55 OSU. Bench just about outscoring starters.

 

[nwhoopfan]

69-55 1:54 left. I kept waiting for a knockout punch, maybe that 4 point play was it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

71-57 about to be final. Still a ton of room for improvement for OSU. Not sure about this team, they aren't really clicking yet.