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Week 10 - Jan 5 to 11
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After a slow start, Vandy pounded Mizzou.
Win on Sunday at TexAM and Commodores will be taking the Night Shift to #5.
Vandy has a backloaded conference schedule. Beginning is sweeter than pie. Ark, LSU (only test) Missouri, Tex AM, MissSt, Auburn.
Win on Sunday at TexAM and Commodores will be taking the Night Shift to #5.
Vandy has a backloaded conference schedule. Beginning is sweeter than pie. Ark, LSU (only test) Missouri, Tex AM, MissSt, Auburn.
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Not surprising about UK seeing how Key is out due to a dislocated elbow. She and Strack complemented each other.
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Don’t understand why Booker is still in the game and TX up like 50.
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Don't know. But she is the only starter in the game. Also, if she comes out, the only other guards on the bench that play are Harmon and Lee. Graves is a former walk-on, given a scholarship last year as a reward for her hard work. And Graves comes in as I type. The other guard on the bench is a freshman from Ireland who is not ready.
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I don't find this win that surprising considering NC State was missing a key player. Clemson isn't as woeful as they used to be. They can steal the odd game if their opponents aren't careful.
It’s true though that Clemson won the 4th quarter 23-8. NC State can’t let that happen.
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That and bench points. Clemson had 40 compared to NC State's 8 points. That's mind boggling.
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No idea. Guess ties are allowed in the Big Sky conference? 🤷♀️
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I think that was ESPN being goofy. Now I'm seeing 72-70 Montana St. in OT.
edit--another big game for Chirrick, she's gotta be in the conversation for Big Sky POY at this point
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Montana State 72-70 Eastern Washington (Jan 8, 2026) Box Score - ESPN
Box score for the Montana State Bobcats vs. Eastern Washington Eagles NCAAW game from January 8, 2026 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.
Maybe the ESPN box score was delayed. It went to OT in the end.
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Until they face Maryland, UCLA, USC or Iowa, I'd say they're good. They need to win a few of these games to really make a push in conference play.
They spotted Washington a healthy double digit lead in the first and figured out a way to get take the lead during the second quarter. What was odd is that Howell didn't play for most of the 2nd quarter. Not sure why. Even the announcers were perplexed.
They've lost depth at the post/forward position with Alexander out for the season. Hallock has been dealing with an injury and hasn't been available for several games now. If they pull off at least 2 wins against this group, then they can be considered really good in my opinion.
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With respect to quit doing anything, Michigan State made a good adjustment and did a better job defending Ladine. All of her scoring was in the first half because Mich State kept going under the screen giving her a clear shot. Sellers had to manage foul trouble which also hampered the Huskies offensively.
Howell being on the bench for most of the second half didn't help matters. Hopefully Langley provides some clarity as to why because that didn't make any sense to me considering how the second quarter played out.
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UW went from up 11 to down 22 in about 25 minutes. That is terrible. 33 point swings are not the mark of a good team. They put a little window dressing on at the end, I'm not impressed.
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Remember the name. She's gonna be a monster
She had 14 points in the first quarter. And had the game clinching basket in the closing seconds.
She had 14 points in the first quarter. And had the game clinching basket in the closing seconds.
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No argument there, but it still strikes me as odd that they didn't have Howell playing for most of the second quarter. If it was foul trouble, I kind of get it, but to not to have her when Michigan State started their run in the second was a head scratcher.
Just woke up this morning to see the score.Montana State 72-70 Eastern Washington (Jan 8, 2026) Box Score - ESPN
Box score for the Montana State Bobcats vs. Eastern Washington Eagles NCAAW game from January 8, 2026 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.www.espn.com
Maybe the ESPN box score was delayed. It went to OT in the end.
Interesting. After the NAU game I was checking last night and it showed a tie. Probably a good thing I didn't need to stay up any later to watch more
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Yeah everything yall mentioned here is pretty much it.
State is good, but they are thin. They have 4 really good players, Zoe, Zam, Tilda and Pierre. Then there is a gulf. Qadence, Quigley, Cox and Lunan have all had moments, but they also are all very inconsistent game to game, quarter to quarter. So you take Zam out for this game you lose your best shooter, your best player maker and your energy piece/on court leader. That's hard to replace for any team, but when the gap between your starters and your bench is this wide, it's extra hard.
That elevated Quigley into the starting line up alongside Qadence when in reality, neither one is really worthy of starting from what I've seen. They both have their strengths and have had games that were encouraging, but it hasn't come together for either of them this year. So now the starting line up is 3 on 5 offensively and the bench just got that much shorter.
In the 4th quarter State began the quarter with a 5 point lead and Wes tried to get Zoe some rest and immediately had to put her back in because of horrible shot selection and careless turnovers which kept the door open for Clemson. She comes in and the offense is still stalling and then KP goes down with a cramp and leaves the game for a few minutes and Clemson took full advantage. No Zam and no KP spells doom. At the 6:45 mark KP subbed out with her injury and it was a 1 point game, she came back in at 3:05 and State was down 9.
State was dominating in the paint, Tilda and KP both had great games, but without KP in the game they could double Tilda and State had no outside shooting to help offset that and honestly had some horrible shot selections in the 4th.
Clemson aint bad. I don't mean to confuse them with a power house, but they have multiple girls who can hit from outside, multiple girls who can handle the ball and penetrate, good passing skills, good spacing and good shot selections. They don't have a ton of size, but they aren't a doormat. It was the first time Clemson beat State in 15 years! They played a nice game and State's depth issues showed this game and it really highlighted how badly they need someone to step up at the 3 spot. Qadence had her best game of the year against Cal and followed it up with her worst. She was bad. 2-10 from the field, 0-7 from 3 and took some really bad shots IMO. Not trying to single her out, just pointing out that State has a hole at the 3 spot and have not found an answer yet.
State's a team that will be very vulnerable if any of the "big 4" are injured or sick or in foul trouble. If everyone is healthy and playing they can win the league. If just 1 is out, well they can drop a game to the Clemson's of the world.