WBB: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks for the webcast TLU!  Final TLU 91, at  Schreiner 71!

[lcwildcatfan]

Congratulations to Tillisha Givens for being awarded East Player of the Week for the 3rd time this season. She also picked up LA State Player of the Week. Tonight is a big game for the Lady Cats as UTD comes to H.O.W. Fieldhouse undefeated tonight. It is also Field the Fieldhouse!

GEAUX LADY CATS!!

[The Jinx]

McM continues streak!  Good job and good luck.

[lcwildcatfan]

LC did not play a great game yesterday. We got ourselves in a hole that we couldn't get ourselves out of. UTD opened up the game with a 10-0 run. The game came down to the wire Christy Pantallion shot the ball with 10 seconds left and missed but Tillisha Givens rebounded the ball and went up with the shot and the ref called a jump ball as time expired. Yes it is a heartbreaker but not really because we did not play for a full 40 minutes of LC basketball.

Saturday's game against Ozarks we are calling the "Pink Game". We are asking everyone that comes to the game to wear pink in honor of surviving cancer patients. The first 100 cancer survivors will get a pink carnation. We are also collecting change for the ASC "Make A Change". 

GEAUX LADY CATS!!!

[nash]

MC defeated UTD 74-64 this afternoon in an excellent contest.  MC went ahead early in the first half and never trailed and led as much as 13 points in the second half.  These two teams meet next Saturday in a rematch and I hope it is just as good a game.

[Ralph Turner]

McM continues streak!  Good job and good luck.

You spoke too soon.

CTX 73 McM 70

[SabineBBall]

UTD lost a tough one on the road to MC.  It was almost like playing in another state lol.  UTD shot poorly the 1st half and especially in the paint.  Most of the stats were even.   The difference was at the line with MC shooting 31 FT to 14 for UTD.  The rematch next Saturday at UTD should be a good one!!

[golden_dome]

A couple notes from the MC vs UT-Dallas game today. I was very impressed with UTD, they will be tough to beat in Dallas. They are big and very physical, and they are well coached. The ASC might not have a team like HPU last year, but the league has not slipped overall from what I've seen. There are a few new teams at the top, but the quality is still there and the depth is improved. The ASC tourney this year will feature eight good teams who could win, that has never been the case.

I would disagree that the only difference today was free throws. MS College controlled the game and it stayed pretty much a 10-point margin the final 10-12 minutes. MC shot the ball better overall (44%-41%), shot better from 3-point range (50%-40%), won the rebounding battle (37-32) and had fewer turnovers (14-18).

MC did shoot more free throws but the edge was 25-14 with a minute left before the fouling. MC did a better job getting the ball to the post. MC's two starting forwards took about half the actual shots for the team and went to the line a combined 21 times. UTD forwards shot eight 3-pointers, MC's shot none. UTD shot 15 three's overall and MC shot eight.

As a team MC usually shoots more free throws because they have four good post players and work to get the ball inside. After today, MC has shot 71 more free throws than their opponents. UTD has shot 10 more. Also, MC might be the nation's best 3-point shooting team by percentage after this week (.440) but UTD has shot 90 more (290-200).

MC was the better team today but beating that team in Dallas will be tough. It should be a great game.

[The Jinx]

McM continues streak!  Good job and good luck.

You spoke too soon.

CTX 73 McM 70

Looks like I spoke too soon.   Next But, this is why the game is played.

[Ralph Turner]

McM continues streak!  Good job and good luck.

You spoke too soon.

CTX 73 McM 70

Looks like I spoke too soon.   Next But, this is why the game is played.

The Rumble in Kimbrell on Monday night!

[Ralph Turner]

Chris, I agree.  We don't have an undefeated national champion this year, but the ASC-West is now five teams strong!

And Steven Cochran will make CTX even tougher! 

McM and HSU are in the midst of a gauntlet.

McMurry has played  host to HPU, at UMHB, at CTX, host HSU, host UMHB, host CTX, at SRSU and then at HPU.

HSU has host HPU, host SRSU, at CTX, at UMHB, at McM, host CTX, host UMHB, and at HPU!

That is 7 of 8 against the best in the West!   

[SabineBBall]

A couple notes from the MC vs UT-Dallas game today. I was very impressed with UTD, they will be tough to beat in Dallas. They are big and very physical, and they are well coached. The ASC might not have a team like HPU last year, but the league has not slipped overall from what I've seen. There are a few new teams at the top, but the quality is still there and the depth is improved. The ASC tourney this year will feature eight good teams who could win, that has never been the case.

I would disagree that the only difference today was free throws. MS College controlled the game and it stayed pretty much a 10-point margin the final 10-12 minutes. MC shot the ball better overall (44%-41%), shot better from 3-point range (50%-40%), won the rebounding battle (37-32) and had fewer turnovers (14-18).

MC did shoot more free throws but the edge was 25-14 with a minute left before the fouling. MC did a better job getting the ball to the post. MC's two starting forwards took about half the actual shots for the team and went to the line a combined 21 times. UTD forwards shot eight 3-pointers, MC's shot none. UTD shot 15 three's overall and MC shot eight.

As a team MC usually shoots more free throws because they have four good post players and work to get the ball inside. After today, MC has shot 71 more free throws than their opponents. UTD has shot 10 more. Also, MC might be the nation's best 3-point shooting team by percentage after this week (.440) but UTD has shot 90 more (290-200).

MC was the better team today but beating that team in Dallas will be tough. It should be a great game.

Not arguing with your % but both teams made the exact same amount of fields goals 23 with UTD making 2 more 3 pointers so they won the FG battle by 2 points.  Both teams shot 7 of 8 from FT line the first half.  Second half UTD shot  5 of 6 (2 of those with under 2 minutes also).  MC shot 17 of 23.  With 5:43 left it was 9 fouls to 2.  Not trying to take anything away from MC they were the better team yesterday but facts are facts they won it at the line!!!

[mcmfan]

The McM LIB are back in the lead again, 77-71 over a barnburner against HSU at Kimbrell Arena.  I think the key was HSU's Newcombe getting 3 fouls in the first half and having to sit out much of the game; when she came back in in the second half, she was deadly, but it wasn't quite enough.  I'm sure we'll meet again for game #3 in the tournament...

[fanstand]

I was at the game, and it is always sweet when you win the crosstown rivalary. I thought the really big difference in the game was the bench play of LIB. They were very strong, and MANY played a lot of minutes and did really well defensively and offensively. HSU players had to play lots of minutes and I think the defense really wore them down this game. I really think the big factor in the game was the swimming team, coming in from practice in their speedos, chanting LIB!!!!! It was great, I'm still rubbing my eyes...............

[Ralph Turner]

I was at the game, and it is always sweet when you win the crosstown rivalary. I thought the really big difference in the game was the bench play of LIB. They were very strong, and MANY played a lot of minutes and did really well defensively and offensively. HSU players had to play lots of minutes and I think the defense really wore them down this game. I really think the big factor in the game was the swimming team, coming in from practice in their speedos, chanting LIB!!!!! It was great, I'm still rubbing my eyes...............

The bench play was critical.

One other thing about the good bench play is preserving the legs and bodies at this time of the season for the entire team.

We are in a tough stretch of games.  It is nice to get quality minutes and production out of the deep bench.

McM-HSU box score

Having this depth is critical for the long season.