[81alum]

I was unable to watch the game live due to another event, but recorded it and just finished watching.

1) Yes, Maryland was not its usual self.  The way the refs were calling the game compounded their problems--since they could not afford foul trouble but got it.  So while this was a good win, if we play Maryland in March we can expect an entirely different team.

2) At this point, who cares about the quality of the competition?  Our team needed a big psychological boost, and it was wonderful to see them smiling, laughing, having fun out there on the court.  I haven't seen that for too long. 

3) This team was in a bad way when both Lexie and Jones were in offensive slumps.  Both of them broke out of those slumps.  A giant boost to their confidence.

4) Hannah Jump shows us how pretty our offense can be when we have a reliable three point threat.  Not only should we marvel at her amazing accomplishment of going 7/14, but that threat opens up the opposing defense for everyone else.  Hitting enough threes is probably more important than stellar point guard play when it comes to facilitating the offense, although it would be nice to have both. 

5) Nice to see free throw shooting back to respectable.

6) Nice to see a lot of people play, but only 5 had double digit minutes.  I hope Prechtel is OK.  The reports of Brink throwing up before the game worry me.  Interesting to get news from an east coast paper that Jones tweaked her ankle before Gonzaga.  Explains quite a lot.

Now home and a couple of games to get our lineup figured out and our players through finals.  A nice way to enter into a long break.

As for rankings, Massey hasn't been updated with today's games, but we started the day at 9 and Maryland started at 7.

[81alum]

I was unable to watch the game live due to another event, but recorded it and just finished watching.

1) Yes, Maryland was not its usual self.  The way the refs were calling the game compounded their problems--since they could not afford foul trouble but got it.  So while this was a good win, if we play Maryland in March we can expect an entirely different team.

2) At this point, who cares about the quality of the competition?  Our team needed a big psychological boost, and it was wonderful to see them smiling, laughing, having fun out there on the court.  I haven't seen that for too long. 

3) This team was in a bad way when both Lexie and Jones were in offensive slumps.  Both of them broke out of those slumps.  A giant boost to their confidence.

4) Hannah Jump shows us how pretty our offense can be when we have a reliable three point threat.  Not only should we marvel at her amazing accomplishment of going 7/14, but that threat opens up the opposing defense for everyone else.  Hitting enough threes is probably more important than stellar point guard play when it comes to facilitating the offense, although it would be nice to have both. 

5) Nice to see free throw shooting back to respectable.

6) Nice to see a lot of people play, but only 5 had double digit minutes.  I hope Prechtel is OK.  The reports of Brink throwing up before the game worry me.  Interesting to get news from an east coast paper that Jones tweaked her ankle before Gonzaga.  Explains quite a lot.

Now home and a couple of games to get our lineup figured out and our players through finals.  A nice way to enter into a long break.

As for rankings, Massey hasn't been updated with today's games, but we started the day at 9 and Maryland started at 7.