Games Feb. 3-9

[triaddukefan]

A barn burner in the Big South.... The Blue Hose of PC were comfortably in the lead... but the Lancers of Longwood are on a 14-0 run to take the lead 64-61 with 39 seconds left in the game

But PC ties it up on a long 3 pointer...... headed to overtime..... 64-64.

 

[triaddukefan]

@nwhoopfan @LoTrader @domerduck Cant remember the other Oregon State fans..... but do yall remember Eddie Payne? I knew the name sounded familiar.... he coached for years here in NC... but he is working as the Analyst at the HPU vs USC-Upstate game. I guess he does it for both the men's and the womens..... he coached the men's team for Upstate for about 15 years.

HPU is torching the Spartans 36-12 so far.

 

[triaddukefan]

In the crazy SoCon, UNC-Greensboro leads 29-11 over ETSU.... ETSU was fortunate to get to 11 points. My Catamounts of Western Catamounts currently lead 30-19 over UT-C. This would be a huge victory for the rebuilding Catamounts.. as they are currently 1-7 in the league.

In the Big South.... the Powerful Camels of Campbell lead UNC-A 25-24 at the half.

 

[Plebe]

I’m at the Rice-MTSU game, and Rellah Boothe is on the court. She just scored on a baby hook over Nancy Mulkey. She also had a nice steal in open court that led to some FTs for a teammate. She played the first couple minutes of 2Q and then was subbed for. Definitely not in game shape.

 

[Plebe]

Well, can’t say Rellah hasn’t been productive in her limited minutes.

She came back in the game in the last couple minutes of the half, and quickly got a defensive rebound, then an O board and put-back with an and-1. She also hit a nice midrange jumper from the elbow.

The down side is she picked up 2 fouls in less than 5 minutes. I guess that’s an improvement over her first appearance on Jan. 30, where she got 2 fouls in one minute

As for the game, Rice is up by 12 at the half and Ogwumike leads with 13 points.

 

[triaddukefan]

In the crazy SoCon... Western Carolina ends its 21 game losing streak to UT-Chattanooga with a gutsy 63-55 victory. First road win of the year for MY Catamounts. UNC-G wins on the road at ETSU 65-45. Mercer again knocks off one of the upper tier SoCon teams with a win vs Furman. The red hot Bears improve to 6-18. Next up.... first place Samford. Don't beat against the Bears.... best 6-18 team in the country.

In the MEAC.... NCA&T goes on the road and gets thumped by Bethune Cookman...70-50.

In the Big South, both HPU and Campbell were victorious.... setting up a HUGE matchup on Tuesday Night over in the Panther's Den (Lair?)

 

[nwhoopfan]

@nwhoopfan @LoTrader @domerduck Cant remember the other Oregon State fans..... but do yall remember Eddie Payne?

Barely. Unlike the women, the men's team has gone a long time without much success and has been thru quite a few coaches.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gonzaga off to a slow start, down 11-1 to St. Mary's 5 minutes into the game. The Gaels started 4-0 in conference but have gone 1-7 since.

 

[nwhoopfan]

18-4 SMC thru Q1. Wake up GU, there is a game going on.

 

[nwhoopfan]

SMC got the first bucket of Q2, then a 12-0 run for GU. They just needed a quarter to get warmed up.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Geez, 10-0 answer from SMC, up 30-16 w/ a bit over 3 minutes til halftime. This would be a loss for GU if they don't turn it around.

 

[nwhoopfan]

GU trailing 32-23 at half. Shooting 30% from the floor while SMC is hitting at a 52% clip. Hard to win w/ that kind of gap in FG accuracy.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Boise St. continues to be perplexing. A Utah St. team is on a 13-0 run and is about to steal one on BSU's home court.

edit--wow, crazy finish. BSU got a bucket w/ about 2 seconds left, but Utah St. got a hoop on the following possession. 58-56 final, really bad loss for the Broncos.

 

[Plebe]

Rice took care of MTSU pretty handily, 77-60. Erica Ogwumike with a huge game: 25 points, 17 rebounds. Nancy Mulkey added 20 points and 4 blocks.

Rellah Boothe finished with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 fouls in 15 minutes of play. Her first significant minutes since her freshman year at Texas two years ago. MTSU is clearly better with her on the court, but she doesn't yet have the conditioning to go more than 2 or 3 minutes at a time.

Old Dominion pulled away late to beat UTEP, and that sets up a huge game on Thursday between Rice and ODU, which could end up deciding the C-USA regular season race.

 

[nwhoopfan]

SMC still leading 51-37 w/ a bit over 2 minutes left in Q3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

BYU and San Diego tied at 28 most of the way thru Q3. Lowest combined point total of the day?

 

[Plebe]

Saint Mary's is going off from 3 -- 10 of 17 is probably the best they've shot all year. There's always one game where anybody can shoot lights out.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Saint Mary's is going off from 3 -- 10 of 17 is probably the best they've shot all year. There's always one game where anybody can shoot lights out.

Now 11-18 and GU is 5-17. Zags shooting 31% overall. Maybe missing Campbell a lot today. 55-37.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Zags mounting a rally, 18 point deficit cut in half. 63-55 w/ 5 minutes left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Too little too late, SMC back up by 14 under 2 minutes left. I wonder how far Gonzaga will fall in the next poll?

 

[Plebe]

Too little too late, SMC back up by 14 under 2 minutes left. I wonder how far Gonzaga will fall in the next poll?

Or much more importantly, does this loss cost them a hosting spot? It might.

The bigger issue is that they're clearly a lesser team without Campbell. Doesn't help that the Wirth twins both went for goose eggs.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Or much more importantly, does this loss cost them a hosting spot? It might.

The bigger issue is that they're clearly a lesser team without Campbell. Doesn't help that the Wirth twins both went for goose eggs.

That's certainly a possibility. Their resume was fairly thin.

 

[nwhoopfan]

80-70 final Zags lose.

 

[nwhoopfan]

It was upside down day in the Mountain West. 4 roads teams w/ worse conference records than the host won--Utah St. over Boise St., Air Force over San Diego St., New Mexico over Wyoming and Nevada over San Jose St. Only Fresno St. is holding serve, up 15 in the closing seconds against UNLV. FSU strengthens their hold on the top spot and all the other contenders stumbled badly.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I looked at Fresno St.'s schedule, definitely not an at large worthy resume. 20-4 overall, 13-0 in conference. No notable wins, 3 losses to WCC teams (none of which were Gonzaga). Wasn't quite sure, but definitely a 1 bid league.