WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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This might be a case where Stout has too much subbing going on; no rhythm developing. Are they playing, like, three minute lines?

Or FL could have been trying to find a red ten to play on the black jack.

Very funny.

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I'm thinking Stout has this one.

[Just Bill]

If they make their free throws they can't lose.

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That's always been kind of a weak spot. What a line of fouls!

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Duoss fouls out with a minute to go; subbed in McDermid with four fouls. Yikes.

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Richardson is a workhorse; as many points as Stout's top two scorers put together.

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...and McDermid is gone 12 seconds later.

[WLCALUM83]

Stout wins, 65-60. That sets up an interesting match-up with Southwestern, TX tomorrow.

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Looks like Stout wins, barely.  They could have won by a dozen or so if they could have made their FT's.  The FT shooting down the stretch was down right awful! 

Something like 14 fouls for McMurry during the last 2 and a half minutes.  I don't think that I have seen that before!

Good win for Stout over the #9 ranked team.  Is this the game that gets Stout out of their struggles?  This is the time of year that they usually turn things up.

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Duoss, McDermid and Hirssig with 12 each. Two seniors and a freshman.  Hirssig knows how to step up. OK, so Richardson doesn't equal Stout's top scorers. I mis-spoke/wrote. However with 28 points, 15 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals, she was definitely the player of the game.

[Ralph Turner]

Good game Stout!

We needed to see this.  We don't see this much size and height in the ASC.  

Final stats show that our 2nd string pre-season AA Tarra Richardson had 28 points on 9-17 Fg 10-16 Ft with 15 rebs, 5 blocks and 2 steals against posts that we don't see in the ASC.

IMHO, the finest pure point guard in the country, McM's Symbri Tuttle had 6 assists, a steal and no turnovers against you.  That is an average night for her.

Of our top 9, we have 2 frosh, 3 sophs, 3 juniors and 1 senior.  We needed to see someone as good as you so we can work harder.  I am extremely encourgaed by our performance and see areas that we can improve!

Thanks for coming to Texas and I hope you got in some golf.

Good luck.  Maybe we meet again in the final four!

[Ralph Turner]

Looks like Stout wins, barely.  They could have won by a dozen or so if they could have made their FT's.  The FT shooting down the stretch was down right awful! 

Something like 14 fouls for McMurry during the last 2 and a half minutes.  I don't think that I have seen that before!

Good win for Stout over the #9 ranked team.  Is this the game that gets Stout out of their struggles?  This is the time of year that they usually turn things up.

buf, McM was giving fouls at the end.  I think that this was a case of McMurry knowing how tightly refs call the game in Texas and using it to their advantage.  You can't do anything,  the games are called so..."Naismithian"!

We were hurt by Maigen Sawyer being so  so  so coldddddd!
No one else had the 3FG range tonight either!

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Wish I could have been there to see it. From stats, it appeared McMurry doesn't give up easily. When Stout went ahead in the first half, it looked like McMurry might fade. To its credit, the team swung back--due largely to an inspiring game by Richardson. They must have played Stout pretty tight inside to keep Duoss to 12 AND get her in foul trouble. Dani Boese had 15 rebounds, so it seems McM may have been focusing on Duoss and leaving others free to get in.

the games are called so..."Naismithian

Does that mean non-contact sport?

[Ralph Turner]

foul, yes.  They call Women's Basketball very tightly in the state.  I think that the McMurry Women just laid off the usual aggressive style and were seen as less aggressive the officiating crew.

In fact McMurry men have the reputation for being one of the more aggressive men's teams and incur large numbers of fouls in the process.  However, from our experience in the Sweet 16 in 2001 and the Elite 8 in 2000, we have leanred that is the style one must play at the national level.

McMurry's men's style is like the Sul Ross team that took Lawrence to OT in 2004, the year that Lawrence took UWSP to OT.

Good luck!  I see great things about this game.  We have a very young team!!!  They needed to see this quality of ball and they hung in there very nicely!

Travel safely!

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I just need to get these virtual cards to fall in place. Travel for me will be from the computer to bed, with maybe a quick stop at the refrigerator.

I like a game that relies on finesse, skill, speed, quickness over brute force. In men's basketball, I'm not much of a fan of the big players pushing everyone around; I'd much rather see basketball over football on the court . That said, Stout basketball is pretty aggressive, although I sometimes think the players are harder on themselves than on other teams. Willingness to throw oneself into the stands or across the floor is probably more intensity than agressiveness; either way, there's lots of contact.

Basketball has come a long way for women in the past 30 years. It wasn't all that long ago that Iowa women were still playing half-court/three dribbles basketball; not much contact in that game, but I understand it was fast. Now, women come out of the locker room Saran-wrapped in ice and sporting some beauty bruises. That's progress, I guess.

Good luck to McMurry during the rest of the season.