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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2511433, member: 6819"] I was out all of yesterday and missed the majority of yesterdays games. I just caught up to the SoCar/Mizzou game today. I've said it before here and many times. I'm a Dawn fan. Unabashed. Potty mouth and all. I love A'ja Wilson. I've said that here many times. At the start of the game it sounded to me as if the rims were a bit loose. The refs looked as if they were watching for SoCar running illegal screens and they rewarded SoCar with fouls twice early on for clear violations. The minute A'ja lost the opening jump she was ready to play. Early on Mizzou was very aggressive on defense, especially Jordan Frericks. When A'ja was called for her first over the back foul Frericks responded with an elbow into A'ja's neck. [B]But the elbow was after the foul by A'ja.[/B] Jennings picked up two quick clear fouls. At 7:10 of the first A'ja was defended by Porter in the paint. Porter was trying to maintain position with her body and A'ja twice bumped her off position. To me the second bump was a foul by A'ja that wasn't called. On their next offensive possession A'ja was finally called for an offensive foul for pushing Porter off position. At 6:26 Mizzou goes to the line on a clear blocking foul by Cliney. And on and on. The tone of the game was set. Complaining that the refs favored Mizzou in the game is just myopic. This was an aggressively played game on both sides. The refs were put in a position teams should never put them into. They tried to call stuff early to keep the game from getting out of control and ended up pretty much calling every 3rd foul. Believe me, these teams earned every one of the calls against them and then some. I saw some borderline calls but no bad ones. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Winners smile, losers say "Deal!". Or "I gotta bad deal". I never complain about how refs call the game. Your team should be good enough to overcome any call or series of bad calls. Any adversity for that matter. SoCar as a team and its fans should just admit to themselves that Mizzou matches up well against their team. That twice in a row now they've been outplayed and Dawn has been out coached by Robin Pingeton. Now what do we need to get better? [/QUOTE]

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