Game in 2 days. Back home, girls sleeping in their own bed. We really need a clear and decisive win. Against Davidson, we had no passion in our eyes, no wisdom in our defense, no selectively in our fouls. Just sleepy street ball.

Hoping this is the first game wherein we play as a team. Help-side defense, balanced scoring, careful passes, enthusiastic bench, passionate coaching, high bball IQ in fouls (no tapping 3 point shooter, no plowing over opponents when you have 4 fouls), three point shooting above 35 %, and making 80 percent of free throws. Actually, just making free throws Would have us undefeated right now.

This is a great group of players and a knowledgeable coaching staff. This team has the capability of getting better each week. Deng appeared lost, but now could play as 6th player of year candidate. Buggs and Fontleroy have the opportunity to step up as seniors and take control. Scott has no ceiling and could easily throttle back passion mistakes wout losing her passion, KJ has no idea how good she could be with a little more confidence. KA has shown great improvement and just needs to know when to jump and when to stay on her feet, JVG is lukewarm shooting and not fully recovered, but offers wisdom and pace setting skills. Nelms is strong and smart, just needs to play bigger than 6'1" by making adjustments on defense and positioning on offense. The second team has flashes of execution and a high upside. I think coach can rotate them in more with large leads and watch them grow. Bottom line. The ceiling is high if we will stop seating ourselves on the floor.


BU 76
La Tech 58


Your thoughts?

Thought this was going to be one of those 'sacrificial lamb' type of games, at first glance.

But then I looked at LA Tech's highlights, and they are a gritty bunch that scores a lot (averaging 86 points/game through 5 contests).

While they are just 3-2, it should be noted that they gave Arkansas all they could handle and were neck and neck with them until the final 4 minutes of that game.

The same thing happened in their other loss to ULM, where it appears they ran out of gas during the final 5 minutes of that game.

LA Tech did make the WNIT last year, and returned several key contributors from that team. So we shouldn't go into this game thinking we're going to just run them out of the gym from the start. They'll probably stay competitive early on and won't just roll over.

Having said that, we should absolutely win this game by double digits.

LA Tech will probably be more like the team's we'll face in the bottom half of conference (ie. Houston, Cincinnati, UCF, etc.).

If we come out uninspired and struggle against the Lady Techsters, then that will not bode well for the remainder of the season.

At this point, your starting lineup should be as follows:

Scott
Littlepage-Buggs
Fontleroy
Deng
Nelms

LTBear19 said:

---

Thought this was going to be one of those 'sacrificial lamb' type of games, at first glance.

But then I looked at LA Tech's highlights, and they are a gritty bunch that scores a lot (averaging 86 points/game through 5 contests).

While they are just 3-2, it should be noted that they gave Arkansas all they could handle and were neck and neck with them until the final 4 minutes of that game.

The same thing happened in their other loss to ULM, where it appears they ran out of gas during the final 5 minutes of that game.

LA Tech did make the WNIT last year, and returned several key contributors from that team. So we shouldn't go into this game thinking we're going to just run them out of the gym from the start. They'll probably stay competitive early on and won't just roll over.

Having said that, we should absolutely win this game by double digits.

LA Tech will probably be more like the team's well face in the bottom half of conference (ie. Houston, Cincinnati, UCF, etc.).

If we come out uninspired and struggle against the Lady Techsters, then that will not bode well for the remainder of the season.

At this point, your starting lineup should be as follows:

Scott
Littlepage-Buggs
Fontleroy
Deng
Nelms

---

I do not agree with Nelms at center. Johnson is doing a good job and should keep starting. At least, Deng should play starter minutes.

chorne68 said:

---

LTBear19 said:

---

Thought this was going to be one of those 'sacrificial lamb' type of games, at first glance.

But then I looked at LA Tech's highlights, and they are a gritty bunch that scores a lot (averaging 86 points/game through 5 contests).

While they are just 3-2, it should be noted that they gave Arkansas all they could handle and were neck and neck with them until the final 4 minutes of that game.

The same thing happened in their other loss to ULM, where it appears they ran out of gas during the final 5 minutes of that game.

LA Tech did make the WNIT last year, and returned several key contributors from that team. So we shouldn't go into this game thinking we're going to just run them out of the gym from the start. They'll probably stay competitive early on and won't just roll over.

Having said that, we should absolutely win this game by double digits.

LA Tech will probably be more like the team's well face in the bottom half of conference (ie. Houston, Cincinnati, UCF, etc.).

If we come out uninspired and struggle against the Lady Techsters, then that will not bode well for the remainder of the season.

At this point, your starting lineup should be as follows:

Scott
Littlepage-Buggs
Fontleroy
Deng
Nelms

---

I do not agree with Nelms at center. Johnson is doing a good job and should keep starting. At least, Deng should play starter minutes.

---

Nelms has the frame to battle against the likes of Crooks and whoever TCU throws at us.

You can still rotate KJ and Abraham in as needed, but Nelms is more likely to wear down an opposing team's post player over the course of a game.

Start giving Nelms the experience and playing time now, so that she is battle-tested come conference play.

KJ at center. Nelms rotate in when need strength. And KA as well!

I Agree with starting line up except nelms. She is good but I think she is a better back up right now

LTBear19 said:

---

Thought this was going to be one of those 'sacrificial lamb' type of games, at first glance.

But then I looked at LA Tech's highlights, and they are a gritty bunch that scores a lot (averaging 86 points/game through 5 contests).

While they are just 3-2, it should be noted that they gave Arkansas all they could handle and were neck and neck with them until the final 4 minutes of that game.

The same thing happened in their other loss to ULM, where it appears they ran out of gas during the final 5 minutes of that game.

LA Tech did make the WNIT last year, and returned several key contributors from that team. So we shouldn't go into this game thinking we're going to just run them out of the gym from the start. They'll probably stay competitive early on and won't just roll over.

Having said that, we should absolutely win this game by double digits.

LA Tech will probably be more like the team's we'll face in the bottom half of conference (ie. Houston, Cincinnati, UCF, etc.).

If we come out uninspired and struggle against the Lady Techsters, then that will not bode well for the remainder of the season.

At this point, your starting lineup should be as follows:

Scott
Littlepage-Buggs
Fontleroy
Deng
Nelms

---

I agree. That's our best Lineup.

I would switch Nelms out with KJ but like her as a sub.