LAMAR GAME DAY THREAD

[Red Don]

Husker Ladies finally pull away at the end to defeat Lamar by 14 Points; 75-61!!!!

 

Husker Ladies are 4-1;  will meet TCU in St. Petersburg, Sat 11/24/23 at Noon CST.

 

Final Stats:

 

[12dozen]

Officials sounded attrocious.  Does a school have any recourse to have the officiating reviewed? They don't sound qualified.  I've never heard of rabbit eared officials telling a radio guy to pipe down before.

[12dozen]

White, with 9 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists, had an excellent game.  Played 34 minutes.  Team needed them all.

[Tom Jones]

 Griese constantly criticizes the officials - every game.  I have several times watched the games while listening to his criticisms and usually I think the refs have made a reasonable call. I just don't see what he sees.  He doesn't seem to be critical when the calls go the Huskers' way.  And c'mon officials can't be wrong/incompetent every game. 

 

While these numbers aren't completely conclusive, in this game fouls were 19 to 18.  Can't get much more even than that

 

Edited November 23, 2023 by Tom Jones

[Bugeaters1]

7 minutes ago, 12dozen said:

Officials sounded attrocious.  Does a school have any recourse to have the officiating reviewed? They don't sound qualified.  I've never heard of rabbit eared officials telling a radio guy to pipe down before.

You are being too nice about the ref's

[Bugeaters1]

3 minutes ago, Tom Jones said:

 Griese constantly criticizes the officials - every game.  I have several times watched the games while listening to his criticisms and usually I think the refs have made a reasonable call. I just don't see what he sees.  He doesn't seem to be critical when the calls go the Huskers' way.  And c'mon officials can't be wrong/incompetent every game. 

 

It was bad today,You haven't listened to KP and JM on the mens side then have you?

 

Edited November 23, 2023 by Bugeaters1

[Bugeaters1]

I wasn't to high on Potts in HS, but boy I like her now.

 

[Huskerpapa]

Nice win ladies!

[12dozen]

27 minutes ago, Tom Jones said:

 

 

 

While these numbers aren't completely conclusive, in this game fouls were 19 to 18.  Can't get much more even than that

 

That is assuming the actual number of fouls committed in the game were even.  Without the benefit of watching the game, it didn't sound like that was the case. It will be interesting to see if anything more is written or said about the officiating.

[Red Don]

48 minutes ago, 12dozen said:

Officials sounded attrocious.  Does a school have any recourse to have the officiating reviewed? They don't sound qualified.  I've never heard of rabbit eared officials telling a radio guy to pipe down before.

 

Saw this elsewhere that may help explain.

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Unlike Matt Coatney, IMO Jeff's in an "interesting" position because he's the Senior Associate Communications Director-Operations for Husker women's basketball, as well as the radio color commentator. Officials can assess a T to team personnel at the scorers table.

 

Edited November 23, 2023 by Red Don

[Bugeaters1]

4 minutes ago, Red Don said:

 

Saw this elsewhere that may help explain.

 

Goes to tell you that that ref wasn't doing a good job.

 

[Bugeaters1]

13 minutes ago, 12dozen said:

That is assuming the actual number of fouls committed in the game were even.  Without the benefit of watching the game, it didn't sound like that was the case. It will be interesting to see if anything more is written or said about the officiating.

It should have been worse towards Lamar. There was one time Potts got a foul called on her as she was backing away from the Lamar player driving to the basket. she was from the angle of the camera 3 to 4 foot away from said player.

 

[Tom Jones]

1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

It was bad today,You haven't listened to KP and JM on the mens side then have you?

 

No I haven't listened to men's bb on the radio in a long time so I lack that basis of comparison.  But today I could watch the came same time as i heard the commentary.  This was the first time this year I could do this, but in past years I have been annoyed at JG constantly - like 15+ times a game - disagreeing with the officials.  Some of the comments made about officiating here ... well that's just not what i think i saw. If replay is available, i will re-watch the game over the weekend looking for three incidents: 1) on Hake's double dribble did an opponent touch the ball between dribbles; 2) was Potts "pulled down from behind" before SHE was assessed a foul; 3) was there distance between Potts and the shooter when Potts was called for the foul? 

 

[Gamafn]

Was at the game.  Observations:

Maybe 30-40 Husker fans there.  Not bad since the gym otherwise was pretty empty.

officials let a lot go, especially by Lamar, but it wasn’t as bad as claimed here.

Lamar is pretty good and played hard.  They started red hot and we couldn’t stop their dribble drive.

Our switch to zone and increased intensity by 2nd unit in 2nd quarter were keys to turnaround.

Stewart was still using scooter.

Potts had a quietly efficient 22.  She’s got the potential to be very good.

As a sometimes critic of Markowski, happy to admit she’s playing aggressively well and wants the ball at crunch time.

Jaz seemed unfocused at the start but was money when it was most needed.  She has to play 4 good qtrs against good competition for us to have a chance.

White was solid, especially at crunch time.

Everyone else contributed, but we need a 5th difference maker badly.  Getting Stewart back will help but Weidner was most likely that person.

They are being coached hard during play, especially on defense by our assist. coaches, and it seems to be working.  This team is not overly athletic but is playing with more defensive intensity this year.

Matchup between Markowski and TCU’s 6’7” post will be worth a watch on Saturday.  Unfortunately I can’t go.

[HUD]

I totally agree on the need for a 5th player to step up.  Moriarity and Krull have been given opportunities but so far haven't.  Maybe it's time to give Nisseley a shot at starting at the 3 position.

[AuroranHusker]

NU being 12-12 from the FT line in the 2nd half seems to have allowed the Huskers to pull away for a 14-pt. win. GBR

 

 

[Bugeaters1]

12 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

NU being 12-12 from the FT line in the 2nd half seems to have allowed the Huskers to pull away for a 14-pt. win. GBR

 

 

Had NU done that against Creighton. NU wins, but they didn't.

[HUD]

After the results of this game Natalie Potts should be #1 in FG efficiency in the big ten at 78%.  Not bad for a freshman.

[Bugeaters1]

Here's the +/- from todays game.

 

https://storage.googleapis.com/huskers-com-prod/2023/11/23/BdzQ556oUQIMH11VPkr6Eqx0r0kHu1kx47HQBA5f.pdf

[Gamafn]

12 hours ago, HUD said:

I totally agree on the need for a 5th player to step up.  Moriarity and Krull have been given opportunities but so far haven't.  Maybe it's time to give Nisseley a shot at starting at the 3 position.

It would be great for rebounding and athleticism if Coley or Moriarty were the 5th but they just haven’t performed or been coached up.  Neither has Krull or Nisseley, but at least the sample size is small for Nisseley.  Hake has the best season numbers but that would give us a very small backcourt.  Maybe that doesn’t matter given how much Williams subs and how much White rebounds for her size.

[Tom Jones]

If Hake or Nissley were to become more serious 3 pt shooting threats (and they both have the high school credentials) that would put five scoring threats on the floor. 

[Fastbreaker]

1 hour ago, Gamafn said:

It would be great for rebounding and athleticism if Coley or Moriarty were the 5th but they just haven’t performed or been coached up.  Neither has Krull or Nisseley, but at least the sample size is small for Nisseley.  Hake has the best season numbers but that would give us a very small backcourt.  Maybe that doesn’t matter given how much Williams subs and how much White rebounds for her size.

Would that be the Nisseley that led the team in +\- that has not performed. 

[Bugeaters1]

23 minutes ago, Fastbreaker said:

Would that be the Nisseley that led the team in +\- that has not performed. 

Numbers don't lie!!

 

[12dozen]

Unusual stat line:   Zero blocked shots in the game.  Not sure I have seen that before.

[Huskerfanzzz]

18 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Numbers don't lie!!

 

I say give her a shot. The others aren’t getting the job done.