WBB in Arizona

[azfan]

It's possible (likely?) that the Arizona schools go 0 for Saturday.

ASU

This is the most likely win has the devil's travel to Provo to take on BYU. The Devils emerged with a victory in Utah with leader Gabby Elliott on the bench most of the second half with four fouls. You and I'll transfer McKinna brackets was magnificent, she put the team on her back in the second half and carried Molly Miller's team to a thrilling one point victory.

Winning on the road is hard so it's a lot to expect to pick up a second road win against the quality of opponent.

NAU

Winning their first Big Sky game was huge for the Jacks in The Dome. Senior Aubrey Taylor was magnificent in the first half hitting four threes all from Caitlin Clark range. GCU transfer Naomi While showed why she's the leading scorer in the Big Sky and the leading freshman scorer in NCAA division 1. But Montana is not Montana State and I think the Bobcats are just going to be too much for the Jacks.

GCU

The Lopes travel to Boise State where Massey shows them a three-point favorite. I would definitely give the points as this looks to be a double-digit loss for the Lopes. I know Boise State is struggling but they certainly have a much stronger program at this point in the season and after the Rams revealed GCU as a pretender I certainly can understand the analytics that would favor Grand Canyon.

Uarizona at Texas Tech - Pity the Kitty

 

[nwhoopfan]

Looks like too much Taylee Chirrick for NAU to handle today. I like her game a lot. 27 points on 12-19 shooting, 8 reb, 5 steals.

 

[nwhoopfan]

What? Grand Canyon outscored in Q1 by San Diego St. 37-9. How do you give up almost 40 points in a quarter? Grand Canyon outscored SDSU in each of the following 3 quarters, by a total of 10, but the damage was done.

 

[azfan]

Arizona State takes care of their business against a UCF team that reminded me so much of the Natasha Adair years here. After a 25-21 first half the Devils found their footing and scored 43 in the second half which tells you a lot more about UCF than it does about the Devils. The 16-1 Sun Devils travel to TCU and I'm wondering if maybe Molly Miller's defense will be upsetting to Miles. Well Hope springs eternal I think that will be a second loss for the Devils.

Grand Canyon showed the gap between the bottom and top of the Mountain West as they were completely dismantled by the San Diego State team the won the conference tournament last year and danced. That team looks really good it may enter the tournament as the favorite.

The Jacks just ended against Weber State. Both teams are now 6 and 10 on the year. Both are at the bottom of the Big Sky but the news here was 37 points by red shirt freshman Naomi White leading scorer in the Big Sky and 8th leading scorer in division 1. The former Grand Canyon Lope who's absence was noticeable against San Diego nailed 9 threes as she let her team. With that sad I'm not sure how much better than the Wildcats the Jacks are but for the time being NAU is 3-1 in the Big Sky. Work to the Montana State game though and you'll see the same gap that the Lopes have with the top of the Mountain West.

At Montana State a huge upset is brewing as Eastern Washington is leading by seven points. It will indeed be interesting to see how that game ends up.

And in a game only peripherally related to Arizona basketball Santa Clara and San Francisco have a barn burner going on as the Broncos lead the host Don's by 3 as the third quarter winds down. This would be a great victory on the road if Loree Payne's squad can win the fourth quarter.

And down in the dirty t the kitties took care of GIBB and BYU by 3 ino what I think was a surprise for everybody. What struck me was how well they defended freshmen Benally who had a great game in the Coug victory over ASU.

 

[azfan]

This we will increase the clarity for Arizona schools in their respective conferences.

ASU - as expected TCU easily handled the Devils in Texas. After hanging with the horned frogs for one quarter the difference in talent and particularly on the offensive end became apparent. And she was not able to withstand the defensive pressure resulting in a 30-point loss.

There's a possibility the kitties could lose out in January.