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Statistics say that sooner or later the injury situation odds will break our way. A few of these players healing up and staying that way would certainly help. Merry Christmas to all and a happier new year as well.

How can Kate Cain only have one rebound. That tells the story about why we got out rebounded so bad.

I had to quit watching. Kate Cain is driving me nuts. 4 year starter. 0 rebounds first qtr. No defense. No hustle. And a captain. Lack of effort is pathetic.

I'm going to narrow it down to what has been my biggest concern and it drives me crazy. The lack of a high quality point guard. They are the quarterback of the team and makes everyone around them better. Haven't had one since Theriot. Misses there in recruiting and the transfer portal. Having Doyle and then Emily Ryun would have helped. Another year without one like we are now experiencing is very disappointing. 5 years to correct this issue. Hopefully Allision Weidner will be a step up next year.

Kate Cain and Ashley Scoggins are no shows. Actually for Kate it's embarrassing to be a 4 year starter and play this poorly. She is getting schooled in every aspect off the game. As for Ashley it's too big a jump to go from JC to Big Ten with no speed or ability to create a shot. I feel bad for Haiby as she working hard but the shots aren't dropping. Izzy looks great.

I understood she did have an offer from Iowa.

The one where everyone stopped was within the last 2 minutes of the game. Bourne was right there and the ref initially said she touched it last. They then reviewed for a long time but still gave the ball to Illinois. The review on TV definitely showed Bourne didn't touch it. They need to get their crappy calls right. Could cost you a game. The other one was first quarter and there was a ref right there although he had a poor angle to see it. Must have been snoozing.

We also got screwed twice on incorrect calls by the refs when they said we were the last ones to touch the ball before it went out of bounds. The one in the last two minutes was reviewed and was very obvious Illinois touched it last. If they didn't have the review we all saw then my question is why not. The other bad call was in the first quarter the Skoggins was driving to the hoop from the left side and Illinois tipped it away. The ball actually hit the out of bounds line under the basket and was grabbed by an Illinois player. Their point guard took it the full court for a lay up. Should have been our ball.

Cravens also got the opening tip. She has hops and is tough. Great acquisition.

For a team that was shooting the 3 poorly coming into the game Illinois sure is hot. Also their # 0 needs a hormone check.

Illinois will need to cool off in shooting for us to win.

Kate's having a bad night. Can't rebound or score. Game is too fast for her.

Even if that's the case Stewarts minutes are going to go up. Might as well find out if Bourne can play the 3 position.

Coach says she is day to day.

Will need to get Cayton healthy and playing. Whitney Brown will get more minutes.

The only other loss K St. has this year is to number 11 Kentucky by 11 points.

On Brady I have been watching for news but haven't seen any thing yet. It was such a crazy thing with less then a minute left. I rewatched the video slowing it down and she did just slightly step on the foot of the Idaho St. player who was just standing there. We need Trinity out there. As for Porter I love her hustle but she just needs to slow down a bit and her shot will start dropping. Her development is a key going forward.

As for defense by our guards in stopping the opposition hitting threes, one thing we need to remember is that we just don't have much length there this year. Also we are a bit down on speed as well although Cayton could help on that if she gets and stays healthy.

This is something I noticed as well. This is especially true of Stewart. At present after two games she is the leading scorer on the team playing an average of 12 minutes per game with only one turnover. She knows her abilities and has great court sense. She will have her down days as all players do but I'm excited that we have a true post long range shooter which is our first since Jordan Hooper.

With Idaho St. putting a lot of pressure on the ball I was really happy with only 12 turnovers.

If Cain and Bourne don't get going in 2nd half it's over.

It will be interesting to see if our 47% 3 pt shooting is a sign of big improvement or just an anomaly.

Only one game but what a start for 2 of our freshmen in first game. Stewart 16 min, 12 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk, and 0 t/o. Brown 15 min, 5 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 4 stl, 0 t/o. They should be first off the bench.

I watched several of her high school games on line and she was impressive in all aspects of her game. Now taking it to the next level is another story. I hoping she can as well. Time will tell.

Unfortunately in Lincoln teams at the present time can't practice or have games. That may change but nobody seems to know when. Feel bad for the senior players as this is their last year.