Well, that was unnecessarily stressful! Not too much to add beyond 81's great writeup, but I will say the drop-off from Brown to Washington in their post rotation helped us bigly. Whenever Washington had the ball on offense, I could relax just a bit. Goodman and Tudor were also non-presences until Tudor's clutch shot at the end.
I too had no idea what caused Rueck's technical. I assume either he was arguing with an official or else too far onto the court? There were one or two other times I think he could have been called for leaving the bench area entirely, but it was when the ball was at the other end and the refs weren't looking.
I was so, so impressed with Williams. It looked like she banged her hip just before halftime, and she definitely came out looking tentative early in the third. But she gritted her way through, was poised down the stretch, and hit just enough to keep us ahead. And the absurdity of Slocum's shove and hooking elbows and sending Williams to the hardwood was matched only by the OSU coaches protesting her getting called on back to back fouls for it! I also felt like Pivec got away with a lot of elbows too.
And 81, I agree, Wilson deserved the "and the rest" game ball -- she was quietly efficient on offense and dogged on defense. And so glad she was able to come back in and play with ease in the second half. Injury scare moments are the worst!
Really glad our team gets the extra day of rest before Monday night's game - Williams, Wilson, and Dodson all took hard falls.
I too had no idea what caused Rueck's technical. I assume either he was arguing with an official or else too far onto the court? There were one or two other times I think he could have been called for leaving the bench area entirely, but it was when the ball was at the other end and the refs weren't looking.
I was so, so impressed with Williams. It looked like she banged her hip just before halftime, and she definitely came out looking tentative early in the third. But she gritted her way through, was poised down the stretch, and hit just enough to keep us ahead. And the absurdity of Slocum's shove and hooking elbows and sending Williams to the hardwood was matched only by the OSU coaches protesting her getting called on back to back fouls for it! I also felt like Pivec got away with a lot of elbows too.
And 81, I agree, Wilson deserved the "and the rest" game ball -- she was quietly efficient on offense and dogged on defense. And so glad she was able to come back in and play with ease in the second half. Injury scare moments are the worst!
Really glad our team gets the extra day of rest before Monday night's game - Williams, Wilson, and Dodson all took hard falls.