WBB: American Southwest Conference

[mcmfan]

Ralph --
Thanks for the reports!  How are you following this, since there are no radio broadcasts?  Are you there at the tournament?  I'm trying to imagine you with an open laptop balanced on your knees as you follow the game, and typing in text every time someone calls a timeout.  But that would mean there's a wireless connection in the stadium.
A tough loss, but a good one -- if you're going to lose a game, you want it in the middle of the season against a good team and you want it non-conference.  Sounds like we played hard throughout.  Go ex-Indians, and good luck tomorrow!!

[WLCALUM83]

Stout gets Southwestern, and McMurry gets Concordia, IL (aka Concordia-Chicago). When WLC played Concordia-Chicago earlier this season, the Cougars threw a press at the Warriors. WLC was hitting their 3's that game and ended up winning with a balanced scoring attack (74-58 was the final if memory serves correctly.)

Concordia-Chicago has several players 5'-10" to 6'2" range.

The Cougars, despite outrebounding Southwestern on the offensive end, missed 17 free throws in the game earlier today. This poster expects a McMurry win, figuring Richardson will give them fits.

[Ralph Turner]

mcmfan, the game was on Gametracker on the Southwestern site!!

I found out that on the UW-Stout site.


WAY TO GO, LIB!  Great effort!  A WIAC poster thought that you might fade, but you didn't!!!!

I am so proud of you.

Underclasswomen and newbies!!! Learn from this game!!! We gotta get revenge in the Final Four!!!

[mcmfan]

I thought you would look good at a game with a laptop on your knees!

[Ralph Turner]

I thought you would look good at a game with a laptop on your knees!

Hmmm...
I come from Alabama with a laptop on my knees...
I'm goin' to Louisiana, my true love for to see.

[bcal]

Stroud had 3 or 4 posts who can play.  #40 is not only 6 ft. one, mobile, with skills, and takes up a lot of room in the paint.  McM Richardson could match up but the other ladies were at a disadvantage.  It is of interest to note Stroud had 21 players and played a bunch of people.  I was impressed with their inside people.  McM played with a lot of heart to stay in the game.  Tommorrow at 1pm, Concordia of Ill. for consolation prize.

[Ralph Turner]

bcal, you saw the Pre-season #1 and #2 All-American Centers in #40 Kelsey Duoss and Tarra Richardson.

Can you imagine McMurry if we had a defensive post like Stout's #50 Dani Boese?   

[fanstand]

Just got home from Georgetown. I was really proud of our ladies for NEVER giving up in this game.  I kept thinking we would hit a big three and get back in the lead, but every time we would get close, seemed like Stout responded.  Stout is a good team, we didn't get in sync the whole game, they played good defense and we didn't really get good looks at the three tonight, but we fought the good fight. Feel a little of the pressure off of not having to be "perfect", and I would rather lose to a really good team on an "off" night, than to lose one we should win in conference.  Maybe a rematch will come a little further down the line.  I would like that. Good Luck tomorrow LIB. Rebound from this, and I hope Stout does well against Southwestern.

[Ralph Turner]

fanstand, I felt the same way reading the Gametracker.  This has to put some fire into them.  So close, and yet so much more that needs work.

For the sake of Tarra and Symbri, I am so grateful that they were on the national stage tonight.  Now they and all the others must re-double their efforts.

Thanks for the game report.

One question, am I correct in assuming that UW-Stout ran about 11 players deep?

[fanstand]

Ralph, I was surprised how he was subbing, he subbed all five starters after about 5 minutes and continued to sub that way most of the game. Yes, they are a deep bench, the most I was surprised was by their actual size, all of them are "stout" , tall and muscular. The names on the roster seemed to be of German descent. (I'm not profiling) I was born there , we have some high school teams around here Ballinger and Wall with some german descent and they are successful programs.  But they were very determined too, very fired up. We didn't play our best game, but we never gave up even though we were off. Different day, different results, maybe in the Final Four!

[WLCALUM83]

Halftime:  McMurry 41, Concordia, IL 29. (As expected, Richardson already in double figures scoring-wise. McMurry got to the line a lot in the first half, and Concordia's Bravo spared her team more of a deficit by going on a 7-pt scoring run late in the half).

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  McMurry 76, Concordia, IL 57. McMurry 28 pts off Concordia turnovers and the TX squad got to the line almost twice as much as the Cougars.

Concordia, IL is currently in the middle of the pack in the Northern Athletics Conference. This could be a blessing in disguise in the long run for that squad. 

[mcmfan]

Stout completed the tournament by taking out Southwestern, 73-45.  That's a compliment to McMurry, I think, which lost to stout by only 5 points and stayed in the whole game.  SU was down by about twenty at the half and never really closed that margin thereafter.

[gccfan]

Howard Payne is up 64-34 with 8:44 left against Millsaps

[dballa]

thanks for the HPU score update.  I didn't think that game would be very close and i'm sure the next game won't be either.