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BigTenGuy said:
My guess is that neither UCLA nor USC will lose a BIG conference game outside of LA. But USC losinstig tonight at Maryland is perhaps the best chance for that to happen. One of the more interesting BIG games of the season. Tonight on FS1.
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@YoDore

An entertaining, back and forth game that ended, 79-74 USC over Maryland, with a 21-16 fourth quarter.

Yes, Watkins led the Trojans in scoring, but worked with lots of contributors: Iriafen scored some clutch baskets; Rayah Marshall had key boards (15) and blocks (4) and an entry pass or two and the freshmen trio of Kennedy Smith, Avery Howell and Kayleigh Heckell. Smith is a superb athlete and Heckel, in 26 minutes, scored 10 points (4-5 shooting), dished out 4 assists and had 3 rebounds. Howell is a composed contributor. Really good combination of experience, talented frosh not scared of the moments and, of course, a superstar.

Shyanne Sellers must've sensed all the WNBA personnel in the building and put on a show with definitive drives to the basket, often resulting in fouls, which she converted 10-11 times. Kaylene Smikle didn't shoot particularly well, but Christina Dalce scored (15 pts) and rebounded (12) well. Saylor Poffenbarger is still a lesson in anticipation in boxing out: the 6'2" player had 17 rebounds.

Noted that both teams had 20+ fouls called on them, resulting in Watkins and Smith fouling out. Would have to go back to see if the game was just called tightly and/or if teams were reaching a lot, but -- if the latter -- I'd get it in the scout if I'm playing against either team.
 
Dillon77 said:
@YoDore

An entertaining, back and forth game that ended, 79-74 USC over Maryland, with a 21-16 fourth quarter.

Yes, Watkins led the Trojans in scoring, but worked with lots of contributors: Iriafen scored some clutch baskets; Rayah Marshall had key boards (15) and blocks (4) and an entry pass or two and the freshmen trio of Kennedy Smith, Avery Howell and Kayleigh Heckell. Smith is a superb athlete and Heckel, in 26 minutes, scored 10 points (4-5 shooting), dished out 4 assists and had 3 rebounds. Howell is a composed contributor. Really good combination of experience, talented frosh not scared of the moments and, of course, a superstar.

Shyanne Sellers must've sensed all the WNBA personnel in the building and put on a show with definitive drives to the basket, often resulting in fouls, which she converted 10-11 times. Kaylene Smikle didn't shoot particularly well, but Christina Dalce scored (15 pts) and rebounded (12) well. Saylor Poffenbarger is still a lesson in anticipation in boxing out: the 6'2" player had 17 rebounds.

Noted that both teams had 20+ fouls called on them, resulting in Watkins and Smith fouling out. Would have to go back to see if the game was just called tightly and/or if teams were reaching a lot, but -- if the latter -- I'd get it in the scout if I'm playing against either team.
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Maryland 2-14 on 3's; 12-25 3 days earlier at Iowa.:mad:
 


Maryland's upcoming schedule has some great match ups. Will be fun to see how things play out.
 
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Watched Iowa/Nebraska last night. Good game. Hawks really blew the win by bricking free throws at the end of regulation so the game went OT with the Huskers winning in Iowa City. The Hawk/Husker games have been really entertaining games the last few years. Couple of Clark triple doubles if I recall correctly and OT in the conference tourney in Mpls last season to.

Observation, Syla Swords and Olivia Olsen of Michigan and Rutger's Kiyomi McMiller are getting all of the freshman PR but dang, the Huskers freshman point guard Britt Prince is looking REALLY good.
 
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Gamecockfan77 said:
Bueckers and Tessa Johnson would have been nasty.
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Throw Olivia Olson in as another Minnesotan we really wanted home with the Gophers. Averaging 16 pts a game as a freshman for Michigan.

Was looking at the schedule and the 16-2 Gophers are in for a rough Big Ten schedule stretch. Already had to play Top 10 Maryland on the road but they also get UCLA, USC and Ohio State on the road for four Top 10 roadies in conference play. Throw in @ ranked MSU for good measure. Yikes.
 
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ISUnorth said:
Watched Iowa/Nebraska last night. Good game. Hawks really blew the win by bricking free throws at the end of regulation so the game went OT with the Huskers winning in Iowa City. The Hawk/Husker games have been really entertaining games the last few years. Couple of Clark triple doubles if I recall correctly and OT in the conference tourney in Mpls last season to.

Observation, Syla Swords and Olivia Olsen of Michigan and Rutger's Kiyomi McMiller are getting all of the freshman PR but dang, the Huskers freshman point guard Britt Prince is looking REALLY good.
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She doesn't get talked about enough in BIG10 conversations. I'd have her above McMiller personally.
 
ISUnorth said:
Throw Olivia Olson in as another Minnesotan we really wanted home with the Gophers. Averaging 16 pts a game as a freshman for Michigan.

Was looking at the schedule and the 16-2 Gophers are in for a rough Big Ten schedule stretch. Already had to play Top 10 Maryland on the road but they also get UCLA, USC and Ohio State on the road for four Top 10 roadies in conference play. Throw in @ ranked MSU for good measure. Yikes.
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The Gophers played Maryland tough the other day, for a few quarters. I was impressed. That is a brutal stretch of games for the Gophers, but they will get through this stretch.
 
Watching McMiller and Swords compete against each other for the first time today. Man, talk about contrasting styles. Felt like McMiller was trying to do everything on her own where Swords was like a Swiss Army knife doing a little bit of everything, including great defence on McMiller.
 
www.latimes.com

USC women taking 'mad dog' approach thanks to Beth Burns

The Trojans' associate head coach and defensive leader has long taught the concept of tenacious defense, which has served USC well this season.
www.latimes.com www.latimes.com

Nice article on Coach Burns of USC and her impact on this team defensively. Louisville lost something when she left their program in my opinion. Her impact on Marshall's development alone is impressive.
 
Ugh. Just saw that Minnesota vs Michigan is on BIG10+ tonight. While I know the focus maybe on tOSU and football, this could have been a great game on BTN for fans to watch today.
 
cancontent said:
Ugh. Just saw that Minnesota vs Michigan is on BIG10+ tonight. While I know the focus maybe on tOSU and football, this could have been a great game on BTN for fans to watch today.
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The Big Ten has really dropped the ball on their tv scheduling. I know they didn’t know what to expect with Michigan this season and same with Minnesota but…I’ve barely seen any WBB games on BTN. So many good matchups have been relegated to BTN+.
 
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cancontent said:
Ugh. Just saw that Minnesota vs Michigan is on BIG10+ tonight. While I know the focus maybe on tOSU and football, this could have been a great game on BTN for fans to watch today.
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Michigan plays at Minnesota on Wednesday, not today.

Tcday we have a couple of non-conference games televised on Fox: UCLA vs Baylor and Maryland vs Texas. One B1G game: Wisconsin at Nebraska on BTN.
 
Mzonefan said:
Michigan plays at Minnesota on Wednesday, not today.

Tcday we have a couple of non-conference games televised on Fox: UCLA vs Baylor and Maryland vs Texas. One B1G game: Wisconsin at Nebraska on BTN.
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Thanks for the correction, but my point about the game should be on BTN stands.
 
cancontent said:
Ugh. Just saw that Minnesota vs Michigan is on BIG10+ tonight. While I know the focus maybe on tOSU and football, this could have been a great game on BTN for fans to watch today.
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I agree. This would have been a nice game to watch on TV
 
JellyBean said:
I agree. This would have been a nice game to watch on TV
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It was a very entertaining game. The three Michigan freshman (Swords, Olson & Holloway) carried them to victory in a hard-fought game. Hobbs was terrible, and Kampschroeder was mostly MIA. Still wish Phelia had stayed (and was healthy).
 
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Of all the games that they decide to put on BTN...Illinois vs. Northwestern? Really? That makes absolutely no sense. Weird.
 
JellyBean said:
The BTN program director makes some interesting choices on the games they decide to show. At least they have a decent game on today, Michigan vs Michigan State.
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Well, the first half of the Michigan-MSU game was decent. Nice crowd at Crisler, great rivalry game. Unfortunately, my Wolverines didn't come out to play the second half and Sparty did. Beat us by 30 points. I barely remember us scoring any points in the second half. It was that ugly.
 
Well it was a game on yesterday. Michigan started out looking good. That 2nd half, Michigan State just kicked it up 2-4 notches. Michigan had zero answers.
 
DRR25 said:
Well, the first half of the Michigan-MSU game was decent. Nice crowd at Crisler, great rivalry game. Unfortunately, my Wolverines didn't come out to play the second half and Sparty did. Beat us by 30 points. I barely remember us scoring any points in the second half. It was that ugly.
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Calling the game "ugly" does not begin to describe the a** whipping, massacre that Michigan State layed on to the "all mighty" Michigan WBB team with its alleged "superior" recruits and players (especially in this case when compared to MSU's) in the second half of the game. I enjoyed watching all the Michigan fans standing the whole game, waiting for their Wolvie studs to show their "Stuff" and chew up and spit out Sparty! Never happened, Nadda, Nope, Nyet! In fact, it was the opposite that occurred and then some! It was a complete slaughter and far worse that most fans would have believed possible.

OK, I know several folks on this forum were quick to tell me how Michigan has clearly surpassed MSU and has ascended to top WBB program in the state. You pooh-poohed MSU's sweep of UofM last season as being insignificant, and just a small bump in road with everything pointing to UofM's other recent "achievements" being far more telling and important compared to anything MSU's has done over the last 5-7 years. I acknowledged the slippage of Suzy Merchant and her teams during her last several years before retiring for medical reasons, but that MSU was still the better of the 2 programs historically, over the the entire lifespan of the conference. Of course you argued that the more recent "achievement's" by UofM outweigh the more plentiful, long term historical ones by MSU, again ignoring the sweep of MSU over UofM last season. Now MSU beat UofM's butt raw Saturday and will do so again on Feb 9th in East Lansing. And you will try and argue that a 4 game winning streak (sweep of Michigan for a second season in a row) is still not important because UofM players are young and less experienced compare to MSU's. Well, not if you have listened to all the hype of how good UofM recruits and players are. And so it goes.
 
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